to cut a long story short, I now have reason to believe that *both* my mother and father's lines were displaced, one way or another, by the Ulster Plantation.

don't let anyone tell you that you can't do Irish genealogy 'because the Custom House burned everything' or because of 'pre-Famine brickwalls'. You can get through to the 17th & 18th centuries and what you find is usually horrifying

did a bit too much genealogical research and now all I want to do is listen to Lankum and drink whiskey

This is just to say

I have eaten
3kg
Of cola bottles

Which was
Medically
Ill advised
And bunged me up
Completely
With gelatin

Forgive me
I had a hankering
And also
Ate a carvery

Shoutout to one of my fave tweets ever of all time

unreal. like if it was brought to his attention in Sept, and he paid Donald straightaway, it's have never been a story and not many people would have cared, right? Incredibly poor handling

*Mushrooms* is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy

'only fans of truly petty whining should read on' <- never have I clicked jabbed my thumb at the screen faster

"The Fianna Fáil amendment was moved by the party's climate action spokesman Timmy Dooley.
However, when the vote came before the House, it was put forward by Deputy Ryan as there were only six TDs in the chamber and none of them were from Fianna Fáil." www.rte.ie/news/environ...

reminds me of when @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social was saying that it was clear British media decided a few years out that Johnson would be PM. I feel this picture choice is a sign that the media are turning on MM

I might be labouring the point but I can't see pre-Gavin Martin saying anything like this. He is rattled

I'm pretty confident in saying that these are all excellent mushrooms

apart from everything else, this feels like a post-Gavin era Martin

It's going to be a very un-Irish election. Two weeks to go and only two candidates to talk about.

I'd look it up carefully. Pretty sure I ate a couple a few years ago. Taste was basically like any other mushroom. But as I recall there were differences of opinion in the literature as to its safety of consumption
tbh I thought you were quizzing us!

Macrolepiota procera

More to the point, she's had a week to prepare an answer to that obvious question. Disappointed that she kicked to touch. Lefties/progressives should not blindly defend candidates

I'll probably get attacked by the Connolly stans for saying this but asking an #aras25 candidate if they'd hire a convicted gunman straight out of prison for work in Leinster House would have seemed ridiculous a week ago. Completely legit to ask her where her line is on rehabilitation in that light

- Gavin ignoring registered post sent to his place of work and parents' house
- Still hasn't paid Donald back 'subject to issues'
- Chambers throwing Gavin under the bus first thing Monday morning

all very revealing of the type of people Martin champions. In some ways it's worse than Ahern's style

Micheál Martin's "decent man" persona is struggling to sync up with his "I haven't contacted Jim Gavin since he dropped out" persona