hi snuffy,orchardman here,i checked with my source and he reckonsyoure wrong on this one,maybe someone can clear it up.he reckons it flows under kilmainham jail.......regards ard mhacha abu.

orchardman (Armagh) - Posts: 158 - 08/08/2008 22:58:54    69584

hi snuffy,i was reading your first post on this board about the lion that was born in dublin zoo,heres a little ditty or two,the lion that replaced the first one was the lion that was used in the 1950s tv series circus boy,mickey dolenz,the drumer with the monkees was the kid in circus boy,and while were on te subject of the monkees,they were the first boy band to be picked from auditions,and charles manson the serial killer made it to the last six lads...scary...ard mhacha abu.

orchardman (Armagh) - Posts: 158 - 09/08/2008 00:08:00    69609

09/08/2008 00:08:00
orchardman
County: Armagh
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charles manson the serial killer made it to the last six lads

Holy murdering Family Batman. Never knew that! Good stuff Orchardman

RMDrive (Donegal) - Posts: 2202 - 09/08/2008 11:26:44    69693

heres a good story.i went over to graceland a few years ago as im quite an elvis fan,Theres a museum there that holds a collection of elvis personal cars,one of them is a lovely purple/wine kind of colour,its a cadillac,the guy who looks after the museum told me that back in the 60s elvis was buying a couple of cadillacs a week and giving them out to fans,friens and strangers alike,anyhow in the cadillac dealership he was considered a good customer,he was walking around the lot one day and told the salesman he was gonna buy three cadillacs that day,but he couldnt find a colour that took his fancy,the salesman not wanting to loose the sale said elvis we can get the makers to make any colour of cadillac you want,any colour replied elvis,yes said te salesman.elvis was eating a bunch of black grapes from his hand,he went over to a white cadillac and squashes the grapes onto the bonnet of the white car ...thats the colour i want said elvis..legend.the car was duly delivered and s still there today.

orchardman (Armagh) - Posts: 158 - 10/08/2008 17:36:40    70234

orchardman
DEFFO not the river at Kilmainham....DEFFO!!!
Used to cross that river every day! Its called the 'Camac' river and runs right at the back of the gaol in full view.
Check source again and give us the answer!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 11/08/2008 11:13:34    70618

I'm with snuffy there. My gaff looks out onto the camac ( lesser spotted shopping trolley a frequent visitor) that's the only river that I know of that flows threw kilmainham.

Hag_and_Cheese (Tipperary) - Posts: 6103 - 11/08/2008 11:59:30    70693

snuffy a wee bit of history for you in INIISHOWEN Co DUN NA GALL Wolf tone captured outside Bunranna in 1798 a memorial at Tremone bay to Thomas DAcy Mc Gee who escaped from there in september 1848 At Boenstown in Kildare not far from you Padraig Pearse adessed a crowd in 1913 he said WE HAVE COME TO THE HOLIEST PLACE IN IRELAND; HOLIER TO US EVEN THAN THE PLACE PATRICK SLEEPS IN DOWN.PATRICK GAVE US LIVE BUT( AND A BIG BUT AT THAT) THIS MAN DIED FOR US

on the fence (Donegal) - Posts: 731 - 11/08/2008 12:36:35    70752

hi lads.i checked with my man and hes adamant its through kilmainham,he said he picked up this story on the ray darcy fix it friday show,but if you lads live near kilmainham and know it well he must be wrong..ill concede this one to ya.and ill set te brain working on another,regards orchardman....

orchardman (Armagh) - Posts: 158 - 11/08/2008 14:13:13    70929

orchardman
You might yet be right! Believe it or not there are supposed to be no less than '46' rivers that flow into Dublin City and when you take relatively unknown ones like the Camac, Pinkeen etc you could well have a river under Kilmainham!!

In relation to the Poddle under Dublin castle, Red Hugh O'Donnell and Art O'Neill escaped down a jaxx in the castle into the river hence years later the Brits blocked up the whole thing as a means of attack for the lads!
Near where it flows into the Liffey was a meeting place for 200 rebels in 1798 to attack the double guard on the bridges to meet the rebels converging on Smithfield.
Smithfield had Dublin oldest workhouse and closed after 150 years in 1969 and had housed about 10,000 Dublin orphan kids up until it closed.

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 11/08/2008 16:29:57    71254

In the 1700's a lad named Buck Whaley was an extremely wealthy gambler who lived in Dublin. Due to inheritances, he had an income of seven thousand pounds per year (about seven million a year at today's prices). He lived in a huge house near Stephen's Green which is now CUS (Catholic University of Ireland). He went broke and he had to leave Ireland due to gambling debts. He swore he'd be buried on Irish soil but is in fact buried in the Isle of Man in a shipload of Irish soil which he imported for the purpose.
Some boy!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 18/08/2008 13:35:52    77750

O'Connell Bridge is the only traffic bridge in Europe which is wider than it is long.
The original was a wooden bridge only wide enough for a man with a horse and cart.
Dublin's second O'Connell Bridge is the one across the pond in Stephen's Green.

Incidently the Irish word for road 'bothar' comes from the words bo...cow and thar...across! It refered to the measure of the width of the road which means 'a cow across' this allowed a man to walk the road with a cow and then for the cow to turn into the side and eat the long mile!
Hence bohereen means 'a small cow across'....a calf width!

Hope ye like that!

Regards,

Snufalufagus.....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 20/08/2008 15:57:57    80706

General Michael Collins,

86th anniversary of his death today.
About 8pm marks the approximate time the fatal shot rang out.

Remember 'The Big Fella'.


Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 22/08/2008 11:20:34    82312

Hey Snuf... Isnt there a pub called Buck Whaley's?

derfil1 (Kildare) - Posts: 1612 - 22/08/2008 12:22:58    82411

mick collins.what a legend.he brought the british empire to its knees."I SIGNED ME OWN DEATH WARRENT" and "THEY WONT SHOOT ME IN MY OWN COUNTY" came back to haunt him.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 22/08/2008 13:29:35    82493

The Temple Bar area got its name because it housed the first Jewish temple built in Ireland. The word 'bar' refers to the refusal of Catholics to allow the Jewish community to enter any of the adjoining commercial premises.

Remember that the next time yer chasin English 'wans' on a hens do through the streets of it!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 03/09/2008 15:18:36    91909

i love the idealised versions of history especially those involving the dubs- but great stuff none the less, keep it up chief

ball-boy (Mayo) - Posts: 4211 - 03/09/2008 15:27:55    91922

Snuffy you haven't got a clue, it got its name from the Temple family, who lived in the area in the 17th century. Sir William Temple, provost of Trinity College Dublin in 1609, had his house and gardens in the area.

dwinkle (Longford) - Posts: 176 - 03/09/2008 15:57:33    91962

Snuffy - you mentioned 'The Big Fellah' recently.

Did you know the late & great MC represented GB & Ireland in the 1908 Olympics?

True - he competed in the classical discus and finished 8th.

dingle1 (Clare) - Posts: 805 - 03/09/2008 23:50:14    92257

Just finished reading on MC recently and never mentioned the olympics thing? He did compete in many athletic events at different games but this wasnt mentioned anywhere? Just wondering as the book i bought cost a few bob and thats a pretty significant thing to miss out on.

North Side Gael (None) - Posts: 1076 - 04/09/2008 09:11:11    92338

Thanks for that dingle lad.

Yep, its significant alright NSG, gotta look into that one, see what the craic is with it.

Regards,

Snufalufagus.....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 04/09/2008 10:02:52    92399