Yes, I find them weird and feel they lack soul.

There was criticism of her because she’s from the Protestant tradition & may have attended community events affiliated with a local Orange Lodge at some point. Her husband may once have been a Lodge member. Irish people forget that there were and are still Orange Lodges in the Republic

No, it’s only strong in pockets, the Gealtachts. However there’s a strong lobby & increasing interest in the language for a number of reasons

😢 sorry for your loss

Cinnamon, which is towards the river

Also, some of us here no longer use Meta products or X. Nancy’s suggestion is really good

Great to see you posting 😀 Looks fabulous there, even in the rain!

I remember it!

Unis don’t want to pay for exam hall hire & invigilators (plus the extra small venues for students who have additional needs), and the admin overhead of managing papers & scripts. Having conducted some supervised in-class assessments in the last while, it makes a huge difference to standards though

Ireland has a bank holiday on Oct 27th

The cafe at Books Upstairs, D’Olier St, near College Green (where Trinity College sits) - enjoy!

There’s a neighbourhood in Dublin called Irishtown; I don’t know if there is an individual town by the name. I spotted this road sign in Shetland though but didn’t follow that route

Irish coins used to have fish and animals on them too, before the Euro

Had to give up the Today programme. Can’t bear the partisanship