Lattes and LIturgy in Drogheda | Podcast
For a lot of people, coffee is more than just a jolt of caffeine. For some it’s a social opportunity and sometimes it becomes a quest. Well, for a few, it’s a near-religious experience. If you border on the last one there, I have quite an opportunity for you. Father Paddy’s Coffee Cart, located at Gerrard’s Church in Drogheda. It’s not actually in the church itself, but right outside, surrounded by heavenly views…birds…(lots of birds) and beautiful, historic headstones.
What a change from the hubbub of a cafe or a coffee shop or a busy street. Here, instead of continual chatter and music, you are surrounded by beauty, peace and continual birdsong. And this also serves as a break for your soul. You can stroll and read about those who’ve gone before, admire the history that surrounds you or just contemplate a real break in your day.
You see, Father Paddy Rushe has always celebrated coffee. And as a way of honouring his late brother and sister, he opened this coffee cart. It’s housed in a repurposed horse trailer and offers coffee in the mornings and again in the evenings. Father Paddy and the few that work for him here, believe in quality in both coffee and the coffee experience. And each cup comes with a motivational sticker on it.
Father Paddy knows his passions. And he is all-in on this hobby. He is a full-time working priest at nearby Monasterboice. And he clearly loves what he does, and he genuinely loves people. Because in addition to brewing up coffee, he collects stories from other caffeine lovers. He seriously celebrates coffee overall; those who make it, those who enjoy it and those just interested in it, from Dundalk to Dun Laoghaire with his own podcast called BeansAndMore.Coffee.
You can hear his commitement to caffeine, all about his coffee cart, and get a taste of his podcast, in this episode of Erin’s isle. Just click the audio bar below.
