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Constantin Opel

August 14, 2007 – 7:40 am

I’ve posted some pieces about my neighbours previously but I’ve just realised I never mentioned my favourite. He’s Irish but has a very uncommon name. One of those, no seriously, what’s your name? ones. His daughter has recently discovered Google so let’s call him Constantin Opel for now. That makes him sound either Turkish or [...]

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Bilingual joke #whatever

August 10, 2007 – 6:39 am

Micilín, the farmer, is walking his land in Galway when he spies a hill walker scooping water from a pool in the palm of his hand and drinking it.
Stad! Stad anois! Tá an t-uisce sin nimhiúil. Saghas baictéir atá ann, warned Micilín.
I’m sorry. I’m English. I don’t understand. Can you speak English?
I said, use both [...]

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Meeting Mary Mac

July 30, 2007 – 7:29 am

The new County Council office for Kildare, Áras Cill Dara, opened a couple of years ago. You can see pictures of it here. Hailed as a monument to environmentalism, it has solar roof-panels to heat the water for the kitchen and washrooms. The air conditioning is by means of computer controlled louvres on the widows [...]

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The day the Wall came down

July 24, 2007 – 8:33 am

It was 1989. The year two walls came down - the big one in Berlin and the small one Pat Gleeson built for his mother. I wasn’t around to see Mrs. Gleeson’s collapse but I was in Germany for the other one. I will never forget that day as long as I live.
On the afternoon [...]

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A Blue Moon

July 16, 2007 – 6:58 pm

A cold shower is never pleasant, especially on a November morning. But thanks to a powercut and the imminent arrival of Tara, to take me clothes shopping, it had to be done.
Hearing her footsteps on the gravel, I shivered my way into the hallway and unlocked the door. Com’on in. It’s open. As I [...]

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Small humans and their keepers

July 12, 2007 – 8:34 am

With no kids of my own, I seem to have fallen into the role of surrogate uncle for some of my friends’ offspring. Birthday cards and bills for furniture damaged while babysitting come addressed to Uncle Primal. I’m proud of this. Not many parents would leave their kids in the care of a non-family member [...]

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