Nóirín’s Blog

March 16th 2013 – 

Dia dhíbh, a chairde chroíthe, Just to tell you a few little things. Firstly, every evening or most evenings at any rate, I go up to the Icon Chapel here in Glenstal Abbey to pray at 5.45pm before Vespers and…

April 02nd 2011 – 

It is a huge, humbling blessing to be invited to sing at this extremely important visit to Ireland of His Holiness, the XIV Dalai Lama at this troubled time, spiritually and economically, in our land. I have had that marvelous…

May 09th 2010 – 

Attention! All you stressed out primary teachers (or friends of theirs) at this time of the year! Come and chill out with me here in Glenstal Abbey in a week that promises to be good for the soul and body.…

November 10th 2009 – 

A chroíthe, Thank you so much to everyone who has written to me over the past few weeks about ‘Listen with the Ear of the Heart’. I felt so vulnerable and fragile beforehand. It is so different to the experience…

February 02nd 2009 – 

Míle buíochas to dear Robbi who is yet again my whizz guardian angel to allow this old wrinkly granny to kick the blog heels! And at time that has always been so special: Feb 1, yesterday, feast of goddess, saint…