What a great buzz there was in the City Museum, Galway, last Thursday, January 21 when babies and nonagenarians alike were celebrated in an exhibition of photos titled 'Celebrating a Century of Galway People 1916 to 2016.
The 100 TO ONE Project is the brainchild of three Galway-based photographers: Ian McDonald, Enda O’Loughlin, Bill Barry and journalist, Caroline Whelan. And what a refreshing idea it is to commemorate 100 years since Ireland’s Easter Rising by celebrating the people of Galway born in that time.This was a huge undertaking, finding people whose age matched each of those one hundred years.
The exhibition and book are a really important portrait of a century’s social history as each subject’s birth year is displayed with a short biographical note as well as some of the news headlines of that year. The fact that the text is also in Irish is an equally ipportant aspect of it as it gives a platform to our native language.
As the introduction says: ‘the subjects chosen represent people from all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds who have made a contribution to community in general: be it national, county, club or parish. For some it has just been the happiness they have brought to their own families. The totality of their input has contributed to the many positive changes which have taken place in County Galway over the past century.’
This is a limited edition so it is highly prized and selling like all good books should. None of the creators will be retiring on the proceeds as they are giving all profits to charity. It has been a real project of love taking over two years to complete so if you haven't bought a copy yet, then hightail it to the Enable Ireland Shop and the St Vincent de Paul Shop in Galway City and News and Choose Bookshop in Loughrea. Also check out www.Kennys.ie
My thanks to Andrea Parry for the photo below with Ness Porter Kelly in front of her portrait and Andrea.
Congratulations to all who got it off the ground and already it's getting lots of publicity. It will feature on Irish TV 'Galway Matters' and the launch featured on Tg4 last week: Link: http://www.tg4.ie/en/player/.
The 100 TO ONE Project is the brainchild of three Galway-based photographers: Ian McDonald, Enda O’Loughlin, Bill Barry and journalist, Caroline Whelan. And what a refreshing idea it is to commemorate 100 years since Ireland’s Easter Rising by celebrating the people of Galway born in that time.This was a huge undertaking, finding people whose age matched each of those one hundred years.
The exhibition and book are a really important portrait of a century’s social history as each subject’s birth year is displayed with a short biographical note as well as some of the news headlines of that year. The fact that the text is also in Irish is an equally ipportant aspect of it as it gives a platform to our native language.
As the introduction says: ‘the subjects chosen represent people from all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds who have made a contribution to community in general: be it national, county, club or parish. For some it has just been the happiness they have brought to their own families. The totality of their input has contributed to the many positive changes which have taken place in County Galway over the past century.’
This is a limited edition so it is highly prized and selling like all good books should. None of the creators will be retiring on the proceeds as they are giving all profits to charity. It has been a real project of love taking over two years to complete so if you haven't bought a copy yet, then hightail it to the Enable Ireland Shop and the St Vincent de Paul Shop in Galway City and News and Choose Bookshop in Loughrea. Also check out www.Kennys.ie
My thanks to Andrea Parry for the photo below with Ness Porter Kelly in front of her portrait and Andrea.
Congratulations to all who got it off the ground and already it's getting lots of publicity. It will feature on Irish TV 'Galway Matters' and the launch featured on Tg4 last week: Link: http://www.tg4.ie/en/player/.
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| Photo by Andrea Parry |
THE OCCULT BY STEVE FINNELL
ReplyDeleteGod condemns all occult practices. Sorry, Harry Potter fans, there is no such thing as good wizards and witches.
Deuteronomy 18:9-12 "When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12 For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord; and because of these detestable things the Lord your God will drive them out before you.
God does not approve of any occult practices!
Galatians 5:19-21 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are:.......20...sorcery....21 those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
There is no white witchcraft in God's world. All occult practices are denounced by God.
Revelation 21:8 But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murders and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN OCCULT PRACTICES NEED TO REPENT; AS DO ALL WHO MAKE SIN A PRACTICED ART-FORM.
NOTE: DID YOU EVER NOTICE MOST CHURCHES WILL NOT TOLERATE THEIR MEMBERS TO ENGAGE IN OCCULT PRACTICES, BUT WELCOME THOSE CHRISTIANS INTO THE FELLOWSHIP, WHO ARE INVOLVED IN SEXUAL IMMORALITY?
THE UNREPENTANT SORCERERS AND UNREPENTANT IMMORAL PERSONS WILL BE TOGETHER IN THE LAKE OF FIRE!
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