The McCarthy’s Party Blog
RISING SON
Our cousin Jacqui recently posted a photo on Facebook which depicted 4 of our Grandmother McCarthy’s cousins who served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. I had never heard of these young men and was intrigued enough to question my father and our Aunt Aggie about the relationship. Aggie has…
Read MoreQUILTING COMMUNITY OUTREACH
A post by Regina McCarthy: We are so pleased to share this story about our Mother and the many charitable works she performs in our community. Along with the many members of her quilting guild they have been creating these wonderful gifts for the Palliative Care Unit at Brother Jason’s hospital here in St. John’s…
Read MoreYUMMY RUMMY
A post by Mark McCarthy: Perhaps my favorite story from this Christmas involves a bottle of Newfoundland ‘Screech’; an empty bottle at that. Last week we had more then a few people over to help celebrate the season and while I wasn’t surprised to see so many rum drinkers – I was rather taken aback…
Read MoreCHEESE PLEASE
I recently hosted a media awareness program for Newfoundland’s department of tourism that included a sunrise tour of Cape Spear, a national park located at the most eastern point of land in all of North America. We captured beautiful photos and enjoyed a great start to a most promising day with one of the girls…
Read MoreIRELAND’S EYE
A post by Regina McCarthy: We embarked on another successful quilting tour in September of this year – completing the last of the British Isles with our trip to Ireland (Scotland -2014, Wales – 2013 and England in both 2010 & 2012) . Of course there are so many wonderful needlepoint displays in Ireland that…
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