This morning/afternoon.
Baggott Street Lower, Dublin 2.
Scene of an accident outside the Bank of Ireland which closed off Baggott Street to traffic during the morning.
Yearly Archives: 2019
Capper?
Not you again.
This Day In Irish History tweetz:
This day 107 years ago – 18 July 1912 – suffragettes set fire to the Theatre Royal, Dublin, during a visit of British Prime Minister, H.H. Asquith.
For it, Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans were sentenced to five years’ penal servitude, though both were released after hunger striking.
Made their point and kept their figures.
Win win.
Goodbye Karl
at
This morning.
Beechpark Avenue, Castleknock Dublin.
A hearse (above) carrying the coffin of Karl Shiels, actor, director, producer and drama teacher arrives before a funeral service at at Our Lady Mother of the Church.
From top: Tony Torney; Martina Stanley (right)Nick Dunning; Pauline McLynn; Maria Oxley; Jenny Dixon and Tom neville TD; Camille O’Sullivan; Rebecca Grimes; Maclean Burke; Dave Duffy; Deirdre O’Kane and John Connors.
Funeral for actor Karl Shiels told he lived life to the full (Irish Times)
Previously: The Theatre Upstairs
Meanwhile….
Karl Sheils had one of the best send offs I've ever seen. Very moving. Great turn out from the film and theatre community's. Didn't know Karl very well but had great craic with him on more than a few occasions. An empathetic soul. My performance tonight is for you Karl. R.I.P https://t.co/2Ijn51z4Ms
— John Connors (@johnconnors1990) July 18, 2019
archmotors – Lemming
Sean Lynch and Gary Landers are the duo behind archmotors and they hail from the West of Ireland.
A taster from their forthcoming album The Swimsuit Edition, Lemming is an accomplished alt.pop gem that has echoes of Beck and Radiohead.
The video animation by Marc Corrigan is also first class.
Nick says: Motoring along nicely
Clare Daly of Independents4Change at the European elections count centre at the RDS in Dublin last month.
@broadsheet_ie not going to Europe for the money says Mick.
Handy way around the EU’s anti-nepotism rules anyway.https://t.co/w4jFaTNuFl
— tweetkeith (@keithtweeet) July 18, 2019
Say it ain’t so.
Clare Daly hires son of Mick Wallace as her assistant in EU office (Independent.ie)
D’Tangle
at“Cork and Galway supporters getting involved in a tangle” (1986)
More from this on the channel later tonight, btw from the first Betamax tape I ever found in an Irish charity shop! pic.twitter.com/yg95oKdRIo— KillianM2 TV Archive (@KillianM2) July 17, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SNHTGq0r7c
Cork/Galway All-Ireland fan shenanigans.
Croke Park, September 7, 1986.
Can you spot Frilly?
Via KillianM2.
A wonderful, constantly-updated bumper Irish telly archive (not only sport) on YouTube.
Aggh! It’s a TIE fighter. No wait, it’s a sunspot. No wait, it’s the International Space Station. But what’s it doing on the Sun? To wit:
Transiting the Sun is not very unusual for the ISS, which orbits the Earth about every 90 minutes, but getting one’s timing and equipment just right for a great image is rare. Strangely, besides that fake spot, in this recent two-image composite, the Sun lacked any real sunspots. The featured picture combines two images — one capturing the space station transiting the Sun — and another taken consecutively capturing details of the Sun’s surface. Sunspots have been rare on the Sun since the dawn of the current Solar Minimum, a period of low solar activity. For reasons not yet fully understood, the number of sunspots occurring during both the previous and current solar minima have been unusually low.
(Image: Rainee Colacurcio)
Vanity Fair puts voice actor Tom Kenny on the spot – presenting him with five previously unseen animated characters, inviting him to improvise their likely voices.
Being the voice of Spongebob, Gary the snail, Adventure Time’s Ice King, the Mayor on Powerpuff Girls and many others – Kenny does not disappoint.
Above from left:Harley Kennedy (also with Eimear Kelly pic 2-3), Donna Lawlor with papier-mâché model and Andrew MacGrath
Yesterday.
Roslyn College, Beach Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
Scenes from the student-run Roscon 2019, a gaming, technology, and comics convention, now into its third year, showcasing the benefits of technical advancements in education and “the positive impact of video game”.
And decent cosplay.
In fairness.
