Lord Henry Mountcharles: Notre Dame blaze stirred disturbing memories of devastating Slane Castle fire
And this week has proved no exception. In fact, on a personal level, it has bordered on the weird.
Now, acres of newsprint has been devoted to this subject and, shocking as it was, for me it stirred deep and disturbing memories of the devastating fire at Slane Castle in 1991. Still, I look at where we are now and by the end of the week Time magazine, in a spirit of optimism, cited six buildings in the world restored after fire and now thriving.Good Friday, of course, has much depth in a Christian tradition but it has been much bandied about in the context of the Good Friday Agreement and the febrile atmosphere surrounding Brexit.
Yet again, I wish to register my distaste at Sinn Fein’s failure to take up their seats at Westminster. The indicative vote on the customs union would have passed the House of Commons if they had participated.However, future US politicians may not have the same focus on Ireland.
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