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Tony McGrath. Using signs, advertisements and messages as the inspiration for observation and comment - enlightened and otherwise
Commemoration. Memorials. Graves. Headstones.
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Commemoration. Memorials. Graves. Headstones.
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I thought the term was 'polesetter'
But maybe as soon as qualifying ends, the 'polesetter' becomes the 'polesitter'
But maybe as soon as qualifying ends, the 'polesetter' becomes the 'polesitter'
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I thought the term was 'polesetter'
But maybe as soon as qualifying ends, the 'polesetter' becomes the 'polesitter'
But maybe as soon as qualifying ends, the 'polesetter' becomes the 'polesitter'
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Landscape - 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/18509
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/18509
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Landscape - 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/18509
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/18509
Art challenge:
Choose 20 sculptures that have stayed with you or influenced you — one per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just sculptures.
#blueskyartchallenge #art #sculpture
Day 1/20
Dog trough - #SeamusMurphy - Patrick's St, #Cork
Choose 20 sculptures that have stayed with you or influenced you — one per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just sculptures.
#blueskyartchallenge #art #sculpture
Day 1/20
Dog trough - #SeamusMurphy - Patrick's St, #Cork
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Art challenge:
Choose 20 sculptures that have stayed with you or influenced you — one per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just sculptures.
#blueskyartchallenge #art #sculpture
Day 1/20
Dog trough - #SeamusMurphy - Patrick's St, #Cork
Choose 20 sculptures that have stayed with you or influenced you — one per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just sculptures.
#blueskyartchallenge #art #sculpture
Day 1/20
Dog trough - #SeamusMurphy - Patrick's St, #Cork
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#cemetery in Siena, Italy. #tombstoneTuesday #memorial #monument #art #funeraryart #taphophile #photography
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
#cemetery in Siena, Italy. #tombstoneTuesday #memorial #monument #art #funeraryart #taphophile #photography
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Day 28: Mural. I love this mural titled ‘Echoes’ on a pub in Mabgate, inspired by Burmantofts tiles and a tribute to the cultural heritage of Leeds, by the artist Add Fuel #Museum30
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Day 28: Mural. I love this mural titled ‘Echoes’ on a pub in Mabgate, inspired by Burmantofts tiles and a tribute to the cultural heritage of Leeds, by the artist Add Fuel #Museum30
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‘Tulip’ comes from the Turkish word ‘tülbent’ which means "turban."
The flower got its name from the resemblance of its overlapping petals to the folds of fabric in a turban.
The flower got its name from the resemblance of its overlapping petals to the folds of fabric in a turban.
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
‘Tulip’ comes from the Turkish word ‘tülbent’ which means "turban."
The flower got its name from the resemblance of its overlapping petals to the folds of fabric in a turban.
The flower got its name from the resemblance of its overlapping petals to the folds of fabric in a turban.
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In the **very** unlikely event that any mutuals find themself in the National Archive of Ireland tomorrow I could use help with calling up a file! I hoped to get to Dublin but am unable to do so before I need said reference...
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In the **very** unlikely event that any mutuals find themself in the National Archive of Ireland tomorrow I could use help with calling up a file! I hoped to get to Dublin but am unable to do so before I need said reference...
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La gare / The station - 1922
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3112263
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3112263
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
La gare / The station - 1922
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3112263
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3112263
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Time in Cork is always relative. #AboutNine
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Time in Cork is always relative. #AboutNine
How many times can one watch the same movie??????
November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
How many times can one watch the same movie??????
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In a part of the city already suffering from a dearth of street trees, Cork City Council are cutting down their own. Here at the old Fire Station on Watercourse Road. Silver birch, Betula pendula, RIP.
CC @oliver.ie @cllrhonorekamegni.bsky.social
CC @oliver.ie @cllrhonorekamegni.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
In a part of the city already suffering from a dearth of street trees, Cork City Council are cutting down their own. Here at the old Fire Station on Watercourse Road. Silver birch, Betula pendula, RIP.
CC @oliver.ie @cllrhonorekamegni.bsky.social
CC @oliver.ie @cllrhonorekamegni.bsky.social
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1972 - Castlepark, Kinsale, Co. Cork
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1972 - Castlepark, Kinsale, Co. Cork - Architecture of Cork - Archiseek.com
Architect: Diamond Redfern Anderson Conceived as a holiday village, Castlepark is a variation on the Irish vernacular village, located on a peninsula in
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November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
1972 - Castlepark, Kinsale, Co. Cork
www.archiseek.com/1972-castlep...
www.archiseek.com/1972-castlep...
Has just gone on
To Visit list
To Visit list
Came to see two Caravaggios (which were great) but got distracted by this.
Santa Maria del Popolo
Santa Maria del Popolo
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Has just gone on
To Visit list
To Visit list
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I did wonder on that
It would be an interesting question of law for the BBC to raise in reply as to whether someone found by a court to be a sexual assailant and who is now credibly linked to paedophilia actually has any good name left to be lowered in the eyes of right-thinking people. But we digress...
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I did wonder on that
Anyone with 'Exgeterce' care to educate as to its meaning.
#Cork
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#Cork
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November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Anyone with 'Exgeterce' care to educate as to its meaning.
#Cork
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#Cork
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I remember smiling when I first spotted that Stencil Art some years ago on White St
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I remember smiling when I first spotted that Stencil Art some years ago on White St
New collab supporting grassroots unions in Asia! Monthly designs on premium eco-friendly materials, printed & shipped from the US. This month celebrating legendary organiser Mother Jones, described as "the most dangerous woman in America". Available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A Memento Mori For Bridges
#Cork
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you shall be
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#Cork
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you shall be
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November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A Memento Mori For Bridges
#Cork
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you shall be
readingthesigns.weebly.com/blog/a-memen...
#Cork
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you shall be
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Why overlay a telecoms access cover with tactile paving and grout such that the access cover is sealed and does not have a lifting eye.
#Cork
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#Cork
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November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Why overlay a telecoms access cover with tactile paving and grout such that the access cover is sealed and does not have a lifting eye.
#Cork
readingthesigns.weebly.com/blog/two-rig...
#Cork
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A nice present from a couple from Virginia on the tour yesterday
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A nice present from a couple from Virginia on the tour yesterday
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The first cricketing reference I have come across on a headstone
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Fifty Eight Not Out
It is possibly a consequence of cricket not being a very popular game in these parts, but upto a few weeks ago I had never seen a cricketing reference on a headstone. That was changed at St...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The first cricketing reference I have come across on a headstone
readingthesigns.weebly.com/blog/fifty-e...
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