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A few things I forgot….

Posted in Miscellaneous on December 30, 2010| 1 Comment »

Our recent review of 2010 included vanishing penguins, trucks at the Dail, famous Italians in Tallaght, Mary Byrne and spraypainted Ballymun towers. Since writing it, it’s dawned on me I forgot a couple of things.

1: Culchies of the year:

Crystal Swing, to the credit, were actually lovely people and did a lot for charity. It was great to see them get their five minutes, and feck the begrudgers.

Still, we won’t be forgiving these t-shirts in a hurry.

2: Odd man of the year:

No comment on that one….

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League of Ireland fixtures published.

Posted in Events, Miscellaneous on December 23, 2010| 1 Comment »

Here are the 2011 League of Ireland fixtures, just published today.

The first week will see two Dublin sides away outside the capital (the Saints in Galway and Bohs in Bray), Rovers at home to Dundalk and a Dublin derby (pfft!) between Sporting Fingal and the Belfielders.

Excellent. Get the calendar out.

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Dublin Airport

Posted in Miscellaneous on December 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »

I’ve been hearing lots of horror stories over the last week.

One of my friend’s Fiona had a dreadful 53 hour trip from Paris. My brother just managed to get back over to London today.

But there’s also been lots of tearful reunions at Dublin Airport. Also some hilarious moments. One of which was caught on camera. Check out this TV3 report:

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Another snow related post…

Posted in Football Articles, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 21, 2010| 3 Comments »

My one true love...

Fair play to you Dotsy, original is available in bloody massive format here… It is unbelievable how much I love spending time in this stand.

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It’s snowing on Youtube.

Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged on December 21, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Firstly, this group can’t get home. They also like The Jam. Not very good, but innovative, and we’re big fans of Weller and the boys at CHTM!.

some people might like to get a flight towards home,
or not spend the christmas days alone,
some guys like to travel in by bus
but I can’t be bothered with the fuss

Video two:

WOW. Look at this.

Video three:

(Embedding disabled. You’ll have to watch it on YouTube)

Unlike the two above, this isn’t uploaded in the last few hours. Incredible footage from Liam Fay of Tallaght under snow in 1985. Jesus, look at the buses. Still on the road and all.

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I am getting fed up of it but…

Posted in Miscellaneous, Uncategorized on December 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »

This city, as beautiful as she is normally, looks even better when its snowing. Once I’m safe watching it from my living room window with a cup of scalding hot tea that is.

Snow to the right of me

Snow to the left of me

Who could forget our boys who brave all weather to deliver their precious cargo

Chilled melon for afters anyone?

 

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So long 2010.

Posted in Miscellaneous, Music, Politics, Reviews, tagged on December 20, 2010| 4 Comments »

ADW- 'The Blues Brothers'.

What a year it has been.

When we marked our one year anniversary, back in November, I commented that “It’s been an infuriating few months. Dublin, in some ways, has taken a serious fall from grace.”

An infuriating few months indeed. Since November, things have gone from bad to dismal one could say. 2010 won’t make a particularly good episode of Reeling In The Years, but it did still present a few memorable moments (for the right reasons).

Firstly, this. That fall took place on January 8 2010, with Ireland (and more importantly Dublin) grabbing one of the first internet virals of the year.

There were a few bizarre stories, not least during the summer when a penguin was removed from Dublin Zoo. The July robbery produced my favourite line of the year from The Irish Times:

In what was a rare case of reality mimicking advertising, gardaí picked up a penguin yesterday after a feather-brained trio stole the bird from Dublin Zoo.

If every year is remembered by a defining image, what will mark the front of the 2010 folder? Fairly obvious I’d think. I’d propose Louise Minihan for Dubliner of the year on the back of that one.

Despite not having a clue about the X Factor or any of that lark, it was genuinely excellent to see Ballyfermot mother Mary Byrne do so well on the UK talent show. My childhood memories of Ballyfermot involve kerbs painted green, white and orange for Jackies Army, and Mary’s homecoming was nothing if not spectacular.

