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Tag: Ireland

Old and gnarly

On the first of my “2k Project” walks I came across this old and gnarly tree, down by the river in Ballycastle. Something about the tangle of branches and the war-scars of broken chunks from the various storms that batter the coastline of Ireland attracted me to it.

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Support the Irish Team

Back in 2007, the Irish cricket team took everyone by surprise and beat Pakistan, one of the giants of the cricket world. It was a magical moment, one of those David and Goliath moments. Well Ireland are about to head off to the World Cup again, this time in India. In fact I think they’re [...]

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Ireland vs Cambodia: Setting up a net connection

My previous experience in getting net access covered two continents, today I hopefully will add a third continent to that list. Mostly I’ve had net access set up in Ireland and my net connection in Canada back in 2001 is a distant memory (the main memory being that my 2001 Canadian connection was faster than [...]

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Longford contingent Phnom Penh

Last night I went out to dinner to say farewell to an Italian friend of my housemate. We sat on the edge of the Mekong and the rain poured down and sheets of lightning burst through the sky. I was surrounded by Italians and the conversation turned to the small nature of the world and [...]

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