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Listowel Pitch and Putt Clubhouse
The clubhouse of the pitch and putt club is located next to the Dandy Lodge. Martin Chute has done his usual lovely job on the gable wall. I took the photo on a sunny day. Hence all the shadows.
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Contented Diner
Glass House
John McGrath
I must have ordered onion rings for two.
They’re stacked above my steak like lifebelts;
Pepper sauce and wedges on the side,
salad and a subtle Chilean Red.
Beyond the glass I watch the river rise
swiftly with the tide. Swans
feed frantically, bottoms in the air.
Mine hugs lime-green leatherette.
The waiter smiles, tops up my wine
and leaves. I watch his bottom too,
then raise my fork and stab my plate
like a Polynesian fisherman.
Out on the river, the swans swim on,
pedalling frantically against the tide,
Diving, feeding, pedalling again.
I marvel at their weight-loss plan.
I put down my fork and sigh contentedly,
raise my feet onto the lime-green leatherette,
smile at the waiter as he takes my plate and muse
on why others choose to swim against the tide.
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A Mystery Procession
Éamon ÓMurchú found this marvellous photo among his late father’s things. It was unusual for Luaí ÓMurchú not to note the date and occasion on a photograph but, in the case of this one, he did not so we need your help.
Dave O’Sullivan tells me that the car on the right was registered in Dublin between January 1949 and June 1950. “I’d be 90% certain it’s a Vauxhall Wyvern LIX. They were made between 1948 and 1951. Top speed 62 mph from a 1442cc engine.”
Surely some petrol head will remember the car.
The girls faces are very clear. Someone must recognise them.
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Bridge Road 2021
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