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Proclamation of the Irish Republic (Side 2, Band 2, Track 2) from the album: IRELAND FREE Micheál Mac Liammóir IN REVOLUTIONARY SPEECHES AND POEMS OF IRELAND Micheál Mac Liammóir (born Alfred Lee Willmore; 25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an actor, designer, dramatist, writer, and impresario in 20th-century Ireland. Though born in London […]

I have been a Community Activist for 23-years and in that time I have accomplished more than most Councillors have in their political careers. In 2021 I became the target of political extremists that claimed my activism was a front for the far-right; their online hate campaign against me and my family was publicly endorsed […]

A tribute to Leo Varadkar and his efforts to mould Ireland into his idea of a a progressive and modern state; he may have resigned, but his vision lives on.

This section of ivy on our Boreen was buzzing with activity today as wild honey bees gathered the last of the years pollen from the flowering ivy. This may not be an unusual sight in the country, but this is Limerick city and I’d never seen so many honey bees in the one spot; my […]

Out for a stroll on an unusually sunny Sunday in October when I encountered this beautiful Red Admiral Butterfly on our Boreen…

Gretel the Cat just loves to eat rats and mice; she prefers them to cat food. It is normal for a cat to play with its prey and it is not done out of cruelty. The cat is testing the prey to see that it is healthy; a poisoned or diseased rodent would have slower […]

Sometime in the early hours of Saturday morning, 27 May 2023, Gretel gave birth to 3 beautiful kittens. I set up the cardboard box a few weeks beforehand for her to find and she started sleeping in it straight away. I managed to find good homes for all 3 kittens.

Here’s the last of Gretel’s 3 kittens on Friday 1st September 2023 having a drink of cold milky tea; he wasn’t keen on the cold coffee. On Monday 4th September he went to a new home; he is happy with his new human and he was finally given a name.

In May 2023 I was gifted two cat statues by my family for my birthday, we were out in the garden deciding where to put them when along prowled Hansel the Cat; he got such a fright when he saw them that it stopped him in his tracks…

Gretel the Cat gives her 3 kittens their first hunting lesson. The kittens were 6 weeks old and had never been outside the house. Gretel arrived at the window with a live mouse wriggling from her mouth; I wasn’t going to let her in with the mouse, so I let the kittens our for their […]