Useless Fact # 2

“Dublin’s oldest workhouse closed its doors for the last time in July 1969. Based in Smithfield, the premises housed 10,037 orphan children during the one hundred and seventy years it operated.”
This is shocking to even contemplate, when I think of workhouses I think of Dickensian London, I certainly don’t think of Dublin in the 60’s….

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Useless facts

I was looking for something the other day and I came across “45 useless facts about Dublin”, while most of them are both useless and not all that interesting I thought I’d share some of the more interesting of them with you over the next few days.
Fact #1: O’Connell Bridge is the only traffic bridge [...]

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Fringe – part 2

I think part of the problem with choosing things that sounded just a little left of centre during the Fringe Festival is the risk that something is totally dreadful and you’re trapped there waiting for it to end. Friday night’s show was quirky to say the least, two actors came on stage not knowing what [...]

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Bossy Brides

There are times when I consider giving up being a sexy software engineer and instead taking on a duller less exciting role, I try to find new options and experiences as possibilities for my alternative career. At one time, many years ago when I was young and stupid, I thought that I’d really need to [...]

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