Has Stoneybatter really become the "gay capital" of the Irish universe? Here are two possible answers...
Locations that feature in the Irish crime series about Stoneybatter PI Moss Reid...
Sunday 1 July 2018
Rainbows over Stoneybatter
Has Stoneybatter really become the "gay capital" of the Irish universe? Here are two possible answers...
Wednesday 27 September 2017
Benburb Street art (another update)
Benburb Street in Stoneybatter continues to have its little stretch of open-air gallery, which is one bright thing amid all that dilapidation and dereliction.
Sunday 10 September 2017
Tommy May's and the Liffey Swim
Saturday 29 July 2017
The Sheela-na-gigs of Stoneybatter
There's no general agreement on how to spell them (Sheela na gig, Síle na gcíoch, Síle na gCíoc...) or what they stand for. But there are at least four tiny stone-like figures that might very well be sheela-na-gigs in Stoneybatter, making it the sheela-na-gig capital of Ireland.
Friday 23 June 2017
More on the docks, and Leo Varadkar
Ireland's latest taoiseach (prime minister) happens to be gay, young (38) and have a dad from India. Cue plenty of international headlines making out like our country has suddenly become ultra progressive. As if.
Wednesday 7 June 2017
The Jobstown House, Jobstown
The Jobstown House gets a quick mention in book #4 of the Moss Reid series, The Rebel Type. I first found out about the Dublin pub via its brilliant viral videos, starting with its entry in the "Mannequin Challenge" last year (above).
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