Wednesday, 10 October 2007

Dangerous place, that Dalkey Island!

Myself & Judge will be wearing bullet proof vests on our next paddle to the Island, after reading the following recent newspaper article:




















The Times, July 30 1828.

It's reassuring to know not only that the price of oak bark is soaring, but more importantly, that the Island is now fortified against those Normans:



The Times June 10 1805

2 comments:

Cinclus said...

I believe they had more refined taste in those days and wouldn't tolerate plastic corks.

JudgeJim said...

The two Dermots were on the verge of repeating this episode last night, in a heated argument over worker control and communism or something like that!