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Post by Kentgal on Jul 26, 2008 7:58:04 GMT
Judging by the mid-summer full stop, guess everyone is out & about on their holls!!
Mine was a ONE OFF! earlier in the year touring around Australias Gold Coast = Fab time with 4 days stop-over in Singapore.
Where did all you folks spend your time?
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Post by Sean Tracey on Jul 31, 2008 20:48:51 GMT
;D I am takeing a week in Ireland next week my family and i are comeing over for a family wedding on the 9th of August however we are going to Waterford to stay with a friend of mine who is again a member of a old Curragh family. I always say that whenever i see the two Towers of the Curragh my Heart misses a beat. Does this to us all ex Curragh residents or am i being just silly any comments Sean Tracey. ;D
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Post by Matt McNamara on Jul 31, 2008 21:47:45 GMT
Hi Sean
Good to hear from you again. I commute to and from Dublin every day on the M7 and still love the part of the Newbridge By-Pass where you come up a gradual hill and as you reach the top, the Water Tower and Church Bell Tower come into view about three miles in the distance. So I am lucky I get to see the view most evenings. Enjoy your holidays.
All the best
Matt
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Post by Brendan on Aug 1, 2008 0:46:27 GMT
Sean & Matt:
It's a coincidence that I arrive in Dublin on August 9th. I'll pick up a car at the airport and drive through the Curragh on my way to Kildare.
I look forward to seeing the land of my youth. Over the two weeks I'll be home, I'll walk the plantations, plains and grassy knolls gawking at the countless ewes and lambs feasting like Romans on the abundance of meadow grass. Observing the flowers and trees singing and chanting in full bloom. I know I'll find peace and comfort amid the quietness, stillness and simple beauty. I'll raise both arms, close my eyes, feel the breeze and embellish paradise on earth.
Enjoy your hols Sean.
Brendan
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Post by Liz Murphy on Aug 3, 2008 10:41:48 GMT
Yes There is something soothing about the view toward the curragh ... It feels like home when the watertower comes into view.
Sean Tracey did you live across from the boys school ? I knew a girl called Julie from there and enjoyed some lovely dinners with her family. xx
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Post by tommyhetherington on Aug 4, 2008 16:47:26 GMT
Hi Kentgal,
The forum has slowed down, maybe all the members are enjoying the long warm irish summer days!!! Yeah right.
No hols yet but will be away soon nowhere exotic like yours but none the less a break either way
Enjoy the rest of the summer wherever you are
Tommy H
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Post by tommyhetherington on Aug 4, 2008 16:54:12 GMT
All Hail The Two Towers
Who Knows maybe a certain author passed by oneday and was inspired to write great story
Tommy H
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Post by tommyhetherington on Aug 9, 2008 20:53:38 GMT
Sean and Brendan
Welcome Home hope you have the wet gear, the only thing that has not changed is the weather. Enjoy your stay.
Tommy H
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Post by Matt McNamara on Aug 11, 2008 8:34:55 GMT
Hi Just dropped in to see how the forum is going. As you can see I am here in Spain the weather is great and enjoying the break. While looking for a pub to watch the Kildare V Cork match yesterday, I bumped into Richie Flynn from O´Higgins Tce. I went to school with Richie and was also in the 16th Platoon in the 3rd Battalion in 1985. Nice to bump into a fellow Curragh person even if Kildare did not win. Anyhow all the best. Matt Sunday 17th Aug Just reading on the Internet about all the rain that you are having back home. So just to make you feel better  Don´t say that I don´t think about ye ;D Matt |
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Post by teresap on Aug 17, 2008 20:55:59 GMT
Thanks Matt nice to see a bit of sunshine, nothing but rain all day, i am heading there next month, really looking forward to it.
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Post by anitakearney on Aug 18, 2008 22:13:41 GMT
Hi All, It's quiet depressing talking of lands foreign & blue skies  . We decided to forfeit a holiday this year to go big next year. . . . .Disneyland, Florida. Three blissful weeks, but sadly a whole year away. So Please Matt, Teresa, ANYONE bring back some sun. I love to look out across the curragh on a beautiful sunny day & breathe in the sweet smell of the gorse bushes . . . Aaaahhh! Take pity on us you leave behind. Enjoy  |
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Post by tommyhetherington on Aug 24, 2008 20:35:57 GMT
Hi Gang.
Just back from the Hols Menorca and depressed with the weather but great to see the forum is buzzing taking ages to catch up
Tommy H
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Post by Martin Christie on Aug 24, 2008 21:33:53 GMT
tom take the sun out of youe bag please
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Post by jude on Sept 2, 2008 18:17:59 GMT
Didnt go to far this year.Wexford for a few days, got the ferry to waterford told the young one we were going to france. Got a good laugh out of that. Next year is a big one 25 years married (5) five couples that tied the Knot in the curragh 1985 will be renewing our vows and heading to Mexico, Mono Goff, Gundy o Brien, Morris Newport, Eggie Gallagher. All married to good curragh girls.
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Post by tommyhetherington on Sept 3, 2008 19:52:56 GMT
Well Done Jude,
Any chance of an open invite for the forum members.
Tommy H
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