Name,James Kearney, Key Traits,V/eccentric & Strong aversion to women (unmarried) Hobbies, Music & study of strange diseases, Notable Constructions, Ballroom (to further musical tastes), Installed an immense organ in the ballroom. Clock Tower, Built to house a clock & chime of bells. D.1876 1/2

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

"Don't ever fall in love It's the devil's own invention For once he fell in love with a maiden so bewitching Miss Henrietta Bell down in Captain Kelly's kitchen" youtu.be/ISfUq1YBT4I?...

Daniel in the Lions Den Moone High Cross, Kildare, 8th century.

I post a letter in Moone Co. Kildare

Philologus. What is the chiefe poynte in shootynge, that everye manne laboureth to come to? Toxophilus. To hyt the marke THE BOOKE OF THE SCHOOLE OF SHOOTYNGE 1545

Reilig (Burial Ground) na gCairde (Friends) The Friends Burial Ground Ballitore Co. Kildare

The Flight into Egypt 8th Century, Cross of Moone, Co. Kildare.

The colour of eternity It is the blue of perfect peace When all the storms are driven, The endless, untouchable, gentle blue— The forgiveness of heaven.

Graiguenamanagh Co. Kilkenny

Guitarist Lars Wallander, later became an international diplomat & Secretary-General of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission. His passion for music never left him, —he even presented a report on nuclear proliferation to the UN by singing it to the tune of “Yesterday.” youtu.be/nIR1mzRRjfk?...

Veðrafjǫrðr/Waterford We don't just play Rugby Ireland, Vikings & Welsh 1 Normans 0 Diarmuid O'Brien, King of Munster, sent a Viking fleet from Waterford to Wales to aid Gruffydd ap Cynan regain the Kingdom of Gwynedd. Cynan's successfully recovered his lands from the Norman Earl of Chester.

Quatrefoil (Latin quattuor, "four," & folium, "leaf"), It’s a decorative element of four partially overlapping circles of the same diameter, creating a shape that resembles a four-leaf clover symbolizing harmony, unity, or the four gospels in Christian art. St Peter's, Ennisnag, Co. Kilkenny.

Great minds think alike The former St Dominic's Church Athy. Hyperbolic paraboloid roof, constructed between 1963 and 1965 on a wedge-shaped plan designed by Architect John Thompson Limerick, in close collaboration with Father Philip Alcock Prior of Athy, It has now been repurposed as a library.

Thomas Kelly (1769–1855), clergyman & founder of the Kellyite sect had a meeting house where the red brick building is. His father reportedly remarked at that time of his religious conversion that ‘most parents complain about their son's extravagance, mine is too religious’ He wrote 765 hymns.

"Then dropped the dew and the clock struck two" As late as 1956 a confusing series of time differences existed: Kilkenny was Summer Time, Callan 12 miles out the road was an hour behind it, & Mullinahone Co. Tipperary 6 miles further was 25 minutes behind Callan. We're still 24 min behind GMT

Panelled corner finials rising to obelisk pinnacles 1815.