{"id":22403,"date":"2022-10-08T11:53:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T15:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=22403"},"modified":"2022-10-08T11:53:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T15:53:45","slug":"episode-656-thirteen-days-in-dublin-in-1960-alan-skeoch-begins-irish-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=22403","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 656     THIRTEEN DAYS IN DUBLIN IN 1960  (ALAN SKEOCH BEGINS IRISH JOB)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote type=\"cite\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\" class=\"\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; padding: 5.5em 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \"Libre Franklin\", \"Helvetica Neue\", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">\n<article id=\"post-2749\" class=\"hentry post category-uncategorized type-post status-publish format-standard post-2749\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px 0px 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(118, 118, 118); font-size: 0.6875rem; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: 0.1818em; padding-bottom: 0.25em; text-transform: uppercase;\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2019-05-11T22:06:09-04:00\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">MAY 11, 2019<\/time><span class=\"byline\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; display: inline;\">&nbsp;BY&nbsp;<span class=\"vcard author\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><a class=\"url n fn\" href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?author=1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(118, 118, 118); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\">TERRAVIVA<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.625rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; clear: both; line-height: 1.4; padding: 0px; font-weight: 300;\">UNFORGETTABLE SUMMER 1960\u2026.13 days in DUBLIN, IRELAND<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Note:In June 1960 I spent 13 days in Dublin\u2026did not expect to do so\u2026but it was quite fascinating\u2026If &nbsp;you<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">are &nbsp;expecting mining stories you will have to wait fro the next instalment\u2026I did not get<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">to the quaint village of Bunmahon until June 13. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">IN DUBLIN\u2019S FAIR CITY<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">alan Skeoch<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Journal June 1 to June 13, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">(No one predicted I would have a two week holiday in Dublin)<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"CCCF0C9C-5C31-4A71-868B-BC2FE0FDE064\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_20ec7.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">This is the ancient Knockmahon copper mine on the south coast of Ireland. &nbsp;That<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">was my destination in 1960 but it would take 13 more days to get there. Meanwhile<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">I lived in Dublin.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Dublin, quite a city. &nbsp;Circumstances prolonged my stay in Dublin so let me give you a short impression.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">First thing is the city smells\u2026Jacob\u2019s cookie factory, Guinness 62 acre brewery, Tea shops and horses. The<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">smell is intoxicating. &nbsp;The main street, O\u2019Connell Street is wide and busy and for the most part happy in spite<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">of bullet holes deliberately left to remind Irish people of the \u2018time of the troubles\u2019. &nbsp; The people are super<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">friendly\u2026policemen who paid my bus fare, citizens who helped me find my way, and one family\u2026the Behan\u2019s,<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">who sort of adopted me. &nbsp; Lots of pubs to visit. &nbsp;Lots of meat pies and sweet rolls to eat. &nbsp;Trees!! Lots of them<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">and a huge 700 acre park near the city centre. &nbsp;Problems? &nbsp;Of course. &nbsp;Some obviously deranged people<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">here and there. &nbsp;Violence? &nbsp;Never had trouble except one incident that I foolishly precipitated myself.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">To top the visit off, I was able to see The Quiet Man, the charming John Wayne, Maureen Ohara, and\u2019<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Barrie Fitzgerald movie about an Ireland that seemed mythical but turned out to be true. &nbsp;Some Irish might<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">resent the stereotypes &nbsp;but I thoroughly enjoyed them with no expectations they would be part of<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">my experience on the Bunmaahon job. &nbsp;But so much happened that was similar. &nbsp; Not that I &nbsp;felt I<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">was &nbsp;John Wayne. &nbsp;I was however a North American stepping into a cultural milieu of which I was<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">unfamiliar.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">One of the results of my stay &nbsp;in Dublin was &nbsp;the naming of our first born child Kevin. &nbsp;The Behan family<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">adopted me as if I was &nbsp;their son, took me around Dublin to pubs I would &nbsp;never find and allowed me<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">to become part of an Irish family.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"550E0079-40FA-4132-903C-2CFAD71A3818\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kRSX6pNVSpisDKjCtfS1w_thumb_98653.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"CA7B09A2-FE3E-4184-963A-8BB8FAB59352\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_9863e.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"1EA7D1B6-9D01-4214-A553-0F6AF55A2862\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_98633.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">MYJOURNAL: &nbsp;I thought it was lost until by good fortune in April, 2018, I found it among some old &nbsp;books in the cellar. &nbsp;Quite amazing detail.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;\" class=\"\">JUNE 1, 1960<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Smooth flight across to Ireland with Are Lingus. &nbsp;No one there to meet me so I can do whatever I please I guess.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Dublin is &nbsp;a beautiful city with throngs &nbsp;of people on OConnell Street. &nbsp;Friendly. &nbsp;Girls are very pretty. &nbsp;Visited<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the art gallery and then the museum like a normal &nbsp;tourist. &nbsp;Had to remind myself that I was not a tourist .<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Found offices of Arbuckle \u2013 Smith and Company only to discover our Turam shipment had not arrived yet.