Posted in Idle Thoughts on Jun 2nd, 2010 4 Comments »
I didn’t get to go to the demo outside the Dail yesterday, as I’m still moving stuff from my old address to my new one. However, I did get to snap this photo as I was leaving the National Library around 7pm.
Posted in dublin, Irish social history, Irish Labour History on Jun 2nd, 2010 1 Comment »
Great post on 1913 Dublin over on The Irish Story, which includes an interview with Padraig Yeates, author of Lockout: Dublin 1913.
Check it out here.
Posted in Irish housing, Irish social history on Jun 1st, 2010 1 Comment »
One of the more frustrating ‘common-sense’ myths about Irish society is that the Irish people possess a house-owning gene, a double-helix of owner-occupancy which defies financial gravity.
Yet, when we look at the actual facts we see that the Irish people loved owning their homes so much that in 1961 around 46% of the population […]
Posted in aesthetics, Ireland on Jun 1st, 2010 3 Comments »
Another (ahem) ‘gem’ thanks to the ever-vigilant Graham Linehan and one of his Twitter snitches. Viewers/readers of a delicate disposition may not be able to take the full five or so minutes of the following :
For once, the comments on the actual YouTube posting border on funny. I especially like the person who reflects on […]
