In family leased vaults or communal vaults (cheaper) your tenure was only as secure as long as your relatives paid the rent. Unpaid for "lodgers" were simply removed and if fairly intact buried in the graveyard. Otherwise coffins were broken up & bones buried in a space saving communal plot.

Puss has had a few

Here’s a cheery one… found this inscription inside a 2nd hand book

The gold spills out against the winter's chill

Mr D’Arcy all over me from under the kitchen units seriously impacting my quality of Christmas prep

‘Twas the mouse before Christmas

Lucky & Mr D’Arcy recumbalate

Portarlington Co. Laois

Here lie Richard Shortall, Lord of Rahardmore, who died the --- of March 1584 and his wife Ellis Purcell who died December 23rd 1562. The ruins of the church of St. Martin, Templemartin, Co. Kilkenny.

A Series of Un-porcine-ite Events.

Above, a cerulean floor is found

Away where you might tread the sun

www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari... Dealer used West Cork ‘honesty box’ system for drugs —The detective said the accused told them he had “40 locations right across West Cork”.

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. “ Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)

a field for revelation.

"The Inner Light" Friends Burial Ground Ballitore Co.Kildare

but it tastes like a very poor attempt at bbq to me.

Imagine Mozart adding strings in the background- Rock Me Amadeus "The Who Playing Las Vegas in 1999. The First true return of The Who in Raw Form since 1982!" youtu.be/LoUwHKlezFY?...

"A Bishop & an Architect walk into a bar....." Begun in 1843 by architect William Deane Butler. A jealous rival claimed his professional success was 'principally owing to his convivial and conversational powers, and his admirable manner of telling slang stories, and singing funny songs'.

"Who would true Valour see Let him come hither; One here will Constant be, Come Wind, come Weather. There's no Discouragement, Shall make him once Relent, His first avow'd Intent, To be a Pilgrim." The Pilgrim John Bunyan Mass Path, Moycarkey, Co. Tipperary.

Nice find today Victorian ink pouring bottle used to refill the small china inkwells that fitted neatly into the holes in the school desks. You can still see the ink stain inside.

18th century William Colles Kilkenny bored waterpipe. Prior to this many pipes were (yes) wooden . A scheme to bring water to Dublin using marble piping was sabotaged by a mob of local pump-makers and mechanics, who saw the new technology as a threat and destroyed the pipes upon their arrival.

Lathe & plaster ceiling 1811. Last lived in in 1892.

Yes please

Well worth the read —nails it

Panic over Mr D’Arcy confirms we are mouse free after a quick sweep of the back of the kitchen units

Stile, Galmoy/Laois Border.

William Street, Kilkenny.

In Birr stands a portico fair, With columns beyond all compare.

Crisp chips await, a humble start, Till salt steps in with seasoned art. Birr, Co. Offaly.

Boer War Memorial, Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Bronze bas-relief of a standing, hooded angel holding a palm frond.

“Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden-flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher’s modest mansion rose.”

Rhapsody in Blue- I'm very proud of my hedge. Sloes are the fruit of the blackthorn tree, native to Ireland and found in hedgerows and wild areas. The berries are traditionally harvested in late autumn, after the first frost, for use in making sloe gin, jellies, jams, and wines.

The Kooks Sweet Jane /Beast of Burden youtu.be/am0gKk80FcM?...

Ordinance Survey Benchmark. Measurement to the next mark was done using a Gunter’s chain — a 66-ft surveying tool w/ 100 links. It helped standardize land measurement a link being 7.92 inches long, which allows for easy conversion to acres & miles (10 square chains = 1 acre; 80 chains = 1 mile).

The craving for familiarity over new experiences is why people often walk past an indie café offering better coffee at the same price. Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

How now brown cow? Grand thanks & yourself?

On the tympanum at the front, a tablet bears the inscription “Wesley Chapel 1820.” John Wesley visited Birr, County Offaly, at least twelve times, with his first visit in 1748.

Patrick Dolan ran a garage that also offered car sales, a bicycle shop, and a taxi service. Birr Co. Offaly. Beebeep yeah....

"amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant" nomnomnomnomnom🍟 Liberty Square, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Mayo Church Co. Laois

"Jesu" Carved limestone crucifixion (detail) 1530's possibly much earlier as it was relocated from "Kilpatrick's Chapel" Fertagh. Now at St. Kieran's Johnstown Co.Kilkenny.

Hazel (Corylus avellana)

Sunlight spills, a gentle grace, Upon Muckalee Church across the valley

Mr D'Arcy with the aid of his surfboard-like craft. Hey Ladies 😉

Elizabeth Butterfield Ballitore Co. Kildare