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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Rhodes

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I am just back from a holiday in the Greek island of Rhodes. Even after the fine summer we had this year, Roma and I still fancied a few day...
Friday, October 09, 2026

Free Travel - One Year On

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Thanks Charlie! This time last year I received the free public Travel Pass on reaching the age of 66. While I was looking forward to usi...
Saturday, August 15, 2026

The Last Stick

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Slowly but surely, we have been working through the last pile of logs (called sticks in Ballingate) since my Dad died just over one and a ha...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Private Patrick Byrne (52889) - my Grandfather

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Finding my grandfather Paddy Byrne in the 1926 census was not an easy task as outlined in an earlier post. I found a "Patrick Byrne...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

Census 2022 - Folks will be disappointed in 2122

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The recent release of the 1926 census records has been a huge success. One hundred years after the census was conducted, folks like me have ...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

1926 Census - my Grandparents IV

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My grandfather Paddy Byrne was the most difficult of my grandparents to find, and I can't be certain that the one I identify as him is a...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

1926 Census - my Grandparents III

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My maternal grandmother Kathleen Cullen was 14 years and 11 months old on census night in 1926. The means that she was too young to be inclu...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

1926 Census - my Grandparents II

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My maternal Grandmother was Kathleen Hurley who lived in Church Street, Newmarket, Co Cork. She was listed in the 1911 census 7 year old ...
Monday, May 11, 2026

1926 Census - my Grandparents I

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It was with great relish that I opened up the 1926 census after its recent publication. Like many Irish people I was excited to see what I c...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Who is your audience?

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My blog posts are very rare these days - quite often I forget I have a blog. Many of my blog posts are about holidays; what I did on day 1, ...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Mexico

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I am just back from a two week break in Mexico where Roma and I stayed in Cancún and Mexico City. It was nice to get away from all the wet w...
Saturday, November 01, 2025

Dropping Linkedin and Twitter/X

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Yesterday, on the 5th anniversary of my retirement, I cancelled my accounts in LinkedIn and Twitter/X. I don't post on either anymore an...
Friday, October 31, 2025

Five years!!!

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This day five years ago I officially retired from the National College of Ireland - fortunately I was in a position to retire early at the a...
Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Pensioner

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It's official - I am now a pensioner having reached the ripe old age of 66! Born in 1959, I am now in my 8th decade (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s,...
Monday, June 30, 2025

Oslo - Day 3

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Our last day in Oslo and more culture - this time on Oslo's museum peninsula, Bygdoynes. Here we started in the excellent Fram museum, w...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Oslo - Day 2

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To begin our second day in Oslo we first a look at the Holmenhollen ski jump arena which is beside our hotel. It is a magnificent structure ...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Oslo - Day 1

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Norway is the 30th country I have visited, and we are staying in Hollerhollen in the hills above Oslo. Roma and I enjoyed our ride from Goth...
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Gothenberg - Day 3

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Today was our last full day in Gothenburg and we decided to get out of the city and visit Branno Island. This is reached by tram and boat - ...