We visited Montmartre (again) yesterday on a walking tour. It was interesting to learn how Montmartre developed as a quarter known for artists and musicians and how Le Moulin Rouge came become such an iconic symbol for the last village to join Paris. We saw where Picasso lived and worked and where Vincent Van Gogh… Continue reading Montmartre, Easter 2022
Category: Society
Paris, Easter 2022
Some photos from the first day of our trip to Paris, Easter 2022. No need to report that Paris is a beautiful city chock full of beautiful, instantly recognisable monuments and a rich, interesting history in the development of Europe as we know it today.
Red Óg Murphy, RIP-the sadness
Last weekend, I think it was, when there was a news report of the sudden death of a young man from County Sligo, Red Óg Murphy. It was reported as ‘sudden’ or ‘unexpected’ but when a fit, healthy, athletic young man like this lad-and I saw the photographs of him playing football for Sligo and… Continue reading Red Óg Murphy, RIP-the sadness
Sing All Our Cares Away-Damien Dempsey’s song of genius
I did not know much about Damien Dempsey when I first heard his song, “Sing All Our Cares Away”. And I still don’t know much about him, to be honest. But I genuinely believe that this song, “Sing All Our Cares Away”, is one of the finest songs written by an Irish person. Of all… Continue reading Sing All Our Cares Away-Damien Dempsey’s song of genius
Making a short movie/VLOG and the bittersweet attempt to capture memories
I’m making a short movie or vlog about our day trip to Kinsale and the Old Head of Kinsale on 19th March 2022. I have quite a good deal of camera footage and the temptation is to just dump it on a timeline and add some music with a few captions thrown in. And if… Continue reading Making a short movie/VLOG and the bittersweet attempt to capture memories
Blocking tricolour flaunting social media accounts
I blocked a couple of accounts on one of my social media pages over the last week. And they had one thing in common: both of them had the Irish tricolour in their profile. The little green, white and gold/orange flag image. This is something I have noticed creeping into social media platforms over the… Continue reading Blocking tricolour flaunting social media accounts
Unfollowed
I recently expressed an opinion on certain social media sites about the housing market, the difficulty of buying a house, and the attitude you should adopt. In my humble opinion. It is just an opinion, and I am, like the next person, entitled to an opinion. What I had to say divided opinion and caused… Continue reading Unfollowed
Things that offend and outrage never cease to amaze me
You would not believe the content of some of the queries and phone calls we receive on a daily basis. Things that move individuals to seek legal advice or want to take legal action. Trivial, inconsequential things. Yes, you may say that these things are not trivial to the caller. But that is the point.… Continue reading Things that offend and outrage never cease to amaze me
Running with one shoe
The little child runs towards the camera. He is missing one of his little runners but is oblivious. He is also oblivious to the historic moment in which his life can be found in February 2022. He is running from Ukraine, with his family, into Poland. One day he may look back and recognise the… Continue reading Running with one shoe
Fighting the fog with a sword
I do not engage with, or respond to, what I believe to be irrational, absurd, conspiracy theory fuelled comments on my YouTube channel, or elsewhere. The type of comments I am referring to are those on videos I have made about the Covid 19 pandemic, the vaccination programme, Dolores Cahill, and Gemma O’Doherty and John… Continue reading Fighting the fog with a sword