Patrick Brannigan
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Patrick Brannigan
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In Choirs; on board of Housing Rights NI, worked at QUB Belfast
An Dún/music/nature/whatever resonates....
I'll ponder and ponder on 'artive'.
January 14, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Not far behind in the six counties, too, I see too many.
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
That sounds like it was excellent.

I'm hoping to go to MOLI before too long.

I'd a friend whose Dad was a keeper and spent his holidays there with his Dad, but that wasn't in Behan's time.
January 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
With stables?
January 13, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Reposted by Patrick Brannigan
Re: Brendan Behan
January 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I'm not sure I'd ever seen the letter. The Principal couldn't keep BB in line 🤣

The now defunct Down Recorder had a piece about Mr B
www.thedownrecorder.co.uk/pages/index....
A summer in Co. Down with Behan
By Ciara Colhoun ONE of Ireland's most irreverent writers caused havoc when he was employed to paint St. John's Point lighthouse over 60 years ago,
www.thedownrecorder.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Oh you're an Ardglass man.

It's really easy to miss the artwork where it is, been there a while, near the café. There is a broader depiction beside it. I might have a copy somewhere.

I imagine you've seen this footage digitalfilmarchive.net/media/ardgla...
Ardglass Fishing - View media
Over 129 years of moving images from Northern Ireland, featuring amateur and professional films from 1897 to 2026, brought to you by Northern Ireland Screen.
digitalfilmarchive.net
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
It's so common that food providers like this one aren't open from late afternoon. It waa nice and busy today.
January 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
That's wild. The chinese is still there. I've never tried the golf club to test their openness. I can recommend the café on the quayside - the women there provide good value grub (up to 4).
January 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM