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2024 olympics Ireland roster

Athletics

Mark English (Letterkenny)

Andrew Coscoran (Balbriggan)

Cathal Doyle (Bettystown)

Luke McCann (Dublin)

Brian Fay (Dublin)

Thomas Barr (Waterford)

Christopher O'Donnell (Loughborough, U.K.)

Eric Favors (Haverstraw, New York)

Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport)

Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght)

Sophie Becker (Ballykelly)

Ciara Mageean (Portaferry)

Sophie Bideau-O'Sullivan (Melbourne, Australia)

Sarah Healey (Monkstown)

Jodie McCann (Dublin)

Sarah Lavin (Lisnagry)

Fionnuala McCormick (Wicklow)

Philippa Healy (Ballineen)

Kelly McGrory (Laghy)

Nicola Tuthill (Kilbrittain)

Kate O'Connor (Dundalk)

Badminton

Nguyen Nhat (Dublin)

Rachael Darragh (Letterkenny)

Boxing

Jude Gallagher (Newton Stewart, U.K.)

Dean Clancy (Sligo)

Aidan Walsh (Belfast, U.K.)

Jack Marley (Dublin)

Daina Moorehouse (Dublin)

Jenny Lehane (Ashbourne)

Michaela Walsh (Belfast, U.K.)

Kellie Harrington (Dublin)

Gráinne Walsh (Tullamore)

Aoife O'Rourke (Castlerea)

Canoeing

Liam Jegou (Huningue, France)

Noel Hendrick (Dunadea)

Michaela Corcoran (Montgomery County, Maryland)

Madison Corcoran (Montgomery County, Maryland)

Cycling

Ben Healy (Kingswinford, U.K.)

Ryan Mullen (Colwyn Bay, U.K.)

Megan Armitage (Tullamore)

Erin Creighton (Belfast, U.K.)

Mia Griffin (Glenmore)

Alice Sharpe (Cambridge, U.K.)

Kelly Murphy (London, U.K.)

Lara Gillespie (Dublin)

Diving

Jake Passmore (Leeds, U.K.)

Ciara McGing (London, U.K.)

Equestrian

Austin O'Connor (Mallow)

Cian O'Connor (Dublin)

Shane Sweetnam (Cork)

Daniel Coyle (Ardmore, U.K.)

Abigail Lyle (Bangor, U.K.)

Susie Berry (Dromore)

Sarah Ennis (Howth)

Aoife Clark (Dublin)

Field hockey

Kyle Marshall (Markethill)

Peter McKibbin (Belfast, U.K.)

Jonny Lynch (Lisburn)

Peter Brown (Banbridge)

Nick Page (London, U.K.)

David Harte (Ballinspittle)

Tim Cross (Melbourne, Australia)

John McKee (Banbridge, U.K.)

Matthew Nelson (Belfast, U.K.)

Daragh Walsh (Dublin)

Shane O'Donoghue (Dublin)

Sean Murray (Lisburn, U.K.)

Jeremy Duncan (Kilkenny)

Michael Robson (Belfast, U.K.)

Ben Walker (Glenageary)

Lee Cole (Shankill)

Ben Johnson (Waterford)

Golf

Rory McIlroy (Jupiter, Florida)

Shane Lowry (Dublin)

Stephanie Kallan (Phoenix, Arizona)

Leona Maguire (Cavan)

Gymnastics

Rhys McClenaghan (Dublin)

Rowing

Daire Lynch (Clonmel)

Philip Doyle (Banbridge, U.K.)

Fintan McCarthy (Skibbereen)

Paul O'Donovan (Lisheen)

Ross Corrigan (Enniskillen, U.K.)

Nathan Timoney (Enniskillen, U.K.)

Holly Davis (Bollincollig)

Alison Bergin (Cork)

Zoe Hyde (Killorglin)

Margaret Cremen (Rochestown)

Aofie Casey (Skibbereen)

Aifric Keogh (Furbo)

Fiona Murtagh (Galway)

Emily Hegarty (Skibbereen)

Natalie Long (Cobh)

Eimear Lambe (Dublin)

Imogen Magner (Ely, U.K.)

Rugby

Jack Kelly (Dublin)

Andrew Smith (Dublin)

Harry McNulty (Cashel)

Mark Roche (Glenageary)

Zac Ward (Downpatrick)

Chay Mullins (Bristol, U.K.)

Jordan Conroy (Tullamore)

Hugo Keenan (Dublin)

Hugo Lennox (Skerries)

Terry Kennedy (Dublin)

Gavin Mullin (Blackrock)

Niall Comerford (Dublin)

Sean Cribbin (Dublin)

Bryan Mollen (Glasthule)

Kathy Baker (Navan)

Megan Burns (Tullamore)

Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe (Dublin)

Alanna Fitzpatrick (Portarlington)

Stacey Flood (Dublin)

Eve Higgins (Kilcock)

Erin King (Wicklow)

Vicky Elmes-Kinlan (Rathnew)

Emily Lane (Cork)

Ashleigh Orchard (Belfast, U.K.)