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Called Barrie Nichols in Toronto to let him know there will be a delay then went shopping for shirt and shoes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Supper was no good. Toured Gresham Green. &nbsp;Called &nbsp;Mrs. &nbsp;Behan who &nbsp;invited me out to their house&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">tomorrow when Kevin Behan gets back from Italy. Very tired. &nbsp;Fell to sleep three times during the day. Being<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">alone is not that enjoyable. &nbsp;Need other people to make life really interesting but it looks like I will<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">be stuck here in Dublin for some time. &nbsp;No point in heading south the County Waterford and &nbsp;village of<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Bunmahon without all our crates of instruments. Toured Gresham Green.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Huntec had booked &nbsp;me into the high class Gresham Hotel expecting my stay in Dublin would be short.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">But our crates of equipment did not arrive for nearly two weeks. &nbsp;The Gresham was fancy as pictured<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">above and expense. &nbsp;NO one told me the breakfasts were included in the room price. &nbsp;I skipped breakfast<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">for a week to save the company money as my expense check was only 200 pounds\u2026not enough<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">for me to stay at the Gresham so after a week I found a &nbsp;cheap hotel in Clontarf, the Hollybrook, where<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">I seemed to be the only guest and the staff made it clear my breakfast as &nbsp;included. &nbsp;Even then by the<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">end of my stay in Dublin the money was &nbsp;almost gone.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"7816A0F6-7007-42BF-B6D4-37B3B438353B\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PastedGraphic-1.tiff\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"yui_3_5_1_1_1556591980707_3017\" apple-inline=\"yes\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; margin-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/th.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">June 2, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">I woke up late so &nbsp;skipped breakfast and walked to the Department of Justice to get my work clearance. &nbsp;Had to prove I was doing<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">a job that nn Irish person could not do. &nbsp;Lots of unemployment here. &nbsp;Looks like my training on the Turan E.M. unit has put me in a<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">special &nbsp;spot. &nbsp;Few people know how to run it\u2026and it is quite complicated\u2026motor generator, base line a mile or so long, two receiving&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">coils with 100 for separation, &nbsp;a console, picketed lines running 3,000 feet from the base line at right angles, etc. &nbsp;Had to explain<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">this &nbsp;to an official.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"1392CDA5-EAD5-48C2-80C4-625EC87FACC4\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/5802_guiness-for-strength-chevalff.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">After that I took a bus to the the Guinness Brewery at St. James Gate, Since I had no bus fare the chap beside me paid my fare.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Guinness is the national drink of Ireland, unless you are a non-drinker. &nbsp;What a rare privilege to see this massive brewery in operation.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">They even have big draught horses harnessed to wagons loaded with barrels of Guinness to be delivered to pubs in Dublin. &nbsp;The smell<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">of the horses and the Guinness is wonderful to me. &nbsp;The tour included a pile of Guinness post cards featuring men lifting bull dozers<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">or pulling beer wagons with the horses as passengers. Humourous. &nbsp; And the end of the tour was best. We all got a full pint of Guinness\u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">my first. &nbsp;I wasn\u2019t to struck on the black liquid at first but soon overcame that problem. &nbsp;Seems a tourist can have as much as he or she<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">wants but I stuck to one pint. &nbsp;I should have eaten breakfast. Felt a bit woozy\u2026warm and woozy. &nbsp;Not staggering.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Ah, yes, Guinness is the national drink of Ireland\u2026 made from barley, hops, yeast and water. &nbsp;That does not sound complicated. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Why is the beer black then? &nbsp;Because the barley<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">is roasted rather malted which makes a thick creamy head on the pint. &nbsp;The thickness of the head is achieved by passing the beer through<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">nitrogen\u2026smaller bubbles result. &nbsp;Guinness is so thick that each pint needs &nbsp;time to settle. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Is Guinness really \u2018good for you\u2019 as the advertising says on billboards across &nbsp;Dublin? &nbsp;Some call Guinness \u2018a meal &nbsp;in a cup\u2019 \u2026198 calories<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">per pint which\u2026less than a pint of milk. &nbsp;Drinkers &nbsp;of Guinness get an \u2018enhanced feeling of well being\u2019 , an advertising statement frowned<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">on by the government. &nbsp;Created in 18th century by Arthur Guinness<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">and apparently one of the most consumed beers worldwide. &nbsp;Guinness does seem to be good for drinkers though\u2026lots of healthy&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">antioxidants\u2026like fruits and vegetables\u2026slow deposit of bad &nbsp;cholesterol on artery walls. Or so the story is told. &nbsp;My \u2018meal in cup\u2019<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">certainly replaced breakfast and gave me an enhanced feeling that the world around me is good.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"83E725AB-DB2D-457C-BD2E-FB6E883BF248\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dublin-afternoon-tea-7.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">This &nbsp;is &nbsp;high tea at the Gresham Hotel where I stayed for the first week. &nbsp;I did not know<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Breakfast was included in the room rate so &nbsp;skipped &nbsp;breakfast for that week. &nbsp;Fancy<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">hotel but very unfriendly.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Bought some tomatoes &nbsp;and meat pie to eat in my room while reading a book. Sort of lonely feeling\u2026needed<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">a pint of Guinness I guess but afraid to go into a pub alone. &nbsp;Not fear just felt being solitary would be uncomfortable.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Contacted a sign painter as Ministry of Justice insisted I have a road sign saying Danger in both English<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">and Irish. &nbsp;This will take some time to do\u2026will pay extra to get faster work done. &nbsp;Decided to go back to<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the Guinness factory , now have bus tokens, but found place closed. &nbsp;Got some good pictures though.