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	Carfin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carfin is a small town to the north-east of Motherwell, Scotland on the road to Newarthill.
		Carfin Grotto is a famous pilgrimage place, with extensive gardens and a visitors centre/cafe.
		The climate is temperate, agreeing with the temperate climate of northern Britain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carfin (254 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Motherwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Grotto was built in nearby Carfin, in the 1920s, mainly by local residents and miners and was originally for the benefit of the Catholic Community, holding Processions and Pilgrimages most Sundays throughout the year and, in its heyday, saw many thousands attend open-air masses.
		Others who regularly use the Grotto are from the large Lithuanian and Polish communities who had settled in the area, although many travelled from around Britain to attend.
		The one disappointment for the local Catholic community was when Pope John Paul II visited Scotland in the 1980's and had hoped that he would visit the only Catholic Shrine in the country but were rewarded only with a "fly-past" by his helicopter.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Motherwell (2179 words)

	Carfin Lourdes Grotto
		The Grotto was founded and opened in 1922 – making it one of the oldest Shrines in the world in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes.
		The founder and inspirer of the Grotto was Father Thomas Taylor, whose devotion to Our Blessed Lady and St Therese made such an impact on the Catholic Church in Scotland and in the North of England, that literally thousands of pilgrims visited Carfin throughout the 1920’s up until the 1960’s.
		Standing adjacent to the Carfin Lourdes Grotto, St Francis Xavier’s Church was founded in the late 19th century.
	www.carfin.org.uk (630 words)

	icLanarkshire - Carfin Grotto
		Opened in October 1922 the Carfin Grotto was built as a shrine to Lourdes in France.
		The Carfin Grotto is not a holy place because nothing miraculous happened there but it has been made holy by the hundreds of thousands of good people who have visited it over the years.
		The grotto was opened with over 2000 pilgrims in attendance at the dedication ceremony and, shortly after, the invasion of the grotto began.
	iclanarkshire.icnetwork.co.uk /localinfo/attractions/tm_objectid=11408772&method=full&siteid=50144&headline=carfin-grotto-name_page.html (270 words)

	Frank Roy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is currently a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of HM Household.
		Frank Roy is most remembered locally for claiming that the visit of the Irish Prime Minister to Carfin Grotto was mis-timed, coming on the same day as his visit to a Rangers - Celtic football match in Glasgow.
		Roy decided to mention this, no-one - apart from some local residents - were aware of this unannounced trip to open a shrine dedicated to the memory of those who died in the Irish potato famines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Roy (311 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Glasgow and West \| Pontiff statue attracts hundreds
		Created by renowned Scottish artist Tom Allan, the sculpture is based on the famous picture of an aged John Paul II wrapped in a flowing gown and clutching a staff.
		It was commissioned by the pastoral planning team of Carfin parish, who said the late pontiff remained a significant figure for Scotland following his visit to the country in May 1982.
		Carfin Grotto was built in the 1920s to recreate France's famous Lourdes pilgrimage site.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/4768933.stm (422 words)

	AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The new Secretary of State John Reid, along with Scottish Secretary Helen Liddle, continues to be implicated in the fiasco surrounding the forced cancellation of Bertie Ahern's visit to unveil a famine memorial at Carfin in Lanarkshire.
		Carfin Grotto near Belshill has been a peaceful place of pilgrimage for some 80 years, but in the letter Roy insisted that it could become a flashpoint for sectarian violence if Ahern went ahead with the unveiling of a celtic cross to commemorate famine victims.
		Further, in the second paragraph, Roy specifically mentioned the fact that he was PPS to Helen Liddell, had been PPS to John Reid before that, and that prior to contacting Mulhall he had raised the matter with both of them.
	republican-news.org /archive/2001/February15/15fran.html (390 words)

	Devotion to Saint Philomena in Scotland
		When the national Marian shrine was being erected in the 1920’s at Carfin near Motherwell, Saint Philomena found home there and a beautiful carrara marble statue was donated by a grateful devotee from Glasgow who subsequently donated a smaller one of the Cure of Ars.
		During the major feasts celebrated at Carfin a thirteen year old girl was dressed as the Saint and walked in the processions.
		Carfin was a mining area with a sizeable population of Irish immigrants, many of whom worked in the mines.
	www.philomena.uk.com /history.htm (1085 words)

	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church : Cleator
		The Grotto is appointed one of the Marian Shrines in the Lancaster Diocese.
		This cross stands some 18 foot high and is around 7 foot wide on a large mound of rough stones surrounded by bushes, at the foot of this mound is a large vault, were a number of the deceased Priests of Cleator are interred.
		The Shrine at the Grotto of St Mary's, to St Therese of Lisieux was dedicated on 6th July 1932 by Father Taylor of Carfin, Scotland.
	www.themoor.ukf.net /stmarys (1212 words)