Beibhinn Parsons (Ballinasloe)

Lucy Mulhall (Wicklow)

Sailing

Finn Lynch (Bennekerry)

Robert Dickson (Sutton)

Sean Waddilove (Howth)

Eve McMahon (Howth)

Swimming

Max McCusker (Harlow, U.K.)

Thomas Fannon (Torquay, U.K.)

Shane Ryan (Haverford Township, Pennsylvania)

Daniel Wiffen (Magheralin, U.K.)

Darragh Greene (Longford)

Conor Ferguson (Belfast, U.K.)

Grace Davison (Bangor, U.K.)

Victoria Catterson (Belfast, U.K.)

Erin Riordan (Whitegate)

Danielle Hill (Newtonabbey, U.K.)

Mona McSharry (Grange)

Ellen Walshe (Dublin)

Taekwondo

Jack Woolley (Dublin)

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RobMoro TV | Sad Boys Club - Delicious

London alt-rock band Sad Boys Club share the video for latest single, ‘Delicious’. The lighthearted video is said to be a nod to Charli XCX’s ‘Boys’. Directed by Becky Garner, there are some cameos from other musicians such as Fred MacPherson of Spector and Cavan McCarthy from Swim Deep. ‘Delicious’ is the second single from their debut album and the pinnacle of the band’s releases so far. Sad…

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These pictures of Swim Deep from "Where the Heaven are We" CD booklet ... 💓💓

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[subterraneanhq]

Can I get Sam Koisser, Cavan McCarthy & Swim Deep, Gemma Janes and any other indie baes pretty pretty please c:

Well, since you asked so nicely :’)

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Lou via Instagram Stories • March 15, 2017

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Panels Far, Far Away: A Week in Star Wars Comics 5/8/19

This Saturday was both May the Fourth (Star Wars Day!) and Free Comic Book Day. This not only means we got an extra (free!) Star Wars book this week, but both Marvel and IDW provided strong showings for their own comics taking place in the galaxy far, far away.

Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2019 written by Cavan Scott and art by Derek Charm

Free Comic Book Day books are often a bit of a mixed bag. There is an unfortunate tendency for some publishers to release comics that function more as glorified advertisements for their product than a comic in their own sense. While at the end of the day the product is, well, free, the spirit of the event should always be about making comics feel welcoming and fun to new, especially young, readers. Luckily, IDW’s showing this year is a colorful delight and a great comic to share with Star Wars fans young and old.

I was more than a little surprised to open up this book and find Crater and Lina stalking their way through Darth Vader’s castle on Mustafar. Any return to Tales from Vader’s Castle is welcome in my book, but I hardly expected Cavan Scott and Derek Charm to return us to this delightfully creepy miniseries so soon. Derek Charm’s art in Vader’s Castle was easily his best work on Star Wars to date and seeing him return to these vibrant colors and creative layouts is a visual treat.

The issue picks up between chapters four and five of the original book and finds Lina telling Crater about a failed job conducted by Han Solo and Chewbacca in their early years of smuggling. Unlike the original series, Charm remains to do the art for both the frame story and the “tale” in question. It gives the comic a sense of visual consistency, and I will never turn my nose up at more Derek Charm, but combined with the story’s more playful tone, the creepy atmosphere of the original source material is lost. Despite the framing and similar color palette, this story as a whole feels more in tune with a regular installment of Star Wars Adventures than with Tales form Vader’s Castle. For a Free Comic Book Day title this is a more than welcome decision, but it begs the question of why tie this title into the Halloween mini-series to begin with.

Regardless, it’s really hard to find much to complain about for a free comic, especially one as fun and visually striking as this. It makes for a joyful read and keeps the spirit of the biggest day in comics intact and thriving.

Score: B+

 Star Wars Adventures #21 written by Cavan Scott and Shane McCarthy and art by Derek Charm and Nicoletta Baldari

Two Cavan Scott and Derek Charm collaborations in one week is a delight in and of itself. It also helps here that their headlining team up of Han Solo and Luke Skywalker makes for one of the best stories that Adventures has delivered in recent months.

Tasked by Leia with organizing a key supply exchange with a picky alien merchant, Han and Luke find themselves on the planet of Rion in the Outer Rim. While Luke has the mission on his mind, Han can’t help but pass up taking part in a local swoop race. The catch? Renting a vehicle for the race costs half of the crew’s money for their deal. The twist? The other racers are intent on cashing in on a bounty on Han’s head.

