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Time Capsule – I May be a General Yet

Posted on June 26, 2012 by dubmantalks

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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Observing Nature

Posted on June 15, 2012 by dubmantalks

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 →

Posted in Leisure, Nature, Nature Walks & Trails, Photography, Places, Travel | Tagged 15/4/11, 3, accipiter, AFRICA, air, arrivals, asia, attack, beak, beech, bird, blackbirds, breakfast, built, capture, catch, chases, china, claws, collisions, crows, cruel, departures, devour, diet, drama, dublin, eagle, eating, europe, excerpt, farmland, feathers, female, finches, flight, foraging, garden, habitat, hanley, hedge, homes, hunting, ib33242, injured, kingdom, lawn, magpies, maneuver, mark, mediternian, mistle, nature, nisus, oak, observations, observed, old, oldtown, park, peck, pecking, phoenix, pigeons, population, prey, pursuit, raptors, research, resident, risk, robins, russia, share, sick, skeletal, sparrowhawk, sparrows, specialise, species, speed, stamina, starlings, suburban, summer, thrush, transfixed, turf, undetected, united, visitor, warning, weak, witnessed, wood | Leave a comment

Time Capsule – Pretoria, South Africa 1907

Posted on June 9, 2012 by dubmantalks

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 →

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Time Capsule – First Discovery

Posted on May 18, 2012 by dubmantalks

Handed down through my father’s side of the family and arriving into my possession, on the passing of my mother in 2004, this tiny tin box time capsule had brought its treasured contents safely, on their ninety seven year journey, … Continue reading →

Posted in Family History, Military History, Uncategorized | Tagged 1907, 1909, 1914, 1915, 2ND, 8752, AFRICA, ARCHIVIST, ATTIC, BARRACKS, BATTALION, BORDER, BREEN, BRITISH ARMY, CABRA, CAMP, CAPSULE, CARGO, CITY, CUSTODIAN, dublin, FIELD HOSPITAL, FOREBEARS, FRANCE, galway, KILWORTH, LUSON, ORDERS, park, phoenix, PRECIOUS, PRETORIA, PRIVATE, REGIMENT, RENMORE, SEARGENT, SOUTH, SOUTH AFRICA, TIME, TREASURE | 1 Comment

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