Things I learned today (Part 2)

There are a lot of rapists, rapist apologists, potential rapists, rapist dreamers, unconvicted rapists and/or rapist defenders on TFK.

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Is the Long Man of Kilfane still open? It was a noble establishment before Kilkenny became a drivethru county.

It opens and closes a lot. I text the sister there now and she says ‘Only for tinker weddings’. Her words now not mine. The old owner got a bit old/unwell and sold it. The new owners built a big hall. Covid came and went. Might have been sold again. It opened and closed a lot. Summer/Winter. The passing coach tours was a big thing but they lost that with the new motorway junction near Knocktopher/Jerpoint.

I never liked it to be honest. The restaurant had no windows, when I thought that could have been a big selling point.

Do you remember it when it was Phillips’?

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I don’t.

Your father or mother would.
Which ever one of them worked in Carlow and drove that road.

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During WWII, Coca Cola created a new drink just for Nazi Germany. US cut off cola syrup shipments to Germany, so Coca Cola Deutschland invented Fanta to keep selling drink under the Nazi regime. It became a global brand after the war.

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Nicky Brennan managed Kilkenny Fotbullers