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CELEBRATED FLAUTIST AND ORATORY MUSICIAN DIES 😞

SEAMUS TANSEY

EASTER SNOW

THE FAIRY

My long time friend and renowned performer of the Irish flute – SEAMUS TANSEY (78) died unexpectedly in the early hours of yesterday morning at Craigavon Area Hospital.

Seamus – Rest in Peace.

Seamus was from Gorteen in Sligo.

He spent part of his life as a postman in his own area.

For personal reasons he left Sligo and came to live in Northern Ireland.

31 years ago I celebrated his marriage to his wife, Joan, from Ballyclare in County Antrim.

From then forwards they lived in Craigavon.

Seamus was initially part of the music / drama group called The Armagh Rhymers.

But for a long time he had been regarded as an expert in the Irish flute and was renowned and highly regarded.

He had long term connection with with the Flately family and taught Michael Flately to play the flute.

Apart from his music Seamus was an old-fashioned Republican.

He had a mischievous sense of humour.

One time a court in the Republic forwarded a series of three summons to him.

Seamus sent a letter to the judge

“Dear Judge,

I wish to acknowledge the three summons you sent me.

I have only one request.

Could you please print all future summons on softer paper.

Sincerely yours,

Seamus Tansey”

Seamus was very loyal to me and to The Oratory.

Every Holy Week and every Christmas Eve Seamus played at our Masses. He also read old Irish poems for us.

Like myself, nobody was neutral about Seamus. You either loved or hated him.

But he was mightier himself than all his enemies put together.

SEAMUS’ FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Monday 11th July 3 pm Arrival of Seamus at The Oratory.

Wednesday 13th July 3 pm Funeral Mass at The Oratory.

Afterwards: Cremation

SUNDAY 17TH : Burial of ashes in Gorteen, Sligo.

MUSICAL TRIBUTE TANSEYS PUB GORTEEN

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Seamus’ music is available on Amazon and on the SPOTIFY APP

152 replies on “CELEBRATED FLAUTIST AND ORATORY MUSICIAN DIES 😞”

Lord have mercy on Seamus. Condolences to his wife, family and all who mourn him. There will be great music in heaven when he re-unites with his fellow musicians. Seamus and his music will be missed by all in Co. Clare. R.I.P Seamus.
Pat will the funeral be shown on line so that people can get a chance to watch it?

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What a great man he was, a superb flute player and held in highest regards to his many peers. Including the great Matt Molloy. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h’anam. It’s one of a few instruments along with uilleann pipes and 🎻 I truly enjoy. I am sure there will be many songs played for him this weekend at Willie Clancy! Rest in Peace Seamus.

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This will be a funeral that .. I will l watch . My fathers funeral a few years back turned into a session in a church. To grave. To the pub. Music all day, and most of the week. So I’m sorry the loss of your friend. I’m going to catch a few of his tunes now on YouTube,! I know there are tapes in my home and I’ll locate them! Goodnight.

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Please accept my deepest sympathy Pat on the passing of your dear friend. You will gain strength from him as you battle for truth love and integrity.
GOD bless you pat

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Many condolences .I remember meeting Seamus .
May he rest in the peace , and rise to fill paradise
with his music .

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Very sorry to learn about Seamus. He had such a fantastic talent and could hold a room in his hand.
Deepest condolences to Joan and to the oratory family

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Rest in peace,Seamus.
Pat, condolences to the family, relatives and friends of Seamus including the Oratory Community. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h’anam. You have another good friend in the Heavenly
Kingdom, Pat.

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Tony “Fr Hobbit” Devlin will be furious with the Noel Treanor.
Let hell have no fury, than a Devlin scorned.

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Noel’s autism doesn’t particularly allow him to get ‘close’ to anyone – that’s why he got the cold and callous position of Bishop

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Noel and Tony use to be close, while Noel works with his clergy and accommodates us well, he will not be told what to do, hence the fall out and why he was sent the 70 year old Deacon

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9.28 Noel is clearly at a distinct advantage in possessing a disposition that’s keeping him safe from the Emlyn McGinn & Ryan McAleer types.

