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Author: colmjhoran

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The Emergency History Thread Nationalises The Canal

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 colmjhoran

This week’s History Thead is over to you. Continue reading The Emergency History Thread Nationalises The Canal

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The Weekly History Thread Hands It Over To You

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 colmjhoran

This week’s History Thread is exciting to hear what you’ve been reading, or seeing, or thinking about. Continue reading The Weekly History Thread Hands It Over To You

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The History Thread is Powered By Air

June 14, 2022June 13, 2022 colmjhoran

This week’s History Thread looks at our third (and final?) Strange Railway of Ireland! Continue reading The History Thread is Powered By Air

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The Day After D-Day History Thread

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 colmjhoran

This week’s History Thread remembers the day after D-Day. Continue reading The Day After D-Day History Thread

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The Emergency History Thread Makes A Recovery

May 31, 2022May 31, 2022 colmjhoran

The History Thread is back! What have you been reading? What have you been thinking about? Tell us here! As the long-term effects of COVID-19 become more apparent, I’ve been thinking about diseases of the lungs. The Irish Times had … Continue reading The Emergency History Thread Makes A Recovery

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The History Thread Stands With Ukraine

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 colmjhoran

I was born in 1990. I was born right on one of those era-dividing lines, even though I didn’t know it at the time and wouldn’t realise it until I began studying history as a teenager in the years after … Continue reading The History Thread Stands With Ukraine

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The History Thread Rides a Genuine, Bonafide, Steam-Powered Irish Monorail

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 colmjhoran

In 1880, the wider world came to the Kerry market town of Listowel with the arrival of the Limerick & Kerry Railway. Immediately thereafter, with the promise of easier access to education, a boost to tourism and a market for … Continue reading The History Thread Rides a Genuine, Bonafide, Steam-Powered Irish Monorail

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A Pint of Plain for the History Thread

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 colmjhoran

In 1759, a wealthy young brewer named Arthur Guinness used his inheritance to take out a 9000-year lease, at £45 a year, on an old brewery at St James’s Gate, on the western edge of Dublin city. It was, of … Continue reading A Pint of Plain for the History Thread

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Doctor Who (Classic): S24E04 “Dragonfire”

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 colmjhoran

Dungeon Module 7G Ho, adventurer! You have travelled many aeons to this strange new realm. Always the forces of Order press on its borders, seeking to enslave its populace to Exciting Employment Opportunities and render its riches into Year-On-Year Growth. … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S24E04 “Dragonfire”

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Doctor Who (EU): Big Finish Season 24, Part 2

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 colmjhoran

Big Finish review time once more! I started these reviews because I’d slowly built up a collection of Seventh Doctor stories, but foolishly deferred to my completist side by not actually watching or listening to many of them until I … Continue reading Doctor Who (EU): Big Finish Season 24, Part 2

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Doctor Who (Classic): S24E03 “Delta And The Bannermen”

December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 colmjhoran

Season 24 Written by Malcolm KohllDirected by Chris Clough How long until something old is new again? They say the Nostalgia Cycle is between twenty and thirty years. Long enough for a generation to experience something, grow up, and then … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S24E03 “Delta And The Bannermen”

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Doctor Who (EU): Big Finish Season 24, Part 1

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 colmjhoran

Big Finish review time! I started these reviews because I’d slowly built up a collection of Seventh Doctor stories, but foolishly deferred to my completist side by not actually watching or listening to them. This is my motivation for finally … Continue reading Doctor Who (EU): Big Finish Season 24, Part 1

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Doctor Who (Classic): S24E02 “Paradise Towers”

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 colmjhoran

Season 24Written by Stephen WyattDirected by Nicholas Mallet In a 2009 poll, “Paradise Towers” was voted the eighth-worst Doctor Who story of all time. In 2013 it had a burst of popularity and ascended the list a whole two places. … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S24E02 “Paradise Towers”

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Doctor Who (Classic): S24E01 “Time And The Rani”

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 colmjhoran

Season 24Written by Pip and Jane BakerDirected by Andrew Morgan In 1987, Doctor Who died. They just didn’t know it yet. Doctor Who was a dead show walking, an inherited legacy whose only purpose was to fill the time while … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S24E01 “Time And The Rani”

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