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THE LAST SURVIVING child of an executed 1916 leader has been granted the Freedom of Dublin.
Fr Joseph Mallin (102) is the son of Easter Rising commandant Michael Mallin, a Dublin socialist who was killed by firing squad days after the rebellion.
The Jesuit priest has lived in Hong Kong since leaving Ireland for missionary work in 1948.
He was conferred with the award at a ceremony in Wah Yan College in the city this morning.
Lord Mayor of Dublin Críona Ní Dhálaigh said Fr Mallin was honoured because of his work with the people of Hong Kong and Macau as well as his unique connection to the events of 1916.
“His skills as a priest, a mentor, teacher and giver of grace have made a difference to thousands of lives,” Ní Dhálaigh said.
‘Be a priest if you can’
Only 80 other people – including John F Kennedy, Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa – have been awarded the Freedom of Dublin since its inception in 1876.
Fr Mallin, the fourth of five children, was just two years old when he was taken to visit his father in Kilmainham Jail the night before he was killed in May 1916.
The elder Mallin is believed to have encouraged his baby son to become a priest in a letter sent to his family ahead of the execution.
“Joseph, my little man, be a priest if you can,” he is said to have written.
His son, who was ordained in 1946, celebrated his 102nd birthday in Hong Kong last September.
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Did I just read this..jasyus I did…I did need to get out more..but nobody has ever explained to me why Broccoli goes cold as soon as you cook it..I’ve never had hot Broccoli yet..
@sparky: Broccoli has a very high surface area per unit weight compared to other veg. This high surface area allows for higher rates of heat transfer to occur between the broccoli and the air. The stems of the broccoli are also a lot less dense than other vegetables too so heat transfer occurs more rapidly for that reason as well.
@sparky: always preheat your plate.
Another valuable scientific endeavour….
Thank God for religion, that’s all I can say.
Stephen Hawking must be glad he is still alive to read this. Good to know scientists have their prioritys right. Serious illnesses & research is not important if shoelaces become undone according to these scientists. This is an insult to scientists everywhere.
@Abcd: If you’d bother to actually read the article you’d see that it does have a serious side in preventing injury.
@Jack Cassady: Guess what Jack… turns out God didn’t do this either…
@Paddy Ryan: My shoelaces have not undone since i was about 6. We where taught too secure all footwear & loose clothing especially near any machinery.
@Abcd: move on to ‘é’ and the rest of the alphabet as soon as you can. Then complete your education, concentrating on logic, but not forgetting reading and comprehension. Then read this article once more. If you do not understand it differently the second time around, you are probably ineducable.
Jasus, this article had me in knots.
Double knot always works for me. Takes2 seconds longer to untie but worth it for one pair of athletic shoes with laces that untie within 10 minutes of tying the knot.
Bunny ears, bunny ears, playing by a tree. Criss-crossed the tree, trying to catch me. Bunny ears, Bunny ears, jumped into the hole, popped out the other side beautiful and bold.”
@Colleen McGovern: what you rabbitin’ on about, Willis?
“…unable to lift his foot off the gas…”
Enough of the Yankisms
Hahaha, yet you use an Americanism in your appeal to eschew a ‘Yankism’!
Enough with the Little Englander mentality. The world uses American English and in Ireland we use, increasingly, American spelling. You can color it whatever way you wish, but the English used in Ireland and in our neighboring island is moving toward the American standard.
Seriously
My guess is it’ll be a combination of vibration from the foot/shoe in normal thread action and the laces swinging. The result of both actions causing the knot to work itself loose.
@Paul Downes: My guess is its explained in the article.
Good on you journal. That’s a fine piece of copy and pasting from a piece of news that was reported on around the globe last week.
So, am I right in thinking a bunch of scientists have basically determined through scientific research that lases come undone because we/i don’t make a proper knot?? Out with lases in with velcro. I think we need a tribunal!
Ah lads, this was solved a long time ago. It’s to do with the direction in which you tie the knot. 3 min video on Ted Talks explains it.
Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes
http://go.ted.com/NQ2rKQ
I kid you knot!!!
Who the hell finds this kind of research ? The scouts ?
#Funds#
Jesus these lads are busy
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