What follows is an incredibly fun chase story that sees Han trying to win a race with not only the rebellion but his own freedom on the line and Luke trying his best to assist from the sidelines. It makes for a high stakes set piece for our characters and allows both of our central heroes plenty of opportunities to shine. Scott keeps finding clever ways to complicate the race and force Luke and Han to think on their feet and Charm illustrates it all with a clear sense of energy and style. It’s hard to believe the whole thing comes in at just twelve pages.

Shane McCarthy and Nicoletta Baldari’s secondary story about an unassuming Chandra-Fan named Kabe’s heist of important Imperial supplies is less flashy but just as fun. Baldari’s visual storytelling here is a standout and Kabe comes across as a strong personality without ever speaking a line of dialogue. She speaks through emoji-like images and just as often through well drawn body language and facial expressions. There’s also a certain undeniable charm to seeing her outwit and out maneuver trained Imperial soldiers with ease.

Score: A-

 Star Wars Age of Rebellion: Boba Fett #1 written by Greg Pak and art by Marc Laming

Honestly, I’m more than a little shocked at the lack of Boba Fett in Marvel’s publishing line. After how prominent the armored bounty hunter was in Legends continuity, it only seemed natural that we would eventually get a Boba Fett miniseries or even ongoing. However, coming up on year fives of the Marvel Star Wars license, Boba has barely even guest starred since the first arc of Jason Aaron’s run on Star Wars back in 2015. Luckily, fans are sure to get all that they want out of “Hunter’s Heart,” the latest story form Age of Rebellion.

It’s clear that we are in for something special when a wordless Boba Fett rides a robotic horse into town looking for fresh bounties. Writer Greg Pak frames Boba as an almost entirely mute character, keeping him as a mysterious and deadly source of on high justice. Pak’s story of Boba hunting down another hunter gone rogue feels like an old fashioned Western with an added Star Wars flare for the dramatic and spectacular. Pak keeps Boba’s wordlessness as a source of tension and crafts him into a capable enigma whose actions reveal more about the man beneath the mask than words ever could.

The real star here proves to be Marc Laming’s outstanding pencils. Laming is clearly proud of his work here as evidenced by his Twitter teases for this issue going back months and he should be. Incredible work clearly went into the craft of this issue and the result is frequently stunning. Laming’s pencils are dependably detailed and dynamic and the results here are just as great. Combined with Neeraj Menon’s pitch perfect coloring, “Hunter’s Heart” is a visual feast from the formerly mentioned robotic horse, to burning villages, to the strange mushroom like foliage, and even to Boba himself.

If you are a fan of Boba Fett you owe it to yourself to grab an issue of this stellar comic as soon as possible. I mean, Boba on a robot horse. That should really be all you need.

Score: A

Star Wars Doctor Aphra #32 written by Simon Spurrier and art by Wilton Santos and Caspar Wijngaard

It’s a new day for Doctor Aphra. Freed from her ties to the Empire, the rebellion, or psychopathic droids, the good doctor finally returns what she is best at: robbing ancient tombs for her own profit.

Simon Spurrier returns Aphra back to basics with the closest thing this series has had to a breather in close to twenty issues. While there is still plenty of “space Indiana Jones” action to go around, Spurrier slows down the pace for an issue that is more about theme and character. Fittingly, Spurrier calls back to the series’ start in more ways than one. While Kieron Gillen opened up Doctor Aphra with a story about the relationship between the titular anti-hero and her obsessive archaeologist father, Spurrier takes a similar route and explores Aphra’s perhaps even more complicated maternal issues.

It turns out that neither side of Aphra’s parenting was really all that cut out for the job. While her father is an easily distracted dreamer, her mother proves to be cold and pragmatic and together they form a picture of just the sort of woman that Aphra would grow to be. Thematically, Spurrier builds off this to pair Aphra with former Milvayne runaway, Vulaada. Giving Aphra a new sidekick to bounce off now that the usual suspects have shuffled off their mortal coils or disappeared to parts unknown is a welcome decision and seeing how Aphra handles working with and looking after a much younger woman is rife for the sort of wild storytelling we’ve come to expect from this series. Spurrier closes the issue out with a welcome return that is sure to leave fans buzzing and opens up for what should be an exciting arc.

Unfortunately, visually, “Unspeakable Rebel Superweapon” proves to be a disappointment. Between Kev Walker and Emilio Laiso, Doctor Aphra has had some stellar art teams in the past and while a new visual team is welcome, the results here aren’t as strong as one would hope. “Doctor Aphra #32�� splits the visuals by time period with Caspar Wijngaard and Stephane Paitreau handling the story’s flashbacks to Aphra’s childhood and Wilton Santos and Chris O’Halloran bringing to life the contemporary adventures. Of the two Wijngaard and Paitreau prove the most successful with striking pencils and character designs that capture the emotional intimacy of the scripting well. Santos and O’Halloran on the other hand struggle. Between Santos’s awkward eyes and uninspired environments and O’Halloran’s often ineffective or hollow coloring choices, it’s hard not to feel a little let down by the look of this issue, especially when tasked with bringing to life a trap laden alien tomb.

