The first movie ticket purchased online was bought by Sandra Bullock
I donāt know if it saved any lives but Iād say it would work alright. In case of fires in high rise buildings.
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The last man hanged in Waterford Gaol was a man called Dunphy who was hung in 1900. Dunphy was a 74 year old who was found guilty of murdering his two sons aged 9 and 11 to collect on the life insurance he had taken out on their lives. He poisoned them with strychnine.
The hangman was brought in from Huddersfield.
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Sounds like a Kilkenny man
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The Pierrepoints of Huddersfield were to hanging what the Allens of Ballymaloe are to cooking (that oneās for you @flattythehurdler 
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Pair of cnuts. I think they died of booze. Hopefully.
The gaol was in Ballybricken where the Garda Station and the Labour Exchange is now ( on Jail Street funnily enough ). The gaol was demolished after a wall collapsed during the Second World War killing 13 people.
I had assumed it was one of the Pierrepoints so I had a quick look and it turns out it was a different hangman from Huddersfield called Thomas Scott.
A quick google doesnāt reveal why Huddersfield is do synonymous with Hangmen, does anybody know?
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The Pierrepoint family left Huddersfield in 1917 and moved to Failsworth near Oldham. ( as per Wikipedia).
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Thereās a bottle of whiskey in Shannon airport duty free that costs 20000 euros but itās only 19900 duty free.
The world is unhinged sometimes. Well a lot of the time.
Some yank will use it to brush his teeth while watching the Ryder cup . The yanks will buy anything thatās not nailed down from Shannon to Adare come the Ryder cup
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Could only buy it on the way out. Theyāll probs buy the airport.
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The Orange Goat is not a pub which i always thought it was
Billy Beane of Moneyball fame is part owner of soccer clubs Barnsley and Troy Parrotās AZ Alkmaar.
The last bit about the fella who came down to support them, Iād never known that until recently (today for this thread purpose). Fair going to keep at it for 3 years. When you look at what is going on in the world now, and the wonder about what difference one person can make. Some women.
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The legendary origin of the phrase āChancing your armā came from Dublin in 1492. The Butlers of Ormonde and the FitzGeralds of Kildare were fighting a bloody violent feud. The Butlers retreated to the sanctuary of St. Patrickās Cathedral, with the FitzGeralds in hot pursuit.
A deadly standoff took place, the Fitzgeralds refusing to leave till the Butlers surrendered. However, the Butlers feared theyād be massacred by their sworn enemies if they left the sanctuary.
To break the stalemate, GearĆ³id MĆ³r FitzGerald came up with a genius idea. To show his sincerity to let the Butlers surrender peacefully, he cut a hole in the Chapterhouse door and put his empty sword arm through, as a gesture of peace.
The Butlers recognised the honour of the act of Fitzgerald āchancing his armā. Their leader shook Fitzgeraldās hand. Both families left the cathedral in peace, and in one piece! The āDoor of Reconciliationā is still on display in St Patās Cathedral this day.
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Beyond the pale.
Lynch mob.
On the long finger
Boycott.
All of Irish origin.
I think āon the pigs backā is too
TNH.
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@Fagan_ODowd would know TNH, he was around at the time.
