Posts tagged with "photo"
Sunday, 25. October 2009, 21:23:54
Kilkenny, Ireland, history, festival
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Hello,
Once again I feel I have to apologise for not being around as much as I would like. As usual college is keeping me busy. But it's
reading week and a long weekend to boot so I have a little (too little really
) time.
And what does a Canadian in Ireland do when he has some time off and it's the
October Bank Holiday?
He goes to the
Conker Festival of course.
Held in
Freshford The chestnuts for the competition are provided by 52 Horse Chestnut trees that surround the village green, which produce 30,000 conkers.
Here's some of them.
I'm sure you're wondering what exactly conkers are at this point. Luckily, but not surprisingly,
Wikipedia has an article.
A couple of competitors
Aside from the championship there were other games
And crafts
These lads
started a mini-company selling slate crafts as part of their
transition year.
The Kilkenny Flower Club were exhibiting in
St. Lachtain's Church
which is famous for its 12th century carved sandstone entry.
A good day out, aside from the weather. Tomorrow? Back to the grind.
Sunday, 4. October 2009, 14:56:29
Ireland, photo, Canada, Kilkenny
I spotted this van last weekend on the High Street in Kilkenny, though it was only last night I found my Bluetooth dongle so I could download the photos off my phone.
Now,
Timmy's has been in Ireland for a while. There's even a Spar in Kilkenny that has one of those kiosks.
But I'm hoping this might mean there's going to be an actual store.
Tuesday, 28. April 2009, 23:52:26
me, photo, Opera Community, friends
Adjective
*hirsute (comparative more hirsute, superlative most hirsute)
- Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.
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Wednesday, 28. January 2009, 18:08:27
life, Ireland, photo
We've got a new tub.
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Saturday, 23. August 2008, 01:02:41
Kilkenny, computers, Canada, photo
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... deadly, gift, massive, brilliant. *
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Thursday, 17. July 2008, 21:13:58
family, life, photo
Oh dear, what do I have planned?
UPDATE: Please read the comments and vote for you favourite guess in my new poll. Or make your own suggestion and I'll add it to the list.
Monday, 23. June 2008, 11:10:09
photo, life
Tackled a bit of flat-pack assembly yesterday
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Tuesday, 26. June 2007, 16:11:19
travel, Canada, photo, hobby
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New Albums posted
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Wednesday, 20. June 2007, 01:16:20
history, photo, Canada, travel
Finally got round to posting some of the photos from my Vancouver trip.
So you can go have a look at The Museum of Anthropology
or Whistler, BC
or the BC Museum of Mining
More on the way. Stay tuned.
Thursday, 26. April 2007, 21:20:19
dog, photo, Ireland, life
The landlord came to mow the lawn this evening and brought his
Irish Wolfhound with him.
She's only a pup, not even a year old, I think. With a lovely, sweet temper - gentle as a lamb (and big as a calf
)
Oh yeah,
9 DAYS AND COUNTING!!!! 
Monday, 19. March 2007, 17:27:56
weather, Kilkenny, humor, photo
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It's been an interesting weekend., with lots to tell So I'll just get straight to it.
Things started on Friday with some excitement down the village. The Post Office was robbed 
A couple came in and took €4,000 in pension payments, and the postmistress' handbag. When they went to make their escape though, their getaway car wouldn't start 
I guess we know what the money was for 
The robbers made their way up to the school where they asked staff if they could call a taxi. Unfortunately, taxis are reluctant to come all the way out from the city so that was unsuccessful. Then the staff tried to contact a local mechanic to repair the car but he was an hour away on another call. The next suggestion was for the robbers to head back to the village and wait for the bus to Kilkenny, it would be along in a couple hours
The teachers were now getting very suspicious of these two who were acting "very shifty" and they escorted them off the school grounds. Meanwhile, one of the post office staff who had gone out in her car to try and find these two spotted them coming out of the school and watched as they tried to dispose of the money, which they had been carrying in a shopping bag. Shortly after the two thieves were apprehended by the guards.
Saturday, Mam and I headed off to Thurles to see the parade as Mam's set dancing group were going to perform. However, it seems someone got the days mixed up. Thurles was having their parade on Sunday. 
But we had tea and scones in a pub, and did the weekly shop, so it wasn't a complete waste.
In fact, it was serendipitous for a couple reasons. The rain, which had held off until then, started as soon as we left the pub. And while we were shopping we found some lamb mince, which Mam used to make a lovely Shepherd's pie for supper.
To finish off the evening I had a can to "to drown the shamrock".
Sunday dawned, cold and snowy 
and it kept snowing on an off all day. 