Score: B

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Preview: Star Wars Adventures Vol. 1 Light & Dark

Star Wars Adventures Vol. 1 Light & Dark preview. Brand-new middle-grade stories featuring all your favorite characters from the far reaches of the Star Wars galaxy, spanning the entire Skywalker Saga and beyond! #Comics #ComicBooks #StarWars

Star Wars Adventures Vol. 1 Light & Dark Michael Moreci, Shane McCarthy, Nick Brokenshire, Cavan Scott (A) Ilias Kyriazis, Derek Charm, Megan Levens (A/CA) Nick BrokenshireIn Shops: Dec 29, 2021SRP: $14.99 Brand-new middle-grade stories featuring all your favorite characters from the far reaches of the Star Wars galaxy, spanning the entire Skywalker Saga and beyond! Includes three oversized…

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ToCall No.5 - the typewriter issue – features work by 17 typewriter artists. 

The traditional one-word poem on the cover is based on a cover poem by Cavan McCarthy, which he published in the Tlaloc issue no.8.

Mimeo printed edition of 100 copies – buy here

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«Tlaloc» #7, Edited by Cavan Michael McCarthy, Leeds, April... https://ift.tt/2z4iqr9

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Royal Irish Regiment soldiers who died on 12th December

1914

2nd Bn

10429 Lance Corporal John Finn, Castlemore, Co. Carlow. Interred Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery, Belgium.

1917

4th Bn

4483 Private J Bannon, Urlingford. Interred Urlingford Old Graveyard, Co. Kilkenny.

11838 Private Jeremiah O'Callaghan, West Croydon, Surrey. Interred Croydon (Queen's Road) Cemetery, Surrey.

7th (South Irish Horse) Bn

Interred Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, France

25785 Corporal John Smith,  Mountmellick, Co. Laois.

25309 Lance Corporal Gibson, Bailieborough. Co. Cavan.

25838 Lance Corporal Arthur Thompson, Dublin.

25026 Private Samuel Bateman, Dublin.

25063 Private Michael Burke, Cloverhill, Co. Roscommon.

25152 Private  James Coleman, Goolds Cross, Co. Tipperary.

25154 Private  James Colleary, Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary.

25159 Private John Condon, Ballymacoda Co. Cork.

25161 Private Andrew Connellan, Limerick.

25239 Private Martin Duggan, Windgap, Co. Kilkenny.

25266 Private Edward Farrell, Portarlington, Co. Laois.

25402 Private John Jackson, Dublin.

25429 Private Richard Kelly, Dublin.

25523 Private Frederick McCarthy, Dublin.

25524 Private Timothy McCarthy, Dunmanway, Co. Cork.

25541 Private Joseph McDonald, Ballinakill, Co. Laois.

25637 Private George Murray, Belfast.

25665 Private Daniel O'Dea, Ballynacally, Co. Clare.

25687 Private John O'Shea, Killorglin, Co. Kerry.

25772 Private Patrick Shea, Loughbane, Co. Cork.

25823 Private Albert Swifte, Killeagh, Co. Cork.

Interred Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extension, France

25096 Private Thomas Coffey, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.

25140 Private Joseph Clynch, Dublin.

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2020 Olympics Ireland Roster

Boxing

Brendan Irvine (Belfast, U.K.)

Kurt Walker (Lisburn, U.K.)

Aidan Walsh (Belfast, U.K.)

Emmett Brennan (Dublin)

Kellie Harrington (Dublin)

Michaela Walsh (Belfast, U.K.)

Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea)

Canoeing

Liam Jegou (Huningue, France)

Gymnastics

Rhys McClenaghan (Dublin)

Meg Ryan (Cork)

Pentathlon

Natalya Coyle (Dublin)

Sailing

Robert Dickson (Dublin)

Sean Waddilove (Dublin)

Annalise Murphy (Rathfarnham)

Swimming

Daniel Wiffen (Armagh)

Darragh Greene (Dublin)

Shane Ryan (Haverford Township, Pennsylvania)

Brendan Hyland (Dublin)

Finn McGeever (Ballina)

Jack McMillan (Belfast, U.K.)

Mona McSharry (Camp)

Danielle Hill (Newtownabbey, U.K.)

Ellen Walshe (Dublin)

Taekwondo

Jack Woolley (Dublin)

Athletics

Marcus Lawler (Carlow)

Leon Reid (Bath, U.K.)

Mark English (Letterkenny)

Andrew Coscoran (Balbriggan)

Thomas Barr (Dunmore East)

David Kenny (Farranfore)

Brendan Boyce (Letterkenny)

Alex Wright (London, U.K.)

Dr. Paul Pollock (Holywood, U.K.)

