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    Special Novena begins with Mass at Inse an tSagairt

    Any casual observer on the road leading into Baurearagh Valley, or travelling on the Knockduff road last night will be forgiven for wondering what the large accumulation of parked cars was all about. Coillte, the state-owned forestry company, had given permission to open the barrier preventing vehicular traffic from travelling down its forest track. Along the track, in lay-bys and the turning circle at the bottom of the roadway cars, vans and jeeps were competing for parking space. Groups of people, some small, some larger; people walking in pairs or – occasionally – on their own, made their way down to the Baurearagh River. They ignored the stepping stones leading…