Book of Dublin

The Book of Dublin will be a stunning large format, lavishly illustrated, coffee table book on Dublin's history.

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@Aircoach Sirs, can you please explain why your express Cork to Dublin service stops at Urlingford at the whim of particular drivers? Your drivers should have their breakfast before they come on duty.

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In relation to the Russian expulsion, we are reminded of the words of Dostoyevsky: "100 suppositions do not constitute a single proof".

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@Rus_Emb_Ireland @thejournal_ie To all Russian's, allow us to say, it is highly regrettable that the Irish Government acted in the way it has. Perhaps even shameful. It has long suffered from intellectual desuetude and is now gripped by an incontinent panic, where alarm substitutes for rational thought.

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@thepainterflynn 😂😂Well, looking on the bright side, going on the lash on Paddy's Day helped diagnose the cardiac problem!!! I hope Good Friday's plan doesn't give me piles!!

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Thank you @thepainterflynn for your kind enquiry. The silence here for the last 10 days or so was due to me being in hospital - twice. Heart-related. Didn't help being given the wrong medicine when sent home the first time. Hence the second admission....

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It's going to take me a few days to get back on track here. First priority is to have a pint on Good Friday, given the historical significance of it. Sorry Ger could not post either as he was away while I was dying! I'll be back to my outrageous self posting on Sunday.

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@KontaktMikasia I suppose the statue reminds them of the local bishop!

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Remarks by the press attaché of the Russian Embassy in Ireland regarding recent publications in “The Sunday Times” @rtenews @IrishTimes @Independent_ie @irishexaminer @NewstalkFM @SunTimesIreland @mfa_russia

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@farrellogara The Pot Player download is 22.8MB whereas the VLC 3.0.0 download is 37.1MB. Hope that helps.

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Tech stuff: Many of you may be using VLC media player for looking at videos. It is the one with the little orange and white traffic cone as an icon. It has been updated and you may want to download the latest version (3.0.0), free, from https://t.co/UL4qxsNulT However.....

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Select 'system' (4 or 5 from the top of the list). In the section called 'Device specifications' look at system type. It will say 32-bit or 64-bit. On the Pot Player website, select the matching download (32 or 64). It is a really cool player, and you won't regret getting it.

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There is an alternative media player which we think is superior to VLC, and which we use all the time. It is also free. It is called Pot Player - https://t.co/SYojkZ3g9W You need the version suitable for your system, so, right-click the windows icon at the bottom of your screen

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@JackmanNeil What is the scale of it Neil?

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The house was built by Sir William Chambers for the first Earl of Charlemont. It was famous (in the 18th century) for its library. https://t.co/K1q7AGly4D

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Malton's print (poor colour quality) is of Charlemount-House, built from 1762, and now the Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square. In 1929 Dublin Corporation demolished a great part of it, keeping only the front rooms. The trees on the left are where the Garden of Remembrance is now.

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Andrew O'Connor (1874 – 941) was an American-Irish sculptor (born in Worcester, Massachusetts - died in Dublin), whose work is represented in museums in America, Ireland, Britain and France. For a time he was in the London studio of the renowned portraitist, John Singer Sargent https://t.co/uCsAYzlnvd

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Almost hidden away in a corner of Merrion Square is this wonderful 1923 sculpture by Andrew O'Connor entitled The 'Victims'. Dedicated to the victims of war, it depicts a dead war hero returned home and being mourned by his wife who kneels beside him and mother who stands.

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@DubberTrevor Many happy returns Trevor. I have to say, you sure don't look 60 😂. Best wishes, Sam

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Here are two useful websites: https://t.co/UeSjbHSDxi This is where you can download e-books for free legally (not pirated). It's a massive resource and very useful. Next is https://t.co/HamY78h5mY for manuals for appliances and gadgets. You just need a make & model number.

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Some of our followers have asked if our IT headbangers could post useful tips from time to time. We did a few in the past and then stopped - for no real reason. So, once or twice a week we will do so again. (see next post)

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And for all of you pontists out there, Calatrava was responsible for second bridge in Dublin. It also has a literary theme in that it is called the Samuel Beckett Bridge and was opened on 10th December, 2009. https://t.co/k9lEDYIkhI

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This nice image by Declan O Doherty shows No. 15 Usher's Island (no longer an island). Two of James Joyce's aunts ran a music school here. Joyce made it the setting for his short story The Dead. We think the house was sold recently but have no idea what will happen it.

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Margaret Thatcher (Former Prime Minister of UK), dismissed Bacon as "the man who paints those dreadful pictures"! https://t.co/SfQow6yq0b

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Francis Bacon Francis Bacon (1909–1992) was an Irish figurative painter known for his bold, often grotesque, and emotionally charged, raw imagery. His work typically focused on a single subject for sustained periods, often in triptych or diptych formats.