Stephen Scullion (Belfast, U.K.)

Kevin Seaward (Anstey, U.K.)

Cillin Greene (Dublin)

Chris O’Donnell (Sligo)

Phil Healy (Ballineen)

Síofra Büttner-Cléirigh (Dublin)

Nadia Power (Dublin)

Louise Shanahan (Cork)

Sarah Healy (Monkstown)

Ciara Mageean (Portaferry, U.K.)

Sarah Lavin (Lisnagry Townland)

Michelle Finn (Castlemagner)

Eilish Flanagan (Gortin)

Aoife Cooke (Cork)

Fionnuala McCormack (Wicklow)

Sophie Becker (Wexford)

Badminton

Nguyễn Nhật (Dublin)

Cycling

Eddie Dunbar (Banteer)

Dan Martin (Girona, Spain)

Nicho Roche (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France)

Mark Downey (Dromore, U.K.)

Felix English (Brighton, U.K.)

Emily Kay (Bromsgrove, U.K.)

Shannon McCurley (Melbourne, Australia)

Diving

Oliver Dingley (Harrowgate, U.K.)

Tanya Watson (Dublin)

Equestrian

Austin O’Connor (Cork)

Sam Watson (Clonmel)

Bertram Allen (Hünxe, Germany)

Darragh Kenny (Belmont)

Cian O’Connor (Navan)

Shane Sweetnam (Wellington, Florida)

Heike Holstein (Dublin)

Sarah Ennis (Dunboyne)

Field Hockey

Elizabeth Murphy (Dublin)

Ayeisha McFerran (Larne)

Zara Malseed (Dublin)

Michelle Carey (Dublin)

Roisin Upton (Limerick)

Nikki Evans (Clonskeagh)

Katie Mullan (Coleraine)

Shirley McCay (Drumquin)

Megan Frazer (Derry, U.K.)

Lena Tice (Basingstoke, U.K.)

Naomi Carroll (Cratloe)

Hannah McLoughlin (Dublin)

Chloe Watkins (Killiney)

Lizzie Colvin (Portadown)

Nikki Daly (Dublin)

Hannah Matthews (Dublin)

Sarah Hawkshaw (Dublin)

Anna O’Flanagan (Rathgar)

Deirdre Duke (Ballycanew)

Sarah McAuley (Dublin)

Golf

Shane Lowry (Jupiter, Florida)

Rory McIlroy (Jupiter, Florida)

Leona Maguire (Cavan)

Stephanie Meadow (Jordanstown, U.K.)

Judo

Benjamin Fletcher (Wokingham, U.K.)

Megan Fletcher (Wokingham, U.K.)

Rowing

Ronan Byrne (Cork)

Philip Doyle (Banbridge, U.K.)

Fintan McCarthy (Skibbereen)

Paul O’Donovan (Lisheen)

Sanita Pušpure (Ballincollig)

Aoife Casey (Cork)

Margaret Cremen (Rochestown)

Aileen Crowley (Killorglin)

Monika Dukarska (Killorglin)

Aifric Keogh (Furbo)

Eimear Lambe (Cabra)

Fiona Murtagh (Galway)

Emily Hegarty (Skibbareen)

Rugby

Jack Kelly (Dublin)

Adam Leavy (Dublin)

Harry McNulty (Cashel)

Foster Horan (Gorey)

Ian Fitzpatrick (Ratoath)

Billy Dardis (Dublin)

Jordan Conroy (Tullamore)

Greg O’Shea (Limerick)

Mark Roche (Dublin)

Terry Kennedy (Dublin)

Hugo Lennox (Maynooth)

Gavin Mullin (Dublin)

Bryan Mollen (Dublin)

Shooting

Derek Burnett (Westmeath)

Triathlon

Russell White (Banbridge, U.K.)

Carolyn Hayes (Wicklow)

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St. Jean Pied de Port to Estelle - 25 May – 1st June 2017

St. Jean Pied de Port to Estelle - 25 May – 1st June 2017

So having done the last section of the Camino last year from Sarria to Santiago, we wanted to sample another section of the camino and where else to start but at the beginning. Mind you there are many versions of the beginning of the Camino Francés but it is widely accepted that St Jean Pied de Port (SJPDP) in the South of France is the official starting point. We flew to Biarritz and arrived around 1pm. Very sunny, warm day. 34 degrees C. The flight had been delayed and then the baggage took ages or rather we were directed to the wrong luggage belt. I was conscious that if we didn’t get the 3pm train for SJPDP from Bayonne that we would have to wait until around 7 for the next one, leaving us late arriving. We also still had to get to Bayonne train station from the airport. I knew that there was a regular bus service to Bayonne that takes about 30 mins. We stood at the bus stop. We waited for ages. Many people left the bus stop and got taxis as the time was getting short to catch the 3pm train. Just as we were thinking of getting a taxi, the bus came along. I think it was €1 each. It seemed to take ages to get to Bayonne. We got there at about 2.50 pm but we still had to run across the road (with luggage) and queue up to buy the train tickets (€10 each). All this time we were talking to Dessie from NI who you could write a book on! I had spent 2 hours on the plane with him and he was a real character. By the time we got the tickets it was 2 mins to departure, to discover that the platform was on the other side, so down the steps with the suitcases and up the steps on the other side. We literally got on the train as it was pulling away. Phew! Got seats and left the luggage in the aisle as the train was full. It took around 1 hour to get to St Jean Pied de Port but it was great to get there.

