Day: July 11, 2019
DOWN MEMORY LANE
John Maloney sent this picture to the excellent Dumbarton Memories page on Facebook. It’s of a class from Wee St Pat’s, McLean Place, Dumbarton, between
ROYAL NAVY WARSHIP SEES OFF IRANIANS
HMS Montrose was forced to position herself between the Iranian vessels and British Heritage and issue verbal warnings to the Iranian vessels, which then turned away.
Brendan Grace obituary: Ireland’s most popular live comedian
For 40 years, Brendan Grace, who has died aged 68, was Ireland’s most popular live comedian, delivering sell-out performances at venues big and small all over the country. Though his material was rarely subtle, his gag-per-minute ratio was very high, and archive film invariably shows his audiences in complete hysterics