Things I learned today (Part 2)

Prove me wrong…

Jesus, to think Dublin came so close to having an unlimited pot of money to spend on GAA.

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https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/horse-racing/jp-mcmanus-racing-empire-gambling-28750949

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Few lads in bother here

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That’s surely bollocks.

looks nervously

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I caught a show on RTÉ a year or two ago about this. Must have been one of John Creedon’s shows. Very interesting, hadn’t heard about it before.

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He probably isn’t really.

Ah yeah you would take the St Nick part with a pinch of salt. The whole lost medieval village thing though was fascinating.

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It is. Ireland is so full of history.

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St valentine is buried in dublin too. We just need to prove the easter bunny and jesus himself are buried here to have a full house

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And we invented Halloween

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Another limerick man wanting to be a dub

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Just like JP.

Andi Peters is still knocking around as a TV presenter and looking as young as ever. I remember him on kids TV on BBC and CITV in the early 90s (through our dodgy south east deflector)

As a local there’s a lot wrong with that article, but I wouldn’t be an expert and was never at the grave.
@EmilioButragueno would have been more local.

There’s a website:

https://jerpointpark.com/

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@Malarkey would surely have the inside track on this.

It’s a city, pal!