                        A wee walk to the town and we found our first accommodation. I was a little worried about it as I found it very hard to get a hotel but anyway it turned out to be dead on and close to the town. The owner was very helpful with good English and told us about how warm it would be tomorrow and how difficult the hike to Roncesvalles would be! He had a strict rule that breakfast was 6.30 am to 7.30 am and you had to be out by 8am! This suited us as we knew it was going to be a long day and we wanted to leave early.

We ate in a restaurant in the town and had a few drinks at the Central Hotel sitting outside. Visited the Express Burricot offices who agreed to transport our luggage every day for the 5 days. They did a deal of around €6.50 per bag per day. It can be as high as €8. On the Sarria/Santiago stretch the fee is only €3 per day. We met Dessie again who had met a Donegal man Andy from Letterkenny. They were staying in a hostel. Dessie had managed to get a private room! We walked around the town. Lovely wee town with plenty bars and restaurants. We went to bed and had a good sleep. Little did we know what lay ahead! 

St Jean Pied de Port to Roncesvalles 27 km

We got up early. Breakfast was orange juice, tea/coffee with a fresh bread roll. We left the accommodation at 7.40 am. We knew that the day ahead was going to be tough and a few hours walking before it got too warm was the plan. Everyone agrees that the walk (Napoleon’s Route) across the Pyrenees is very beautiful but quite difficult (there is an alternative route for when the weather is poor via Valcarlos but not recommended in good weather). I was delighted all the same that the sun was shining. I have seen plenty photos and videos of people doing the walk in a heavy mist, therefore missing out on the beautiful scenery.

Shorts and t-shirts. Bags with sun screen, water etc. on our backs and away we went. There is only one stop (café) on the whole 27 km and that is at Orrison after 8km. That first 8 km was hard even though it was largely on tarred roads but the scenery was beautiful. We were there around 9.40 or so.  The sun was very hot, not much shelter from it and we were sweltered. Orrison is a hostel with a café, not a town! We stopped and had a ham roll and coffee. We met Andy who had shook off Dessie somewhere along the way. The views were spectacular. We could see some of the mountains in the distance that were still snow-capped. We continued on and it was mostly climbing. What was a welcome relief was that as we got further up the mountain, a cool breeze helped to cool us down. This was quite noticeable after Orrison. Eventually at 1pm we came to this white van which sold fruit, juice, hard boiled eggs etc. The sign said another 11km to go of which 1 km was up, 5km flat and 5km downhill. Lies! We seemed to climb for ages after the van but it might have been fatigue that made us think this. Mind you when you begin to descend toward Roncesvalles, it is quite tough on the legs because it is so steep, mainly through a forest. We didn’t see many people on this part, maybe some of them opted to go by the road? Anyway, we got to Roncesvalles around 4pm. Met Andy again who was showered and heading out for a wander (these fit people would sicken you!). Checked into Hotel Roncesvalles which is attached to the hostel and used to be a monastery. This hotel was a real treat! The accommodation and food there was excellent. Pilgrims menu (3 courses) including a bottle of the nicest red wine you ever tasted, all for €19 each. All the better when Peggy doesn’t drink wine! We went to mass in the chapel which is part of the same complex and met Dessie and Andy after it. After that, another wee drink at the hotel (outside of course) before bed-time.

 Roncesvalles to Akeretta (29 km)

We had a good breakfast in the restaurant, left our cases as always at reception and headed on our way. I think we were not prepared physically or mentally for the day that lay ahead! In summary we had originally booked a place in Zubiri (which would have been around 22km) but friends of ours recommended strongly to proceed to Hotel Akaretta which was 6.5 km past Zubiri. So we booked into Hotel Akaretta and cancelled Zubiri. I think we were still not fully recovered from the previous day and found it hard going even though the terrain was largely flat. The sun shone again. Like the previous day where we saw a lot of horses, today we also saw large numbers of horses in fields.  We got to Zubiri at about 4.30 pm in the afternoon. My advice to anyone would be to stay in Zubiri. There’s a new place opened there called Casa Txantxorena. It looks really nice. We were booked in there and how we wished we had not cancelled! We went for a snack at a busy café / bar on the corner before heading onwards towards Larrasoana / Akaretta. This went out past the outskirts of a large factory and onwards to Hotel Akaretta. It was 6.30 pm when we arrived! And we were whacked. My left foot was very sore in three places but no blisters. The bags were in the hallway and when we discovered that there was no lift in the 300 year old Hotel Akaretta, this meant that one exhausted person had to carry both 20kg bags upstairs. Thankfully we were only on the 1st floor! The hotel was old and very nice. It was where actor Martin Sheen stayed during the filming of the film “The Way”.

