Hugo Brady Brown
@aodhbc.bsky.social
The consumption of radio, newspapers, books and bread.
The writing is on the wall. It's time to give up: the standard here is too high.
Eastern Ireland. July '23. Still here.
The writing is on the wall. It's time to give up: the standard here is too high.
Eastern Ireland. July '23. Still here.
Even far from home, the heart leaps up at the sight of an Amazon Prime van. Pavlov's hope.
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Even far from home, the heart leaps up at the sight of an Amazon Prime van. Pavlov's hope.
"We do an à la kort at that time,' said a person on the phone in deepest Meath.
'Thank you, my dear.'
Possibly exiled from Dalkey or local but has had a brush with UCD finishing school.
'Thank you, my dear.'
Possibly exiled from Dalkey or local but has had a brush with UCD finishing school.
February 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM
"We do an à la kort at that time,' said a person on the phone in deepest Meath.
'Thank you, my dear.'
Possibly exiled from Dalkey or local but has had a brush with UCD finishing school.
'Thank you, my dear.'
Possibly exiled from Dalkey or local but has had a brush with UCD finishing school.
The belt will not close to even the first hole. It is very provoking!
An old boy scout will save the day with twine.
An old boy scout will save the day with twine.
February 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The belt will not close to even the first hole. It is very provoking!
An old boy scout will save the day with twine.
An old boy scout will save the day with twine.
Dr Gavan Ring and Fiachra Garvey, piano, will perform Songs of Travel by RVW and Stephen McNeff's Ballads of a Bogman in Drogheda on Friday.
DCM | Gavan Ring and Fiachra Garvey
www.droichead.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Dr Gavan Ring and Fiachra Garvey, piano, will perform Songs of Travel by RVW and Stephen McNeff's Ballads of a Bogman in Drogheda on Friday.
We confound Bob Quinn with Tim Robinson.
Lilliput have published Bob Quinn's 'The Atlantean Irish:
Ireland's Oriental and Maritime Heritage'
There's a foreward by Barry Cunliffe, Professor of European Archaeology.
(It was the monks from Egypt.)
Lilliput have published Bob Quinn's 'The Atlantean Irish:
Ireland's Oriental and Maritime Heritage'
There's a foreward by Barry Cunliffe, Professor of European Archaeology.
(It was the monks from Egypt.)
The Atlantean Irish by Bob Quinn - The Lilliput Press
The Atlantean Irish is a sumptuously illustrated, exciting, intervention in Irish cultural history, exploring the country's vast ancestry.
www.lilliputpress.ie
February 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
We confound Bob Quinn with Tim Robinson.
Lilliput have published Bob Quinn's 'The Atlantean Irish:
Ireland's Oriental and Maritime Heritage'
There's a foreward by Barry Cunliffe, Professor of European Archaeology.
(It was the monks from Egypt.)
Lilliput have published Bob Quinn's 'The Atlantean Irish:
Ireland's Oriental and Maritime Heritage'
There's a foreward by Barry Cunliffe, Professor of European Archaeology.
(It was the monks from Egypt.)
My schooling, such as it was, came just before they replaced rote learning with education. I knew where shoes and shirts were made, and the early closing days of market towns across Ireland, though I never expected to see many of them. (This was in primary school Geography.) Could do with it today.
February 17, 2026 at 12:55 PM
My schooling, such as it was, came just before they replaced rote learning with education. I knew where shoes and shirts were made, and the early closing days of market towns across Ireland, though I never expected to see many of them. (This was in primary school Geography.) Could do with it today.
Someone said it here yesterday and it's so true: it is now almost impossible to use Google to find accurate information about local businesses. It's either useless ads or A.I.-faked stuff or links to Facebook accounts or, despite using quotation marks for the location, links to places in UK.
February 17, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Someone said it here yesterday and it's so true: it is now almost impossible to use Google to find accurate information about local businesses. It's either useless ads or A.I.-faked stuff or links to Facebook accounts or, despite using quotation marks for the location, links to places in UK.
"They have their windows wide open all the time, even in winter," said my near neighbour, who is keeping watch on the new people across the way. "They must be smokers."
"Or Germans," said I, a Guardian colour supplement reader.
"Or Germans," said I, a Guardian colour supplement reader.
February 17, 2026 at 12:39 PM
"They have their windows wide open all the time, even in winter," said my near neighbour, who is keeping watch on the new people across the way. "They must be smokers."
