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Mankind’s Curiosity
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Monday 21st July 1969, 2:56am and the five people sleeping soundly in the Caravan at Glengarriff Caravan Park were my parents, my younger brother, younger sister and me, the nineteen year old. We were on a family … Continue reading
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Time Capsule – Absent Without Leave
This verbatim transcribed treasure, from the family archive, was written by my great-uncle Michael to his sister Annie (my paternal grandmother) who in 1909 lived in Arbour Place, Stoney Batter; an Urban Village on Dublin’s North Side in close proximity … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, Leisure, Military History, Nature Walks & Trails, Photography, Travel
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More than a Flickr of talent
Have you got a photographic memory? I have, and it has become so large in terms of prints and digital files over the years that I would now need a curator, to more effectively manage it. So, where did the … Continue reading
Posted in Leisure, Nature Walks & Trails, Photography, Travel
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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 →