Cast light
Jan 29th, 2012 | By Ian Poulton | Category: SpiritualityTravelling north on the M9 motorway in Co Carlow, there is a moment when infrastructure and landscape match those in a part of rural France; an unremarkable stretch of autoroute through an unknown département, yet one lodged deep in the recesses of the brain as emblematic of holidays deep in the French countryside. Memories of an atmosphere, a mood of well-being, have the capacity to transform the bland uniformity of concrete and tarmacadam.
Soon after being appointed to a Dublin parish in late-1998, there was a journey south to make …