Hola! ¡Estamos de vuelta... más o menos...!
Hello! We're back...sort of..!
Shivering here, in wet and windy 14°C in Ireland, compared to the sun-drenched 27°C we enjoyed in España!
And we had a Ball ; weather, shopping, sight-seeing, food, few (!) drinks, great company, and even more shopping. And we never even needed bail money, 'cause the Spanish cops were very understanding...!
We enjoyed it so much that the five of us actually went ahead and...ah sure ya wouldn't be interested, probably just think that I'm rubbing yer noses in it, been bitchy, like...
..but I'll more than likely say a few extra words about it on Wednesday, 7th February 2024, when we post our 20-piece offerings - yeah, that's right - we'll have a 20 piece post ready for yis all (...including our friends in the Gorbals who, we're told, will be looking in with interest!) and we'll be covering the following issues, and way more -
In the early 1920's, this Stormont Minister asked for, and received, a report/update on a certain loyalist 'club' and this was given to him by a high-ranking RUC member : a well-known book author apparently got wind of the transaction and had a few words to say about it as, indeed, did the high-ranking RUC member...
In 1915, Irish republicans knew that a political and military storm was coming and soul-searched to find an alternative path to remove the British political and military presence from Ireland but, when they found that no such alternative existed, they readied themselves for the inevitable...
Which highly placed British politician's wife sat him down and wagged her finger at him about how he was mistreating the Irish, asking him directly if he would put up with such abuse if he found himself in the position that he and his had placed the Irish in...?
This 'royal' regiment of the British Army had to pack-up from their headquarters in County Kildare and prepare themselves for their return from whence they came. We don't actually know how they felt about it, nor do we care...
From the early 2000's - the problems that beset Ireland then can be seen, today, as only a temporary inconvience, although it didn't seem so at the time...
This particular organisation, rooted in Ireland, managed to spread its tentacles worldwide, but met a 'speed bump' in Louisiana, in the United States...
Ireland, early 1920's, a group of young lads were playing in a field when English soldiers played a 'game' of their own with them - blood was spilt...
...and that's only seven out of the twenty pieces we're gonna have for ya on Wednesday, 7th February, 2024, plus there'll be a few words said about our Spanish Stroll...!
Right : 'nuff said for now - see yis on the 7th!
Thanks for reading,
Sharon and the team.
