VISIT THE 2023 PHOTO BLOG
As this site is not a mobile-friendly as we had hoped we are developing Headless WordPress solutions which are much faster and ideal for mobile users.
MARCH 2023
Almost every day this section is updated and it provides an excellent beginning to your journey of exploration ... have a good visit
MARCH 2023
I HAVE CANCELLED MY VISIT TO KILKENNY
Unfortunately I had no option but to cancel my visit to Kilkenny and because of the difficulty of getting Hotel Rooms at reasonable cost I may need to cancel my visits to Belfast, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford.
JANUARY 2023
LOTS OF CHANGE ON THE WAY AND MY SITES WILL BECOME MOBILE FRIENDLY
I have alway been disappointed because my sites fail Google Vitals tests for mobile devices despite the fact it achieves close to 100% for desktop.
Since January 2022 I have devoted much time and effort to finding a solution and then in July 2022 I found two promising solutions but both require me to move from Rapidweaver as a development tool and away from traditional hosting services. I had already tested my own in-house servers so it suits me to host my websites but I have spent years using Rapidweaver so I will continue to use the application for a few more years but will gradually develop alternative solutions.
I was really surprised to discover two solutions. I have always liked Wordpress but over the years I have had serious security problems and a number of hosting services asked my to go elsewhere and eventually I ended up using WPengine for my Wordpress sites but monthly cost is very high and increasing.
The most promising solution that I have found is Headless Wordpress and I am in a position to self host if necessary. I will not discuss the second solution here as I do not know if there are security issues in the case of self hosting. However, both new solutions can be migrated to the cloud [AWS or Digital Ocean] instantly if I wish to do so and it is most likely that I will.
MERRION SQUARE PUBLIC PARK THE DAY AFTER SAINT PATRICKS DAY
INTERESTING PROPERTY FOR SALE54 ARBOUR HILL STONEYBATTER 10 MARCH 2023
KING BILLY'S WHITE HORSE
The myth is that William, who was dressed in gleaming armour, was riding a white horse while his banner bore the words 'God and the Protestant religion'. According to historic records the horse that featured in the Battle Of The Boyne was brown.
When I was young I remember my Grandmother saying as we passed a large house "protestants live in that house" when I asked her how she knew she replied that they have King Billy's horse above the door. I was a bit surprised by Grandmothers's comment as her sister happened to be a Protestant.
TRIBUTE TO LUKE KELLYLIFE SIZE BRONZE BY JOHN COLL
The influence of his Scottish grandmother was influential in Kelly's help in preserving important traditional Scottish songs such as "Mormond Braes", the Canadian folk song "Peggy Gordon", Robert Burns' "Parcel of Rogues", "Tibbie Dunbar", Hamish Henderson's "Freedom Come-All-Ye", and Thurso Berwick's "Scottish Breakaway".
