A Penny Drops
It was my birthday last week. It turns out I was born in or around midnight (30-something years ago). On a Friday night or Saturday morning, if you know what I mean. They eventually settled on Saturday as the day of my birth.
I don’t know if they flipped a coin but the decision [...]
Victory is ours – sorta
This has got to be an urban myth!
Aughrim in Co Wicklow won the 2007 Tidy Towns competition. Apparently, one of the local councillors said that ‘pride’ had now been restored to the town after the 1691 Battle of Aughrim.
Only problem is…the Battle of Aughrim took place in Co Galway on the opposite [...]
Feile na Deise: Street Pageant
Apparently, it should be Feile na nDeise…with an ‘n’. Search google for ‘feile na deise’ (no n) and I’m higher than the official website!! Go figure?
Anyway, this is ‘Dev’ making his pitch around the time the treaty was negotiated. Goto my flickr site site to see some more photos of the other participants.
Street [...]
John Roberts Weekend, Waterford
A celebration of the work of John Roberts will be held in Waterford city on 27-29 April, 2007. The name of John Roberts is synonomous with Georgian architecture in Waterford city and is also important further afield in Ireland.
‘So what?’, says you. Well…
RIAI’s 3rd annual ‘Simon Open door’ Fundraising Initiative.
Participating RIAI architects throughout Ireland [...]
Stoolpigeon
I almost (ahem) posted this photo on flickr as pigeonstool. Hopefully I corrected the mistake in time before anyone noticed and made a joke about it.
It reminds me of the time when, as a child, our GP (family physician) made a housecall because I was ill. Doctors did housecalls in those days but [...]