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Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic
Posted on July 5, 2013
Local saying back home – ‘I doubt it said Croker’.
Lord Croker was lying on his death bed when someone tried to console him with the thought he was going to a better place. His looked up and gave the immortal response – “I doubt it”.
The ruins of Croker’s mansion are across the road from my parents farm at Grange, County Limerick, Ireland.
Me & Caroline
Posted on July 5, 2013
Morning lads
Inshallah you are all smiling brightly this fine July day. I see on the net you are getting Middle East type weather back home in Ireland with highs of 25C expected. Now you all know how we feel in the middle of winter out here.
MB has now arrived back in the Middle East after the most exhausting 10 days of his life back home. Was just far too much going on and MB was stuck in the think of all the action as you can imagine. Far too many topics for one blog so MB will confine himself to one topic this week – Caroline.
Caroline with dad JFK, on board the yacht ‘Honey Fitz’. August 1963. MB did not take this photo.
Yes lads, the only living daughter of JFK was back in her ancestral homeland of HX last week and what a week it was. She brought along the husband and 3 kids Read More
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