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		<title>And the Winner is &#8230;&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bit of an exciting week for me. Last Friday a long contract finally came to an end and since I had six weeks notice of it I had signed up for the &#8220;Open Data 18 hour Challenge&#8221; on 4th and 5th July which from the blurb on their website was about local government data sets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten-Ten-Ten</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its Ten-Ten-Ten or 10/10/10 today, or if you are pedantic its 10th October 2010. Nothing special happened today except in 732AD Charles Martel and the Franks defeated a large Andalusian Muslim army led by Abd er Rahman at the Battle of Tours thus &#8220;saving&#8221; Europe from Islamic domination. I also realized that I have not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Ancestors Found!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Irish National Archives have today released the 1901 Irish Census &#8211; and I could not help but take a dive and have a look at my mothers side of the Bartleys. I knew that in 1911 they lived in  Whistlemount just outside Navan. The census results for 1911 shows :

My Grandfather Joseph (a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xmas and New Year 2009/2010</title>
		<link>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2010/01/12/xmas-and-new-year-20092010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy new year all,
and what a xmas &#8211; its been quiet mostly because we have all suffered from one cold or another. New year was fun because her family came to visit and food and drink was shared.
After the new year snow arrived &#8211; the worst in Ireland for 30 years. I remember the one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funny Sight Of The Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ireland is one of those places that goes nutty over christmas &#8211; not that we get much snow here which is a pity. When I went out to lunch and I saw the following snowman on the move.



Made me laugh out loud &#8211; something good on a miserable day like today.
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		<title>Always wanted to do this&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2009/09/20/always-wanted-to-do-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gremlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part our recent holiday to Sligo we went to the IRISH RAPTOR RESEARCH CENTRE; and we had a great time watching and looking at the eagles, hawks, owls and vultures &#8211; some of whom are massive.
One of the things I have always wanted to do is hold a raptor &#8211; and this centre allows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature is &#8230;.. well wonderful</title>
		<link>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2009/05/11/nature-is-well-wonderful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 23:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am looking at the most beautiful red full moon I have ever seen rising over Dublin bay. Lots photos &#8211; but nothing to compare to seeing it. Absolutely gob smacking.

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		<title>We Won!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2009/03/21/we-won/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gremlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in 61 years, Ireland has won the grand-slam (Rugby) in a tightly fought match against Wales in Cardiff. At times I was at the edge of my seat, knuckle in my mouth as a  fumbled ball by the Irish, an attack by Wales. Wales played magnificently and were unlucky not to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Words of the Day</title>
		<link>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2008/11/04/new-words-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2008/11/04/new-words-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gremlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit that I am not a fan of the Irish language. I think it has little or no relivance to Irish life or me as an Irishman. Irish should be left to liguist historians and &#8220;fans&#8221; of the language. The only reason Irish survives is because is because it is propped up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saw my first non-Irish ethic Garda today</title>
		<link>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2008/10/24/saw-my-first-non-irish-garda-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the way to the train station in Dun Laoighaire this evening I saw my first non-caucasian Gardai &#8211; an officer of Chinese heritage. Until recently Irish Garda officers (Police officers) are hulking giants of caucasian men and woman from some remote part of Ireland, its nice to know that our police force is becoming [...]]]></description>
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