Ciaran’s Peculier [sic] Blog

A few weeks’ ago I made a humorous post to my blog entitled “Is Cavan County Museum worth a mass?” This spoof informed my readers that that supe-annuated white elephant in Ballyjamesduff was about to fall victim to the economic downturn. Anyone with a titter of wit could see that it was not to be taken seriously, but I obviously hit a nerve and there were not a few who believed it. So much so that the imminent closure of the museum featured on local radio and in the local press; the local authority was forced to issue a statement denying any intention to close it.

Pardon me for being a litte ego-centric but the Cavan Echo has recently dccided to discontinue my column “Echoes of the Past”. Many people both in Cavan and further afield enjoyed this, and I certainly enjoyed writing it, and  I am really touched by the messages of regret and support I have received. This is  not a joke. I am conscious however that this development, which I see as having a far more detrimental impact on historical studies in Cavan than the closure of the museum, has not produced anything like the outrage occasioned by my spoof.  No! I am not expecting people to ‘phone up Northetrn Sound or write letters of protest.  I do know that many of the museum’s biggest friends and defenders will be only too glad that I am no longer writing about history – that loud mouth badmouthing his betters and those whom God has placed abovce him could have no better luck - they are no doubt saying to themselves.