august instagram - floral
Florals are a big feature in the Stonefruitseason household - in August they came by way of a farewell (when Joe went back to Ireland), a slightly overdue housewarming present (!) and our own garden. I caught our cat Marbles in his favourite place to rest - underneath a daisy bush along the fence, w ...
Adventures in Driving on the Right Side of the Road
Which, consequently, is the left. After our adventure driving from Dublin the night before, Mom and I actually decided to take the day off from manning the steering wheel, and took a new bus tour in Westport that visits Achill (eck-ill) Island. Other than the incredible scenery and peaceful, clean b ...
Where the f*ck is Russia?
Пару дней назад по 1-му каналу крутили повтор старой "Дискотеки 80х", той где был Savage, Sabrina (с вывалившейся сиськой, магнетезировавшей оператора) и Крис Норман, который экс-Smokie. Крис Норман, среди двух других своих до сих пор не забытых песен, спел "Living Next Door to Alice", в ответ на чт ...
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SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2014 Maurice Harron, "Hands Across the Divide," 1992 Derry, Northern Ireland FROM THE RECTOR The Church is in the business of reconciliation. Our Lord offered up his life on the cross to reconcile fallen humanity to God, and after his Resurrection he sent forth his disciples to be ...
Destination Dingle
This is a touring holiday but if there is one spot that could be considered a destination, then Dingle is it. Apart from Dublin this is the only place where we are spending more than a single night. It is far from ideal to be on the move constantly but it was the only way we could visit a few differ ...
Another entry from Summer 2001
11:15 p.m. July 11 Discouragement, or just low-level depression from low-level drinking? Two beers with dinner, after not having any beer or wine—or other alcohol—for about 3 days. Well, also, I went to sleep, took a nap, after dinner. Beer-induced nap. No doubt I have a dependence on alcohol. Low-l ...
Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute acquires collection of political cartoons from Ireland’s ‘Home Rule’ period
This image from March 1887 appeared in The St Stephen’s Review, a weekly magazine of political comment that was published in London from 1883 to 1892. The artist, William Mecham (1853 –1902), was an English cartoonist and satirist who used the ...
