tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post6172984885230631092..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Dublin's Fair City: Drugs, Tarts, Rebels, ScholarsThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-89715145643324090342011-08-02T14:20:41.933+01:002011-08-02T14:20:41.933+01:00Thanks so much for that, Ruth.Thanks so much for that, Ruth.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-16766543386556840492011-07-31T10:37:16.370+01:002011-07-31T10:37:16.370+01:00I love to see these old haunts here. I had a treme...I love to see these old haunts here. I had a tremendous experience visiting the Post Office several times. Don't you love the long row of telephone booths at the entrance? I had the privilege of sleeping on Trinity's campus many nights, looking out on that quad (and helping students survive too many shots of something strong at the pub). I agree about the literary heroes of Ireland. Yes, they are THE heroes there, but they are also real and of the folk. I've loved your Irish presentations, Robert.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-54070717461748636372011-07-25T22:46:41.394+01:002011-07-25T22:46:41.394+01:00Me too, sister ..! I guess we're back to the o...Me too, sister ..! I guess we're back to the old Camino rhythm and rhyme ...<br /><br />Sometimes the bawdy and the religious are so, so close. Specially in Catholic countries, that's for sure.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-16322323511194195542011-07-25T22:38:20.683+01:002011-07-25T22:38:20.683+01:00lol but I quite like those scandalous names!!!lol but I quite like those scandalous names!!!Kiwi Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351034705766073667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-3834523279370139682011-07-25T22:36:04.997+01:002011-07-25T22:36:04.997+01:00Kiwi - I've heard from my Camino buddies your ...Kiwi - I've heard from my Camino buddies your reputatation is so impeccably reputable that any apparent family links to those scandalous epithets must be totally spurious! ;)The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-73613688116107195852011-07-25T22:22:13.956+01:002011-07-25T22:22:13.956+01:00lol I loved the Molly Malone statue- felt I had a ...lol I loved the Molly Malone statue- felt I had a personal link to it as my grandmother was a Malone- from Cork/Limerick border area. But I had no idea she had all those other names!Kiwi Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351034705766073667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-64945453467509147012011-07-25T21:22:14.683+01:002011-07-25T21:22:14.683+01:00Well, Luiza, only one quarter is showing, I guess....Well, Luiza, only one quarter is showing, I guess. The rest is my stiff upper lip English persona, no doubt! Not that there's anything wrong with that. (Rule Britannia. Yawn.)The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-6900805255844396032011-07-25T21:10:39.785+01:002011-07-25T21:10:39.785+01:00Robert, you had me laughing through this wonderful...Robert, you had me laughing through this wonderful post. It is very funny and I guess, yes, your Celtic is showing.Luizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17188187010642021479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-63799854254534705072011-07-25T20:47:56.387+01:002011-07-25T20:47:56.387+01:00Neither, Ralph. It's just part of my one-quart...Neither, Ralph. It's just part of my one-quarter Celtic DNA ;)The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-37331904241416244672011-07-25T20:28:00.788+01:002011-07-25T20:28:00.788+01:00How do you learn all these things? Is it part of t...How do you learn all these things? Is it part of the common knowledge, just absorbed as you go about your daily life? Or does the city of Dublin have an Interesting Facts brochure?Timecheckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03655966328174898998noreply@blogger.com