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Noel is better at covering up for his gay clergy than Eamon. Those Afghan rugs cost a fortune for a reason.

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8.28 it’s disgraceful that 2 faced Roman Catholic local clergy & their teachers pals posting on here as anonymous but we all know they are so called respectable bishops, priests & teachers & their staff & volunteers coming on this blog making derogatory remarks about people with diagnosed special needs when they plaster photos of themselves in the media on a regular basis pretending to support these very people just to make themselves look good. Shameful 2 faced propaganda exhibited by bishops, priests, teachers & their cohort. May I take this opportunity to offer my condolences to the wife, family & large circle of friends of Seamus Tansey – a very straightforward man & a legend in Irish traditional musical circles. Sleep easy good friend. Rest in Peace.

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I thought Paddy nuts would have been moved after the abortion and election scandal. Surprised at Gabriel Lyons moving to Ballymena though.

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5.39: Your post is very confusing, a lie and incoherent. You take a swipe at everyone. You’re not the brightest spark with this utterance and you obviously haven’t a clue about Department of Education procedures, guidelines, protocols and ethical standards which MUST be upheld and followed re: giving teaching posts to teachers. There are clearly defined practises and I suggest you read them before you open your mouth in making false allegations. Somehow I don’t believe you’ve ever worked in a school setting in any capacity; therefore be informed truthfully re: Department procedures. It’s obvious too that you have no understanding of Schools requirements and obligations re: special needs children. The problem is not with the School Boards of Management, who do their level best to provide an education to all – but with a defect in funding by respective Education Departments. You attribute comments about special needs children to bishops, priests, teachers and their cronies and pronounce that they have contributed demeaning comments on this blog about such children! What a large statement. Now, tell us where and when and by whom these “supposed” unkind comments were posted on this blog. If you cannot do this simple task, I suggest you shut your mouth and go back to school. Pat, may I offer you my sympathy on the death of your very good musician friend. His music is wonderful. May God be kind to him and bless all who grieve for him.

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6.33: You can bet that the hater at 5.39 won’t respond. Too many lies are allowed to be told on this blog by unintelligent fools. They back away when asked to verify their findings. Then they realise their “lies”.

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6.05 is fishing again 🤣 The knives come out when they realise that those who matter know!

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6.33 the contributor @ 5.39 obviously touched a nerve. Shut your mouth, you say to them, how predictable, the world is now thankfully most knowledgeable & well informed on the various methods employed by the Roman Catholic Church to shut up victims of abuse around the world. Forging travel documents to facilitate illegal adoptions, mass burial sites, and so on…. Prayers for the legendary Seamus Tansey and for all those who were “told what to do” by clergy who weren’t fit to wipe their shoes in the bad old days. Rest in Peace Seamus & Condolences to his family & friends.

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I love it when 6:05 goes off on one demanding evidence. Ever heard of a bloke called Pat Buckley? He writes a very informative blog. You should try reading it. 🤣

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Fr Padraig is yet another wolf in sheep’s clothing trolling victims of Roman Catholic Church abusesays:

7.34 Padraig has read the blog, he gets mad as hell when he realises that the truth is out there!! Nasty bad tempered Fr Padraig but of course that’s not his real name, that’s the priests & catlicks for you, always asking questions but all of them with the exception of Bill Mulvihill use fake names when they log on here to troll and abuse victims & survivors or Roman Catholic Church related abuse that Bishop Pat Buckley is helping. Wolves in sheep’s clothing.

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Click to access AG-report-Final-Report.pdf

Learning Lessons Review – Father Alan Griffin
June 26th 2022
Author – Chris Robson

The C of E in London should have had their “operative” locked up for not keeping records, the rest of them incl. Bishop Mullooly should have been slung in the street for not calling him to account, then RCDOW should have been slung in the street for not calling them to account. Mullooly and C of E London are the Queen’s employees, funded by thefts from C of E parishes (documented).

If I had been in Vin’s shoes I would, three months after Father Griffin’s application for ministry, have given Mullooly the ultimatum: within the week the entire facts “else” there will be our full account of your skulduggery in the press. This shows that the ontological clergydom don’t feature highly in RC values, contrary to what they were told.

