Art, media, opinion and ideas
Haughey Funeral Preparations Originally uploaded by Editor_Tupp. Crash barriers are being collected at Donnycarney Church in advance of CJH's funeral. The Herald today excitedly told me that it expected tens of thousands to turn out.
Disk Rescue Originally uploaded by Editor_Tupp. Thanks to the good offices of my wife's brother, I have been able to rescue my previously seemingly lost info. Phew.
Bill O’Herlihy’s recent appearance before the Mahon Tribunal was a peculiarly Irish curtain-raiser for the World Cup, and one which showed that he, and not Jimmy Magee is the true Memory Man of Irish Sports Broadcasting.
-My external Hard Drive died last night taking all my photos, music and podcasts-in-progress with it. This is unfortunate. -I have an Irish exam to sit on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
This week (ok, fortnight) the podcast takes in two paintings by Irish Artists influenced by the French Impressionists and working in the 1890s. Conveniently, The Farm at Lezaven, Finistere by Roderic O'Connor and The Wave by Nathaniel Hone hang right beside each other. They're both to be found in Room 19, Milltown Wing of the National Gallery of Ireland.
At the beginning of May, I wrote about the Irish Literary Revival Site, where Irish authors make pdfs of their out of print books available for free download. The founding Librarians are Philip Casey and Patrick Chapman. Spurred by this idea, I convinced my father to let me move his book, "Deadly Wages: Irish Work Hazards" online, as a blog.
This is not about the National Gallery. I'm working on it. Instead this is an attempt to distract you by pointing you to redmum's site where she displays proof that an attempt by well known Batman villain the Penguin to take over Dublin was only just averted yesterday and some cover story about a Charity Duck Race was put in place instead.
Achtung techno-knowers. Once again I am thwarted in my plans for world domination by overwhelming ignorance. I would like to have a service that would let the following happen.
“…another sleepy, dusky, Delta day. ??? Thus did Bobbie Gentry begin her masterpiece, Ode To Billy Joe, one of the strangest songs ever to be a number one hit.
Miss Fitz was a student midwife in Lourdes hospital while Dr Neary was the consultant there. I recall so vividly a day that this man was going to do the ward rounds. Well in advance, we were sent around to all the women, whose beds formed a U-shape down the walls and across the bottom.
Recent Comments