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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 14h

Yes please

Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 22h

I collect local history books and the historical narratives are much more involving on a human level than academic presentations which by their scope & nature have to be more detached.

Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 1d

Well worth the read —nails it

Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve a piece in the Financial Times magazine about the stuff I’ve learned from singing sessions www.ft.com/content/3954...

What I learnt from Irish folk singing sessions

Fame means nothing; sing for the room you’re in; slow down and listen. Patrick Freyne’s lyrical lessons for life

www.ft.com

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 1d

Panic over Mr D’Arcy confirms we are mouse free after a quick sweep of the back of the kitchen units

Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 1d

Stile, Galmoy/Laois Border.

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 1d

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is beautiful poetry in prayer

Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 1d

William Street, Kilkenny.

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 1d

In Birr stands a portico fair,
With columns beyond all compare.

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 1d

Crisp chips await, a humble start,
Till salt steps in with seasoned art.
Birr, Co. Offaly.

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 1d

Boer War Memorial, Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Bronze bas-relief of a standing, hooded angel holding a palm frond.

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 1d

Cat like in their poses hahaha photo one is a 🥇

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 2d

“Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled,
And still where many a garden-flower grows wild,
There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose,
The village preacher’s modest mansion rose.”

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 2d

Rhapsody in Blue- I'm very proud of my hedge. Sloes are the fruit of the blackthorn tree, native to Ireland and found in hedgerows and wild areas. The berries are traditionally harvested in late autumn, after the first frost, for use in making sloe gin, jellies, jams, and wines.

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 5d

The Kooks Sweet Jane /Beast of Burden
youtu.be/am0gKk80FcM?...

the kooks beast of burden rolling stones

YouTube video by RAFAEL TEIXEIRA (rafael200)

youtu.be

Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 5d

www.facebook.com/reel/1164062...

234K views · 1.5K reactions | My neighbour says I am an awful bollix, can I sue him? | Terry Gorry & Co. Solicitors

My neighbour says I am an awful bollix, can I sue him?

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 5d

Ordinance Survey Benchmark. Measurement to the next mark was done using a Gunter’s chain — a 66-ft surveying tool w/ 100 links. It helped standardize land measurement a link being 7.92 inches long, which allows for easy conversion to acres & miles (10 square chains = 1 acre; 80 chains = 1 mile).

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 5d

The craving for familiarity over new experiences is why people often walk past an indie café offering better coffee at the same price.
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 7d

A fire officer would have it shut down instantly and no insurer would pass that stove and curtains proximity set up. A death trap.

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 7d

How now brown cow?
Grand thanks & yourself?

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 9d

On the tympanum at the front, a tablet bears the inscription “Wesley Chapel 1820.”
John Wesley visited Birr, County Offaly, at least twelve times, with his first visit in 1748.

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 9d

Patrick Dolan ran a garage that also offered car sales, a bicycle shop, and a taxi service. Birr Co. Offaly.
Beebeep yeah....

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 12d

"amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant"
nomnomnomnomnom🍟
Liberty Square, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 12d

Proof

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Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 12d

Mayo Church Co. Laois

Tom @bighappyhead.bsky.social · 12d

"Jesu"
Carved limestone crucifixion (detail) 1530's possibly much earlier as it was relocated from "Kilpatrick's Chapel" Fertagh.
Now at St. Kieran's Johnstown Co.Kilkenny.

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