Did you know that only ELEVEN people in Ireland have ever won a Nobel Prize and that TWO of them attended St. Columb’s College?
We celebrate these two remarkable men today as part of Nobel Prize Day.
Did you know that only ELEVEN people in Ireland have ever won a Nobel Prize and that TWO of them attended St. Columb’s College?
We celebrate these two remarkable men today as part of Nobel Prize Day.
‘I walked among their old haunts.
the home ground where they bled;
And in the dirt lay justice like an acorn in the winter.
Till its oak would sprout in Derry
where the thirteen men lay dead’
-Heaney
@McKaneDJ Always nice too see this photo from you Damien, also showing my father - 3rd from left with dark coat and tie.
Sadly several generations since then and no change. Pitiful. #Derry@Dannymc78470527
▪️ In 1972 Seamus Heaney drove from his then home in Ashley Avenue, Belfast to Derry on the day of the funerals of those murdered on Bloody Sunday.
The late Luke Kelly of the Dubliners (whose anniversary is also today) later asked Heaney to write him a poem about his feelings on that journey that day on…
"The Road to Derry"
(Recited by Derryman Gerry Doherty)
#BloodySunday #Derry
Championship season is here!
The Friars will compete in the BIG EAST Championship tomorrow, November 1st. The race will be held at Morven Park in Leesburg, Va. The women’s 6k race will begin at 10:00AM, followed by the men’s 8k race at 10:40AM!
#gofriars