had a few too many sausages!
August 12, 2017
Irish Bangers a Hit
June 18, 2017
Cork Commemorates Choctaw Kindness
Native American Choctaw leaders have arrived in Ireland to unveil a sculpture celebrating the financial contribution made by the tribe to starving Irish people in 1847
full story – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40304645
September 20, 2016
1980’s Irish Sex Education for Girls
this video is part of a series shown in the 1980s to inform girls attending Catholic schools in Ireland about sex
June 14, 2016
Reasons to Get Married – No 1
a 60 year old Kerry man found guilty of driving with too much drink in him faces a 3 -year driving ban
however, the judge has postponed imposition of the ban until Dec to give bachelor John O’Shea the opportunity to find himself a woman – [one with a full driving licence] – at the Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival in Sep/Oct (http://tinyurl.com/gmjq349)
p.s. the Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival is a real event – details here (http://www.matchmakerireland.com/) if anyone’s interested 😆
April 1, 2016
Dildoes Gu Leòr
dildoes are cropping up on the beaches of Co Clare in Ireland – http://tinyurl.com/j2wde76
many folk are wondering how they got there
[I’m wondering what this find says about the men of Co Clare?]
p.s. how many madhatter readers checked a map to see where Co Cork is in relation to Co Clare ? 😆
p.p.s. and how many suspicious buggers – given today’s date – are wondering whether this is a true story at all and not just a leg-pull?
March 30, 2016
An Irish Farewell
the first time Anita met my relatives in Scotland was at the funeral in Edinburgh of one my aunts
it was a riotous affair (police were called to stop the women fighting) 😆 – the idea that the drinking and partying would go on for 2-3 days was a novel concept to someone who had only ever attended more sombre funerals in England and she thoroughly enjoyed it
while my family farewells to the dead can be quite ‘exuberant’ and extend over several days, however, no-one can beat the Irish when it comes to paying their respect to the dead
in this video, Kerry man Brian O’Sullivan . . .
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October 17, 2015
Symphysiotomy : Fucken Religion
I’ve been two days trying to write this post but have been too upset/angry to marshall my thoughts into a coherent pattern
that doctors, in this day and age, are sawing women in two rather than perform a Caesarian because the former will potentially allow them to have more children in future (in line with the Catholic church goals for families) than will the latter – though tell that to ‘Lily’, who has been unable to have sex with her husband since her pelvis was sawn in two – leaves me speechless with rage
you can read more about this barbaric practice here – http://tinyurl.com/plb6md7
