…this little bird has flown to travel agent heaven! …sad to hear about the end of Joe Walsh Tours today after 60 years serving the Irish traveller.☘️🏖️🌅 😔😔
Month: Apr 2021
TV Memory: the Baldy Man.
Scottish comedy ‘The Baldy Man’ with Gregor Fisher was a popular tv show in Ireland during the mid-1990’s.
Dublin Luas Tram – first day
– The Luas –
Dublin light rail transport (tram) opens it first line (Green Line) on June 30th, 2004. The locals in Dublin sometimes refer to it as the Daniel Day Luas.
Old Easons advert
..popping into Easons on a Saturday morning – O’Connell Street, Dublin in 1968.
“Rosie Up in Moore St.” – Jean Swift (1979)
Eighties!
…eighties nostalgia montage!
Yep!
Old Punt
..the face of the old one punt (pound) note, the mythical Queen Maeve. A powerful woman not to be messed with.
This was part of the Irish Pound banknotes series. The Central Bank of Ireland started issuing these 1 Irish Pound banknotes in 1977. They were withdrawn from circulation in 2002.