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9.33 it’s never wise to deliberately wrong anyone on the arrogant assumption they’ll be shamed or intimidated in any manner whatsoever into keeping quiet about it & then to start whinging & moaning about the well deserved consequences. Seamus was renowned for telling it as it was. There would be far less ongoing wrongdoing in the world if there were more brave souls like the legendary & talented Seamus Tansey. RIP 🙏

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Maybe God is far more loving, merciful and compassionate than you can ever begin to
comprehend.

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It is very uncharitable of some people on here to presume that this poor man is in heaven. Because if people think that they wont bother praying or having a Mass said for him. When he might be in desperate need of them. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

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5;34. If Mass is the most power prayer there is ( Catholic Church teaching) then +Pats mass will suffice. No need for the money making scam of masses and Mass cards for the dead !
We’re on to all you priesty boys now.
Condolences to +Pat and Seamus’s loved ones.

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8.24 everything connected to the Roman Catholic Church is now one big scam, the fake pretences on their celibacy vows, covering up for financial & moral wrong doings by their members, persistent accommodation of deviant clergy by moving them around & lack of transparency when recommending these clergy & their other links for other roles outside of the church. The hateful posts from clergy on this blog are eye opening. Definitely keep well away from these dangerous scammers.

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Seamus was divorced. I did his wedding to Joan at The Oratory in 1991.

At the time I was the only priest in Ireland ready to marry him.

He was married at a Wedding Mass which was also civilly legal.

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@ 8:23pm
You’ll know all about it when your turrn comes ya cheapskate unbeliever. We’ve been on to you lot for years, who want everything for nothing. Hopefully your friends if you have any will be the same as you cheap,cheap,cheap and you’ll be toast!

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3.14 it wasn’t “nearly” it was very real & all these well connected Ennis thugs are still very much out & about & count clergy & their inner circle of volunteers amongst their closest allies. Bishop Fintan Monahan is endangering parishioners but he & his teams are busying themselves trying to permanently silence victims of church related abuse & wrong doing in Killaloe Diocese. It is slander & discrimination to get Glenstal Abbey to cancel Caroles retreat that Killaloe has booked for her in first place after what Fr Ger Fitzgerald did to her & Yvonne.

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9:36 More sinned against than sinning? You’re full of it. Once again, the Fr. Ger minions are out to discredit the women who were victimised by the priest. Re-read Bishop Buckley’s words from April 4, 2022: “GER IS A SERIAL ABUSER OF WOMEN PARISHIONERS”.

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9:36 Let’s all have a pity party for Fr. Ger. FFS you have some nerve. “You read all the stuff they said about me… a serial womaniser, I pursued her, had many affairs… it was all bullshit!!” All bullshit? A priest who can lie as easy as he can breathe and you want people to feel sorry for him? Not on my watch. You can go to hell along with him.

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7.13 no prizes for knowing where Fr Ger Fitzgerald picks up his tablets & fixes these days. Disgusting dangerous individuals & they wouldn’t call the Queen their aunt. Parasites.

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I see GFs minions are out in force. Any news on his coal delivery service? I want to get some turf and blocks in for the winter and he sounds like the man😀

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10.52 don’t be depending on Fr Ger Fitzgerald for a delivery of blocks & turf for the winter, you could be left in the cold if he gets a better offer on his delivery route before he gets to yours. Chips, Sex, money, a new coat, pitchfork!

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9.36 Ger Fitzgerald & Jerry Carey surrounded themselves with “certain types” & so openly considered themselves invincible. Carey was a very bad example to Fitzgerald in this regard as he’d got away with so much for decades so Fitzgerald assumed he’d also follow in the same vein. Jerry Carey carries far more responsibility in this Fitzgerald saga. He was also previously based in Cloughleigh parish in Ennis but was elevated to the far more affluent Doora Barefield, Ennis parish.

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7.13: But Carole, hold your reins for a moment. You did engage with this priest. He hurt you. Horrible. You also hurt many by your behaviour. You consented to this liaison. It wasn’t forced on you. Take your responsibilities seriously and look after your spouse and family. Quit insulting others.

