A novel car ramp. Portable I suppose.
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A novel car ramp. Portable I suppose.
Keep it coming Bill
This is great stuff
This is great stuff
It turns out that our landlady, Margaret, is part of Kerry GAA royalty, being a Spillane, her 3 brothers having won All Ireland medals in the Kerry team of the 70s and 80s and Pat in particular being considered by some as one of the greatest players of all time.
Additionally her uncle was the Chaplin at Celtic Park during the glory days of the Jock Stein era and used to bring the boys football boots and shirts from the club on his trips home, these were the boots that they first played GAA in.
I'd love to spend more time talking to her about her and her husband's fascinating ancestors as they're both also steeped in local history during the Civil War of the 20s.
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Additionally her uncle was the Chaplin at Celtic Park during the glory days of the Jock Stein era and used to bring the boys football boots and shirts from the club on his trips home, these were the boots that they first played GAA in.
I'd love to spend more time talking to her about her and her husband's fascinating ancestors as they're both also steeped in local history during the Civil War of the 20s.
Pat Spillane - Wikipedia
Thanks Tricky.
How are you keeping brother?
How are you keeping brother?
Residing with Gaelic royalty thenIt turns out that our landlady, Margaret, is part of Kerry GAA royalty, being a Spillane, her 3 brothers having won All Ireland medals in the Kerry team of the 70s and 80s and Pat in particular being considered by some as one of the greatest players of all time.
Additionally her uncle was the Chaplin at Celtic Park during the glory days of the Jock Stein era and used to bring the boys football boots and shirts from the club on his trips home, these were the boots that they first played GAA in.
I'd love to spend more time talking to her about her and her husband's fascinating ancestors as they're both also steeped in local history during the Civil War of the 20s.
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Pat Spillane - Wikipedia
Fab story
Very well thank you and good to see you out and about again particularly in the beautiful Emerald Isle
Today we're doing The Ring of Kerry? Not so much my thing but it's on Phil's 'To do' list.
Posh coffee.
Posh coffee.
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I was advised yesterday by a local to do the route clockwise as the multitude of coaches go t'other way round. This appears to have been sound advice.
I was advised yesterday by a local to do the route clockwise as the multitude of coaches go t'other way round. This appears to have been sound advice.
He looks happier to do the R of K
@ikkje and myself didn’t rate it last year - much preferring the Dingle and Beara peninsula’s
I guess it was to save the bearers walking all the way?
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And that, my friend is why you earn the big bucks and I worked in a Call Centre all my life.
Nice original artwork in Caherciveen.
The artist, a German lady, owns a 2016 Porsche Black Edition 911.
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And that, my friend is why you earn the big bucks and I worked in a Call Centre all my life.
Sounds like a plan.
Charge the widow 100 to carry deceased to his burial. Subcontract the task for 80 and pocket the 20. It’s probably how the English exploited the country and built fine houses in Dublin.
All joking apart, it is a passably interesting question as to whether all the coffins stopped and were handed over and, not least, why? Custom? Habit? Length of journey?
This has been an excellent thread.
So, Ring of Kerry? Tick (again).
As mentioned by myself and J.B. it's become a victim of it's own popularity - however all is not lost.
At Cahersiveen Phil decided to go direct to the digs while I carried on with our original plan; it's becoming patently obvious that the best he can manage in my company is about 5 hours and that's despite the fact that we have no intercom connectivity in our respective crash helmets.
My route took me from Glenbeigh to Glencar then down to Blackwater Bridge and it was terrific.
f you're in this neck of the woods and you like slow, single-track routes I'd recommend it, this area is twinned with Glencoe and it's easy to see why.
As mentioned by myself and J.B. it's become a victim of it's own popularity - however all is not lost.
At Cahersiveen Phil decided to go direct to the digs while I carried on with our original plan; it's becoming patently obvious that the best he can manage in my company is about 5 hours and that's despite the fact that we have no intercom connectivity in our respective crash helmets.
My route took me from Glenbeigh to Glencar then down to Blackwater Bridge and it was terrific.
f you're in this neck of the woods and you like slow, single-track routes I'd recommend it, this area is twinned with Glencoe and it's easy to see why.
We were actually supposed to go via The Gap of Dunlow, Kate's Cottage and The Black Valley but some clown cocked up the routing. 
I'll do that when I'm next here, insh'Allah.
I'll do that when I'm next here, insh'Allah.
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As is often the way there's a memorial in Cahersiveen to the men of the area who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Independence.
Whilst reading about it I came across this unpleasant fact:-
It's interesting that there's no mention of why or by whom, I asked a number of locals but none of them had any idea what the memorial was about let alone the incident described above but I suspect it's possibly a revenge act similar to the hideous event carried out in Ballyseedy, a place I visited last year.
www.irishtimes.com
The memorial is haunting and worth a visit if you're in the area.
Whilst reading about it I came across this unpleasant fact:-
It's interesting that there's no mention of why or by whom, I asked a number of locals but none of them had any idea what the memorial was about let alone the incident described above but I suspect it's possibly a revenge act similar to the hideous event carried out in Ballyseedy, a place I visited last year.
The shocking story of the Ballyseedy Massacre and its cover-up
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The memorial is haunting and worth a visit if you're in the area.
I’m learning bits about the Irish struggle for independence from this thread. Our lessons at school rather suggested that it all and only revolved around the Post Office in Dublin. But there again, the entire Indian Mutiny consisted of nothing more than a Black Hole in Calcutta.
Indeed.
Everything I learnt about Indian history was gleaned from:-
A) Who Do You Think You Are?
&
B) Carrry On Up The Khyber.
Shame on me.
As for Irish history, a wise man once said there are as many versions of that as there are books on the subject.
Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.
Today's plan was always to do The Dingle Peninsula and play it by ear from there.
Phil was keen to book something before we set off so we've called ahead and will be staying near Listowel.
The weather was very kind as we left Kenmare but turned as we headed into the Peninsula, doing nothing to improve my opinion of the place.
We're now in Dingle, a town I vowed never to visit again as I find it expensive and pretentious with an over inflated opinion of itself but this is Phil's trip more than mine so here we are.
Phil was keen to book something before we set off so we've called ahead and will be staying near Listowel.
The weather was very kind as we left Kenmare but turned as we headed into the Peninsula, doing nothing to improve my opinion of the place.
We're now in Dingle, a town I vowed never to visit again as I find it expensive and pretentious with an over inflated opinion of itself but this is Phil's trip more than mine so here we are.
Our route took us through Castlemaine where there's a fabulous statue to The Wild Colonial Boy, no pic this time, sorry.
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The Wild Colonial Boy - Wikipedia
