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• Irish Times - The Story of Why, oh Why?
  on Dec 2, 2012 in spelling typo
  Click for larger pic from paudi in the munster bar,This must surely be a new record for the Irish Times. How many typos can you count in the above sub-head? Sure Ireland the best little country's in the world. According to Weekend Review, p...
• Improve Irish Schools by Thermostat
  on Nov 28, 2012 in recession
  click to enlargefrom stockie in the tankard;Give them cold classrooms and Irish schools enter the top tier of universal schooling. Trending in Ireland 28th November 2012.Another pint there please....
• The mystery of the missing hen boxes
  on Oct 13, 2012 in kerryisms
   from Paudie's iphone in Jack Duggan's bar in Castlemaine How to be clear and concise in Kerry.
• Stumbling into the 21st Century
  on Jul 20, 2012 in Women
  would you like a lemonade?from stockie's high stool in the Tankard;So you thought that bogtrotters live in the 1950's and that such events as the Matchmaking Festival are merely culchie gatherings. Look at the darling creature in the poster. Since wh...
• Attention to detail important
  on Jun 28, 2012 in spelling typo
  from seanie nancy moylesI just noticed this profile on LinkedIn - it's from a past colleague of mine.My quandry - do I embarrass him by telling him, or do I just ignore it (only the strong survive).
• Karren Brady v Emily VanCamp
  on Jun 26, 2012 in Women Meejia
  Emily VanCampKarren Bradyfrom stockie's ipad in the tankard;I know, I know. But it's summertime and I'm getting confused. What is 'The Apprentice' judge Karren Brady doing in the Hamptons on that ridiculous show 'Revenge'. And for that matter what is...
• What was she thinking in 1954?
  on Jun 3, 2012 in Depression Women
  Interrupted at Prayer, originally uploaded by National Library of Ireland.from seanie in ruari'sThere's a book or story here, surely. The weight of scandal in the Catholic church allows to read into this photograph any meaning we wish.Definitely a st...
• Thin Lizzie - Philip Lynott explains
  on May 30, 2012 in 60s 70s
  from stockie at the greyhound bar;More from the underground press publication Freep in 1971. in an article written by god knows who, a writer who calls our Phil Philip.Philip didn't like Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin it appears - he preferred 'a...
• From The Hippy days of 1971
  on May 23, 2012 in 60s 70s
  Front CoverFrom the Hippy days of 1971This is the front cover of a free broadsheet I got back in the day, in the old Dandelion Market I think.Back coverOver the next few days I'll post the rest of the mag. Serious nostalgia. I can smell the Afghan co...
• Greece for the holliers
  on Apr 28, 2012 in recession
  from Sean Ban in the snug in the Oyster Tavern;I was sipping a grand pint just now as I wondered about the up-coming holliers when I saw the above in the times.I was thinking of Kilkee but now I don't know. Kilkee, Greece.I suppose the...

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