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6.50 Marcella, if you’d care to read the blog archive you will note that one of the victims of Fr Ger Fitzgerald- Carole has been wilfully and recklessly slandered and defamed in recent weeks as Glenstal Abbot, Brendan Coffey cancelled her retreat booked by Bishop Fintan Monahan of Killaloe Diocese on foot of Bishop Monahans instructions in an attempt to punish Carole for reporting what Fr Ger Fitzgerald did to her. Furthermore, a second woman, Yvonne Drake was intimidated by contacts of Fr Ger Fitzgerald in Ennis & had to leave her home in fear I understand. As you will also note, alleged property damage issues are outstanding, moneys received by Fr Ger Fitzgerald are under investigation etc, etc etc. You fail to appreciate that this is an extremely serious matter with a backstory & witnesses that will be presented in court and not on this blog. Marcella you are an arrogant & most ignorant member of “the chattering classes” – the type that have emptied churches around the world & no wonder.

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7.38 Ger Fitzgerald definitely wont be hanging around any bars in Sixmilebridge anyway wherever he’ll go to get it, remember the poor innocent old boy who got a bullet in his backside whilst he was smoking a fag outside the bar at the music festival a few years ago. He was very lucky to escape in one piece. Drugs are a scourge in any community & shocking that clergy involved at times.

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6.50 MARCELLA!! Well, Father, Is that the name you use at The Boiler House Gay Sauna for Priests in Dublin?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👀🤣👀👀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👀👀🤣🤣🤣👀👀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😇😇

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6:50 Who do you think you are? An agony Aunt? Don’t you dare to presume anything or interfere in my life. Fr. Fitzgerald is a serial abuser priest. Full stop. Shall I expose more of his lies and deceit? I am quite happy to do so. For every strike on me, there will be a strike back.

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6:50 Fr. Ger Fitzgerald to Carole 5th April 2021: “Hi XXXXX, It really is a storm at the moment. I’m up tomorrow to give evidence at what is kinda like the impeachment… I made a very silly mistake about two years ago… Buckley and this Drake one have told so many lies though that it’s actually unbelievable… hopefully things will be ok but I think I’m probably looking at a long suspension.” FR. GER IS THE LIAR. Full stop.

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@10.47 get your facts right, everyone here in Ennis knows that Fr Carey was a very sporty priest so Doora Barefield was a much better fit for him than Cloughleigh.

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10.11 Just back into signal range. Breathe! Rest easily. Not appropriate to offer my platter today. Rest in peace Good Man. WM

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8.10: Accepting responsibility for one’s decision, however uncomfortable, is the first step in a healing process. Carole needs to accept her responsibility. TRUTH. The hurt inflicted on her is morally reprehensible. But we each must own our own wrong decisions and behaviour which hurts those closest to us. That’s all I’m saying. Incidentally, I’m neither ignorant nor arrogant nor do I belong to the chattering classes. Rather silly of you.

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8:26 Stop your preaching “Marcella”. You know nothing about what goes on in my life. I warned you and because you persist, I will not resist. 14th April 2021: “Hi XXXXX.. I was only thinking of ye both earlier.. I hope ye are ok.. I’m up tomorrow for my impeachment verdict… so we will see what that brings.. it’s really truly awful what the devil has brought to us but I know God is in here somewhere.” What the devil has brought to us? No Fr. Ger. It is ONLY what you brought on your own self. You are a delusional prick who only looks out for #1. You used your position of authority & power in the RCC to hurt and abuse vulnerable women. Where is the other woman who you dumped before Valentine’s Day? How does she feel being dumped by a priest? What repercussions has that had on her life, How’s Carmel and Catherine and all the rest? STOP your fucking lies and tell your minions to back off before I blow a gasket and it all goes public.

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@10.47 100%. Spot on. Fintan has a duty of care to parishoners and letting loose these guys on the general public is disgraceful. Carey bringing teens to Red Light Districts and puling his wire in public. Fitzgerald haunting women on Facebook to get into knickers and his dinner for free. Atrocious.

Monahan should be resigning at this stage.

