Ballyscanlon Lake, near Tramore in Co. Waterford, has featured strongly in my life since childhood. In Section Eight of Feature Writing, I describe how I was drawn back there recently on a most memorable and evocative July evening.
Archive for July, 2011
18 Jul
Questioning Identity: Personal Connections with Alzheimer’s Disease
I will be presenting a paper entitled: Questioning Identity: Personal Connections with Alzheimer’s Disease at the upcoming British Sociological Association’s Medical Sociology Annual Conference in Chester University, UK, September 14th-16th, 2011.
8 Jul
Tramore Tennis Club: Reflections over 50 years
Tennis has played a very significant role in my life from a very early age and Tramore Tennis Club hold special magic for me. In Section Seven of Feature Writing, I write about the magic of Tramore Tennis Club and the continuities and changes associated with with it, and Irish tennis in general, since the early 1960s.
4 Jul
Waterford Tall Ships Festival 2011: Photographic Memories
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2 Jul
Waterford Tall Ships Festival 2011 ~ Social Bridges
Mingling among the crowds at Waterford’s Tall Ships Festival 2011, I was struck by the range of social bridges which emerged from the experience. I write about the personal memories evoked by the Festival: the connections with Waterford’s history; and the range of fascinating people with whom I was fortunate enough to meet. This post can is in Section Seven of my writings on Social Bridges.