We showered and went to the dining room for dinner at 8pm. Another great value Pilgrim’s menu with really good wine again and the food was excellent. We had time to sit outside for a wee while before it was bed time. This past 3 days I had noticed that the area we were in was clearly Basque Country. The names of have a lot of Xs in them and they have a language of their own. I spoke to the owner a little about the Basque language etc. It was also noticeable yesterday that when we crossed from France into Spain there was no evident border. Just a large stone stating “Navarra”. They treat the entire region as one country. We noticed these fine big birds flying around and we were told they are buzzards.

 Akaretta to Pamplona (16km)

I was a bit excited today because today we were heading for Pamplona. I was in Pamplona before back in the early 1980s when I just finished in college, so at least 34 years ago. For the record, I was accompanied on that occasion for the San Fermin festival by Aodh O Donnell (Stranakirka), Brian MacNamee (Kilcurry, Louth) and Declan McCarthy (Cavan) and we stayed at the home of the lovely family of a friend of ours, a Pamplona native, Ana Otaegi.  

Back now in 2017, we ate a lovely breakfast. (I’m getting used to having coffee, cheese and bread for breakfast in the mornings). Because of the extra piece we walked yesterday, todays’ walk was a short distance and very pleasant. We seemed to be walking through fields of crops for the most part but it was beautiful. A beautiful sunny day. We stopped at a café/bar in a town on the outskirts of Pamplona. Very nice. People were enjoying their Sunday afternoon walking about. We reached Pamplona shortly afterwards and discovered that the hotel was near the side of the city we came into. We rested for a while and then went for a walk around the town. We had a meal in a restaurant near the Town Hall but it wasn’t great. We also did some research on buses to the next town as the feet were sore and the limbs were weary from the first three days! We discovered that there was a bus to the next village Puenta la Reina quite regularly from the bus station which was not too far from the hotel. Also the forecast for tomorrow wasn’t very good so tomorrow was officially designated as a “rest-day” and for taking in the sights of Pamplona! Best decision ever!

 Pamplona to Peunta la Reina (24 km by bus!)

This day was spent mainly walking around Pamplona in the rain, eating in a well-known café in the square which Ernest Hemingway used to frequent, having a beer here and a Bacardi there and eventually heading for the bus station.

It was only 20 mins on the bus to Puenta la Reina and we got a lovely wee hotel (El Cerco) near the church (with the bell ringing every hour). We went to a local bar/restaurant and had a nice meal and a walk around. A quiet enough town with not too many restaurants or bars. In the middle of the night we thought we heard this singing outside the window, so we got up out of curiosity and there was a small group of people carrying a cross and singing and praying in the street. We hadn’t a clue what was going on. We found out the next day that it’s a custom when someone dies to do this ritual – like a procession – through the streets at 4 or 5 am.

 Puenta la Reina to Estelle 22km

Nice breakfast in the morning, left the bags in reception and off we went walking towards Estelle. Great walk, the weather had turned sunny again and we passed through plenty fields and farmlands growing beans and grapes etc.

Our accommodation this time was an apartment near the centre of the town. It was a very nice 2 bedroomed apartment with living room, TV, kitchen. We didn’t need the half of it but it worked well. I needed to find out about the bus to San Sebastian tomorrow so I went toward the bus station about 10 mins walk away to see what I could find. There was a nice café at the station so I had a beer there and watched the comings and goings and got a bus timetable.  Back to the apartment and then to the square where we ate outdoors and found the Spanish for “very well done” so as not to get a raw steak. There were 4 Northern Ireland bucks that we often saw, actually from the train the first day but never got chatting too much and they were in the vicinity as always. Off we went to bed looking forward to the adventure tomorrow to San Sebastian.

 Estelle to San Sebastian (bus)

We found a nice café on the square where we got really nice breakfast (once they got going!). Estelle was our last town on this part of the Camino but we were relatively close to San Sebastian and decided to get a bus there and stay the night instead of staying in Biarritz. What a great decision! This city must be visited by everyone! It’s right on the beach, it has a lovely old town with nice churches, restaurants, tapas bars (they are called something else here). We got a Pension (about 15 min walk from bus station) near the beach and the old town, perfect location (Pension Pena Florida). This was a diversion from the camino but a worthwhile one. We knew (or hoped!) that the bus to Biarritz airport the next day would arrive in plenty time for the flight to Dublin. We ate in a Tapas bar and then went for a walk around the beach /promenade area, had an ice cream and took in the atmosphere.

