There’s been a red storm warning rumbling inside of me for a while now. I look around and know I’m not the only one. One of my wisest friends always reminds me that everyone we meet is fighting some kind of battle. In these times we look for comfort and shelter where we can. I found some the other day in a parish hall . There’s not enough written about parish hall s and what goes on inside them week after week, but occasionally these places get their moment in the sun.
A parish hall plotline was the reason I loved Eithne Shortall’s latest novel, The Lodgers. The book was partly inspired by the true story of a small Dublin community who fought successfully to save the Corpus Christi hall on Home Farm Road in Drumcondra. The hall was closed in 2020 for the usual pandemic reasons, but never reopened, leaving locals beref
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