EveleenMc
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Looking at the map, have they closed Mexican airspace over Juarez as well? If so, what are the Mexican government entitled to do about it?
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Looking at the map, have they closed Mexican airspace over Juarez as well? If so, what are the Mexican government entitled to do about it?
It's a better-drawn rabbit than the original!
February 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
It's a better-drawn rabbit than the original!
The 'arrive by' part of directions seems prone to weirdness. Checking the night before for a Bray-Wexford trip (where I just wanted the timing of the morning train) it told me to get the last bus that night to Kilmacanogue, then wait 4 hours by the side of the road for the early Wexford bus!
February 9, 2026 at 10:15 AM
The 'arrive by' part of directions seems prone to weirdness. Checking the night before for a Bray-Wexford trip (where I just wanted the timing of the morning train) it told me to get the last bus that night to Kilmacanogue, then wait 4 hours by the side of the road for the early Wexford bus!
You get a great view of Ailsa Craig from the Belfast-Cairnryan ferry.
February 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
You get a great view of Ailsa Craig from the Belfast-Cairnryan ferry.
The moonlight is amazing!
February 2, 2026 at 10:03 AM
The moonlight is amazing!
But very meanly, when they started to give women the equivalent of knighthoods, they called them Dame instead of Lady. So the wife of Sir Patrick Stewart would be Lady Stewart, but Dame Maggie Smith was not Lady Maggie. 2/2
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
But very meanly, when they started to give women the equivalent of knighthoods, they called them Dame instead of Lady. So the wife of Sir Patrick Stewart would be Lady Stewart, but Dame Maggie Smith was not Lady Maggie. 2/2
That's one of the weird things about titles. Peers are all Lords and their wives are Ladies, but there are a whole load of Baronets and Knights who are Sir + forename (Sir William etc.) but their wives are Lady + Surname (Lady Gregory etc.) so there are far more Ladies than Lords! 1/2
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
That's one of the weird things about titles. Peers are all Lords and their wives are Ladies, but there are a whole load of Baronets and Knights who are Sir + forename (Sir William etc.) but their wives are Lady + Surname (Lady Gregory etc.) so there are far more Ladies than Lords! 1/2
William Gregory wasn't a Lord - he was given a knighthood while he was Governor of Ceylon. So while he was Sir William, that was the bottom of the ladder in terms of titles. Odd guy: supported the Confederacy (Boo!); lost a fortune at the races (Boo!); supported land reform in Ireland (Hooray!).
January 22, 2026 at 1:18 PM
William Gregory wasn't a Lord - he was given a knighthood while he was Governor of Ceylon. So while he was Sir William, that was the bottom of the ladder in terms of titles. Odd guy: supported the Confederacy (Boo!); lost a fortune at the races (Boo!); supported land reform in Ireland (Hooray!).
And a correctly used apostrophe in "Florists' Packing Tissue"!
January 18, 2026 at 2:47 PM
And a correctly used apostrophe in "Florists' Packing Tissue"!
Beautiful pictures, Colm! And great work on the alt text.
January 18, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Beautiful pictures, Colm! And great work on the alt text.
It popped up on the news feed on my tablet yesterday. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Seán Binder tells of ‘enormous relief’ at being found not guilty of people smuggling in Greece
‘The only real outcome of all of this is that it has stopped people from engaging in search and rescue’
www.irishtimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
It popped up on the news feed on my tablet yesterday. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
I thought the Irish Times article yesterday gave him a decent amount of space.
January 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I thought the Irish Times article yesterday gave him a decent amount of space.
I went down a rabbit hole looking that up and it seems to be There Is No Alternative
January 16, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I went down a rabbit hole looking that up and it seems to be There Is No Alternative
I've seen different versions of it as a street ballad, but the National Library has a copy of it attributed to Joseph McGarrity in 1901. McGarrity was an Irish-American politician who was a fervent republican so I suppose he would have had no time at all for Anglo-Irish landlords.
January 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I've seen different versions of it as a street ballad, but the National Library has a copy of it attributed to Joseph McGarrity in 1901. McGarrity was an Irish-American politician who was a fervent republican so I suppose he would have had no time at all for Anglo-Irish landlords.
A descendent of the Lord Waterford who appeared in the great ballad:
And when he went down below, says the Shan Van Vocht,
Where the Beresfords must go, says the Shan Van Vocht.
Queen Bess she did appear, and says she, "You're wanted here,
For this five and thirty year", says the Shan Van Vocht.
And when he went down below, says the Shan Van Vocht,
Where the Beresfords must go, says the Shan Van Vocht.
Queen Bess she did appear, and says she, "You're wanted here,
For this five and thirty year", says the Shan Van Vocht.
January 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
A descendent of the Lord Waterford who appeared in the great ballad:
And when he went down below, says the Shan Van Vocht,
Where the Beresfords must go, says the Shan Van Vocht.
Queen Bess she did appear, and says she, "You're wanted here,
For this five and thirty year", says the Shan Van Vocht.
And when he went down below, says the Shan Van Vocht,
Where the Beresfords must go, says the Shan Van Vocht.
Queen Bess she did appear, and says she, "You're wanted here,
For this five and thirty year", says the Shan Van Vocht.