Conor's Bandon Blog

Running, Food and Local stuff from a blow-in

Funniest Damn thing I've read in a long time

From the Onion: Irish-Heritage Timeline Sample: “1487 - In a decision still regretted today, Irish let a few British friends stay in Belfast”. This must have been written by a Paddy. Makes me proud to be Irish. Unfortunately, as I spent 8 years in the Scouts as a kid and had to march in the pissing rain every March 17th in the Paddy’s Day Parade in Kilkenny, I now have a pathological loathing of the whole day.

Saturday in Dungarvan

We spent Saturday in and around Dungarvan visiting Catherines cousin Maria. They live near Clonea Strand which is a fantastic beach. Myself and the boys whiled away an hour or two digging holes and filling them with stones. We stayed in the Clonea Strand Hotel - a good mid-market place with some fantastic (non-ironic) 70’s interiors. Big high ceilings and open stairs. Beds could do with replacing but a top spot with great kids facilities.

50 Gmail Accounts to give away

I now have 50 Gmail invites available. So if you want one, mail me at cwjoneill at gmail dot com nad I’ll dish em out on a first come first served basis. I can’t recommend Gmail highly enough.

Test Hello Blogging

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Test Hello IM Blogging

I’m pretty sure that’s an arm…….

4-2 to the Boys

Well the wee fetus has turned out to be a boy. We had the 21-week scan yesterday and even I could tell it was a bloke! He is slightly above average weight and all looks perfect. A couple of scans will be posted soon (including a High-5 which is pretty neat). Ois and Osc are thrilled “So that’ll be 4 boys and only 2 girls in the house. Brilliant!”. Names we have come up with so far to annoy my mother include Cavan, Mossie, Moses and Cruz.

UCD 150 Celebration

My Alma Mater, University College Dublin, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year and there is a special event being held on April 12th to recognise achievements of past graduates of the Engineering School, and to look forward to the future. One of the items intended for the day is a brief archive of past graduates and what they have got up to. So if you are willing to supply some career details/highlights/images etc, please e-mail [Conor Heneghan](mailto:conor dot heneghan at ucd dot ie) or [David Timoney](mailto:david dot timoney at ucd dot ie) for a form which you can fill out.

Ciarán and Heathers Wedding - Superb

It’s not often I comment on a wedding but last weekends wedding of Ciarán and Heather was absolutely brilliant. From the lovely church in Tinahely to the beautifal location for the reception in Ballybeg House to the phenomenal catering, great crowd, top atmosphere and razor sharp speeches, we all left with huge grins on our faces. Of course I’m now getting flashbacks of the picture shown by Eoin O’B of Ciarán in First Year Eng with his German ‘tache.

Irish Examiner Ad this Friday

We have a job ad in this weeks Irish Examiner on Friday! This is very much the next phase of the company’s development. Due to even more demand for our services, we need both full-time and contract software developers with a background in Custom Database Application development, Java/C++/C# development, Enterprise Frameworks or Network Management software. As always, the work is based in Co Cork and all interested applicants should head on over to www.

Google Hello Tool Blogging

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