HokeyPokey
County: Tyrone
Posts: 312

115760 Sackville st., If i'm not right, is there not a street called sackville st. in dublin now?

It's called O'Connell St now a days

wise_guy (Tyrone) - Posts: 1584 - 08/10/2008 23:58:02    115873

There's still a Sackville Place off O'Connell St. A bomb exploded there in the early seventies if I'm not mistaken.

dingle1 (Clare) - Posts: 805 - 09/10/2008 01:05:51    115890

And a Sackville Avenue a stones throw from the back of the Cusack!!!

essexile (Mayo) - Posts: 429 - 09/10/2008 11:23:05    116074

not only are there the irish dialects of connaught, munster and ulster but there is/was the newfoundland dialect of the irish language distinct from the other 3 which was brought to newfoundland from irish settlers escaping the famine. newfoundland is also the only place outside of ireland with its own unique irish version of its name - Talamh an Éisc - land of the fish. according to the 2001 census 10 people on the island spoke a form of gaelic

PoteenPete (Longford) - Posts: 63 - 09/10/2008 17:52:48    116538

Nice one PoteenPete!

the people from newfoundland originated from Wexford and that is the type of accent they have to this day!!
The dialect they have is probably one called 'YOLA' which is an old Viking/Norse derivitave mix that is now long died off from Wexford.

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 17/10/2008 12:48:51    121235

jaysus was just thinking, wheres snuffy?? and there ya are

lino_de_legend (Dublin) - Posts: 816 - 17/10/2008 15:35:52    121439

Thanks Lino!
Any stories lads!

Regards,

Snufalufagus.....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 30/10/2008 19:23:29    130316

havent heard from snuffy in a long time

maigh_eo (Mayo) - Posts: 1346 - 01/11/2008 21:27:54    131587

yeah anyone else miss the likes of ballboy and not even notice that snuf was gone?

mayo5051 (Mayo) - Posts: 106 - 02/11/2008 13:44:50    131782

the irish times jfks visit to ireland on dvd is pretty good.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 02/11/2008 16:14:13    131857

I got the DVD OLLIE but aint watched it yet!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 03/11/2008 13:52:11    132436

Got the DVD but aint watched it yet OLLIE!

Regards,

Snufalufagus.....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 03/11/2008 14:23:35    132471

Snuffy, Where have you been? We've been worried about you!

Bald Eagle (None) - Posts: 1009 - 03/11/2008 17:05:24    132699

Did you know that the 'Rock of Dunamase' in Co. Laois was an important world landmark and appears on one of the first maps of the world by Potolomey as bold as though it were London, Rome or Athens at the time!!

Regards,

Snufalufagus.....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 17/11/2008 16:12:25    143157

Snufalufagus
County: Dublin
Posts: 1280

143157 Did you know that the 'Rock of Dunamase' in Co. Laois was an important world landmark and appears on one of the first maps of the world by Potolomey as bold as though it were London, Rome or Athens at the time!!

Regards,

Snufalufagus.....Laochra Gael


its still the centre of my universe

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 17/11/2008 19:59:28    143420

An Irishman named Philip Holland invented the first submarine.
It was called 'The Fenian Ram' and I have seen it at the USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier on the Hudson river in NYC.

He sought to develop it to aid in the Irish struggle against the old enemy!

Regards,

Snufalufagus......Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 25/11/2008 16:19:21    149597

A Wexford man called John Barry founded the Argentine navy. Though they did'nt do too well in the Falklands War in 1982.!!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 25/11/2008 22:21:27    149951

slasher , it was a Mayo man from Foxford William Brown.

allSOran (Sligo) - Posts: 690 - 25/11/2008 23:57:19    150051

Did you know mc hale pk in castlebar is the only all seater gaa ground in the country,and its the only one not owned by there county board (castlebar mitchells)

Tomlangan (Mayo) - Posts: 406 - 26/11/2008 01:33:01    150068

Snuffy I never thought I'd say this, but you've let yourself down on the submarine front......

John Philip Holland designed and built the first submarine to be commissioned by the US Navy and the British Navy, not the first submarine.

The first military submarine was Turtle, designed by David Bushnell, and used in the American War of Independence a full 100 years before Holland's submarines were commissioned.
I'm sure that there were previous, non-military versions of submarines as well, but my knowledge doesn't stretch that far, and I'm not in the mood for trawling through google!

black&white (Sligo) - Posts: 1628 - 26/11/2008 09:35:50    150119