On the 3rd of November 1975 the Claremorris to Collooney line closed. The Union Flag is to mark the fact that it was built under British rule.

150🔵⚪

Mid-century laundry.

A Disused Hearse in County Donegal.

If you're looking for a read that is both very funny and sharply observant, I highly recommend 'Injury Time' by Kevin Smith.

On Wednesday I was in Newtownards and in Strabane the next day. Talk about parallel universes.

75 PANAME C'était Paris en 1970 (Concours FNAC) 📷 Rue des Raviolis 😋 VW-Porsche 914, Renault 12, 404, 504 Peugeot , 2CV

Fascinating.

Lough Swilly bus Letterkenny 1977. The red and cream livery of the Swilly buses was once a common sight on the roads of North Donegal.

At the height of the troubles when railway locomotives were attacked and bombs left on the lines it was decided to make the cabs safer for the driver by armour plating them. Extra headlights were provided as it was harder to see out the small window.

Watched Terence Mallick's 'Days of Heaven' this evening. It is a truly beautiful film. The cinematography by Nestor Almendros is stunning.

Thinking back to this excellent concluding paragraph from @lioneltrolling.bsky.social's Substack post after Zohran Mamdani's initial primary victory:

#WomenInRebellion Grief & defiance: Mary Ann McCracken’s letter after her brother’s execution is searing: a sister’s grief, a patriot’s outrage, and a refusal to forget. Read her unflinching words here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-CSO...

I'll take that.

Remember remember! Some very blurry printing on this highly sectarian pamphlet about 'the 5th of November' printed in 1679

Junction.

Blackburn Rovers. Founded 150 years ago today.

A friend of mine was rather surprised to be told by me that I have never listened to anything by Taylor Swift.

Always reminds me of the Club Bar in Belfast in the early 80s. It was one of the most played songs on the jukebox.

"Well, Lord Russell, what's it all about?"

Patti Smith and Lizzy Mercier Descloux as Arthur Rimbaud and his sister, Isabelle, New York, 1976 by Michel Esteban

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Hoking around the attic when I came upon this contract from the Arts Council signed by Michael Longley. Michael was always really supportive of the magazine.

Germany are Forklift World Champions! 🥳🎉 At the Forklift World Champions, the StaplerCup, Germany clinched all 3 titles: 🏆 Team World Champion 🏆 Women's World Champion (Swetlana Lattermann) 🏆 Men's World Champion (Benjamin Danker) This is the moment Team Germany sealed victory:

It’s the 50th anniversary of this iconic moment in English football. Franny Lee and Norman Hunter have a difference of opinion at the Baseball Ground. Bring yer dinner.

"Nature now, like an athlete, begins to strip herself in earnest for her contest with her great antagonist, Winter. In the bare trees and twigs what a display of muscle!" - From Thoreau's Journal; October 29,1858.

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Norman Dubie

Donegal to Dakar: the Irish play about British rule hitting home in post-colonial Senegal

Some shot. Romain Perrocheau📷

so strange a dreaminess did there then reign all over the ship and all over the sea

When I lived in New York in the late 80s the Ear Inn was a place I often frequented. A great bar down by the Hudson River.

Such a beautiful poem by W.S. Merwin.

Budapest metro.

Great cover.

Sean Hillen mural in Newry.

John DeLorean was a cokehead. It was Joan Rivers who said he was the only person she knew who when you pressed his house's doorbell his toilet flushed automatically.

Great to see Martin Mooney back in print. Our generation haven't gone away you know...

That is some chunk of time to take off the national record.

He must be sweating in that get-up.

Glenveagh National Park

I hadn't heard of CMAT until very recently when my son told me I should give her a listen. She's brilliant. youtu.be/lSKloQyuKvw?...

The Dublin Road, Belfast. I was a student at Queen's in 1982. The general dereliction of the city was pretty grim.

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