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I haven’t added a story to this Blog yet so here goes a pretty lame attempt.
In the steep hills of Clare there lives an old man that goes by the name of Derfindi. He’s an uncomplicated man. He has a pale withered complexion with wrinkles akin to the pattern the sea makes on the sand when its receding. His hair is white apart from the parts where his tobacco smoking has caused the ends to turn a tinge of yellow. Derfindi has a house built into the side of the mountain. A hole had been dug a long time ago out of the limestone by his father for the villagers down below has now been turned into a half wood half limestone house with an old corrugated tin roof. One day when Derfindi was out collecting tinder for his log burner on the side of the hill he noticed a group of people coming up the hill. They didn’t look familiar and by the sounds of their voices they weren’t from this country. Derfindi was unsure about this group until he heard through the accents the word Guinness. He knew this word. It made him happy. They were coming up the hill with Guinness because they had heard it was his birthday.
They came in played some music on their Hurdy Gurdys and sang happy birthday then left.
Derfindi died the next day because when they left he was lonely.
In breaking Irish sport news. The very popular and well known ladies hockey team has beaten the All Black Hockey Team in New Zealand 2 goals to 1. The Irish are ranked 14th in the World whilst the New Zealanders are ranked 7th. The match was played in Wellington, New Zealand.
I visited one of my favourite places today in County Down. The Mountains of Mourne stretch from Newcastle in the North to Warrenpoint in the South. There are many places of interest along the way but the one I love in particular is the Silent Valley reservoir. Situated at the foot of Ben Crom, Silent Valley supplys water to most of the Belfast and Down area. There is a lovely short walk along the near shore of the Reservoir. However if you really want to experience the beauty of this mountainous landscape you should walk the extra 3 miles and visit the second reservoir that has been built ‘Ben Crom Reservoir’. Above are a few photos that I took when up in this beautiful part of the country!
I always knew there was something about that man Barack Obama and then I found out that he doesn’t just have Kenyan roots but he also has roots in Ireland! The man for the current democratic presidential race according to RTE News has a great great great Grandfather from Ireland but it is not yet known where. According to ancestry.co.uk a man named Falmouth Kearney moved from Ireland to New York in 1850 and somehow Obamas family has been linked.
Will this have any implications for Ireland when he becomes president! Only time will tell! All I do know is from the looks of the following video is that wherever his family are from in Ireland they’re behind him all the way!
Can you believe it! Dustin the Turkey has been snubbed by Dana who won Eurovision in 1970 with her song “All Kinds of Everything”. According to BBC News she said
“I just think it’s making a mockery of the contest and if we think it’s such a big joke then let’s get out of it.”
Maybe Dana missed the point all those years ago. Eurovision was set up in the 1950’s when a war torn Europe was trying to rebuild itself. The historical context of the contest was to have fun and to allow each country the chance to represent itself as part of Europe. Nowadays the competition is the bread and butter of Eastern European countries who see it as a way of giving their countries a bit of exposure within Europe.
After some of the entries last year including Verka Serduchka a Ukranian Tranny
its no wonder Ireland is trying to match the best Eurovision nations at their own game! Good luck Dustin we’re all proud of you!
She finished with her comment on the BBC by saying that”The problem is they love puppets in Europe. If, God forbid he wins, we’ll probably have more puppets than people in next year’s Eurovision,”
I sense that someone feels a puppet Eurovision would be a bad thing! Certainly keep poor Terry Wogan on his feet.