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">I was startled by a crazy woman in middle of the cobbled street near St. James Gate. &nbsp;She was covered in<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">blood while singing and dancing and jumping around. &nbsp;Very sad. &nbsp;She even relieved herself by lifting her skirt<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">and pissing without care. &nbsp;Most on lookers did not stop\u2026treated &nbsp;her as if a normal situation. &nbsp;I kept walking&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">as well. &nbsp;Returned to my room to finish off the meat pie.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Phoned down to The Kennedy\u2019s to see if &nbsp;gear had arrived. &nbsp;No luck. &nbsp;Our crew of three will be staying with<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the Kennedy family in Bunmahon. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Then I bought some flowers and took a bus to the Behan home. &nbsp;Mrs. Behan poured tea and a little later<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Kevin Behan came bursting on the scene. &nbsp;He had just landed from Italy. &nbsp;Grand fellow. &nbsp;He took me to a<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">pub for another Guinness. &nbsp;Driving back he tried to run over a \u2018teddy boy\u2019\u2026or at least to scare him. &nbsp;\u2018Teddy<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">boy\u2019s are street gang members I assume. &nbsp; &nbsp;Then he drove me home to my hotel room.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">I Was quite surprised at Kevin\u2019s hatred of these Teddy Boys. &nbsp;Seemed just like rock and roll kids to me\u2026couple&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">of my friends had the greased &nbsp;down haircuts although most of them had brush cuts and &nbsp;were not nearly as&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">fancy &nbsp;dressed as the Irish Teddy Boys who tried to wear the fancy clothing of Edwardian England. &nbsp;Some Teddy<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Boys did run in tough gangs though. &nbsp; I think Kevin Behan\u2019s hatred was triggered by the Notting Hill race Riots in<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">London where some 300 Teddy Boys targeted black people using iron bars and butcher knives. &nbsp;That was really bad<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">but most Teddy Boys were just mild rebels like a lot of kids in my high school days back in Canada. &nbsp;I kept my<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">mouth shut. &nbsp;Maybe Kevin had a bad experience. To me those Teddy Boys and Teddy Girls wereThe kind of kids &nbsp;that loved&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the movie Blackboard Jungle. &nbsp;I did not tell Kevin that I skipped school one afternoon just to see the movie.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Gutless.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img\" apple-inline=\"yes\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Red-Deer-Croydon-Chris-Steele_Perkins-Magnum-Photos-copy-958x559-1.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img\" apple-inline=\"yes\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; height: auto; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/teddyboys2405r.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Teddy Boys, so names by their Edwardian dress, were seen as rebels. &nbsp;Really they looked<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">much like the Rock and Roll kids so common in Canada &nbsp;in 1950\u2019s and 1960\u2019s.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">June 3, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">I woke up at 9 and made my so called breakfast\u2026crumpets and Quosh, an orange &nbsp;fizzy drink. &nbsp;Then went to see Mr. O;brien about maps<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">and he in turn sent me to the Ordinance Survey Office in Phoenix Park. &nbsp;What an immense place\u2026 with so many cattle I could<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">not count them.,,and a herd of wild deer that had been there since the 17th century Got maps of old mines in western part of County Waterford.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Not sure they will be of any use at all.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Spent rest of &nbsp;day<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">walking through PhoenixPark. A bunch of soldiers were lawn bowling at one spot. &nbsp;Then visited the Dublin Zoo. &nbsp;Wish I hadn\u2019t because&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">when I put the lens of my camera &nbsp;close to the monkey enclosure one big monkey jumped &nbsp;at me with sexual intent. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">What generous people\u2026an off duty policeman paid my fare back to my hotel. &nbsp;Bought sausage rolls, buns and tomatoes<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">for my supper\u2026alone in my room\u2026saving company expenses. &nbsp;Phoned &nbsp;Mr. Timlin, our shipment of crates from Canada have arrived in Liverpool. &nbsp;Went to a movie after which<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">I was cornered and badgered by a family of beggars on a side street\u2026five them\u2026really dirty. &nbsp;Dangerous. &nbsp;My nice feeling of independence is turning into<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">loneliness. &nbsp;Wrote letter to Marjorie and went to bed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img\" apple-inline=\"yes\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; height: auto; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Phoenix_Park_Dublin_07.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Phoenix Park has large herd of semi wild deer that have been there from the 18th century<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"3AE01365-B170-4A9A-821A-B3F6EBC87B7E\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_20ce9.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Streets of Dublin, in 1960, still had presence of horses. &nbsp;This man was just leading four of them casually<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">down the street\u2026note evidence of Horse manure indicating this was not an unusual sight. &nbsp;a hundred years<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">ago these horses numbered in the thousands. &nbsp;i.e. There were 100,000 horses &nbsp;in London in 1850 and &nbsp;Dublin<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">would have been similar. &nbsp;Vast amounts of manure was linked to outbreaks of Cholera but from human rather<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">than horse<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">manure.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">June 4, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Got up late, very late\u2026around noon.Went to bakeshop for my &nbsp;breakfast (tomatoes, meat pie, crumpets). Spent most of the day absolutely bored.