tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post3574626993133028968..comments2023-09-26T09:08:59.079+01:00Comments on WOMEN RULE WRITER: BROUGHT TO BOYLEGroup 8http://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-701901573648377192009-07-28T18:06:45.358+01:002009-07-28T18:06:45.358+01:00I'd never made the unPC association with a bab...I'd never made the unPC association with a baby's dummy. I call it a soother, anyway & I wish Juno would use one... ;o)Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-85408637606298954642009-07-28T17:35:10.969+01:002009-07-28T17:35:10.969+01:00Nuala, lovely account and photos...reading sounds ...Nuala, lovely account and photos...reading sounds great...must have been real nice to have Juno there too.<br />And yes, Irish shop fronts - brillaint - Listowel was the same as is most every wee Irish town/village...they so stand out...hope they are part of 'preservation Ireland'!<br /><br />And the word 'dummy', my ex-american sister-in-law would nearly have kittens when she heard any of us say that word instead of soother... ; ) I suppose if looked at thoroughly, it isn't very PC..but the other just sounded too false or affected or something....strange!; )Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-81432113178215898772009-07-28T12:25:39.620+01:002009-07-28T12:25:39.620+01:00"little snippets of gentle history drowning i..."little snippets of gentle history drowning in a sea of eurotrash..."<br /><br />Very well put, Watercats. There is something so genuinely lovely about old shop fronts, isn't there? It makes me sad, mad and angry that they may all eventually disappear under a slew of bookies, mobile phone shops and Centras.Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-17992542248005302312009-07-28T12:06:36.327+01:002009-07-28T12:06:36.327+01:00Good on you! and congrats on your book! I can only...Good on you! and congrats on your book! I can only imagine how rewarding it must feel to have a "work" after so much hard work.<br />Yuo're dead on about these shopfronts, it's a joy to stumble upon places like these, little snippets of gentle history drowning in a sea of eurotrash...Batteson.Indhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846214578565824955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-85796627395149862442009-07-28T06:50:46.481+01:002009-07-28T06:50:46.481+01:00Rachel - we have lots of quirky little towns in Ir...Rachel - we have lots of quirky little towns in Ireland. If I were a tourist, I'd want to go to places like Boyle.<br />I woke in the night thinking how un-PC of me it was to say 'shop dummy'. Mannequins, I guess, if we want to be PC. Do we?!<br /><br />Anna-May - I appreciate the virtual support and Juno is duly squeezed.<br />N xGroup 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-49628695370851761492009-07-28T00:28:23.862+01:002009-07-28T00:28:23.862+01:00If I lived nearer I would have been there to cheer...If I lived nearer I would have been there to cheer you on for sure, and to give Juno a squeeze.<br />Anna May xAnna Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14116772124748496194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-46092090877676376112009-07-27T23:17:07.251+01:002009-07-27T23:17:07.251+01:00I don't have the presence of mind to formulate...I don't have the presence of mind to formulate a proper thought or opinion of what I've just read, other than I am smiling like an idiot! Perhaps it's the word play, or the dummy, (the other one, not me), either way, what a great place!<br /><br />And well done with the reading, glad it went well!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-2849635195544738032009-07-27T22:00:25.909+01:002009-07-27T22:00:25.909+01:00Josephine's of Boyle - that's hilarious! Y...Josephine's of Boyle - that's hilarious! Yes, it's that kind of town!Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-49190360308386703142009-07-27T21:47:55.690+01:002009-07-27T21:47:55.690+01:00Got my one and only ever wedding hat in "Jose...Got my one and only ever wedding hat in "Josephines" of Boyle. The town is a bit of a treasure alrightNiamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-36889712665082313402009-07-27T20:05:01.528+01:002009-07-27T20:05:01.528+01:00It's a shop dummy - there were loads of them, ...It's a shop dummy - there were loads of them, each one odder than the last!Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-62579436750316066932009-07-27T20:03:23.893+01:002009-07-27T20:03:23.893+01:00Sounds like it went very well. And that photo of t...Sounds like it went very well. And that photo of the doll, strangely evocative and rather creepy!Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-13479410541836635782009-07-27T20:01:32.619+01:002009-07-27T20:01:32.619+01:00Yes, they were lovely. I was nervous as I was feel...Yes, they were lovely. I was nervous as I was feeling out of the loop - haven't read since early May.<br /><br />Yes, sometimes... ;o)Group 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07924947352624027079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407922151503116046.post-28467320017719948372009-07-27T19:57:58.302+01:002009-07-27T19:57:58.302+01:00Sounds like a warm appreciative audience. Nice wor...Sounds like a warm appreciative audience. Nice work :)<br /><br />And aren't babies so cooperative sometimes (only sometimes :) )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.com