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Turlough Ó Carolan's Farewell to Turlough Ó Maoláin
The Donegal and Derry Diary. The ninth and final part, though I’m hoping to be back there in 2027.
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My Perfect Zombie
Dallying in Donegal and dabbling in Derry. The penultimate of a fair few parts.
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Ardara Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Days and nights in dear old Donegal. Part seven of nine, probably.
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Our Little Owen Man
Becoming a grandfather’s such a doddle. I’ve done it three times now without even getting out of the armchair.
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Ooze Next?
Days and nights in dear old Donegal. Part six of nine, maybe ten, but certainly not eleven.
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Nose
Posted on Wed, 09 Sep 2026
Thank you very much Drew. We're getting there.
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Crazy
Posted on Tue, 08 Sep 2026
I'll mention that to Ludo and let you know how it goes. I'll get back to you tomorrow.
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CBR
Posted on Tue, 08 Sep 2026
A lovely poem Ruthio. I'm sure Corinne Bailey Rae herself would have enjoyed it.
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Never again
Posted on Mon, 07 Sep 2026
Aye, we were scared at the time and scarred mentally since. The best way to look at it now is that it was a terrible experience but we survived, and some people suffer a lot worse. We hope it won't happen again but if it does it won't come as...
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Hail
Posted on Mon, 07 Sep 2026
The big hailstones are very dangerous things to be out in. A hat would be useless, and they’d hurt other parts of the body too.
The day we had our big hailstones two years ago there were a lot of dead birds on the ground afterwards,...
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Practically perfect in every way.
Posted on Mon, 07 Sep 2026
Thanks IPFN, that would surely do the trick.
One of my kids sent me this photograph to model myself on…
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
And sang “When...
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Hats
Posted on Mon, 07 Sep 2026
You’re exactly right Ewan, and thanks for the tips. I’ve spent huge chunks of my life in the sunshine so I’m lucky really that I’ve got away with just this little organism. Living in Bulgaria it’ll mean some significant lifestyle changes. I have...
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Ollie Beak
Posted on Fri, 04 Sep 2026
There were ‘owls of laughter when I read this Kat.
And I wondered, is there any type of honey that isn’t spreadable?
And also, I think owls must find me very attractive because whenever I walk past them I turn a few heads.
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Epitaphs
Posted on Fri, 04 Sep 2026
I like to think that the former leader of North Korea was a Spike Milligan fan and had 'I told you I was Kim Jong Il' written on his gravestone.
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Busy
Posted on Sat, 05 Sep 2026
I suppose the longer they were left, the more exciting the discovery became. There's a lot of reading to be done but I expect you'll enjoy every minute of it.
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