#Inktober2018 day 12 – #whale
Ok, I have been quite sporadic posting about Inktober. Here are my posts so far: #Inktober2018 Day 1: “Poisonous” #inktober2018 Day 2 – “Tranquil” #Inktober2018 Day 3 – #roasted #Inktober2018 Day 9…
Cahir’s Titanic Memorial
Cahir has a number of memorials; previously I featured the memorial to Crimean Bob, “a veteran troophorse.” There is also the memorial to the Blind Piper, Edward Keating Hyland In…
From Maynooth University Library: “Look Out! They’re Lurking About: Books That Go Bump In The Library”
With Halloween weeks away, here is an entertaining post from the blog of Maynooth University on some appropriately spooky books .
Liam Wall, Gents Hairdresser, Cahir
Justly awarded multiple “best storefront” prizes in Cahir, Liam Wall’s is a gent’s hairdresser without pretension or compromise. The signage reflects this. This sign is actually on the alley just…
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies – Bloomberg
I’ve generally avoided the explicitly political here. However, one can’t help notice that in recent years we hear a lot about the evils of modern Russia, and its geopolitical ambitions and…
“Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio” – plainchant setting of Prayer to St Michael the Archangel from Heiligenkreuz Abbey
From Heiligenkreuz Abbey via the blog of Fr Edmund Waldstein. Latin text: Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio; contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium. Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur: tuque,…
#Inktober2018 Day 9 #Precious
I have been keeping up with Inktober, but for various reasons not as assiduously as last year. Perhaps it isn’t as novel, perhaps I am more critical of my own drawing skills,…
Séamus Sweeney 