Velvan Plug

@velvanplug

Dumped both TwitX and Amazon/Kindle - support as many local Irish ☘️ businesses as I can. Also on Threads … but the counter is running. Weird Old car stuff, archeology, dogs, 3D-printing. 60s kid, accidental spaniel slave. Not looking for Followers. At all!

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Velvan Plug@velvanplug· 15d

My second car - a 1978 Cork-built Mk2 - 392 YZE

1983, beside RTE Clermont Cairn Transmitter, Co. Louth. Amateur Radio VHF contest. Mk2 Escort L 392YZE

1984 at base of RTE Mount Leinster transmitter… VHF Amateur Radio Contest. Mk2 Escort 392YZE

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· 15d

Shudda got it on 2 ! First car here Name That Car — Puzzle #939 3/5 🟥🟥🟨 namethatcar.online

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· 21d

Only recently realised what was on the McArdles Ale label …!

Macardles Ale - with puffins in the heraldic shield. (Not the regular MacArdle family crest)

MacArdles Ale - brewed in Dundalk by Diageo

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· Jul 7

John Boyd Dunlop’s gravestone in Deansgrange Cemetery, Dublin

John Boyd Dunlop headstone in Deansgrange Cemetery, Dublin

Inscription :

JOHN BOYD DUNLOP
BORN AT DREGHORN, AYRSHIRE, 5TH FEBRUARY, 1840.
DIED 23RD OCTOBER 1921. AGED 81 YEARS.
“BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT FOR THE END OF THAT MAN IS PEACE.”
ALSO
HIS DEVOTED WIFE
MARGARET
WHO DIED 20™ FEBRUARY 1929.
ALSO
THEIR DAUGHTER
JEANNIE McCLINTOCK
DIED 8TH DEC. 1956.

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· Jul 7

Thom’s memorial in Baltinglass - on his grandmother’s grave.

Thom McGinty’s name on grandmother Kitty O’Hara’s grave in Baltinglass, west Co. Wicklow. Photo 6th July 2026

Overlooking Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow : Thom McGinty’s name on grandmother Kitty O’Hara’s grave in Baltinglass, west Co. Wicklow. Photo 6th July 2026.

O’Hara Family grave in Baltinglass, west Co. Wicklow. Photo 6th July 2026
Has Thom McGinty’s name inscribed.

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· Jul 1

I’m just seeing this :

Link page from DIB pinned link on Bluesky

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· May 20

Bryan Cranston - Malcolm in the Middle - the bee scene !

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· May 20

It’s like a miniature of Roscommon Castle …

From Wikipedia:

Roscommon Castle aerial photograph
Author: 瑞丽江的河水

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· May 15

‘96 Lancer ? Pic from Wikipedia

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· May 10

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Velvan Plug@velvanplug· May 4

Yep, think so !! It always reminds me of the late model Bristol 411s - there’s a proportion there just seems off - think it’s that headlamp units are a bit too large for the “face”. Fiat got it better in the 124 Special ( and T).

Bristol vehicles, model Bristol 411 Series 4 with quad headlights
(cc) Paul Wilson from Bristol

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· Apr 25

Picture of Drumpf and a Jesus-like character - Caption says : “It was at this point that Jesus realized his wallet was missing.”

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· Apr 11

And a CX Loadrunner for the IKEA trips !

Citroën CX Loadrunner - Silver with glass rear side window panels.
From Kenjonbro on Flickr.

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· Apr 10

Bit of a Taunus vibe with those lights. (Pic from Wikipedia)

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· Apr 7

Noooo …

Ford Falcon … that’s been turned into an Art Installation… 🫣

Velvan Plug@velvanplug· Mar 29

Nerd-alert ! Intrigued by the badge on the 1925-registered Renault … it turns out the badge is the short-lived 1923 badge - pic from the archived Dinesh.com