A country lesson for our city cousins

VISITING my native Kerry recently I was delighted to see the crowds attending Mass in that wonderful county.

A country lesson for our city cousins
Thu, 07 Aug, 2003 - 01:00

On Saturday evening, Holy Cross Church in Kenmare was full and, better still, the majority were from the younger generation.

On Sunday morning, travelling back to good old Dublin, I noticed Kilgarvan, Glenflesk, Rathmore, and Mallow had parking problems outside all their churches.

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