Biography

A Night At The Unity

A Night At The Unity By Paul McCann When I was young I had job in the evenings working at the Unity club in old Ardoyne . It stood proudly there...

Sunday Walks After Mass

Sunday Walks After Mass By Paul McCann Daddy took us for Sunday walks And we never got lost . We always went first to early mass Up at Holy Cross. We...
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Connecting With Trees

To look back on sweet but brief tranquil days, when made for soulful pleasures; passage of silence gratifying the restless mind, and I will give...
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Searching For Sailortown

Searching For Sailortown By Paul McCann In 1989 I went back to Ardoyne in Belfast in search of Sailortown . Daddy was born in Great Patrick street in...
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Surrounded By The Open Spaces

Surrounded By The Open Spaces By Paul McCann I remember going down to the Co-Op shop to buy a Kit Kat bar and then going on down the Crumlin Road ,...
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Life Is Just That Way

Life Is Just That Way By Paul McCann Do you ever wonder about everything in life in the spring when all around Ardoyne there were roses growing and...

The Heart Of The Place We Call Home

The Heart Of The Place We Call Home By Paul McCann I grew up in Ireland and found a loving community who believed in God and we all lived together in...

The Day I Lost My Appendix

The Day I Lost My Appendix By Paul McCann We walked my sisters to their nursery school down Cambria Street with a baby in the pram . Underneath Mammy...

The Day Christies Went Up

The Day Christies Went Up By Paul McCann I was standing outside Stewarts supermarket the day Christies was blown up . A large crowd stood opposite...
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Pitches From My Past

Pitches From My Past by Paul McCann On all weather pitches our legs we were getting hacked, there was no time to think and no time to react , you had...