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brian-wilson-sporting-chance Brian Wilson North Down Councillor, first Green Party MLA in Northern Ireland

Bangor in the Sixties

I SUPPOSE it is only with the benefit of hindsight that I can appreciate how fortunate I was to grow up in Bangor in the Sixties. It was an exciting time to be young and we enjoyed a freedom denied to our successors by the Troubles. We had just left the austere Fifties with its

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Stained Glass Window, St Columbanus Trail, Bangor to Bobbio

On the Trail of Saint Columbanus

This weekend four hundred Friends of Saint Columbanus will be visiting Bangor to celebrate the life and works of Columbanus. This important event caused me to reflect on my interrail tour in the steps of Saint Columbanus which I undertook some years ago. I was first introduced to Saint Columbanus more than 50 years ago

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