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"No one in the town of Gracie Fields will ever again be able to say they were #born in #Rochdale unless, unfortunately, in a taxi on the way to Bury or on the way to Oldham. We don't even have a postcode. This town, which was once one of the most prosperous in England, is now one of the poorest. Abandoned not just by the government, but abandoned by the mayor of Greater Manchester. Imagine a town where you can't be born. Imagine a town where you can't die.

I garnered more votes than the Conservatives, than Labour, than the Liberal Democrats, than the Reform Party. I just want to say that having given both parties a good spanking on the 29 February, I've got my boots on to give them a good kicking anytime I catch your eye here."

Not a big turnout for #GeorgeGalloway's maiden #speech in Parliament, which speaks volumes. No mention of #Palestine either, except a short reference at the beginning, where he pays tribute to a former MP of Rochdale, Tony Lloyd.

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#StCiarán of #Saighir is depicted in a window in #StBrendan's #Church, Birr, Co #Offaly. Picture by Andreas Franz Borchert
#St #Ciarán of Saighir
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Reputed to have been the #first saint #born in #reland, #Ciarán was a native of #CapeClear #Island off the #coast of #Cork.

He became the bishop of Saighir (Seir-Kieran) in the foothills of the #SlieveBloom #mountains in modern-day Co Offaly and remains the patron saint of the Diocese of #Ossory.

Lives of the saint relate #how he #lived in a #forest surrounded by #animals and wearing nothing but skins.

This corresponds to the image of him as a western John the Baptist, and thus like St Ibar, a precursor of the national apostle.

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