Off to Dublin in the Sky blue

After decades I went to see what I have only read off..The GPO in Dublin, 

I was pleased to see the Cuchulain statue. I was disspointed that the statue is not more prominent. Oh and quite surprised to see word of Meagher 

The GPO building is quite impressive and still in use.

JW et al should not be allowed to use the outside site. Just move them up the road 

That said, I dislike the Garda uniforms - there were Garda huddling outside the building escaping the downpours of Dublin 

There was but one card reader at the GPO ticket office

The museum should be free

Dolly Parton

 

Dolly Parton 

(1946-2026)

Tennessean, Wife, Musician, Actor, Biblophile

``I will always love you''

• Legendary country music singer Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80

• "Dolly Parton's legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience," her team says - read their statement in full

• The country icon sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and wrote over 3,000 songs in a career that spanned six decades

• From growing up on a "dirt poor" farm to stardom, no-one did it like Dolly, writes our music correspondent Mark Savage

• Raised in poverty in a one-room cabin in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, Parton was the fourth youngest of 12 children - her early life in pictures

• Elton John says Parton was "unique and irreplaceable", while US country star Reba McEntire pays tribute to "my buddy Dolly": "There will never ever be another you"

• Parton's style was unapologetically bold, she wowed Glastonbury, starred in well-known films and appealed to all ages

Taxi Driver

 Taxi Driver

There is a lot of Cybil Sheperd in this film. Which I found disappointing  She seems to have been forgotten in the legend this film has made. I suppose everyone is overshadowed by Jodie Foster, and Robert De Niro. 

I have seen Travis talking into the mirror for decades.

I could'nt really engage with it. I started with high hopes Travis being a Vietnam veteran should be red meat for me. This just felt sleezy. Which is supposed too,  Cybil's  all American girl being taken to a Pnro cinema

I did wonder about the class dynamics.  

I am back in New York city again.. I don't like it 

I will say this film is fine. I am glad I have ticked the box. 

The French Connection

 

I saw this on BBC I-player

This is very much off it's time. Racial slurs abound.  The docker's union have to be paid off. When we see Marsielles it is a city of steps, and handcarts. You notice the cars are brightly coloured. Men wear suits. It is still cold. The Nightclub has a song about going to the moon. The club has a live band rather then electronic music 

The chase scene on the overpass is legendary.

It is interesting to see Marseilles, a city which I am not familar with. The French villian has a much younger mistress, he angles off his house

I did like Popeye

This seems to have created a lot of tropes. The upper class junkie, the undercover black police officer

The chases. Lots and lot of foot chases...

Na hINCIGH

 

Hayden Panettiere

 Hayden Lesley Panettiere

I loved Heroes, I loved Claire

August 21, 1989 – August 16, 2026

Mother, Anti Whaling activist, Autobiographer

Lima zoo

My daughter, and the flamenco

   This is an albino tiger, which is very rare- if it was not specifically bred by a collector