Brian Lenihan’s widow, Patricia with their daughter, Claire.
Crowds outside St Mochta’s Church in Porterstown, Clonsilla, Dublin 15
President McAleese
Vincent Browne
Bertie Ahern
Brian Cowen

Brian Lenihan Removal Takes Place (Irish Times)

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
David Norris with, from left, Cllr. Walter Lacey Chairperson Carlow Town Council and Mr Tom Barry, Co Manager.

“David Norris hasn’t a bad bone in his body but he has some quare ideas”

Cllr. Jim Townsend, Carlow County Council during David Norris’ visit to the council chamber today.

Pic and quote Carlow People

Fingal Councillors Ready To Stand By Norris Decision (John Burke, Niamh Connolly, Sunday Business Post)

Norris Still Sees Destiny As Ireland’s First Gay President (Henry McDonald, Observer)


“Why no to the music venue?”

A casino, a replica White House, a walk in aquarium.

And you’re complaining about no music venue.

There’s no playsin’ some bastards.

As they say in Two-Mile Borris.

Michael Lowry’s Facebook Page

Previously: Tasteless Metaphor Granted Planning Permission

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
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