"Or Germans," said I, a Guardian colour supplement reader.
"Or Germans," said I, a Guardian colour supplement reader.
"Our opening hours are up on our website!"
"You don't seem to have a website. I found a link to a Facebook account."
"That's it."
Practically Minitel levels of modernity.
"You don't seem to have a website. I found a link to a Facebook account."
"That's it."
Practically Minitel levels of modernity.
February 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
"Our opening hours are up on our website!"
"You don't seem to have a website. I found a link to a Facebook account."
"That's it."
Practically Minitel levels of modernity.
"You don't seem to have a website. I found a link to a Facebook account."
"That's it."
Practically Minitel levels of modernity.
This is an unprecedented achievement: 'Professor Rowan's thesis comprised of 150 peer reviewed journal papers presented in two volumes and covering his research from 1995 to the present day'.
He has been awarded the Higher Doctorate of Science for this thesis.
('Comprised of' is arresting.)
He has been awarded the Higher Doctorate of Science for this thesis.
('Comprised of' is arresting.)
Athlone scientist honoured by Scottish university
An Athlone scientist who has three decades of experience researching disease prevention, MedTech and global food security, has been awarded a Higher Doctor of Science by a Scottish university.
www.rte.ie
February 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
This is an unprecedented achievement: 'Professor Rowan's thesis comprised of 150 peer reviewed journal papers presented in two volumes and covering his research from 1995 to the present day'.
He has been awarded the Higher Doctorate of Science for this thesis.
('Comprised of' is arresting.)
He has been awarded the Higher Doctorate of Science for this thesis.
('Comprised of' is arresting.)
The Special Relationship
UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears
Exclusive: First meeting to be held over domestic payments system aimed at reducing reliance on US networks
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:15 AM
The Special Relationship
One of the occasional horrors of life in a small town where something is happening but there's nothing to report yet is city journalists descending to manufacture copy by enticing respectable people into being indiscreet or tabloid. It's probably at least as demeaning for the journalists.
February 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
One of the occasional horrors of life in a small town where something is happening but there's nothing to report yet is city journalists descending to manufacture copy by enticing respectable people into being indiscreet or tabloid. It's probably at least as demeaning for the journalists.
"It's a pity to see what must have been an expensive and arduously acquired education so wasted. Do you do nothing now except tweet?"
February 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM
"It's a pity to see what must have been an expensive and arduously acquired education so wasted. Do you do nothing now except tweet?"
'More geese than swans now live,
More fools than wise."
More fools than wise."
The Silver Swan - Gibbons - Tenebrae conducted by Nigel Short
YouTube video by Tenebrae Choir
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM
'More geese than swans now live,
More fools than wise."
More fools than wise."
Eusebius: a Monaghan name for boys and men.
February 16, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Eusebius: a Monaghan name for boys and men.
How could there be no reference at all in this to the greatest of all films of this kind, 'The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey'?
February 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
How could there be no reference at all in this to the greatest of all films of this kind, 'The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey'?
The Sapir–Whorf crowd, if they were still on the go, could make fine sport with the Irish words for green. And grey. But that's all old hat now. Sean-hata.
February 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The Sapir–Whorf crowd, if they were still on the go, could make fine sport with the Irish words for green. And grey. But that's all old hat now. Sean-hata.
"Have you heard of David Foster Wallace?"
It was around this point that this evening's early promise started to fade.
It was around this point that this evening's early promise started to fade.
February 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM
"Have you heard of David Foster Wallace?"
It was around this point that this evening's early promise started to fade.
It was around this point that this evening's early promise started to fade.
Nihil obstat
Imprimi potest
Imprimi potest
February 16, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Nihil obstat
Imprimi potest
Imprimi potest
Reposted by Hugo Brady Brown
The roof timbers in Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church Youghal which have been carbon dated to 1170. Likely built by shipwrights so essentially an upside down boat. www.patrickcomerford.com/2021/08/sain... #speirgorm
February 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The roof timbers in Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church Youghal which have been carbon dated to 1170. Likely built by shipwrights so essentially an upside down boat. www.patrickcomerford.com/2021/08/sain... #speirgorm
Reposted by Hugo Brady Brown
*precursor ceremony to supposedly the most important day of my life* hold on let me plug this thing I want to spin off into a book or podcast or something
February 15, 2026 at 9:52 PM
*precursor ceremony to supposedly the most important day of my life* hold on let me plug this thing I want to spin off into a book or podcast or something