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Open Question for Bishop Fintan Monahan, response required as he & his team read this blog.says:

@8.26 about time the Roman Catholic Church started taking responsibility for all the human rights atrocities they’ve carried out & continue to do so. It’s not right that priests can troll & target parishioners for money & sex & free clothes on Facebook/ dress it up whatever way you like Bishop Fintan Monahan but that’s what your priest Fitzgerald did to women. It’s even more concerning that church goers & clergy that support him are coming onto this blog abusing & harassing victims of this priest. Where’s the Killaloe appointment list, what’s the delay with it? Where’s Fitzgerald & Carey – are they like Ryan McAleer on their way into unsuspecting colleges & communities. Answer the public, Bishop Monahan????????? We know you & your pals read this blog.

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Rest in peace Seamus. Our loss is Heavens gain. Condolences to Joan and to all who mourn him at this time.

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Seamus Tansey was one of the most outstanding flute players of his generation, known all over Ireland and beyond and his work has had and will continue to have a big influence on future generations of traditional flute players. Seamus Tansey leaves a lasting legacy in Irish traditional music and our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Joan, his family and friends and his spiritual community at the Oratory in Larne at this time.

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Some men take your character
Some men filch your purse
But a bard who steals a dead man’s verse
Is a thief who is far, far worse
You stole pennies from a dead man’s eyes
As mean I ever saw
And if you try it once again
You’ll get a clatter of the law
Gutted to lose our good friend Seamus – see you on the other side. Rest in peace pal

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Noel was well trained during his many years of service in his native diocese. He’s no fool is our Noel.

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Seamus was a great character. He has been a customer of ours here in Cafolla’s,Church Place,Lurgan for a long number of years….bringing our bacon toasties all the way to America!! We will all miss him and the banter. Sympathy to his wife Joan and family. Gerard and Marie Cafolla,family and staff.May he rest in peace, God bless.

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Séamus was my postman most of my life growing up in Gurteen. I spent my childhood listening to him play at sessions in the village. In my adulthood I married a noted musician called PJ Hernon and we became very friendly with Séamus. He would tell me that he knew me before I was born, and he would tell me about my mother’s ability to sing. Séamus himself was a great singer. He invited me to play the bodhrán on one of his recordings which I was honored to do. He was one of the greats and his Sligo style of playing and the settings he had on the tunes was magical. He will always be remembered in Irish music circles and his music will live on for generations. I am happy that his final resting place is the graveyard in Gurteen Co Sligo. I will join him there some day. God be good to the soul of a great Gurteen man. R.I.P

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Our family are here for Willie Clancy Weekend & are all very saddened to learn of the passing of Seamus. We were privileged to listen to his wonderful talent on many occasions. He will never be forgotten. The bed of heaven to him, thinking of his wife, family & friends at this difficult time.

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Pat, just looking at the wide spread of people contributing today in memory of Seamus (RIP).
They seem to be from all arts and parts.
If I was a bishop then I’d be concern at the increasing reach of this blog.
I live in Motherwell and I know the increasing number of friends of mine who tune into this blog now.
Needless to say the recent shenanigans of our newest “ priest” have featured in recent conversations and this drip drip will have an effect on both attendance and financial contributions at the RCC here.

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Andrew, Bishop Joseph Toal has been informed by Clergy and Laity however + Toal is a man unto himself so we will sit back and watch sadly it will most likely be Joe Toal’s successor who will be left with the problems.
The two Dames at Carfin you could not dream the dream a nightmare.

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6.33 Most excellent. Congratulation Pat on your work. Sad and tragic substance matter, but there is a sickness unto death in the studied structure. WM

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This blog is read widely by clergy, though few would admit it. Many clergy profess that this blog is “rubbish” and “lies” but deep down, they know that on the whole it gets things right. Bishop Pat, keep up the scrutiny, especially on our absolutely disgrace of a bishop, Tom Deenihan.

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As a native of the noble Diocese of Meath I cannot believe that it now has an out and out scoundrel as a bishop 😞

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6.53 The Roman Catholic Church is well documented internationally as a thoroughly corrupt organisation, so they are not going to promote anyone to Bishop level who cannot be trusted to protect all what they have going on. Rotten to the core from the top down. Cannot believe they planning to place yet another groper clergyman in a college. It’s like pass the parcel & placing students in serious life altering danger.

