Ireland Vs. the USA — Funny TV Spot.
This appears to be a spot for Silva, a compass manufacturer. Funny stuff.
Ireland
Lipstick, eyeliner, action for Goth Penn
From The Irish Independent: NO, that’s not ageing rock star Alice Cooper. Hollywood actor Sean Penn appeared in lipstick and eyeliner yesterday to play a Goth rockstar on the streets of Dublin. In ‘This Must Be The Place’, the 50-year-old takes on the role of a music legend living out […]
Wax Museum Theft —Stripped of their clothes were Adolf Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, Charles de Gaulle…
Dublin, Ireland: The theft of National Wax Museum figures will not stop next month’s reopening of the tourist attraction, the museum’s management insisted today. Dozens of models, including Bob the Builder, the Teletubbies and Frankenstein , were stolen from a warehouse in central Dublin last month. Replica uniforms from the Easter […]
Ireland’s controversial entry for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest
Ireland’s 2008 Eurovision Song Contest entry.
Ah Jaysus would ya lookit – Wedding Missing Traveller Groom
Ah Jaysus would ya lookit. Lavinia’s groom is late for the wedding because he’s finishing up some drinking.
The 200 yard Gong Shot
Challenge #1: Could David Howell, Paul McGinley, Marcel Siem or Rhys Davies skim a golf ball 200 yards across a lake and hit a 9 inch gong?
Happy Paddy’s Day from Father Jack
Link to a larger version. Okay, this isn’t a comic BOOK character, but it is an Irish-centric comic character …from a sitcom. Father Jack Hackett from the absolutely fantastic comedy series Father Ted. This series wouldn’t be well known to anyone outside Ireland or the UK but it is without a […]
Is the Blarney Stone fake? The history is interesting.
From RTÉ: Doubts over authenticity of Blarney Stone Millions of tourists may have kissed the wrong Blarney Stone in an effort to get the gift of the gab, according to a new study. The authenticity of the Blarney Stone, kissed by about 400,000 tourists each year, has been questioned by […]
Brazen Thief Robs 180 Kegs of Guinness
From Reuters: DUBLIN (Reuters) | A thief made off with 180 kegs of Guinness beer after smoothly driving into the Dublin brewery which makes the black stout and snatching a trailer load of drink, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday at the Guinness brewery on the […]