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Ronnie Drew Crane

Posted in Dublin History, Miscellaneous, Music on December 18, 2010| 3 Comments »

Dublin Stevedores Limited, a family business with roots in Dublin port going back over 200 years, have redesigned a crane in memory of folk singer Ronnie Drew (1934 – 2008).

They say that the lakes of Killarney are fair
That no stream like the Liffey can ever compare,
If its water you want, you’ll find nothing more rare
Than the stuff they make down by the ocean.

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Three Golden Rules

Posted in Football Articles, Miscellaneous, tagged , , , , on December 17, 2010| 3 Comments »

Officially adopted in 1894… were the three golden rules; never say die, keep the ball on the floor and the best defence is attack

From “Bohemian Times.”

The Bohs team of 1890

I’m in the process of doing an article on the famous Bohemians FC team from the Golden era of the late twenties, so was delighted to find the above picture posted by JayCarax on thebohs.com forum; the picture is from 1890, the year of Bohemians birth. “The first set of jerseys worn were white with two red down stripes front and back, and a red star of David on the right breast, with black shorts.” Brilliant.

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Writings on the wall

Posted in Miscellaneous on December 16, 2010| 1 Comment »

Picture - JCarax

Spotted yesterday on O’Connell St. just doors away from the Garda station and A.I.B. bank.

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In The Next Life

Posted in Miscellaneous on December 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Great stuff on Baggot Street from CANVAZ.

In the next life I’d like to return as someone with any artistic ability at all. I’m always thankful there are Dubliners, native and adopted alike, who can make you think on the way to work or laugh on the way home. More of this.

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Shop around

Posted in Miscellaneous on December 14, 2010| 3 Comments »

Two books which have been on my Christmas list since I first heard about them were Eamonn Sweeney’s Down Down Deeper and Down: Ireland in the 70’s and 80’s and Brian Hanley’s The IRA – A Documentary History 1919-2005.

This evening my mum said she’d buy them online as a  Christmas present. Wahey.

I first checked out Eason’s:

Down, Down Deeper and Down by Eamonn Sweeney (€16.99)

The IRA – A Documentary History 1919-2005 by Brian Hanley (€24.99)

Total: €41.98 with free delivery

Quite expensive but was on par with what I’ve seen in the shop themselves.

Then I tried my luck with Kenneys:

Down, Down Deeper and Down by Eamonn Sweeney (€16.99)

The IRA – A Documentary History 1919-2005 by Brian Hanley (€40.72)

Total: €57.71 with free delivery

Absolute day light robbery. I’m sorry to say that as I’ve always had time for the Galway based, family-run Kenneys.

My next stop was BooksUnlimited.ie:

Down, Down Deeper and Down by Eamonn Sweeney (€15.80)

The IRA – A Documentary History 1919-2005 by Brian Hanley (€22.82)

Total: €38.62 with free delivery

Going with them instead of Easons was going to save a couple of quid, not bad.

I then checked out the publisher Gill and Macmillian’s website:

Down, Down Deeper and Down by Eamonn Sweeney (€13.59) [Out of order]

The IRA – A Documentary History 1919-2005 by Brian Hanley (€19.99)

Total: €33.58 with free delivery

Cheaper again but not much use as one of the books was out of order.

By luck as I was checking out the Bargain Alerts section of Boards.ie, which I do most days, I saw a thread about the Book Depository website offering 10% discount for Irish customers.

I had a check first to see if this English website had the two books that I wanted. They had, and he savings were remarkable.

Down, Down Deeper and Down by Eamonn Sweeney (€11.88)
The IRA – A Documentary History 1919-2005 by Brian Hanley (€16.52)

Total: €28.40 – 10% discount for Irish users
= €25.57 with free delivery

—> A whopping saving of  €32.14 compared to Kennys and a sizeable saving of €16.41 compared to Eason’s.

So ladies and gentlemen, remember to shop around this Christmas to get more value for your buck, euro IMF token.

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