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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · 5d

For those who may be interested, there's a link to watch Manchán and Ruán Magan's 2003 docudrama on the life of their grandmother Sighle Humphreys here. Presented by Manchán. I haven't seen any of Manchán early travel documentaries, they are surely a great watch.
www.manchan.com/television-1...

Television 1996-2003 - manchan.com

Website of Manchán Magan - writer, broadcaster in Ireland.

www.manchan.com

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 6d

This might be my favourite historical ad

Ad in a magazine comparing the efficacy of mowers to Napoleon’s campaigns across Europe, with the mowers coming out on top

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · 19d

Biscuit negotiations.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · 27d

'Agricultural Ireland' magazine, which was published monthly from 1941 to 1963. This bunch of approx. 45 issues all date from the 1940s & offer a fascinating insight into agricultural practice in Ireland during 'The Emergency' & postwar period. The adverts really are a social history in themselves.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · 28d

For reasons that are unclear, my g-g-grandparents eloped from Meath to Connecticut in 1888. They married in a church in New Haven, where the bride's sister lived. Then they upped and came home after a few weeks. I'd have liked to visit the church, but they knocked it in 1966 to build an Interstate!

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks, I'll try to get there for a look.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Sep 8

Amazing. Do you reckon there will be more skips being filled over the coming days? I'm contemplating taking a trip over to see.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm going to be having dreams about this now!

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Sep 6

This guy for President.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Sep 6

This guy for President.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Sep 3

Brian McFadden in 2004:

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Sep 1

The cross-inscribed slab at Drakestown, County Meath.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Aug 31

Love the graphics on these mugs. 🚬

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Aug 31

Must be him, thanks.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Aug 31

Mattress Mick.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Aug 26

"That's me in the picture."
#InternationalDogDay

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Aug 24

It was at a carboot sale, they only had the one. Quite a bit of Dublin Millennium merch floating around, but this is the first one of these I've seen in reality.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Aug 24

Found one.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Aug 12

The Fair of Muff, 2025.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Aug 12

The Fair of Muff, 2025.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Aug 11

'The Boys'.

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James Dillon @noonofday.bsky.social · Aug 11

Nice to find an Irish maker's mark. Not by Pierce of Wexford, as one might expect. But it is by a County Wexford firm: Bolger of Ferns. I hadn't heard of this business, which was also renowned for its edge tools.
(Page from Bassett's 'Wexford County Guide and Directory', 1885).