	Carfin Dog Racing Track (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1928 Carfin was the first of the whippet grounds to feature the bigger dogs in mixed meetings.
		When Grace was 8 years old he moved with his wife and family from Parkhead, Glasgow to Carfin to work in the dog track as a handicapper.
		The Glenburn Trophy (on left) one of the coveted trophies competed for at the Carfin track and the Queenborough Cup which was presented by Lord Queensborough for the Scottish Whippet Derby
	homepage.ntlworld.com /rosaleen.lofnes/dogs.htm (558 words)

	Carfin Grotto: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Carfin Grotto was the idea of the then Father Taylor (later Cardinal Cardinal (Catholicism) quick summary:
		Francis Xavier[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject]'s Parish in Carfin, EHandler: no quick summary.
		More recently the "Reliquery" opened within the Grotto grounds and features many religious artifacts used throughout the years at various procession procession quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Ca/Carfin_Grotto.htm (500 words)

	Sectarianism in Scotland: A crisis of faith - [Sunday Herald]
		Then, when the story broke, whether or not he leaked it, he was flattered when the media wanted him to explain how he could, apparently single-handedly, keep the head of a foreign government off his turf.
		The monument to the victims of the Irish potato famine at the Carfin grotto is a late addition to other commemorative crosses and Blessed Virgin Mary statues at the site.
		Its positioning inside the grotto sparked some debate as to whether the potato famine was a cross-denominational issue or a Catholic one.
	www.sundayherald.com /13666 (1536 words)

	eBay.co.uk - grotto, Postcards, Trading Cards CCG, CDs items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mary Magdalene in the Grotto by LeFebvre canvas
		The Grotto of the Formigans By Daniel Da Cruz -1980
		Phlegraean Fields: From Virgil's Tomb to the Grotto...
	search.ebay.co.uk /grotto_W0QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2 (409 words)

	BBC News \| SCOTLAND \| Dismay at Ahern cancellation
		The decision by Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern to cancel a private trip to Scotland has been met with dismay in the community he was due to visit.
		Mr Ahern had been due to unveil a memorial to victims of the Irish potato famine at the Catholic Carfin Grotto, near Glasgow, on Sunday.
		Mr Roy, whose Motherwell and Wishaw constituency covers Carfin Grotto, said he told the Irish Government the Taoiseach's arrival was badly timed.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/1160704.stm (553 words)

	Sectarianism rears its ugly head in new Scotland: ThePost.ie
		That is why when the sudden cancellation of a low-key visit by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to the village of Carfin in Lanarkshire became common political currency, large swathes of society were aghast.
		However much he protests to the contrary, Frank Roy, the Labour MP for Motherwell and Wishaw, who provoked the debacle, must rue the day he decided the expose the religious faultline that has run for generations through the heart of his constituency.
		But ironically the Carfin affair will not dent Labour's popularity in Scotland at the general election, and Roy is almost guaranteed to be returned to Westminster after the poll.
	archives.tcm.ie /businesspost/2001/02/25/story781029928.asp (741 words)

	Sculpture by Tom Allan - Artist's statement
		Tom has recently been commissioned to carve a life-size marble statue of St. Peregrine, patron saint of people who suffer from cancer, for the pilgrimage centre at Carfin, near Motherwell.
		He is keen to point out that the whole impetus of the project is multi-faith.
		Indeed the strong impression created by the new Carfin Visitor Centre is of a concern for people that reaches beyond any one religion or church.
	www.tom-allan.co.uk /peregrine.html (376 words)

	Carfin 2001
		The 5th Annual pilgrimage of the CMI (Crusade of Mary Immaculate) in Scotland took place on 18th August at Scotland's National Marian Shrine at Carfin near Motherwell.
		Due to the inclement weather the pilgrims were unable to process around the beautiful grounds and Grotto at Carfin.
		The pilgrims will meet again at Carfin on 17th August,2002, when the Crusade will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary in Great Britain.
	www.mi-international.org /Eventi/Carfin01/august2001.htm (167 words)

	Reilly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		All the family except Mary and John lived in Carfin or Newarthill.
		She taught in Our Lady and St. Francis Xavier Primary School, Carfin until she retired at the age of 67
		They lived in a 2 roomed house in Newarthill Road, Carfin before moving to Glenburn Terrace.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /rosaleen.lofnes/family.htm (379 words)

	Thoughts turn to the future as Scots say farewell - [Sunday Herald]
		At Carfin Lourdes Grotto in Motherwell, Roman Catholics gathered to pay their respects to the 84-year-old pontiff.
		For Tony McAree, a father-of-one from Glasgow, his first glimpse of the Pope in 1982 is etched in his memory.
		Daniel Curran brought his young son along to the grotto to pray.
	www.sundayherald.com /48864 (750 words)

