Trust the bride to choose a groom from a family who live in the most perfect New England town ever. Essex, on the deep estuary of the Connecticut River, is picturesque most of the year, but comes into its own during the snow-covered days of winter. With cold weather taking hold a few weeks earlier … Continue reading deck the halls
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twenty years a-growing
In June 1987, a seriously dodgy-looking crowd stood together in the sunken gardens behind Earlsfort Terrace and the National Concert Hall, to have our last ever photo together. Recognise anybody: perhaps even yourself? The eagle-eyed amongst you will see: - Joe Dalton in the front row (great moustache even then) - Michael Ward and Denis … Continue reading twenty years a-growing
2006 Woman of the Year
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the maireaddoyle.com Woman of the Year - my mother, Margaret Doyle. Mum has had a long and busy life. Born in Palmerstown (county Dublin as she will always remind us), she lived her early life with her mother and three sisters in a white-washed cottage. Her father died when … Continue reading 2006 Woman of the Year
man of the year 2005
Ben Doyle Senior was born in Dublin on 5 October 1925. He married my mum in 1953, and they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last year. When I was a kid, Dad was great. He bought me sweets every pay day, and because I lived at home all the way through university I was still … Continue reading man of the year 2005
Máiréad Doyle 