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“… keep up the scrutiny, especially on our absolutely disgrace of a bishop”
A thundering disgrace of a bishop. Hawkeye was stood down. The umpires had to trust their own eyes in Croke Park today. The veracity of Dom Benedict’s testimony was never in doubt. In Prior Dom Benedict Andersen we can trust.

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6.51 dodgy anonymous priests & their anonymous supporters keep a very close eye on this blog & the minute you see them start accusing other bloggers of telling lies, you know they’re very angry on something they up to being rumbled, mate.

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I see Archbishop Malcom once again has Covid when it’s time to do the Old Rite Confirmations in Warrington and an Irish Bishop had to step in. In Shrewsbury there will never be anymore Old Rite Confirmations

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6.53 Covid & the ability to lie about long term Covid etc has been a very handy excuse to account for absent dodgy priests & the like

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Pat, you were one of the biggest lockdown fanatics. I thought you’d support GPs living in their holiday homes abroad and only dealing with patients on the phone and via Zoom.

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7.54 yes, it’s a bit like the church asking for online donations, at least they are being more transparent now in admitting they just want the money.

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8.16 what happening about that big bossy Bishop Phonsie Cullinan. Does he like the bit of Trad music we wonder? He hasn’t been in the newspapers spouting orders recently.

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9.43 Bishop Cullinan is another very angry man, he’s doing a high flying jig somewhere or other, of that you can be sure.

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Bishop Phonsie can warble a tune, but can he play the bodhrán?

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Ironically, the children confirmed in the Old Rite are the only ones who go to Mass after Confirmation. Our Novus Ordo PP was nearly in tears a few Sundays ago when he was lamenting the fact that the confirmed child won’t be seen at Mass again.

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Thank you for many great memories over the years, you will never be forgotten by those who loved and knew you. Sincere sympathies from us all to Joan & family.

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9.50 that terrible for the Donnelly family. They have enough to be dealing with at the moment. The clergy & their pals are the biggest gossips on earth. Some of these priests & co really have no clue, completely out of touch with reality & spoilt rotten, the lazy types. Father Dermot Donnelly seemed a good man. Rest in peace.

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It is the currate at his parish that has been speaking to any media that would take a story.
Father Peter Kyi Maung, 45, who served with Fr Dermott at St Joseph’s Church in Stanley, Co Durham,
I am surprised the diocesan comms team have not told Father Peter to be quiet and let then family speak.

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@11.18 why don’t the Bishop tell Fr Peter to “shut his mouth”. That’s the term Clergy seem to use on here when giving out to Bishop Pats victims of church abuse. Since when did workplace colleagues put themselves above family to make statements. Fr Peter should know his place in these matters. These priests seem to think they God himself. Condolences to the Donnelly family.

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11.18. Do the Diocesan Communications teams ever comment or answer your queries, Bishop Pat?

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This Fr Peter is just an idiot & maybe cultural misunderstandings which is fair enough, I’d blame his Bishop for failing to brief or prepare him properly in light of the highly predictable media interest in the Donnelly family in their time of mourning for their dear Fr Dermot. Fr Peter is Not the usual more vile Blabber mouth clergy type spouting propaganda along with his ilk to cover their own tails. This blog is littered with them. Arseholes in collars, a thundering disgrace. Jesus wept. Rest in peace Fr Donnelly.

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Great tributes to Seamus and thanks for devoting today’s blog to him, Pat. Condolences to the bereaved and RIP, Seamus.

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Very sorry to learn of the passing of Seamus. He will be sadly missed. We offer our sympathy to Joan, his family & friends. We are in Stuttgart and regret we cannot attend the funeral but will visit his grave in Sligo when we return. Farewell Seamus.

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Rest in peace Seamus. Deepest Sympathy to family and friends all over the world in Irish music circles.

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Good bye my friend R I P all lovely memories Of when we went to school thank you for the lone of your Bicycle at lunch time hope you enjoy the apples 🍎 GOD Bless

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