#on raglan road

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1984 – Death of Luke Kelly, lead vocalist and 5-string banjo member of the Dubliners.

Luke Kelly was a singer and folk musician from Dublin, most famous as a member of the band ‘The Dubliners’. Indeed, while Luke often sang of the poor, the oppressed, the worker, the lover or the rebel –the realities of his own life and upbringing enlivened and gave weight to his songs and the emotional way in which he sang them. And his own childhood and youth was anything but privileged. Born on…

[retropinkminstrel]

“And I said, let grief be a falling leaf —at the dawning of the day…….”

[thatwritererinoriordan]

When the angel woos the clay, he'll lose

His wings at the dawn of day.

[katzell]

The temperature has finally fallen in my part of the world so it's time to listen to Mark Knopfler's cover of "On Raglan Road" (featuring Donal Lunny) on repeat.

[theslowtravel]

Somewhere / Nowhere Raglan

[katiechristiansen7916]

Disney Springs food crawl: From left, the nonalcoholic Diving Bell from Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar and the Salmon Run from Raglan Road.

[hanatsuki-esperanza]

Disney Food Lawsuit

The Disney Food Lawsuit is interesting.

On one hand, the server goofed up big time by not having the food delivered to specifications. I feel a bit bad for them, but this is a case of negligence. I wonder if the dining area has cameras. Probably, knowing this day and age.

The exact details of connection between the restaurant itself and Disney Corp. are not something I am admittedly well aware of.

There's also a note that comes on almost all meals that says something along the lines of "prepared in an area where common allergens may be." Heck, even candy bars and stuff you buy from the grocery store likely have that on it. Not exactly sure how allergan-free food marked with an "allergen free flag" is,

BUUTTTTTTT

Pulling out the D+T&S is such a scummy move.

So I hope they lose.

This may be a case of "any publicity is good publicity," but as we saw in the 2023 D&D OGL scandal, consumers making their opinions known with their wallets can be a problem for bottom lines in the long runs. Which considering Disney's current reports...

The only thing that may become a problem is how this may affect local restaurants and eateries that don't have as much legal "power" as the mouse.

Judges will have to be very careful with rulings.

Anyone with legal knowledge, please chime in, would love to hear thoughts.

Edit: They dropped the D+ T&S claim after backlash. Deserved.

[mannequins-of-disney-world]

Not mannequins but come on 💕

November 2023, Raglan Road, Disney Springs

[cameoutstruggling93]

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[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1967 – Death of poet and novelist, Patrick Kavanagh, who was born in Inniskeen, Co Monaghan in 1904.

Patrick Kavanagh was born on 21 October 1904, in Mucker townland, Inniskeen parish, Co Monaghan, the son of James Kavanagh, a small farmer with sixteen acres who was also a cobbler, and Bridget Quinn. He attended Kednaminsha National School from 1909 to 1916 and worked on the family farm after leaving school. His poem ‘Raglan Road’, written to be sung, was performed by The Dubliners, and still…

[damoreads]

From Words on the Page to Musical Masterpiece: The Story of "Raglan Road"

I met Patrick Kavanagh a few years ago while walking along the Grand Canal in Dublin. He was sitting on a bench, looking at the water with the gaze of somebody who is contemplating his life. If you live in Dublin you have probably seen Kavanagh’s statue. If you want to visit Dublin, that's a walk you should probably consider.

Patrick Kavanagh was one of the most important poets of the 20th century in Ireland, and his work often drew on his experiences of growing up in rural Ireland. He was also a great lover of the Irish countryside, and many of his poems reflect this passion.

Today is St Patrick’s day and I want to celebrate one of my favourite Irish songs: Raglan Road. 

It’s Patrick Kavanagh’s poem turned into a song by Luke Kelly (The Dubliners). The story goes that Kavanagh was walking along Raglan Road in Ballsbridge (not far away from his sculpture, by the way) one autumn evening in 1946 when he saw a young woman named Hilda Moriarty. He was struck by her beauty and was inspired to write the poem that was first published in the Irish Press in 1946, and it quickly became popular.

The poem speaks to the human experience of love and loss, and it has a universal appeal that has made it popular with people from all over the world. 

According to legend, Kavanagh was in the Bailey pub in Dublin when he spotted Luke Kelly and asked him to sing the poem that he had written. Kelly was initially reluctant, as he didn't think the poem would work as a song, but Kavanagh insisted and Kelly eventually agreed. A story confirmed by Luke Kelly himself on RTE - Irish public television -  in 1979. 

[walkawaytall]

Okay, I am not an attorney, but I do know too much about Disney World and I have been to Disney Springs. What Disney is attempting is cartoonishly evil, but also this was not a restaurant in one of their parks. It is an independently operated restaurant in a shopping center that Disney owns (that’s what Disney Springs is — a large shopping center). So…this is the equivalent of someone suing the owner of a mall because one of the restaurants renting space in the mall was careless.

The death is horrendous and someone does need to answer for it, but it is mind boggling to me that Disney even felt the need to make such an attempt at forcing arbitration using this alleged loophole because it only serves to make them look insanely bad, and it kind of seems like the ones being sued should be the restaurant.

[nsantand]

Patrick Kavanagh – Na Raglan Road

"Na Raglan Road", um poema de Patrick Kavanagh

Na Raglan Road1, em um dia de outono, uma vez a conheci e sabiaQue suas mechas escuras lançariam uma urdidura que me apanharia;Eu enxerguei o perigo, mas continuei pela viela encantada,E disse: que a aflição seja uma folha no chão ao despontar da alvorada.Na Grafton Street, em novembro, caminhamos com leveza pelo beiralDa grota profunda de onde se vê o valor da promessa da paixão,A Rainha de…

[thereasonsimbroke]

Disney is facing criticism for attempting to avoid a wrongful death lawsuit by using a loophole in its #Disney+ streaming service agreement.

A New York University doctor, Kanokporn Tangsuan, died from an alleged allergic reaction at a #DisneySprings restaurant. Her husband, Jeffrey Piccolo, sought justice through the courts, but instead of addressing the tragedy, Disney is trying to move the case to arbitration. They argue that Piccolo waived his right to sue when he signed up for a Disney+ trial in 2019.

Piccolo's attorneys have condemned this tactic as "outrageously unreasonable," revealing a troubling use of fine print to escape accountability and showing how Disney+ is being used to undermine consumer rights.

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John C. Reilly - Raglan Road | The Late Late Show | RTÉ One

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