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Drawing on the Marathon History of the Phoenix Park
What do Irish Marathon Runners and Irish Artists have in common? Well, apart from the fact that a Marathon Runner can be an Artist and an Artist can be a Marathon Runner they do have something else in common; from … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Leisure, Military History, Nature, Nature Walks & Trails, Places, Social History, Travel
Tagged artist, Drawings, dublin, Duff, Hurricane Sandy, Irish Diaspora, line, Marathon, New York City Marathon, park, Park ranger, phoenix, phoenix park, Sheelagh, Wayne Reid
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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
Posted in Mars, Places, Science, Science Fiction, Space Travel, Technology, Transport, Travel, Uncategorized
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A Historic Gate
When emerging on to St. Stephens Green from the top of Dublin’s Grafton Street, one cannot fail to be impressed by the elegant imposing arch which, on the opposite side of the road, adorns the corner entrance to St. Stephens … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Military History, Nature, Nature Walks & Trails, Places, Travel
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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
Posted in Architecture, Health, Leisure, Military History, Nature, Nature Walks & Trails, People, Places, Social History, Travel
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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
Posted in Family History, Military History, Nature, People, Places, Social History
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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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Disparate Ireland 