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Phoned &nbsp;Kevin Behsn and went over to his house in the evening. &nbsp;Their daughter Yvonne was very cute showing me her pictures. &nbsp;Kevin and Mrs Behan<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">took me on the rounds of the local pubs. &nbsp;Made me feel like home. One pub had &nbsp;a creek running through the middle of it, another pub was a castle\u2026ended<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">evening in fish and chip &nbsp;store. &nbsp;I was startled to see so many Presbyterian churches in Dublin\u2026thought all churches would be Catholic. &nbsp;The I.R.A. had<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">a rally on O;Connell Street. &nbsp; Met an American girl who was with Joe Malone. &nbsp;This is a strange summer\u2026first prospecting job with so many people<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">around me. &nbsp;Not the usual &nbsp;wilderness &nbsp;of black flies &nbsp;and endless &nbsp;boreal forest. All the Catholics I have met so far have been quite wonderful.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">I expected hostility but found none so far.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">June 5, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Rose early and phoned Dr. John Stam in Holland. He will join me in Bunmahon once our crates get here. &nbsp;Went to the Gresham &nbsp;Green Unitarian Church<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">where Rev. Hicks was quite funny and very British. &nbsp;Then he spoke about the absence of national Birth control as a cause of war\u2026 citing the Irish lady who had 24 children and&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">her daughter who had 15. &nbsp;I suppose that could be a criticism of Ireland\u2019s Catholic majority and the church influence. &nbsp;But I think his real point was that<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">overpopulation of planet earth would lead to the three horseman of the apocalypse\u2026famine, plague and war. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Caught a bus to Kevin and Ronnie\u2019s house where Yvonne was very friendly crawling all over me. &nbsp;Then we went for a very nice drive in the country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Many old &nbsp;castles. &nbsp;Had ice cream. Mrs. Behan had a nice supper during which Yvonne gave me a carnation. &nbsp;Yvonne is 6 or 7 years old. &nbsp;Then Kevin<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">took me to a pub where we discussed the Irish Republican Army\u2026kevin concluded that \u201cthe poison is being drawn out\u2019. &nbsp;But there are still machine guns<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">on the border. &nbsp;I took a picture of the family. &nbsp;Kevin informed me I would be wise to find a better hotel. &nbsp;Why? Because my fancy hotel had never informed<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">me that Breakfast was included in the bill\u2026I had been skipping breakfast or just having another meat pie just to save Huntec and Dr. Paterson some&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">money. &nbsp;My stupidity I guess. &nbsp;Hotel was so high class &nbsp;that no one spoke to me at all. &nbsp;\u2018Snob hotel\u2019<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"649E6858-3E46-4FF5-AB13-E842AAEE324B\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PastedGraphic-2.tiff\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"941EDA76-F78A-4F3F-A6C7-1697E5FA55ED\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_20fc3.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">What wonderful people\u2026Kevin and Ronnie Behan. &nbsp;They sort of adopted me for my stay in Dublin. &nbsp;Their oldest, Yvonne, was &nbsp;really<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">a little charmer. &nbsp;She was so glad to see me each visit that her greetings made me feel embarrassed. &nbsp;The Behans made such<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">an impression that Marjorie an I named &nbsp;our first born Kevin.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">June 6, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Today is a national holiday in Ireland. &nbsp; Took a bus to Malahide and walked back to hotel. &nbsp;A farmer struck up a conversation in which he said<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cIrish people are the laziest people on the earth\u201d\u2026strange comment, perhaps &nbsp;made as a joke or maybe to draw out an anti-Irish comment from me.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Got caught in deluge of rain while walking to Kevin\u2019s house. &nbsp;Soaked. &nbsp;Yvonne and family very glad to see me. &nbsp;Sincere. &nbsp;Took a drive to the North Harbour<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">which was charming except for the fact some man committed suicide there. &nbsp;Went to a pub then returned to the Behan &nbsp;home for \u2019tea\u2019 which &nbsp;is a misnomer<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">for a full supper\u2026then watched BBC television for a while before taking whole family to the movie \u2018Who Was That Lady\u2019<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">On Kevin\u2019s advice I made plans to move to the Hollybrook Hotel in Clontarf\u2026cheaper, friendly, with full breakfast.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Picked up a strange fact\u2026Ireland has the lowest marriage rate in the world.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img\" apple-inline=\"yes\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; height: 683px; max-width: 100%; width: 1024px;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ireland.Dublin.GuinnessBrewery.Pints_.SS_-1024x683-1.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">June 7, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Received word &nbsp;from McNabb and &nbsp;Timins that the Ronka has arrived but no sign of the Turam. &nbsp;Moved my bag to the Hollybrook Hotel<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">on the Howth Road \u2026 had &nbsp;a nice pastoral setting and comfortable old pub kind of registration desk. &nbsp;Decided to tour the Guinness &nbsp;Brewery<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">again. &nbsp;\u201cWill you be wanting another pint, lad?\u201d said &nbsp;the man who joined the tour but did not drink. &nbsp;\u201cTemperance\u2026call us Pioneers over here.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Later I decided to line up at Dublin University to see the Book of Kells, an illustrated manuscript. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">The BOOK OF KELLS\u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">An unfortunate event happened while standing in line to see the Book of Kells. &nbsp;Mostly my fault. I tapped the shoulder of the man in front of me and asked:<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cAre you Irish?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cNo, Scottish\u2026visiting.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cIs this University secular?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cWhat do &nbsp;you mean by that?\u201d\u2026 &nbsp;he said &nbsp;in rather angry manner<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cI mean is it attached to the church or the state?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cWhat do you mean by that?\u201d\u2026 &nbsp;he got more angry, I could not see why.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cJust wondered.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cAre you Catholic?\u201d\u2026 now he was really angry, perhaps disturbed.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cBorn Catholic but not so any more.\u201d &nbsp;Bad &nbsp;comment on my part\u2026a mistake\u2026like waving a red flag in<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">front of a charging bull.