Monday 17 December 2012

Friday 7 December 2012

The Corrs - Brid Og Ni Mhaille




Is a Bhríd Óg Ní Mháille
'S tú d'fhág mo chroí cráite
'chuir tú arraingeacha
An bháis tríd cheartlár mo chroí
Tá na mílte fear i ngrá
Le d'éadan ciúin náireach
Is go dtug tú barr breáchtacht'
Ar Thír Oirghiall más fíor

Níl ní ar bith is áille
Ná'n ghealach os cionn a' tsáile
Ná bláth bán na n-airne
Bhíos ag fás ar an draighean
Ó siúd mar bíos mo ghrá-sa
Níos trilsí le breáchtacht
Béilín meala na háilleacht'
Nach ndearna riamh claon

Is buachaill deas óg mé
'Tá triall chun mo phósta
'S ní buan i bhfad beo mé
Mura bhfaighidh mé mo mhian
A chuisle is a stóirín
Déan réidh 's bí romhamsa
Cionn deireanach den Domhnach
Ar Bhóithrín Dhroim Sliabh

Is tuirseach 's is brónach
A chaithimse an Domhnach
Mo hata i 'mo dhorn
'S mé ag osnaíl go trom
'S mé ag amharc ar na bóithre
'Mbíonn mo ghrá-sa ag gabhail ann
'S 'anois 'g fear eile pósta
Is gan í bheith liom
'S 'anois 'g fear eile pósta
Is gan í bheith liom

[Translation:]

Oh Brid Og O'Malley
You have left my heart breaking
You've sent the death pangs
Of sorrow to pierce my heart sore
A hundred men are craving
For your breathtaking beauty
You're the fairest of maidens
In Oriel for sure

No spectacle is fairer
Than moonbeams on the harbor
Or the sweet scented blossoms
Of the sloe on the thorn
But my love shines much brighter
In looks and in stature
That honey-lipped beauty
Who never said wrong

I'm a handsome young fellow
Who is thinking of wedlock
But my life will be shortened
If I don't get my dear
My love and my darling
Prepare now to meet me
On next Sunday evening
On the road to Drum Slieve

'Tis sadly and lonely
I pass the time on Sunday
My head bowed in sorrow
My sights heavy with woe
As I gaze upon the byways
That my true love walks over
Now she's wed to another
And left me forlorn


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Wednesday 5 December 2012

Thursday 22 November 2012

Wednesday 21 November 2012

Ringsend (część trzecia)



The river Dodder flows through Ringsend. The Dodder is one of the three main Dubin rivers, the others being the Liffey, of which the Dodder is the largest tributary, and the Tolka.


Venezia eat your heart out


Soviet style social housing on the banks of the river Dodder

Sunday 18 November 2012

Ringsend Village, Dublin



 On a grey/gray Sunday in November

Ringsend Library



Ringsend Library was one of four public libraries built during the 1930's by Dublin Corporation in the suburbs of Dublin. The simple building has Art Deco styling around the doors and simple modern window treatments.
The library was designed by Robert S. Lawrie, who was a Scottish architect in the firm of Dublin city Architects Horace O’Rourke during the 1930s. He later returned to Scotland to take up the appointment of County Architect for Fife.


 St. Patrick's Church
(I once saw Pierse Brosnan getting married here. But it was only a movie!)


(the boy in the window)

Thursday 15 November 2012

Divinity Hair Salon



The unusual reception desk in Divinity Hair & Beauty Salon in Bolton Street

Monday 12 November 2012

Sunday 11 November 2012