spadetownboy

certainly is tt,the place has history coming out of its pores,i,ll definately be back most likely for the easter break. by the way did you find the grave, i did take a walk throught the local graveyard looking for the war graves of which there were quite a few from ww1 and ww2, always like to pay my respects whenever im in northern france/belgium,call it morbid facination or a sense of duty to those who died for our freedom i dont know, but if your great grandfather is one of the fallen in st valery cemetery then he had an unknown irishman stop last week and spare a thought for him.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Reminded me of this, for some reason.. > > http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww sweet mother of mercy, has she the same script writer as dubya.

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Indeed, I don't think there was any snobbery going > on. I may be a bit of a muso but i don't think I'm > a snob by any stretch. > If music is good then I don't care if it's God > Speed You! Black Emperor or Girls Aloud! > > I'll admit Avril's done some quality catchy pop, I > just wish she'd stop believing she's some sort of > moody expression of disillusioned youth and admit > she's a pretty girl that does catchy pop; it > doesn't wash girl, seriously. shes a married woman for crying out load. dont know if it was to the sk8er boy though.

ahh thanks mp i know my hurling,apart from the wife and the kids its the love of my life and if i was sure that the missus wouldnt read this id probably put it in first place - only joking love. by the way if anyones interested kilkenny beat limerick in a reasonably entertaining but fairly one sided final, puts them level with cork on 30 all-ireland senior hurling titles each.

wonder where the crows went for the day?

i couldnt even tell you roughly as the one and only time i have been there was for the ceremony and thats at least 13-14 yrs ago,but i will enquire and if i find out i,ll let you know.

vik, dont worry help is at hand,the person you are refering to is one liam mc carthy born in london in the late 19th century to parents originally from cork. liams connection with the gaa is that obviously with cork parents he grew up playing hurling and got involved with the london gaa scene eventually rising to become chairman of the county board for approx 10yrs,his county secretary at one stage was michael collins,of whos life a film was later made although no mention of his involvement of with london gaa was made in the film. at one stage mc carthy lived on the forest hill road in ed and its likely this is the reason why he was buried up the hill.in the early 1900s mc carthy on the redemption of a loan,had a trophy commissioned and presented it to the gaa central council with the intention that it would be presented to the winners of the all-ireland senior hurling championship, they were only too happy to accept and ever since the liam mccarthy cup is presented to the all-ireland hurling champions,co-incidentally the final is on tomorrow at 1530hrs kilkenny vs limerick. as an aside the trophy for the all-ireland senior football winners is known as the sam macguire. in the early 1990s it was discovered that after many years of neglect mc carthys grave had fallen into a state of disrepair and following a campaign which i think was organised by the irish post funds were raised to return the grave to its former glory and commerate the fact that the person after whom the all ireland hurling championship is named was buried in s.e.london. there was a dedication ceremony which was attend by many local dignitarys,and representatives of the london gaa and officials from gaa hq in croke pk also attended, as a hurler myself i also popped along and it was quite a moving and informative ceremony. i havnt been back since so whether or not the grave is still maintained i dont know,but hopefully this will answer your query.

saying that it could be true because i also heard a rumour that they played in the half moon in the early 80s

let that be a lesson to all you chihuahua owners,its your fault your little midget mutts are raving killers not theirs.

MadWorld74 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How was your 10k spadetownboy?...mines this > Sunday. it was in may i did it and it was hell but got round in 54 mins so pleased enough. the only running i have done for the last week was to the bar as i have just spent a fantastic week in the lovely town of st valery sur somme in picardy,very highly recommended and only 70 miles down the coast from calais so easily reached but a world away from ed and the smoke.

where does it say anywhere on this thread that its limited to scotch whiskey, nowhere that i can see,therefore black bush qualifies,certainly knocks the spots off some of the crap mentioned already.

you cant beat a black bush.

where is everyone going to watch the match tonight.

too right probably end up getting shot. oh yeh thats another american import the drive-by shooting.

i,ve said it before and i,ll say it again but the harvester is a great spot to bring the kids

this new born sperm is receiving his tuition on how to fertilize the egg. so the instructor says to him,"when the siren goes off you swim down the long dark tunnel and eventually you,ll arrive at a warm dark cavern,straight in front of you there should be a small red ball.well that is the egg so you go up to it and say "hello, i,m a sperm" and the egg will reply "hello i,m an egg" you then swim into the egg and fertilize it." so one day the sperm is lying relaxing when suddenly he hears the siren and thinks this is my big moment.so off he swims down the long dark tunnel and finally he arrives in a warm dark cavern and lo and behold there is a small red ball just in front of him,so he swims over to it. "hello" he calls,"i,m a sperm." "oh hello" replies the small red ball "i,m a tonsil".

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just walk slightly behind her then she can't see > where you're looking. decent pair of sunglasses also helps in this regard,they,re also dual purpose as if you get caught you can also use them to hide your shiners.

think you,ll find the other version are the ones made in tayto castle,tandragee,norn iron the original and still the best.and i beg anyone to differ.

i could think of better ways to spend a week than sitting in a tent with a bunch of crustys listening to the levellers

one in kate bush is worth five in the hand.

MadWorld74 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Snodgrass theres a place in kent near maidstone called snodland,i kid you not.

i,ll second that.

wee quinnie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mine is "Yer head's cut", meaning of course, "You > are talking nonsense". > > I love the imagery of your braincells leaking out. see wee quinnie thats a norn iron thing,the rest of the world wouldnt understand. im quite fond of "hell slap it up ye" and the infamous "ye fuckin eejit ye"

its page 2 you want to be looking tayto pickled onion mmmmmmmmmmm

hate to be a harbinger of doom but anyone actually checked the premises to make sure its secure, because as well as crapping in your bed,and sticking your toothbrush up their hole some burglars also like to compound their victims misery by leaving a few taps running. even if thats not the case where is the hose running from its got to be from an inside tap and most likely stuck out through a window,in that case get over that fence and try and turn it off,failing that give the hose a good tug it might come off the tap,failing that feed it into someone elses garden.