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">At that remark the guy went wild. &nbsp;Seemed to want a fight. &nbsp;I decided best course of action was to get<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the hell away from him but he followed me yelling who knows what for his accent was thick. A policeman<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">rescued me and advised I take a &nbsp;long ride on the bus and &nbsp;keep &nbsp;away from throwaway comments about<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">religion.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Why did I say that remark\u2026Why trigger animosity? &nbsp;It was &nbsp;a &nbsp;mistake, of course, but I was thinking back<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">to the St. Skeoch legend.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;Our Skeoch relatives, ancient kind, were Catholic. &nbsp;Most Scots were in the early centuries. &nbsp;And there was&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">a &nbsp;connection with the Book of Kells and the Scottish Isle of Iona. &nbsp;A misty connection\u2026likely &nbsp;false. &nbsp;A connection even more ancient than<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the 10th century Book of Kells. &nbsp;At some point I had heard or read that St. Skeoch was one &nbsp;of the 12 disciples<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">of St, Columba &nbsp;when he left (fled?) Ireland &nbsp;in the sixth century for the Scottish Island of &nbsp;Iona. &nbsp;At that time<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the use of the term saint was loosely interpreted\u2026i.e. without the approval &nbsp;of Rome. &nbsp;Was St. Skeoch one<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">of the twelve? &nbsp;Rome had no records but there are places &nbsp;in Scotland where this St. Skeoch is mentioned.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Maybe our family legend about the rescue of two boys on the Bloody fields of Bannockburn was true. &nbsp;And<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the St. Skeoch convent could have been a St. Skeoch monastery. &nbsp; All perhaps nonsense since much relies<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">on hearsay. &nbsp;All this was in my mind as lined up to see the Book of Kells. &nbsp;Were our roots &nbsp;as much Catholic<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">as Presbyterian. So there are the &nbsp;roots of my throwaway &nbsp;comment that I was &nbsp;\u2018born Catholic but gave it up.\u2019<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">What was I really doing? &nbsp;Just putting in time awaiting our high tech survey equipment. &nbsp;The Book of<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Kells was fascinating\u2026a &nbsp;masterpiece of art that survived the Viking raids.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">The Book of Kells is one of the finest illustrated manuscripts in the world. 340 folio pages. Written in Latin and illustrated<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">&nbsp;around 800 A.D. &nbsp;when Most people could &nbsp;not read. &nbsp; Sometimes called the Book of Columba&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">because St Columba and &nbsp;subsequent Columban monks did much of the work between the sixth and ninth centuries.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\" class=\"mw-body-content\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; line-height: 1.6; z-index: 0;\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;\">\n<div class=\"mw-parser-output\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; clear: right; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; width: auto;\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; min-width: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); padding: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); text-align: center; overflow: hidden; width: 222px;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><font size=\"5\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img\" apple-inline=\"yes\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; height: 552px; max-width: 100%; width: 770px;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/book-of-kells.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Back to my Journal: &nbsp;June 7, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Bad weather barreling in from the sea. &nbsp;Wrote a &nbsp;letter to Barrie Nicholls and John Hogan. &nbsp;Hogan is a geologist<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">representing our client. I am worried that the delay in equipment arrival will be cost the &nbsp;project a lot of money.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Maye I am the only one worried\u2026hope so . Hotel resident &nbsp;Joe and Moira invited me to have a drink with them<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">which made for a perfect evening.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">June 8, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Arose late after the party last night with Joe and Moira. &nbsp;Went downtown and bought field books, electric tape and signs<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">to alert local people to dangers of our project, particularly the base line wire and generator. &nbsp;Surprised when a &nbsp;cyclist<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">fell off his bike into the Liffey canal. &nbsp;Ambulance came fast. The German sailors and officers from the Graf Spee are<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">in &nbsp;Dublin. Since I am the only guest in the Hollybrook Hotel I feel like the lord of this ancient manor house and get<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">treated as such. &nbsp;Nice. The expense money if going awfully fast.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">John Hogan made a surprise arrival so we finally got to discuss the project. &nbsp;I phoned Mrs. Behan and then went to &nbsp;show<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">and a dance. &nbsp;One girl at the dance must have crossed herself 40 times while praising the I.R.A.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">An interesting evening. &nbsp;Washed my clothe and went to bed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">June 9, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">UP early and had first breakfast since I arrived in Ireland\u2026hotel dining room.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Sent most of the gear with John Hogan who was driving down to Bummahon \u2026 the project site in western<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">part of County Waterford\u2026 Gave Mr. O\u2019Brien a quick briefing the Turam operation. &nbsp;Checked with Arbuckle but<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Turam has still not arrived. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">John Hogan and I toured the Guinness Brewery \u2026 my third visit. &nbsp;Then we had a lousy meal at the Temperance<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Hotel. Then visited head office of Irish National Sweepstakes and bought 5 shillings tickets for Marjorie. &nbsp;Walked<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">back to hotel then walked to the Behan home where kids were really cute. &nbsp;Yvonne and Denise kept bringing me<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">corn flakes on the dog\u2019s plate. &nbsp;Yvonne &nbsp;seems to like my lap. &nbsp;Other kids Anella &nbsp;and Murial also cute. &nbsp;Then Kevin.