{"id":1562,"date":"2016-07-14T22:25:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T11:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1562-when-worlds-collide.html"},"modified":"2016-07-14T22:25:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T11:55:25","slug":"when-worlds-collide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1562-when-worlds-collide.html","title":{"rendered":"When Worlds Collide"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:401 -->&lt;a href=&quot;\/serendipity\/&quot; title=&quot;Robert&#039;s Ramblings&quot;<!-- s9ymdb:2169 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/1390-_MG_5899_900_901.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSometime coincidences are just a little too spooky.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI was a little bit lost on the the back roads of County Cork when a tiny cemetery and chapel caught my attention. Later I learned it was Kilshannig Cemetery.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDespite the rain I pulled off the road as best I could, found a small gate in the heavy stone wall and ventured inside.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI am not usually one to read the texts and think about the history inscribed on tombstones and lives lived. Instead I prefer to keep it a purely visual experience.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI spent a little while walking around the chapel and feeling the somber mood of the low light, the wintry drizzle and sullen overcast sky.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs I was ready to say goodbye and head back to the comfort of a warm and dry vehicle one tombstone caught my eye and drew me in to read the words inscribed.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8216;In loving memory of Jim O&#8217;Connor Pendys Cross Dromahane Died 22nd Nov 1995 &#8230;&#8217; <br \/>\n<br \/>\nUsually I would have stopped there, but something kept me reading.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHis parents were buried here. His 18 month old sister was buried here. There were family here acknowledged back to William O&#8217;Conner who died in 1772.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nStill, nothing too unusual for an obscure out of the way Irish cemetery  &#8230; And then I saw what was written Last.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8216;Tim (Timmy) O&#8217;Connor (Late of Pendys Cross) Died 18th December 1998 Interred in Adelaide Australia&#8217;<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAdelaide, where I now live, and the farthest place on the planet from Kilshannig Cemetery, was the very last line.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIt was chance that brought me here, it was chance I noticed this grave and unusual for me to have read the inscription to the end.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSo now as I drive past any cemetery here in Adelaide I think about Timmy O&#8217;Conner, and wonder what brought him here.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nCoincidence?<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em>Photo: Robert Rath, &#8216;When Worlds Collide&#8217;, 1\/30s f\/13 ISO160 17mm<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;a href=&quot;\/serendipity\/&quot; title=&quot;Robert&#039;s Ramblings&quot; Sometime coincidences are just a little too spooky. I was a little bit lost on the the back roads of County Cork when a tiny cemetery and chapel caught my attention. Later I learned it was Kilshannig Cemetery. Despite the rain I pulled off the road as best I could, found &#8230; <a title=\"When Worlds Collide\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1562-when-worlds-collide.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about When Worlds Collide\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}