Mags Deli at Christmas 2024
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Fairytale of New York
The people at Mags’ Deli loved this year’s Christmas windows theme. They did a great job on their Fairytale of New York installation.
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Maura Laverty’s Cookery Bible
Talk of Maura Laverty and her recipes brought back memories for Judy MacMahon, who still refers to her mother’s copy of the book. Full and Plenty is a classic, no colour, few pictures, just recipes and instructions.
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The Proof is in….
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A Little Rail Trip
Free travel is brilliant. What a pity we don’t still have a railway station in Listowel. I took my journey to Kildare from Kent Station in Cork.
Look at the gap I was asked to “mind”. The word mind in this case always fascinates me. In the case of Kent station I mind dreadfully for it is an understatement to call it a gap. It’s a chasm.
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A Poem
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Christmas Cards
A letter to The Irish Times…..
I’m posting this today because I agree with John.
This year’s Kerry Hospice cards are as beautiful as usual.
Kerry Hospice Christmas cards 2024
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A Fact
A 32p Irish stamp featuring a robin was issued by An Post in 1997.
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