Monthly Archives: July 2013

Alex For Europe?

Posted on July 23, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

It is surely getting to the stage where SDLP should be choosing the candidate for the European Elections in 2014. Will the Party Conference in November be the event at which the candidate is announced? Or will the candidate be … Continue reading →

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Not The Nine O’Clock News: Woman Has Baby!

Posted on July 23, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So congratulations to the happy couple. I think as a republican I can actually say that without doffing my cap and tugging my forelock. It is ridiculous of course that the British Head of State is decided this way. That … Continue reading →

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Gluten Free…Nut Free

Posted on July 22, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Heres an odd thing. Last week in Ballina, County Mayo, we bought a cake (victoria sponge since you ask) in a very nice Home Bakery. I am partial to nice pastry, especially flakey crust apple pie. But the thing was … Continue reading →

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Cola Wars…Culture Wars

Posted on July 19, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I obviously dont drink anything that involves the word “DIET” but I could not resist buying this bottle of DIET COKE. Like a lot of families with young children/grandchildren we are looking out for Coca Cola bottles with family names. … Continue reading →

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Maybe The Statue Just Walked There….

Posted on July 17, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Those of us of a certain age will be aware that Catholic religious statues and pictures sometimes are sometimes placed on Twelfth bonfires. In the olden days like the 1950s and 1960s it was a common enough sight which had … Continue reading →

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Michael Davitt: Forgotten Hero?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Michael Davitt…Forgotten Hero (as the Andy Irvine song suggests)? Am I recalling accurately that in school history, Michael Davitt was merely the footnote…the Land League man…in our history text books. Yet he was so much more. Born into Famine Years … Continue reading →

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County Mayo Street Sculpture

Posted on July 16, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

County Mayo seems to be a place which “does” Sculpture. There is a quirkiness to it all. On this trip, I was not in Ballyhaunis ( which has some a group of figures depicting the local market) or Charleston (which … Continue reading →

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“Sailed Into Killala’s Broad Bay”

Posted on July 16, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Images from Killala, a few miles from the spot where General Humbert landed with one thousand French troops in late Summer of 1798. A brief skirmish in Killala and Humbert who had Batholomew Teeling with him as aide-de-camp went on … Continue reading →

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The Primacy Of The Republic

Posted on July 16, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I took this photograph in Ballina at the weekend. Note the flagpoles inside the ground at Ballina Cathedral. The place of honour on the highest flagpole is the National Flag. Alongside it on the lower flagpoles are the Flag of … Continue reading →

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Home From Mayo

Posted on July 16, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So I was in County Mayo. What did I miss? Orange Order was stupid. Nigel Dodds got hit on the head…a brick thrown by supporters. Police dont really get stuck in. And very few arrests. PSNI issue vague threat that … Continue reading →

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