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Two litttle outings this past week
1) Went to Skerries last Sunday. Like brewers droop it rose briefly but then vanished, the sun that is!!
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2) Loughshinny last night. Only had a few minutes but the light at Drummanagh are are members of Rush Library Camera Group. This shot 1 min 51 seconds but could have done with a much longer exposure
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Howth and Irelands eye
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One man and his rod
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Not quite the normal picture we post here but over the next few weeks there are a number of Hunter trials on and its a good day out. You can get right up close to the action 3 or 4 feet in some spots. It cost only €5 per car so good value and fresh air
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You can get info from Fingal Harriers or Hunting Assoc of Ireland. There is a big one in The Naul over next few weeks and well worth a visit0 -
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Walked fro Rogerstown back along south beach and the dunes today. Easily passed 150 people out walking. Lovely light and here are 2 images from the walk
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This little fellow was happily chirping on his perch in the dunes. Anyone know what it is?
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Had an hour to spare today so I ended up in Balrothery and headed up to The old workhouse. Eerie feeling yet peaceful. The field has a nice little bed of Daffodils in the corner. In Loving memory??
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Dont know if I have ever been in a more spookey place. It was very quiet with only a few crows breaking the silence. It felt cold despite the nice day.
The workhouse was introduced into Ireland as part of the English Paw Law system in 1838. The British government saw the system as the most cost effective way of tackling the desperate state of poverty in Ireland. At that time the population of Ireland was approximately twice the population of today and many of those eight million inhabitants were suffering from disease and starvation.
By 1845, 123 workhouses had been built, formed into a series of districts or Poor Law Unions, each Poor Law Union containing at least one workhouse. The cost of poor relief was met by the payment of rates by owners of land and property in that district. Each union was over seen by a Board of Guardians which consisted of elected members, magistrates and justices of the peace. Conditions of entry into the workhouse were strict and entry was seen as the very last resort of a destitute person.
Once inside the inmates were forced to work, food was poor, and accommodation cold, damp and cramped.
This is a workhouse which was in use up to 1925. It is on the Old Dublin to Belfast Rd between Swords and Balbriggan in the Baroney of Balrothery. In the corner of the field there are a few beds of Daffodis, In loving memory
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Changed tack yesterday and headed inland a little. Knew there was some fields of rape seed to be seen from Nags head but ended up in Hollywood Garveyard. So peaceful.
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Both images are H.D.R
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Went up to Briadmeadows estuary for a while earlier but arrived a little late for what I wanted. Got these so wasted a journey.
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With so little sunshine about these days it is hard to get decent landscapes. If you see a hint of sun over the next wek or two it would be nice to bump this threa up a little0 -
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This is my favourite picture at the moment. It shows Danny Byrne scoring a goal for St. Maurs in their Div 1 clash with Ballyboden St. Endas in Rush. Danny was on the Dublin team that won All-Ireland U/21 TITLE earlier in the year. Boden would have been red hot favourites win this match but The Parish came good to record a great win. St. Maurs 1..9 Ballyboden 0..2
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Went to the dark side last Saturday, in disguise........
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Last time I saw Skerries lose a game was about 1979/80. Willie Duggan was playing for Lansdowne or Wanderers and Shay McGuinness, Jim Glennon were playing for Skerries. I believe this is Jim Glennons son Joe.
With my record they should pay me to come to games. Anyway HB in case you are snowed in this was a good win for Skerries. 3 good tries and in particular an excellent one from Sherlock the ful back0 -
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Went to the dark side last Saturday, in disguise........
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Last time I saw Skerries lose a game was about 1979/80. Willie Duggan was playing for Lansdowne or Wanderers and Shay McGuinness, Jim Glennon were playing for Skerries. I believe this is Jim Glennons son Joe.
With my record they should pay me to come to games. Anyway HB in case you are snowed in this was a good win for Skerries. 3 good tries and in particular an excellent one from Sherlock the ful back
Jim's son, Joe, is the team captain, but that's not him in the pic. That's Tomas O'Hare. His dad used to be club chairman or president, one or the other. The number 4 is Rick O Mahoney. Not very clear who the other guy is lifting but it is either Joe or Kev McConnell0 -
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I cant seem to find the full-size one sorry.
They look like Shorts Sunderlands, first introduced to the RAF in 1938 possibly sheltering from an incoming storm although the weather looks clear enough.
as ireland was effectively maintaining a non involvement state with either the allies or with the UK during the war i would speculate the photo is from 38 or early 39 or else post ww2 as otherwise the sunderlands would've been in camoflage color schemes....
actually i think ive narrowed it down even further!! this photo was most likely taken the very DAY that Britain declared war on Germany!!!THERE’S still a few people around that probably know more about an incident that took place on the very day that Britain declared war on Nazi Germany - September 3, 1939.
It was not a nice day - all round - with heavy rain and wind making life difficult for aircraft. At one stage an RAF twin engined Saunders Roe Lerwick flying boat landed at Dun Laoighaire, only to take off a few hours later.
Up the coast, at Skerries, a four-engined Short Sunderland flying-boat, a pretty big beast they say, landed off the Fingal beautyspot.
I believe Squadron Leader Michael Collins was the pilot and he would have put out his dingy and rowed to shore in the howling storm.
There, local sergeant Pat Glynn would have greeted him and he was escorted to a warm building.
Now, here’s the story. Some reports say the plane that had landed in Dun Laoighaire came to Skerries to render any assistance he could to Collins. It was around then that somebody told the lads they were at war with Germany and, Ireland being neutral, they could have had their planes impounded for the duration of the war.
They quickly left Skerries, again a report stating with a barrel of Guinness in the boot!, and headed home.
So one could say Skerries was invaded by the British Army during WW2 and who could argue!!!!
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