Ah here.
Ivan Harrow writes:
Spotted in San Francisco. Taking Irish “tradition” to a new level…
Author Archives: Aaron McAllorum
Last night.
Golfer Graeme McDowell welcoming Irish families to Orlando, Florida, as part of his GMAC Foundation initiative aimed at providing some relief to families of poorly chizlers.
Mmf.
Thanks Stephen Watson
For the week that’s in it.
Saturday, February 4th, 1989.
It was the year the Hurricane blew away a young Stephen Hendry to win the Irish Masters Snooker Championship and Samuel Beckett passed away.
It was also the year a resurgent Ireland team traveled to the Cardiff Arms Park determined to banish the waning Welsh to a third successive defeat.
Noel Mannion’s block, clutch and gut-bursting carry paved the way.
Eileen Battersby wrote in the following Monday’s Irish Times:
Noel Mannion, grabbed the ball inside his own half and with the grace of a stampeding dray horse, showed the Welsh backs – and the rest of Wales – exactly how serious their rugby problems are when he scored 70 yards later.
“What have things come to when they can’t catch a number eight?”, asked the shaken Welshman in the sheepskin coat.
Blue-dee Buh-real-ee-unt.
Previously: Bread Of Heaven
GAA footballer Eamon McGee (above) and Star of The Sea RC Church, Annagry, Raphoe, Co Donegal (top).
[Gweedore GAA footballer Eamon] McGee agreed to become involved in the [‘Yes’ in May’s same sex marriage referendum] campaign when he considered what he might have to say to any children he may have in the future. “If I ever have a child and he or she turns out to be gay, they could say to me ‘you had a chance to make a difference in that vote’. I don’t know would I be more ashamed that I didn’t vote or the fact I voted against it. It comes down to equality and one less difference in society.”
Donegal’s Éamon McGee shrugs off criticism over marriage equality vote stance (irish Examiner)
A number of people walked out of a Mass in protest at comments made by a priest during a sermon on gay marriage. Father John Britto spoke out against gay marriage during a sermon in Annagry [Co Donegal] on Saturday night. And he told the congregation that Gaoth Dobhair (Gweedore) footballer Eamon McGee was wrong to back the Yes campaign in May’s referendum on same sex marriages. A number of people attending the Mass objected to the comments and left….
People Walk Out Of Mass Over Priests’s Gay Marriage (Donegal Daily)
Pics: Examiner
This evening.
Putland Road, Bray, County Wicklow.
They’re bringing out the big guns.
Um.
Ted writes:
“There seems to be only 3 lonely seats left at
the AvivaLansdowne Road Nua for the EURO 2016 qualifier against Poland on March 29…Full price of course.”
RUN!
Meanwhile, in rugby…
Bugger.
Anon writes:
Mad shocked at the price differences for 6 Nations tickets…
A car as big as a bar.
Exchequer Street, Dublin, this lunch time.
Name that jammer, anyone?
UPDATE: Trevor adds:
There my Dodge Dart sport that was in town today ;)
Uncanny
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Further to this post.
Alma writes:
Is it just me, or does this baby look like Gay Byrne?
Previously: Elderly Babies
A towel-slapping breakdown of the whey protein-fuelled ritual that is the Leinster Schools Cup by The Slate from 2003.
‘Tis the season in fairness.
Foight!