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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Another Day – Another Milestone
It was a pleasant 22°c, and sunshine to boot, as I headed off earlier this morning to garner some welcome fresh air and walking exercise, in Dublin’s beautiful Phoenix Park. People are free to ramble almost everywhere within the park. … Continue reading
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Time Capsule – I May be a General Yet
At the outbreak of WWI on 28th July 1914, Ireland was governed from Britain and was considered by the British, to be as much a part of their Empire as any other country under British dominion, at that time. In … Continue reading
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Gastronomically Speaking
One day recently, with the sun splitting the rocks, I started my morning from 8am spending three consecutive hours cooped up in a premises on Dublin’s Harcourt Street. From a vantage point, in a generously windowed room on the buildings … Continue reading
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A Towering Place
Folly, Clock Tower or Bell Tower are all terms I have so often heard used to describe the impressive sky line candy which suddenly looms into one’s field of vision at a strategic point along Tower Road in Dublin 15. … Continue reading
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Observing Nature
This morning, for the first time in my observation since we moved here over thirty one years ago, a particular drama of nature was played out in our back garden, I was lucky enough to have a ring side seat … Continue reading
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One of our own: Arthur Wellesley
Born on 1st May 1769 at 6 Merrion Street Dublin, young Arthur was destined for great things. He was the fourth son in a family of five sons born to Garret Wesley and Anne Hill-Trevor. Arthur attended school at Trim, … Continue reading
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Time Capsule – Pretoria, South Africa 1907
8752 Private Michael Breen, a paternal Granduncle of mine, served in the 2nd Border Regiment during the early 1900s. While I have no clear evidence to indicate that during his time in the army he completed any postings in South … Continue reading →