Father and Son

In lead up to the F.R. Higgins Memorial Service in the Church of Ireland, Market Square, Foxford on Sunday 4th August 2013 as part of the Foxford Gathering 2013, here is an audio poem recital of F.R. Higgins’ ‘Father and Son’ read by the actor Pierce Brosnan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9JggnFMXMA

The Foxford Gathering has a sign

The Admiral

The Admiral will make its first debut in Mayo at the Breaffy House Hotel, Castlebar on the 2nd July at 8 p.m. and will continue at this venue every Tuesday till September. 

Foxford girls

A group of young Foxford girls on the steps outside the Admiral Brown Memorial Hall, Chapel Road, Foxford, County Mayo.

The Class of '73

The Class of '73 are invited to be "anseo" in the former St. Patrick's Boys School, Chapel Rd, Foxford on Saturday the 3rd August at 1 p.m. for a retake of the photo below. If you meet them, be gentle as they are older now!

Frederick Robert Higgins

"Remembering Frederick Robert Higgins" Foxford's famous poet, friend of W.B.Yeats, and former Director of the Abbey Theatre Dublin. He organised and accompanied the first tour of the Abbey Players to North America He wrote volumes of poetry and a number of plays. Why not visit the locations of some of his poems while at the Gathering Foxford 2013 on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th August 2013.

Padraic O'Conaire Gaelic Storyteller
by F.R. Higgins

They've paid the last respects in sad tobacco
And silent is this wakehouse in its haze;
They've paid the last respects; and now their whiskey
Flings laughing words on mouths of prayer and praise;
And so young couples huddle by the gables.
O let them grope home through the hedgy night -
Alone I'll mourn my old friend, while the cold dawn
Thins out the holy candlelight.

Foxford at Night

Foxford at Night
Photo by Aoife Bourke

Bonfire 2013

Bonfire

To all of you who are going to be celebrating bonfire night. 

·         Keep warm 

·         Keep an eye on those children 

·         Don't be burning any microwaves (there are safer ways of getting rid of old electrical items)

·         Keep your community clean

·         Watch out for midgets

·         Watch out for changes in wind direction

·         And be prepared for rainfall

·         Watch out for ash the next day

 ·        Burn your chairs last

Convoy

Lundy Haulage pulling out of O'Hara's Bakery in Foxford County Mayo. ( be careful with your volume when playing this video)