Posted on September 27, 2013
Blog Post Nr 100!
21 December 2012. Winter solstice early morning. Outside my front door, more or less. Incredible sky.
Saturation – from the Gods!
Posted on September 27, 2013
Long time follower AR contacted MB earlier this week all excited and hormonal about last weekend’s All Ireland football final. In case you don’t know lads (& Pakistani taxi driver from the Tora Bora mountains recently told MB he never heard of Ireland so who knows!) Dublin is the capital city of Ireland. And similar to when the Brits are playing against any other team – we always shout for the other team – when the Dubs are playing the entire rest of the country becomes ABDs (anyone but Dublin!).
But on account of AR being a long-time follower, and AR being a true blue Dub, MB decided to put his ABD feelings aside to make special blog post for AR, featuring pic sent by AR few days back.
Big congrats AR. And sentiments aside, it’s a cracking pic! Shukran jazilan (ta very much) as we say out these parts.
MB
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: all ireland, dublin, gaa sport, Ireland, irish football, sam mcguire, Travel
Posted on September 27, 2013
Morning boys and girls
Hope all good with your tribes. Read More
Category: KSA, Olaya Street, Photography, Saudi Arabia Tagged: Adventure, arabia, Ibn Saud, Middle East, Olaya Street, Photography, Riyadh, Saudi Arabi National Day, Taxi, Travel
Posted on September 20, 2013
Morning boys & girls
Greetings to you all as MB packs his Dubai bags to return to Saudi Arabia once more. Saudi visa secured last night, so back to meet all MB’s Saudi friends tomorrow morning. Inshallah.
Category: Dubai Mall, Eating, Food, Gallery Lafayette Dubai, Irish man in the Middle East, Lootah Premium Foods, travel Tagged: Dubai, dubai mall, Eating, Food, Lootah Premium Foods, Travel
Posted on September 17, 2013
Posted on September 16, 2013
New Church (In Gaelic – Teampall Nua)
There is an old church ruin called ‘New Church’ (or ‘Teampall Nua’ in the Irish Gaelic language) back in HX, next to Lough Gur lake (check out loughgur.com).
Teampall Nua was built in 1679 and replaced an older chapel which was used by the local Earls of Desmond. It is still referred to as New Church (or by its Gaelic name) to this day. It was endowed with a chalice and patten which bear the inscription:
“The guift of the Right Honourable Rachel Countess Dowager of Bath to her chappel att Loughgur in the Kingdom of Ireland Anno Domini 1679”
The famous Irish poet/harpist Thomas O’ Connellan, who died in 1698 in nearby Bourchiers Castle, is buried here in an unmarked grave, as is Owen Bresnan (1847-1912), local poet and historian.
Category: Ireland, Lough Gur, New Church, Teampall Nua, Thomas O Connellan Tagged: Adventure, Church, Grave, Ireland, Monochrome, New Church. Teampall Nua, Owen Bresnan, religion, ruin, Thomas O Connellan, Travel
Posted on September 5, 2013
Morning boys & girls
Inshallah you are all hale & hearty, and thriving. MB is taking yet another visa trip back to UAE later today, as you gotta stay legal out these parts or they run you out of town real quick. Read More
Category: 3rd World, Bollywood, Colombo, humor, Humour, Irish man in the Middle East, Photography, Sri Lanka, tuktuk Tagged: Adventure. Tamil, Colombo, Humor, Humour, Photography, Sri Lanka, Tamil Festival, Travel
Posted on August 30, 2013
Morning lads,
Greetings from MB in KSA and hope all well your end. Football season just started & HX club doing well, al hamd’allah. All well in the desert.
HX blog follower Young Sudani lad was complaining to MB during the week that he is bored with Sri Lanka stories, so maybe MB will wrap it up this week. Got to keep the paying customers happy lads, and keep the numbers growing. The public gets what the public wants.
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Category: adventure, Baker Falls Sri Lanka, Dambatenne Tea Factory, Horton Plains, Liptons seat, Photography, Sri Lanka, travel, tuktuk, Worlds End Sri Lanka Tagged: Adisham Monastry Sri Lanka, Adventure, Baker Falls Sri Lanka, Dembatenne Tea Factory, Photography, Sri Lanka, Travel, Worlds End Sri Lanka
Posted on August 23, 2013
Morning lads
A week of toil under the hot sun of Saudi Arabia is behind MB and he has arrived in Dubai for the weekend. Al hamd’allah. Hope all well your end. Read More
Category: humor, Humour, Irish man in the Middle East, Liptons seat, Photography, Sri Lanka, tuktuk Tagged: colombo to hapatule train journey, hapatule, Humor, Humour, Liptons seat, liptons tea, plantation, Sri Lanka, tea, Travel
Posted on August 16, 2013
Morning sleepy heads!
MB is finally recovered from four hectic days travel through Sri Lanka, arriving back in ME last Sunday. Beautiful country. Beautiful people. Read More
Category: 3rd World, Irish man in the Middle East, Negombo, Photography, Sri Lanka Tagged: Adventure, Backpacking, Negombo, Sri Lanka, Travel
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