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Ronnie (Mrs. Behan) went toHouth for a drink. &nbsp;A drunk woman was entertaining if a little pathetic. &nbsp;Ronnie ironed<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">my shirt afterwards then Kevin drove me back to the Hollybrook.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">June 10, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Had &nbsp;big breakfast \u2026 bacon, eggs, fried tomatoes\u2026.topped off with a rack of cold toast and marmalade. &nbsp;What should<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">I do for the rest of the day now that John Hogan has gone south? &nbsp;Tour! &nbsp;Dublin is a &nbsp;city of wonderful smells. &nbsp;Guinness<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Brewery covers &nbsp;over 60 acres making lots of beer. &nbsp;But there is also a strong smell of cookies being baked at the Jacobs<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">factory. &nbsp;So I followed my nose and had a tour. &nbsp;250 employees mostly girls who gave me plenty of attention\u2026including<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">whistling and touching. &nbsp;Good time if a bit intimidating. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img\" apple-inline=\"yes\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; height: 400px; max-width: 100%; width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maureen-ohara-john-wayne-quiet-man.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"img\" apple-inline=\"yes\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; height: 718px; max-width: 100%; width: 1077px;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/the-quiet-man2.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">The Quiet Man is great entertainment\u2026surprised me that much of the 1920 Irish stereotypes turned &nbsp;out to be real in our little world &nbsp;of Bunmahon in 1960.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">The Dark Time of the Tourbles was downplayed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cAlan, do not miss the chance to see \u201cThe Quiet Man\u201d while here in Ireland,\u201d said Kevin and &nbsp;Yvonne Behan.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">So I went alone to see the film featuring John Wayne, Maureen Ohara and Barrie Fitzgerald. &nbsp;What a grand movie.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">My work site in Bunmahon could not possibly be as joyful and humorous as the movie but I wish it were so.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Dublin has an under class. &nbsp;I noticed &nbsp;and felt sorry for an old one-eyed woman who was &nbsp;having bread and tea while<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">I had a steak with all the trimmings.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">I am picking up the Irish lingo. &nbsp;Today &nbsp;was described as a \u2018soft\u2019 day which means it was pouring rain.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Got an urgent message from Arbuckle, Smith and Company saying the crates had not arrived in Liverpool yet. What the<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">hell is going on? &nbsp;They told me the crates were there the other day.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">June 11, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Getting better sleep now that I am having big breakfast. &nbsp;Afterwards I went down to Arbuckle to pick up the part of shipment<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">that has arrived\u2026i.e. the Ronka E.M. unit. &nbsp;I will take it south on Monday. Sent telegram to Dr. Stam in Amsterdam and wrote<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">a long letter to Barrie Nichols in Canada. &nbsp;My money is very short\u2026less than 20 pounds left. Kevin asked me up to tea (i.e.supper<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">in Irish lingo) then Kevin took Ronnie and me to movie \u201cOnce More with Feeling\u201d (no &nbsp;good). After we took girls home Kevin took<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">me to meet his mother snd father\u2026all &nbsp;are in the car business.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">June &nbsp;12, 1960<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Wind is blowing from the sea\u2026smashing windows. &nbsp;I walked to Clontarf Presbyterian Church where Rev. Moore greeted me warmly<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">and &nbsp;asked me to join him for a few minutes in the vestry &nbsp;Guest speaker was a methodist, Rev. Livingston who spoke about \u2018Happy&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Harry the Hare\u201d which sounded weird at first but made sense in the end.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Then another day with the Behan family. &nbsp;I would not intrude normally but they really made me feel so welcome that to refuse<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">would &nbsp;be an insult. &nbsp;Ronnie prepared another great meal. Yvonne was full of beans as usual\u2026crawling all over me. &nbsp;We drove<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">to Houth and stopped at Claremont for a couple of draughts of Guinness\u2026back for \u2018tea\u2019 and then to the movie \u2018sweet smell of success\u2019<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">This was my last day in Dublin. &nbsp;Sad farewell to the Behan family.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brendan Behan\" title=\"Brendan Behan\" rel=\"nofollow\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"F2C7C0DE-EA6B-48FB-9677-6C5EDFB6AFAF\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2016-01-16_ent_16023371_I1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"941EDA76-F78A-4F3F-A6C7-1697E5FA55ED\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; height: auto; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_20fc3.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Brendon Behan and &nbsp;Kevin Behan were not related. &nbsp;Two very different people who shared one common wonderful trait. &nbsp;They loved &nbsp;people and<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">an afternoon in their company was an &nbsp;honour. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Kevin Behan was my host for the Dublin interlude. &nbsp;He and his family opened their hearts &nbsp;and doors to me. &nbsp;I cannot explain why they did this except to say<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the they loved people, loved Ireland and wanted to share this love with a young 21 year old &nbsp;kid like me. &nbsp;One result was the naming of our first born child, Kevin,<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">in honour of Kevin Behan. &nbsp;Sadly, we never told that to the Behan family.