 San Sebastian to Biarritz airport (bus)

We got up early and went around the corner to a bar which was recommended by the Pension. They were only opening – a bit like yesterday – but we got another great breakfast! We then gathered our stuff from the Pension and walked to the bus station. We discovered that there were a number of providers with a bus service to the airport but we eventually got the soonest one and as always in Spain it left on time and arrived at the airport on time too. Biarritz airport is quite small so there was plenty time for hanging about. Some people went back outside to get the last rays of French sunshine before we would leave.

Another lovely week in the North of Spain (and the South of France). It was very different from last year when we went from Sarria to Santiago which was really outstanding. I think we bit off more than we could chew on the first two days this time which meant it wasn’t quite as enjoyable as last year. The highlight for both of us was San Sebastian. Anyone who is within striking distance of this city should spend at least one night there, even though it’s not quite on the Camino.

 Buen Camino!

Eunan & Peggy Cunningham

June 2017

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[Takes a deep breath] Requesting the rest of The 1975, Jesse Rutherford, Harry & Sam Koisser, Cavan McCarthy, Vann McCann, Alex Turner, Miles Kane, Amber Bain, Olly Alexander, and lemme get uhhhhhh sibling and/or affilate as well please?? Bring em in.

Matty means business, my dudes. Bring us these faces!

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can’t believe so many teen girls mass hallucinated that cavan mccarthy was attractive

regressing extremely hard watching peace’s cover of since i’ve been loving you........ and also the swim deep doc i accidentally purchased........ five years ago

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First published by the legendary Something Else Press in 1967, An Anthology of Concrete Poetry was the first American anthology on the international movement of Concrete poetry. The movement itself began in the early 1950s, in Germany–through Eugen Gomringer, who borrowed the term “concrete” from the art of his mentor, Max Bill–and in Brazil, through the Noigandres group, which included the de Campos brothers and Decio Pignatari. Over the course of the 1960s it exploded across Europe, America and Japan, as other protagonists of the movement emerged, such as Dieter Roth, Öyvind Fahlström, Ernst Jandl, bpNichol, Mary Ellen Solt, Jackson Mac Low, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Bob Cobbing, Dom Sylvester Houédard, Pierre Garnier, Henri Chopin, Brion Gysin and Kitasono Katue. By the late 1960s, poet Jonathan Williams could proclaim: “If there is such a thing as a worldwide movement in the art of poetry, Concrete is it.” The work of the 77 writers collected in this anthology varies greatly in its aims and forms, but all can be said to emphasize the visual dimension of language, manipulating individual letters and minimal semantic units to produce poems that are for contemplating as much as for reading. Emmett Williams, the book’s editor, added explanatory commentary for the poems and biographies of their authors, making this volume–long out of print–the definitive anthology of this movement, which has so influenced artists and writers of subsequent generations.

Writers and artists included: Friedrich Achleitner, Alain Arias-Misson, H. C. Artmann, Ronaldo Azeredo, Stephen Bann, Carlo Belloli, Max Bense, Edgard Braga, Claus Bremer, Augusto de Campos, Haroldo de Campos, Henri Chopin, Carl Friedrich Claus, Bob Cobbing, Paul de Vree, Reinhard Döhl, Torsten Ekbom, Öyvind Fahlström, Carl Fernbach-Flarsheim, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Larry Freifeld, John Furnival, Heinz Gappmayr, Ilse and Pierre Garnier, Matthias Goeritz, Eugen Gomringer, Ludwig Gosewitz, Bohumila Grögerova and Josef Hiršal, José Lino Grünewald, Brion Gysin, Al Hansen, Václav Havel, Helmut Heissenbüttel, Åke Hodell, Dom Sylvester Houédard, Ernst Jandl, Bengt Emil Johnson, Ronald Johnson, Hiro Kamimura, Kitasono Katue, Jiri Kolar, Ferdinand Kriwet, Arrigo Lora-Totino, Jackson Mac Low, Hansjörg Mayer, Cavan McCarthy, Franz Mon, Edwin Morgan, Maurizio Nannucci, bp Nichol, Hans-Jørgen Nielsen, Seiichi Niikuni, Ladislav Novák, Yuksel Pazarkaya, Décio Pignatari, Vlademir Dias Pino, Luiz Angelo Pinto, Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, Diter Rot, Gerhard Rühm, Aram Saroyan, John J. Sharkey, Edward Lucie Smith, Mary Ellen Solt, Adriano Spatola, Daniel Spoerri, Vagn Steen, Andre Thomkins, Enrique Uribe Valdivielso, Franz Van Der Linde, Franco Verdi, Emmett Williams, Jonathan Williams, Pedro Xisto and Fujitomi Yasuo.