The weather was mad altogether. It would blizzard for 10 minutes, then the sun would come out blazing and melt everything, then it would snow again. You can see some of what we had to put up with here. Snow 18-03-2007 12-10-46.MPG
The weather was so bad that some of the celebrations were cancelled along with loads of ferry sailings and a flight or two.
Nothing to do but light the fire and see what else the OC had to say about Paddy's day. Melissa put up some really good stuff Here, here, here, here, and here. Shes' been VERY busy.
Kay Four, over on her blog, made a very sweet post.
Today has been much the same weather wise. More snow overnight so this 
was the view this morning.
We just had one or two brief flurries since, but it's bitterly cold and it's blowing a gale. The winds are going to get up to 120kph with lows of -2oC.
As I'm writing, Into the West is on the telly. If you want a good film set in Ireland I can highly recommend this 
Tuesday, 6. March 2007, 20:32:26
funny, photo, Opera Community, COTWG
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Ever since
the first reports that LWU might be in Ireland I've been keeping my eyes peeled in case I might spot her.
And just this afternoon. I thought that I might have been in luck
Sadly, it was a case of mistaken identity.
Everyone say hello to my Mom's donkey, Pat. (Pat the donkey, geddit
)
Tuesday, 20. February 2007, 21:19:59
Canada, food, photo, Ireland
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So you know what that means.
Mmmmmmmhhhhhh, pancakes.
Light and fluffy, browned to perfection. Lightly buttered and dripping with maple syrup. <Insert Homer Simpson drooling sound here.>
And just to give it an Irish twist
- served with
rashers and
black pudding. (Yeah, I know. But if you don't think about what's in them they're really tasty.)
Now I think I'm just going to go and digest for a while.
Saturday, 17. February 2007, 20:47:35
weather, Kilkenny, life, web
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At least they
seem random 1. Another interesting sunset last night
I tried to get a bit of variety this time, shooting from different angels and using a tripod.
2. I am a grown man, so why did I spend last night looking at
this and thinking "Cool!"
3. I don't care what you think,
this is damned impressive.
4. Did it have anything to do with the lack of blog activity? Where was everybody yesterday?
5. I love cats, but they can be vicious, bloodthirsty little monsters sometimes. One of ours slaughtered a bird the other day and left the remains in the hall. I felt like calling a
Crime Scene Cleaner.
6. Saw my first
Vista PC today in the local computer shop. Vista looks nice, but I'd really want to sit down with it for a while before I pass judgement.
7. Some more interesting stats from my blog:
Visitor Country Visitors Percent
USA 37 23.72%
Canada 28 17.95%
Ireland 25 16.03%
United Kingdom 16 10.26%
Netherlands 9 5.77%
Portugal 7 4.49%
Denmark 5 3.21%
Australia 3 1.92%
Greenland 3 1.92%
Norway 2 1.28%
Lithuania 2 1.28%
Thailand 2 1.28%
Turkey 2 1.28%
Vietnam 1 0.64%
Singapore 1 0.64%
South Africa 1 0.64%
Spain 1 0.64%
Malaysia 1 0.64%
Morocco 1 0.64%
Poland 1 0.64%
Hungary 1 0.64%
Bulgaria 1 0.64%
Cote D'Ivoire 1 0.64%
Dominican Republic 1 0.64%
Estonia 1 0.64%
Finland 1 0.64%
France 1 0.64%
Germany 1 0.64%
More random thoughts when I randomly think them.
Friday, 2. February 2007, 21:34:33
technical support, photo
Well they can't all be my fault
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Thursday, 25. January 2007, 16:39:45
weather, Kilkenny, WPN, photo
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What's up with the snowflakes, you ask?
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Saturday, 23. December 2006, 00:13:13
WPN, winter, life, Ireland
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Me and my bright ideas.
So I decided I was going to do foggy winter photos. Then, I wake up this morning, open the front door to that now familiar view and...
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Friday, 22. December 2006, 00:05:36
winter, photo, weather, Kilkenny
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On TodayFM,
The Ray D'Arcy Show was celebrating Red Tinsel Day. Basically the idea is to go around wishing a "Merry Christmas" to the people that you meet during the day. Particularly the ones you might not normally talk to and those who will proabaly be working over Christmas - the clerk in the shop, the cop directing traffic, the person in the toll booth, the person in that call center.
I know it's a bit late but
to all my blog visitors.
And there's no law that says
YOU can't celebrate Red Tinsel Day tomorrow.
Finally, another foggy morning, so another foggy photo.
Decorations from
Wednesday, 20. December 2006, 10:16:19
Ireland, Kilkenny, photo, weather
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A frosty winter photo
Still pretty foggy though. The roads were so bad last night that they were issuing travel warnings.
Tuesday, 19. December 2006, 19:47:15
Ireland, Kilkenny, weather, photo
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Peer pressure can be such a pain.
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