The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians passed on from generation to generation, and for that matter replicated in various guises in a host of other ancient cultures, advises as follows:
Flog a dead horse
John McCullagh
Carlingford Lough Panorama
Carlingford Lough and Omeath from Warrenpoint. Wait for it to load. ‘Pan’ by moving your mouse pointer across the photo. To control speed, position mouse pointer in middle. ‘We will not forsake the blue skies of Ulster for the grey mists of the Irish Republic!’
Mrs Kelly’s door-knocker
One cannot imagine an object like a brass doorknocker to be the cause of so much trouble for a young teenage girl, but as is always the case for young people of those tender years, trouble is always lurking somewhere close to hand.
Dudley Bagenal
Nor did ALL the Bagenal family hold true to the officially-sanctioned line of succession to the English throne! From the Ordnance Survey Memoirs of 1836 (another useful general history source) we learn the following regarding the Bagenal property acceded to Creely in Carneyhaugh …
Wee Monkey of a Thing
Most of the fairies lived in underground caves [souterrains] having secret entrances in the fairy forths on the hillsides round about.
One such forth remains almost intact on McGreevy’s hill in the townland of Ballywinny [‘town of the ancient tree’] in the Cabra district. It is called Doras na Bruidhne [the palace entrance] which frankly, says it all.
1935 Linenhall Square 1-18
I twice promised to return to list the early residents of Linenhall Square and I am finally returning to fulfil that promise.
Hugh Mallon
My story on ‘The Hobbies’ brought back to Martin Auden memories of his grandfather, Mr Hugh Mallon who frequented the ‘Housey Housey’ each night. As Martin added, ‘Hugh was there more for the social aspect than for the prize money’. This is my own story of Hugh Mallon who I remember from those early Bingo days.
A Visit to Chester
My wife and I visited