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">A poem by Brendon Behan<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: \"Exo 2\", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">RED ENVOY<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: \"Exo 2\", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">I bring no songs of rolling drums<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Of pennons flying gaily<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">I sing of filth and dirty slums<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Gaunt man with hunger crazy<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Canticles, not of virtue bright, nor holy austere lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: \"Exo 2\", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">I chronicle consumption\u2019s blight<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">And the haggard face of wives<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Who gaze on children, pale and wan<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Who see no flowers nor hear birds song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: \"Exo 2\", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">I see no beauty rave in dreams of justice, unto those<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Who keep the wheels of old earth moving<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">And oil them with their woes<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Of burning towns and brimstone red<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">A phoenix from the ashes dead<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Our city, truth and justice wed arise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: \"Exo 2\", sans-serif; font-size: 17px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">I see this old bad order die<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">In a great swift blaze of fire<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">A structure, clear and mighty high<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Born in its funeral pyre<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Worker, know the world\u2019s for thee<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Were thou to raise the servile knee<br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">From off the ground.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Brendon Behan<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Brendon Behan was a man of the 1950\u2019s snd 1960\u2019s. &nbsp;He had strong opinions even as a teen ager joining<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">the Irish Republican Army at 14 years of age. &nbsp;He was an ardent republican. Regarded the English<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">monarchy with disdain. &nbsp;That said, he became very popular and his quick wit amused not just the Dublin Irish&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">but the literary world in general. &nbsp; His most famous play is titled \u201cThe Quare Fellow\u201d which is set<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">in a &nbsp;prison in the heart of Dublin. &nbsp;\u201cQuare\u201d is Irish for \u201cQueer.\u201d &nbsp; Brendon &nbsp;Behan\u2019s one liners<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">were quoted again and again by people with both a sense of humour and a knowledge that there<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">is a dark side to the human condition.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cI am a drinker with writing problems.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cAh, bless you sister, may all your children be bishops.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cWhen I came back to Dublin I was court mortised in my absence<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">and sentenced to death in my absence<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">So I said they could shoot me in my absence.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cThere &nbsp;is no such thing as bad publicity<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Except your own obituary.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201cThe most important things to do in the world are to<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">get something to eat<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">get something to drink<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">and get someone to love you.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Monday June 13 &nbsp;LAST DAY IN DUBLIN<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">How can I best describe this day? &nbsp; Like a dam that has suddenly broken free\u2026like &nbsp;A clock that is out of control &nbsp;and time spins free \u2026like a race begun once the gun is fired.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Suddenly everything speeded up and I would be gone before the sun set.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">This was &nbsp;be last day in Dublin. &nbsp;I did not know that. &nbsp;I did not know that events would move so fast that by evening I would be in the village<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">of Bunmahon nestled &nbsp;in an ancient place with the ruins of the Knockmahon mine brooding black and foreboding as the sun set.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"CCCF0C9C-5C31-4A71-868B-BC2FE0FDE064\" class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; height: auto; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_20ec7.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">My first view of Knockmahon where i would have adventures not forgotten in 60 years.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Events of that fine Dublin day:<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Began packing at 8.30\u2026then phoned Arbuckle\u2026our shipment had arrived. Dr. Stam coming by air\u2026Hogan ready to pick us up inWaterford.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">time to get a haircut then caught bus to the airport\u2026watched &nbsp;KLM flight land and Dr. John &nbsp;Stam cleared &nbsp;customs. Briefed &nbsp;him onIrish &nbsp;officials I had<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">met\u2026back to hotel for dinner and beer. Back to America Express\u2026then over to see Mr. O\u2019brien. &nbsp;Took luggage to train station\u2026first class tickets to Waterford<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">where John Hogan met us with his Fiat\u2026drove to Bunmahon on the edge of the sea..passed the ruins of the Knockmahon mine standing alone on the<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">edge of steep cliffs that fell down to the sea. &nbsp;Empty. &nbsp;No &nbsp;houses. &nbsp;No &nbsp;living things. &nbsp;Then road &nbsp;dipped down to the Mahon River and the village of Bunmahon<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">where we were to be based for the duration of the survey. &nbsp;Met Mrs. Kennedy who would be our landlady and Irish \u2018manageress\u2019 \u2026 an expert on the inner<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">workings of this sliver of Irish &nbsp;society. &nbsp;Very Catholic\u2026My room has three Christian statues and &nbsp;a large picture of &nbsp;Jesus with his heart showing\u2026hangs above my bed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Surprised to get my mail\u2026letters from Marjorie and &nbsp;some. &nbsp;Jan Stam said he was pleased with my handling of the situation. &nbsp;He would &nbsp;be in charge from now&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">on and would do the interpretation of the notes from my field book each day. &nbsp;John Hogan was a geologist with the Denison Mines company. &nbsp;Three of us. &nbsp;But<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">many more will be hired. &nbsp;Eventually I hired the whole village. &nbsp;More of that later.