Dear friends of Beara, As some of you already know, Beara lost one of its great chroniclers just before Christmas. Here's the text of a piece in the current Southern Star. http://www.southernstar.ie/Community/Beara/Regretted-death-of-The-Southern-Stars-Beara-correspondent-03012013.htm --- Begin cited text --- By Con Downing The death has taken place, in his 96th year, of The Southern Star?s long-serving Beara Notes writer, Gerard Harrington. Better known as Gerdie, he was one of the most senior newspaper correspondents in this country, perhaps indeed worldwide. He had been the local correspondent of The Southern Star for almost three decades since his return to his native town of Castletownbere, after spending most of his working life in England before that. --- End cited text --- (Much more at the link) To all who knew him, I offer my condolences. I can only imagine what a loss this must be for the Beara Historical Society. -- Bill