It’s the night before Christmas and a man walks alone along a solitary Galway alley. The lights in the shops now display gifts that could have been. More likely they will be snatched up in the post-Christmas sales when their value as tokens of love and affection has passed by for another year. Whenever I […]
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Twas the Night before Christmas
Twas the Night before Christmas By Clement Clarke Moore Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, […]
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Perhaps there was a time when a bright zinc plated watering can tended lovingly to someone’s seaside garden. Perhaps it served faithfully until the handle broke and its owner discarded it for a new one. How it came to rest for a time in Galway Bay, be rescued and then set upon the rocks will […]
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We are currently caught in the grip of winter with freezing nights and cold wet days. Still Adelaide has quite a mild winter compared to other cities so you will get no complaints from me. Clearly the city in this image its not Adelaide but Galway, Ireland and about as far away from here as […]
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From Sydney to the high street of Galway, you could not get further apart in both culture and distance but Irish pubs would seem to be a uniting thread. The difference is however that in Sydney it’s all about the idea while in Galway it’s just simply the real deal. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘The Real […]
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