Eye on the past
RECENTLY, as I was cycling in rural Roscommon, I passed another cyclist, bidding him hello as I did...
| Here’s one I made earlier! Tom Cox with his St Brigid’s Cross IT’S...
A LITTLE over a week ago, we were spending some time in my native Roscommon. In a...
AS any regular reader of this column will know, from time to time...
LAST month, I left you with a poser on the number of townlands I pass through...
Did you know there are 1,111 townlands in Co Laois, according to the townlands.ie website. In his monthly column,...
I LEFT you last month promising to do a bit of digging in the garden. The garden in question...
My bicycle pumps Pump opposite St Brigids National School building. YOU may wonder how I dream up the subject matter...
The humble spud Tom Cox happily digging-up his first crop of new potatoes LAST week, I had a brief dalliance...
LAST week, I was on my way to Dublin airport on the happy errand of collecting our youngest and her...
IF YOU have been following this column over the last few weeks, you will know that a stroll down Lansdowne...
LAST week, while exploring Laois connections to early 20th-century Dublin, I indulged in a bit of family nostalgia as I...
IT’S been a while since I found myself in the environs of the capital with time on my hands. But...
LAST week, I happened to come across a report concerning the latest revision of Irish statute law. Ordinarily, such a...
SOME weeks back, I was getting excited about the pre-publication subscriber list to William Wilson’s Post Chaise Companion. His traveller’s...
SOME weeks ago when I visited Kevin Higgins in Abbeyleix, he asked if I would be interested in giving a...
LAST week, I got into a bit of reverie about motoring and all that it entailed in times past and,...
LAST week, I happened on a comment which our eldest had posted on social media. She had scored 100% on...
