One may be forgiven for feeling trenched in utter astonishment after finding a statement concerning the National monument no. 140, Grianán of Aileach, mentioned in a press release responding to accusations made by the Garda Representative Association against the OPW.
The rather generous spending habits of this state body hit the headlines in Donegal after it [...]
Archive for May, 2009
The OPW, three light bulbs and a National monument
Posted in Grianan Aileach, Heritage Protection, tagged Grianan Aileach on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Holes above the gate
Posted in Grianan Aileach, Heritage Protection, tagged Grianan Aileach on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When the day comes, and one more but decisive part of our past will crumble under the higher, bigger, faster grip of our hand, we will fall with it.
After all, the great universe itself will reach eventually the point, where it can expand no further and will implode into the grain of dust, it grew [...]
Swan-song
Posted in Heritage Protection on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The beautiful old Swilly Hotel on Buncrana’s shore has received its final stabbing after decades of endurance, which have left a feeble shell, where once grandeur praised the splendour of this spot. It will be flattened and replaced by architectural suicide and environmental disagreeability. Another landmark gone in a town built on the [...]
