5 days to go!!
For those of you who don't know about Carrick On Suir, it's a small town in the South Tipperary (Ireland) and the place I call my home. I won't lie to you and say it was always a great place to grow up in, but the older you get and the more you visit busy cities you begin to appreciate the small town with one main street where you're not immune to dodging between speeding cars, or motorcycles or garda cars..not that they really leave the station anyway but, none the less I've been to many cities over the Christmas period and none of them have a trace on my little town, okay okay.. some of the lights beat Carrick, but shur look we can't have it all.
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The Carrick Beg Christmas Tree. |
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Myself and my best friend Aisling, Christmas Eve 2013. |
There are many other reasons why I think Carrick is so special this time of year. One in particular is the facebook group 'Things I miss about Carrick On Suir' -Set up in Nov 2013, by the coolest priest since Father Ted.
The main reason why I love this page is because it allows people who have left the town to feel like they are still connect to home at Christmas time, and share their own Christmas message. It really is something that makes Carrick so special and unique.
Another thing is our annual toy mass for the local Vincent De Paul. This is the most magical mass you could go too. I've been going for as long as I can remember and it's one my Christmas highlights. It's a special mass because you bring a gift for a child and the VDP then send it too less fortunate children.
It's probably one of the only things that shows the true meaning of Christmas, giving rather than receiving, it is magical. Not to mention that special man that arrives on his sleigh every year at the end of the mass.
We also have the remembrance tree outside the theatre which is in aid of the South Tipp Hospice, something very close to my heart and to have that on front display driving across the bridge.... magical.

The most Carrick thing anyone could think of, bring through a load of lit up tractors! One night, ten tractors and over 5,000 lights!!!!
I can't even.........

(This being said I'm going out here Tuesday night so all could change by then... haha)
This is a lovely blog Lynda - well done. I know you to see you around Carrick, you are friendly with William "Toffee" Gough's and Stella's daughter -(I went to school with William' nephew, Eamonn).
ReplyDeleteIt is really professional and well written and looks excellent. I love to see people write so positively about Carrick. There is too much negativity. Well done and happy Christmas.
Here is a little article I wrote about Carrick a few years ago. http://jodriscoll.blogspot.ie/2012/06/savage-loves-his-native-shore.html I use my blog for my teaching work mainly.
Hi John, yes I'm good friends with Annmarie, great to hear from you. Thanks for your lovely comment, I just gave your blog a read, it's great.
DeleteThanks again John, Merry Christma :)