	Carfin Grotto and Pilgrimage Centre \| Glasgow \| Visiting the City \| Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing \| Religious ...
		Built in the early 1920s by local unemployed miners, this lovely grotto welcomes thousands of visitors from all over the world who come to pray in peace and tranquillity.
		Modelled on the Lourdes Grotto in France, it has many features including a glass chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Maid of the Seas, in memory of those who died in the Lockerbie disaster.
		A small bridge over a stream takes you to the chapel, with each brick on the bridge bearing the Papal crest, each one purchased by a Catholic at the time of the Pope's visit to Scotland in 1982.
	www.wcities.com /en/record/162,122722/54/record.html (186 words)

	Carfin Lourdes Grotto
		The founder of this beautiful shrine, Canon Thomas Taylor, was inspired by a visit that he and a number of parishioners made to Lourdes around 1920, which led to the realisation of his dream - to build a replica of the Lourdes Grotto for the people of Scotland.
		Under the guidance of Canon Taylor, and with the willing help of many men during the Depression Years from the Carfin parish and neighbouring parishes, future generations have been left with a wonderful heritage and it is our privilege to preserve and enhance it.
		You may know Carfin Grotto well, you may very well have visited it as a child; you may be a regular visitor or you may never have had the opportunity to come and visit the Grotto — no matter!
	www.carfin.org.uk /grotto.htm (217 words)

	Overview of Carfin Grotto and Pilgrimage Centre, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Overview of Carfin Grotto and Pilgrimage Centre, The
		Situated in the village of Carfin, 2 miles (3 km) north east of Motherwell, the Carfin Grotto was created in 1922 as a copy of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes.
		Within the grounds of the Carfin Grotto is the Carfin Pilgrimage Centre which is dedicated to tracing the traditions, history and motivations of pilgrimage, particularly in Scotland.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst8367.html (110 words)

	Articles
		DOWNING Street last night brushed aside a call from the SNP for Tony Blair, the prime minister, to make an official apology to Bertie Ahern, his Irish counterpart, over the Carfin grotto fiasco.
		Lib Dem Central Scotland MSP Donald Gorrie has also tabled a motion calling for a commission to be set up to examine what steps the Executive and Parliament should take to reduce bigotry.
		Ms Lamont said the motion was in part submitted to "strike a balance" in the debate that surrounded the controversy over Mr Ahern's cancelled visit to Carfin.
	www.members.tripod.com /~HelenLiddell/dismisses.html (286 words)

	Back to (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The former hunting lodge of the Dukes of Hamilton, built by the famous Scottish architect William Adam in 1732, has been restored and now houses a fascinating visitor centre.
		The Carfin Pilgrimage Centre, which stands in the grounds of the Carfin Grotto, traces the history, traditions and motivations of pilgrimage, focusing particularly on pilgrimage in Scotland.
		Dramatic ruined castles, industrial heritage, country parks - and also the building with Europe's longest echo (The Hamilton Mausoleum - 22 seconds!) - Clyde Valley has plenty of surprises.
	www.sorbie.net /lanarkshire_scenery.htm (314 words)

	Row over Irish Prime Minister's Cancelled Visit to Shrine - Christianity Today Magazine
		Ahern, who accepted the advice, was scheduled to unveil a new memorial at the shrine, Carfin Grotto, on February 11 to victims of the 19th-century Irish potato famine.
		However, two senior figures at Carfin Grotto told ENI that the Marian shrine had no history of sectarian disturbances.
		The shrine, built in the 1920s by unemployed miners, includes a replica of the Lourdes grotto and attracts about 70,000 visitors a year.
	www.christianitytoday.com /ct/2001/108/58.0.html (713 words)

	Carfin Grotto - Visitor Centre
		Here at Carfin we would like to invite you to experience a unique visitors attraction.
		Our Centre is situated alongside Carfin Grotto, the National Marian Shrine of Scotland in the heart of Lanarkshire.
		The Centre opened in June 1996 with the official opening by the late Cardinal Thomas Winning taking place a short time after on the 11th September 1996.
	www.carfin.org.uk /centre.htm (132 words)

	Now Look Closer - Learn & Explore
		If you are looking for peace and tranquillity, then take a trip to Carfin Grotto and Pilgrimage Centre.
		The Grotto, built in the 1920s, is an ideal setting for peaceful walks.
		The Pilgrimage Centre is a new facility at the Grotto that uses modern display techniques to tell the fascinating story of pilgrimage through the ages.
	www.northlan.gov.uk /your+council/facts+and+figures/key+facts/nlc+learn+and+explore.html (662 words)

	Scotsman.com Living - Paint it black (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Though first performed in 1978, The Slab Boys is set in 1957, a decade before Hickey was born, and was written before he even entered his teens.
		He certainly never had his "hale family banned fae the Carfin Grotto for life", which is what happens to McCann after one of his mother’s more exotic outbursts.
		But it’s a measure of the significance of Byrne’s great play about a working-class kid seeking escape, power and liberation through art that it seems, generation after generation, to find Scottish actors who are close enough to that experience to make it their own.
	www.news.scotsman.com /features.cfm?id=1275712003 (1006 words)

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