Gerard Graham from Blackrock, Co Dublin, in the Forty Foot at Sandycove earlier.
Meanwhile…
(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
“Put away that nasty thing, and let’s have a Merry Christmas.”
A ludicrously-hatted Punch and musket-carrying, ape-like ‘Paddy’ make up in 1847.
Via The V &A
Thanks Sibling of Daedalus
Tonight, thank God, it’s her Yaris instead of your Yaris.
Deirdre Walsh writes:
I know you don’t normally do this but since it’s Christmas…my [Toyota] Yaris (above) was stolen on Saturday in Cluain Riocaird, Galway.
It stands out for two reasons: 1: It is semi automatic – has no clutch but has gears! It has a sunroof (Yaris normally don’t) Also the hubcaps are not on it.
Anyone?
The sunny south east.
Pod writes:
Here’s a photo of our Christmas swim morning at Ardmore, Co Waterford.. Left to right we are: Aidan Reilly, Patrick O’Donnell, Tim O’Donnell, Aidan Rouse, Lisa Rouse and Simon Rouse.
Fair play though.
Nom Rocket
at
Okay, we’d rather have the LEGO version of this gingerbread Saturn V rocket under our tree but we’ll settle for a piece of this as our Christmas dessert.
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?
youtu.be/tvbjM16oQ9o Irish mammy gets the bejesus scared out of her at xmas @broadsheet_ie @phantom1052 @paddypower @rtenews @rossock
— Barry McCarthy (@Barrymccarthy) December 25, 2012
Warning: contains mature swearyness.
Right so.
Thanks Paul Rowley
Yikes.
The Grim Reaper Stray homeless guy Santa visits a children’s ward in the Union Infirmary (now Belfast City Hospital) in 1906.
It was a Christmas the children would never forget.