McMurray Scotland-Ireland Mission Blog

  Getting to All-Ireland Zone Conference in Dublin means a 2hr 30 minute drive. Our Senior couple friends, the Evenson's who live further away in Tralee, suggested we drive on Monday afternoon and stay overnight in the Leixslip Manor, just outside of the M50 ring-road of Dublin. So we did that, and had a more relaxing time, getting over to the Finglas chapel to start our food prep. The manor was built in 1798 on the townland of St. Catherine's Park on the border of Kildare and Dublin. Leixslip Manor is the centrepiece of 27 acres of beautiful parkland. Just down the tree-lined lane from the manor house is a quaint neighborhood in which there is an obvious love of gardening. We had to take a closer look - you know, stop and smell the roses. The name 'Leixslip' comes from the Old Norse Lax Hlaup which means 'salmon leap'. This is the name given to the area by the Vikings when they established a settlement by the confluence of the river Liffey and Rye Water in the ...

Some of Our Heart Will Always Be in Dundalk & Carlingford  One of our favorite places is this little spot of heaven in Carlingford, Louth County on the Cooley Peninsula. We just had to take the young missionaries with us for one last visit, before we left for Cork. These two are among our favorites - Elder Schneider (the 'crazy German' as he calls himself), and Elder Truman. He has been so kind to us, always thanking us for every little thing we do. And he is so kind to everyone he meets, not of our faith. We have seen amazing growth in both of them in the few months we've been together. I Alice Gernon, Mary Kenny, and Anne McCartney - three great friends we've made in Dundalk. I could have shown a photo of myself holding the Swoop Championship trophy after being trash-talked, threatened, and assaulted, but that would be boastful - so, instead I am showing this photo of us with our dear friends. For 8 months we've gone up and down the M1/N1 to and from Belfast. ...