Do If, like us, you find Christmas can be a dark, forbidding time of forced jollity, boredom and existential dread?
You may appreciate this Xmas short made by Leon Butler and Starlight Labs, Galway so.
Thanks Leon
South Great George’s Street, Dublin, this afternoon
Via Frisha Ashik
College Green, Dublin.
Via Lee Lohan
It got a bit hairy betimes.
From Tim Pat Coogan’s The Man Who Made Ireland:
Fascinating insight.
Or hoary old chestnut roasting on an open fire.
YOU decide.
The Man Who Made Ireland by Tim Pat Coogan (Amazon)
Pic via GeneralMichaelCollins
Thanks Sibling Of Daedalus
Anywhere?
Anyone?
The O’Mahony children of Monatrea, Waterford, Ireland, on Christmas morning,1968
Via Waterford Museum
Hold the pie, thanks.
(Thanks Darragh Sheeran)
Noelle Fwrites:
Thought I’d share with you the talented street artistry on display in The Tenters area of Dublin 8. Last Christmas we were delighted to behold Merry Dickmas 2011 (above), a happy message to the neighbourhood which stayed with us until November 2012, when the hoarding was sadly taken down. It was missed.
We were overjoyed to discover last week that the 2012 edition had been created (above) , and it was an even more merry version than the last! Some (probably not all) residents of The Tenters would like to express their gratitude to this anonymous artist, we very much appreciate the sentiment.
Merry Dickmas to one and all, and a Fanny New Year!
xxx Noelle, Emma F, Helen, Laura, Aisling, Emma M & Michael
This, etc.
Twitter user @tuckerawesomeo assembles the greatest charity single since Band Aid 20.
YOU decide.
The new Vodafone Christmas ad.
At least they’re not ‘coming home laden with presents in fake snow’.
The RTE Christmas menu is here.
Yay.
From RTE Ten:
PJ Gallagher’s The Great Big Surprise Party, TV50: Nighthawks Rehashed, Mrs Brown’s Boys and I’ve Got Your Back hosted by Brian Dowling.
…Christmas specials from Rachel Allen Christmas Cake Diaries; Kitchen Hero Christmas Special; Kevin Dundon’s Christmas Made Easy; Room to Improve Christmas Special; Don’t Tell The Bride, Happily Married).
And?
Miriam O’Callaghan will ring in 2013 on RTE One and celebrate the official launch of The Gathering 2013 from the streets of Dublin, live from College Green, on New Year’s Eve.
Ah.
