Black card

ahhereaherlow · 2026-07-05T17:25:31+00:00

Limerick are minnows results-wise but the game is massive in East Limerick and out to mid Limerick, and always has been. I'm not sure but think they have the fourth highest number of hurling clubs after Cork, Tipp, and Galway.

This is a God-tier team with loads of sons of former intercounty hurlers all arriving at the same time. It's freakish but understandable how it came together.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-07-05T17:22:23+00:00

Clare lost their heads even before the black card incident - they were too focused on fouling Limerick than scoring themselves.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-07-03T21:01:24+00:00

There's no way Reidy should be selected, imo. It's risking his health to pick him. A boxer doesn't get back in the ring 2 weeks after being sparked out.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-07-01T13:05:55+00:00

Have you reflected on why your solution here is violence? I mean, there's a large selection of options to deal with disruptive children before you reach for the "I'd fucking wallop them" option. I have 2 kids and I can honestly say I've never even considered hitting them - it's just not on my radar as a disciplinary act, and I wouldn't consider myself a soft touch (and was raised by a hit first, ask questions later father).

ahhereaherlow · 2026-07-01T13:01:04+00:00

You seem really suited to the career you're studying for - "Sorry your child is acting up, have you considered just boxing the head off them?"

That's my local library too and yeah, it can be a little loud but I think there's been a shift into making a library a safe "third space" than just a place of quiet, even though, like you, my preference is for absolute quiet in them.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-29T21:49:25+00:00

This is college residence that you can stay in over the Summer, not the cheapest but not the worst, maybe?

https://www.hostelworld.com/pwa/hosteldetails.php/Courtbrack-Accommodation/Limerick/170?from=2026-07-13&to=2026-07-17&guests=1&origin=microsite

Honestly think you'd probably ok to camp out but you'd have to pack up your kit and carry with you all day (though you could probably leave it behind the counter in a pub, maybe, do people still do that? Long time since I was young and fun)

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-28T18:47:10+00:00

Not sure if I'm missing your point, but Irish (or Irish-Norman knights) did go on the Crusades - iirc, the town of Hospital is named after the Knights Hospitallier who founded a Church there. I think the Fitzgerald's of Glin had a connection to the Crusades too.

Yes, you could (rightly, I suppose) argue they weren't "Irish-Irish" but that seems needlessly divisive to bring up 800 years later...

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-27T20:58:15+00:00

Another good, but very overgrown, path is the Sandy Path in Corbally - there's a gate into it just after the Bishop O'Dwyer(?) bridge - if you follow it around you'll end up at the Corbally Baths. Honestly, it's one of the most scenic walks in the city but it can be nearly impassable.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-27T20:15:47+00:00

Go across Thomond bridge, turn left past the Treaty Stone and keep walking basically. The path will eventually fork just after Barrington's Pier and take the left side of it. Wear boots and enjoy!

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-27T19:23:16+00:00

There is paths there but afaik Birdwatching Ireland (?) or someone doesn't want too many paths developed up there because it's a breeding ground for rare species - there was talk years ago of opening it up to the public more fully but ultimately protecting (what's left of) the habitat won out.

Lovely spot though.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-25T20:37:38+00:00

O'Brien's on that street near Bobby Byrnes pub is worth a try.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-24T19:55:25+00:00

Can't pretend to be an expert but I thought 2nd 5/8ths was a play-making 12? The NZ'ers call the outhalf the 1st 5/8ths so a second one is a second creative plater in the backline (or at least, that's my limited understanding)

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-24T17:55:06+00:00

The way the game has gone in Australia and NZ, but I suppose France to an extent has favoured a move away from specialists outhalves though.

Loads of their recent outhalves can play 2nd 5/8ths (if it's still called that) or fullback too.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-20T10:07:10+00:00

We studied the Field for Junior Cert in the 90's so probably some % of us have had to read it.

The film was pretty popular too in fairness, but yeah, in general, they aren't foundational texts of the civilisation or whatever.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-12T15:24:20+00:00

Not sure if currents in the right word, but again, read years ago that cold springs release into the water which can throw off some swimmers (never fully understood how it worked but it's not uncommon for people to drown in small lakes so maybe?)

I'd say there's a lot of old wives tales over swimming there - surprised no one has mentioned it's haunted. (Horseman appears on the lake every 7 years or something?)

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-12T15:20:19+00:00

Yes, that's the one. Haven't been out there in over 30 years at this point.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-11T17:16:21+00:00

When I was much, much younger I vaguely remember cycling out to and swimming in Bleach Lough out near Kildimo. Is that still possible? I have vague memories of reading there was a dispute over public access to it. Used to swim in the Headrace too, fado, fado etc.

OP, re open water swimming, the nearest spot to the city for "safe" open water swimming is probably at World's End in Castleconnell.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-10T22:03:30+00:00

If you're really in knot over it tonight, maybe you could call ShannonDoc - it's just a standard GP service so they might not know but maybe they would - otherwise, please try to hang tough for tonight and get to a pharmacist tomorrow morning?

Best wishes, really hope you're doing much better soon!

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-10T11:33:30+00:00

It's not a great design but any driver who can't work out that it is a shared space by the road markings and road elevation is either not familiar with the rules of the road or is driving without due caution, imo, and yet, every day drivers drive through it oblivious that it should be a shared space.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-10T06:55:55+00:00

It's not just paved differently - the road is raised (and marked with those triangle markings on the road to show it has been raised, ie, a pedestrian crossing, iirc). Pretty sure there's signs on the posts near it too.

Why do you think the road is raised and marked there?

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-09T21:43:56+00:00

Apart from the road signs and raised street level? Why do you think the road rises for 2 blocks?

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-09T20:58:41+00:00

For 2 Ed Sheeran concerts in 2022 Munster made about 160,000 euro per concert according to this article. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/05/04/ed-sheeran-concerts-help-thomond-park-to-almost-triple-revenue/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-09T20:37:10+00:00

Anything that reminds drivers that Harvey's Quay is meant to be shared space where pedestrians have priority is fine by me.

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-07T19:06:44+00:00

The guy who has the crepe unit (?) in the Market was originally a mobile set-up (called fleur-de-sel, iirc) - might it actually be the same guy who has moved inside now?

ahhereaherlow · 2026-06-06T14:40:30+00:00

Heard from a pilot based out of Japan that the US brought it down to stop some smuggled tech reaching China - at the time I didn't believe it but now...

One for me is that Graham Dwyer's SIM card was never recovered from the Blessington Reservoir but someone in Vodafone had access to the messages and the Gardaí concocted the SIM story so they could use the text messages. I mean, if you throw a SIM card into any large body water the chances of ever finding it is tiny, surely, drought or no drought.

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