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><br class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u201c<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; 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border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202205\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">May 2022<\/a>&nbsp;(15)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202204\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">April 2022<\/a>&nbsp;(25)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202203\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">March 2022<\/a>&nbsp;(24)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202202\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">February 2022<\/a>&nbsp;(18)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202201\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">January 2022<\/a>&nbsp;(26)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202112\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">December 2021<\/a>&nbsp;(19)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202111\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">November 2021<\/a>&nbsp;(16)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202110\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">October 2021<\/a>&nbsp;(34)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202109\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">September 2021<\/a>&nbsp;(22)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202108\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">August 2021<\/a>&nbsp;(26)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202107\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">July 2021<\/a>&nbsp;(26)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202106\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">June 2021<\/a>&nbsp;(22)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202105\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">May 2021<\/a>&nbsp;(30)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202104\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">April 2021<\/a>&nbsp;(32)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202103\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">March 2021<\/a>&nbsp;(31)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202102\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">February 2021<\/a>&nbsp;(38)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202101\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">January 2021<\/a>&nbsp;(27)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202012\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">December 2020<\/a>&nbsp;(32)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202011\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">November 2020<\/a>&nbsp;(26)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202010\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">October 2020<\/a>&nbsp;(28)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202009\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">September 2020<\/a>&nbsp;(30)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202008\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">August 2020<\/a>&nbsp;(27)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202007\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">July 2020<\/a>&nbsp;(11)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202006\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">June 2020<\/a>&nbsp;(26)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202005\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">May 2020<\/a>&nbsp;(3)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202003\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">March 2020<\/a>&nbsp;(10)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202002\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">February 2020<\/a>&nbsp;(2)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=202001\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">January 2020<\/a>&nbsp;(1)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201912\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">December 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(5)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201911\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">November 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(13)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201910\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">October 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(9)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201909\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">September 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(4)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201908\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">August 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(2)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201907\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">July 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(8)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201906\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">June 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(11)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201905\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">May 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(4)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201904\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">April 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(3)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201903\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">March 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(3)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201902\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">February 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(8)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201901\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">January 2019<\/a>&nbsp;(5)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201812\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">December 2018<\/a>&nbsp;(6)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201811\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">November 2018<\/a>&nbsp;(10)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201810\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">October 2018<\/a>&nbsp;(12)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201808\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">August 2018<\/a>&nbsp;(9)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201807\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">July 2018<\/a>&nbsp;(5)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201806\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">June 2018<\/a>&nbsp;(7)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201805\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">May 2018<\/a>&nbsp;(13)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201804\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">April 2018<\/a>&nbsp;(11)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201803\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">March 2018<\/a>&nbsp;(23)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;\" class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?m=201802\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; transition: color 80ms ease-in 0s, box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 130ms ease-in-out 0s;\" class=\"\">February 2018<\/a>&nbsp;(19)<\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0.5em 0px; margin-top: -1px;\" class=\"\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; 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