Craddock House Residents and The Moat Writers Branch Out! On Mon. November 27, the residents of Craddock House Nursing Home, together with their families and friends gathered to celebrate the launch of Branching Out. This delightful collection of poems and memoir pieces launched by Fr. Liam Morgan, is the result of a year long collaboration with The Moat Writers. The stories in this collection will bring the reader on an unforgettable trip down memory lane. We travel fromschool rooms heated by turf fires to the pilgrim pathways of Lough Derg, down the Grand Canal and on to the glittering ballrooms of romance. The reader can savour again forgotten pleasures; potato cakes smothered in butter, Easter simnel cake and coffee from Fletcher’s Commercial House. Branching Out is available to buy for 10 euro from Craddock House Nursing Home with the residents kindly donating the proceeds to St. Vincent De Paul. Pictured above is Dan McLoughlin and Michael Gaynor. All photos by Aishling Conway.

placeholder image — Craddock House Residents and The Moat Writers Branch Out! On Mon. November 27, the residents of Craddock House Nursing Home, together with their families and friends gathered to celebrate the launch of Branching Out. This delightful collection of poems and memoir pieces launched by Fr. Liam Morgan, is the result of a year long collaboration with The Moat Writers. The stories in this collection will bring the reader on an unforgettable trip down memory lane. We travel fromschool rooms heated by turf fires to the pilgrim pathways of Lough Derg, down the Grand Canal and on to the glittering ballrooms of romance. The reader can savour again forgotten pleasures; potato cakes smothered in butter, Easter simnel cake and coffee from Fletcher’s Commercial House. Branching Out is available to buy for 10 euro from Craddock House Nursing Home with the residents kindly donating the proceeds to St. Vincent De Paul. Pictured above is Dan McLoughlin and Michael Gaynor. All photos by Aishling Conway.

PHOTO GALLERY: Craddock House Residents and The Moat Writers Branch Out!

By Leader Reporter

Published 4th Dec 2023, 19:33 GMT

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Authors of "Branching Out" - Noreen Nolan, Mary McLoughlin, Jimmy Cox, Mary Gannon and Ann Traynor

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Síle and Noreen Nolan

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Authors of "Branching Out" - Noreen Nolan, Mary McLoughlin, Jimmy Cox, Mary Gannon and Ann Traynor with staff from Craddock House Nursing Home

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Authors of "Branching Out" - Noreen Nolan, Mary McLoughlin, Jimmy Cox, Mary Gannon and Ann Traynor with Mary Darker (Craddock House Nursing Home) and members of the Moat Writers Helen O'Leary, John Geoghegan and Trish Dunne who helped compile the book together

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PHOTO GALLERY: Craddock House Residents and The Moat Writers Branch Out!

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