Aidan Curran
@aidancurran17
Runner. Bookeater. Francophone. Kerryperson. Presentable (He/him) #SpéirGhorm Writing about every song to top the Irish charts at irishnumberones.com and @irishnumberones.bsky.social
I remember that name pre-Simpsons from Admiral John Poindexter who was in the news for Reagan-related stuff in the '80s, which is strange because I'm still young: web.archive.org/web/20181126...
If only the England manager and right-back had been as attentive to Messi.
France v England in the third-place play-off will be nice for them, though.
England attacking the leisure centre end in this first half #ENGGHA #WorldCup2026
With fewer of us watching the same TV channels at the same times, we're missing out on the shared pop culture of Ads We Love/Hate. Think of all the lost Irish memes about: - Fuchsia Bike Dads - "Larry will sort you out!" - ♫ "Codlaígí, codlaígí, codlaígí!" ♫ - the OUTsurance paper guy
Dusty Springfield is commemorated in her mother's home town (and mine) of Tralee in the traditional Irish art form of painted junction box:
Aargh, I thought PSG v. Bayern would be on normal TV as usual, but instead it's only on Blofeld Prime
Also counting the cost of my absence from Paris: the boulangeries www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
How's France getting on ever since I moved back to Ireland? Well... www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
This was my nearest supermarket during the snow in Ireland in 2018: empty shelves all around but still no one wanted to be seen getting the notiony bread.
One of the more obscure channels on my tellybox is repeating The Fall Guy. That must be it.
Liverpool's away kit is green in honour of Ireland being the first team to play them after Gerry and The Pacemakers split up #FootballFacts #UCL #COYBIG