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Landing safely on Ireland’s shores marks the origins of one of the world’s most beloved hymns. Although everyone knows this beautiful, uplifting hymn, Amazing Grace, not many people know its Irish origins. The haunting hymn Amazing Grace was penned by the anti-slavery advocate John Newton when he landed in Donegal, safe, having survived a shipwreck. HisContinue reading “Amazing Grace written after author landed safe in Donegal after shipwreck”

Amazing Grace is more than just a song. It is someone’s salvation. As you’re about to find out, it’s a place, too When it comes to arrivals in Ireland, however, few can match that of John Newton. Stormy Seas “At 23, John Newton was a foul-mouthed sailor working in the slave trade. Newton had rejectedContinue reading “Amazing Grace – an Inishowen story”