Old school Maths book: the reason a generation can’t do simple multiplications (cf housing crash).

Old school Irish Book: No amount of coloured balls could reflect the horror within (1969)

Old school religion book: A Tippex-bandit’s dream (1971).

MORE Irish? You can smell the evil and abuse from here (1971).

Before Soundings: This is your brain on 1970s schooling (1971).

Deceptively-modernist covers of Irish school books dating from the 1960s and 1970s compiled by Niall McCormack for his vintage book blog Hitone.

Meanwhile, also from Niall, if you’ve ever wondered why so many things feed into this country’s martyr complex this 1958 cover (by Anne Yeats) may help.

And this was a book for schoolkids..

It’s no wonder that generation made such a success of Ireland.

Via Fustar

Thanks Bibi Baskin Robbins

Above Eddie Rocket’s on Camden Street yesterday.

And not for the first time this year.

Dun.

DUN.

DUNNNNN.

Pic via Aodhán Ó Deá

“Including some media organisations.”

Thankfully we steered clear of the whole matter except for our thoroughly under-researched post about the ‘Gay Girl in Damascus’ blogger getting kidnapped.

A Gay Girl In Damascus: How The Hoax Unfolded (Telegraph)

Thanks Jenni

Well, you know Mr Liquidator?

They’ve liquidated him.

And, apart from being assaulted by my care home worker, that’s really all my news.

Insolvency Journal

Thanks Colin O’Mahoney

Ann Cronin (not Ann, but ‘Ana from Seville’ pictured above) fights the indolent chair-moisteners in Ennis town council.

‘Tis Ireland 2011.

Raging Against The Machine (Ann Cronin, Ennis Bazaar)

Lowry’s whatnow?

But, you know, the money is sooooo good.

Miriam: Mums Should Stay At Home (RTE Ten)