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Smithy

@HappyHour91

Business Manager. Lecturer. Arts & culture, music & footie afficionado.

 Ireland
Joined July 2012
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I wonder how France will try and 'handle us' this time! #COYBIG
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Video: Irish players singing 'Come On You Boys In Green' on the bus sums up an amazing night indo.ie/mjZ2301xDag
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"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." - Lao-Tsu
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“What I really like to learn how to do is build sentences that are equal to mental states.” —Richard Powers bit.ly/1x9ES8Z
Richard Powers, The Art of Fiction No. 175

Richard Powers, The Art of Fiction No. 175

On how music is an intimation of death: “You start the song. . . and you know, even as you round the corner of the first verse, that it’s only going to last for four and a half minutes. All you can...

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Body & soul screening the Ireland match 😆
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#RussellHobbs. Online registration of new product not working!! 😣 ie.russellhobbs.com/contact_…? action=send#.Vw1EXo_0uU8.twitter
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"You know that you are in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams". -Dr.Seus
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Pointless, ceaseless, senseless slaughter. Heartbreaking. nitter.cf/maryfitzger/status/714…
Mary Fitzgerald @maryfitzger.bsky.social (@MaryFitzger) profile pictureMary Fitzgerald @maryfitzger.bsky.social@MaryFitzger27 Mar 2016
Lahore Brussels Iskanderia (Iraq) Istanbul Maiduguri (Nigeria) Peshawar Ankara Grand Bassam (Ivory Coast) A month of blood A pummelled world
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Dean Owens - Strangers Again (studio): youtu.be/1YbZsgRob-U
Dean Owens - Strangers Again (studio)

Dean Owens - Strangers Again (studio)

"Time can't be turned back" Rare video clip from the fabulous Scott...

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Declan Kiberd, prof NotreDame: why Easter Monday Ireland's Independence Day @IrlEmbCanada @culture_ireland cbc.ca/1.3504445
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For what died the Sons of Roisin?: youtu.be/54k-RmPcIDw
For what died the Sons of Roisin?

For what died the Sons of Roisin?

Is this what our patriots died for?

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James Connolly Tribute - His last speech and the …: youtu.be/MemUQ1hM0Ps
Sinead O'Connor & the Chieftains- The Foggy Dew: youtu.be/13MQFCfCYdQ
Sinead O'Connor & the Chieftains- The Foggy Dew

Sinead O'Connor & the Chieftains- The Foggy Dew

As down the glen one Easter mornTo a city fair rode I,Their arm...

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While Ireland is not free I remain a rebel, unconverted and unconvertible - Markievicz #EasterRising #Ireland2016
Image from Easter Rising 1916 (@IrishRepubIic)
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Are you involved in a community centre in Leitrim? Attend our seminar on Wed 23rd @ 7.30pm in our office Drumshanbo
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Please help support Easter Lily Profile badge., add a #Twibbon now! twibbon.com/support/easter-l…
The medium is the message – the power of public poetry trib.al/IWYDAVz
The medium is the message – the power of public poetry

The medium is the message – the power of public poetry

In the age of Instagram poetry, Robert Montgomery takes the written word to the most physical of spaces. He talks about fans tattoing his words, making poetry accessible, and discussing literature in...

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@HappyHour91 Worth a read. Might be something for the scribes of Cavan. nitter.cf/guardian/status/711962…
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For me, traditional publishing means poverty. But self-publish? No way trib.al/r9k3KDO

For me, traditional publishing means poverty. But self-publish? No way

Life as a professional writer is financially depressing, and I’ve often been advised to self-publish. Here’s why I won’t do it

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"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment." - Henry David Thoreau
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Before St Patrick, even getting dressed in Ireland was a nightmare. #HappyStPatricksDay – at Bristol, England
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