July, 2023

    When we were young, we sometimes amused ourselves by telling the story of the man who suffered with the name Johnny Stinker. After a lifetime of embarrassment, he took the decision to change his name by deed poll. Meeting a friend afterwards he was asked what new name he had chosen. “Paddy Stinker”, […]

GAYBO & TUBRIDY – A COUPLE OF ABOMINABLE SHOWMEN by Donal kennedy.     Inbox Search for all messages with label Inbox   Remove label Inbox from this conversation       donalmkennedy@aol.com Tue, 18 Jul, 22:15 (10 hours ago)     to The             It will be fifty-nine years in […]

AMERICAN BREXIT COMMITTEE 1919 CHESTNUT ST, SUITE 1724 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 John M. Corcoran Esq, Chairman Michael J. Cummings, Secretary (Emeritus)   July 18,2023 BRITISH MISTAKES— BREXIT, LEGACY COVERUP & ARROGANCE–  UNDERMINE ‘SPECIAL’ RELATIONSHIP   Philadelphia, NYC & Washington D. C.  Philadelphia Attorney, John M. Corcoran, Chairman of the American Brexit Committee, released a briefing memo for […]

  “…THOSE WHOM HISTORY HAD SEPARATED” —King Charles on his first visit as King to Northern Ireland. September 14, 2022.   .No, Your Majesty, “history” did not separate the people of Ireland. Your great-grandfather, George V, and the British Parliament did that by their “Partition Act,” December 23, 1920. That Act would not have become […]

  The PSNI are under pressure – they’re not being allowed to take part in the Pride parade wearing their uniforms. Does that matter? Should they be wearing their uniforms in the first place? Our hearts are broken – Derry came so near to beating Kerry in the All-Ireland Football semi-final at Croke Park yesterday. […]

      “Which society hostess (1968-1947), through her daughter Sonia Cubitt, is the great grandmother   of Queen Camilla?”    The Answer, courtesy of that same paper of record, is Alice Keppel.    In polite society society hostesses are called whores.    Alice Keppel was one of a stable of King Edward VII’s mounts […]

    THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI AND  ONE WALL IN ENNIS CO CLARE   Forget Ebbing but the picture shown of the wall in Ennis  showing posters for the 1923 General Election is worth examination. All the posters are for the same party  two for a Monster Public Demonstration for August 19th to be […]

. There have been certain instances in the past when politicians from the 26 Counties and indeed from the UK government have shown a total disconnect and an embarrassing lack of understanding of the history of these 6 northeastern counties of Ireland.  Not surprising when one looks into the history books, only to find one […]

                The RTÉ /Tubridy affair has been described as ‘Kafkaesque’ and Alan Kelly TD says he knows as much now as before the hearings started. Is it really that complicated? (Short answer: NO!)                 Huw Edwards has been declared the senior presenter in the BBC who was up to all sorts of hanky-panky […]