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Setanta and the Hound: Design for Croke Park Hurling Final 2001

Setanta and the Hound Design Croke Park 2001
I came across several shelves’ worth of old drawings and designs tonight. This one was an artist’s impression for a proposal that the then Mac Teo (now Arcana) was putting to Croke Park for interval entertainment at the 2001 Hurling Final. It was a retelling of the Setanta and the Hound myth and the proposal eventually took life like this:

Charlie Bird Facts

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Cartoon by Annie West.

Great craic on Twitter the other night. There was a spontaneous eruption of Charlie Bird Facts after @naoisen suggested it. #Birdfacts topped the trendlist for Ireland for a couple of hours, and there were a few curious tweets coming in from around the world wondering what the hell it was all about.

I’ve listed most of the good ones below.

AllanCavanagh Charlie Bird can detect Denis O’Brien even in an earthquake zone.

AllanCavanagh Remember ‘Nam? THAT’S BECAUSE YOU WEREN’T THERE MAN. Except Charlie Bird. He was there.

AllanCavanagh God was all for getting rid of the Angelus until Charlie Bird told him he quite liked it actually.

AllanCavanagh Charlie Bird can see Ann’s underwear, back in the studio.

SeanMoncrieff Like Ryanair, Charlie Bird has been in hotels quite close to some of the major stories of the past decade.

AllanCavanagh Charlie Bird knows a scene of utter destruction from mere rubble.

AllanCavanagh Charlie Bird has known how Lost’s going to end from the first episode.

tnteacherTim Charlie Bird taught McGyver everything he knows.

AllanCavanagh Charlie Bird has learnt off Google Earth by heart.

susankilkenny Charlie Bird has a bionic ear…but it’s broken at the moment. He’s deaf in the other ear.

AllanCavanagh Charlie Bird was Hunter S. Thompson’s inspiration.

susankilkenny Charlie Bird wrote a State of the Union for Obama…but he lost the address.

AllanCavanagh Charlie Bird is fighting swine flu with his fists, one cell at a time

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Galway Canal being creepy

Galway’s been experiencing a lot of strange cloying fogs as of late. I took this a few weeks ago near Parkavara, the fog hung about a foot deep above the water, unmoving but for the occasional tendril that crept up on a breeze.

Stocking filler suggestions

Some of you (and indeed, me) will be running around this weekend looking for last minute gifts. I have two recommendations. FOR THE KIDS: The Third Pig Detective Agency by Bob Burke. I reviewed it here, and it’s available from bookshops. It’s a jolly good romp for the 8-12 age group. FOR THE GROWN-UPS: Satire … Read more