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Geraldine's Wedding Speech

Hi, My sister Aisling got married on the 18th of August 2012 in Donnycarney Church, Dublin. Last Saturday in other words. It was a brilliant and joyous occasion. Her new husband David Moloney is a lovely man. I know that Aisling and David will be very happy together. My mother Geraldine gave a short speech at the wedding dinner, held in the Grand Hotel Malahide. Luckily I was on hand, at a table nearby, to record Geraldine's words for posterity. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Fo-U2J5X0&feature=plcp Please enjoy. With humility, Brian

Liffey Blue

Hi, I'm posting here another piece of footage centered around one of my all time favourite waterways, viz, the River Liffey in my hometown of Dublin, Ireland. As a matter of interest, in his gargantuan novel Finnegans Wake, James Joyce refers to the Liffey as Anna Livia Plurabelle, but I think I'll just stick with plain old Liffey for the purposes of this post. Besides, I ain't no James Joyce. Anyway, it was on another sunny afternoon (I think that's a song lyric from the nineties) and I found myself upon Capel Street Bridge a.k.a Grattan Bridge for the umpteenth time in my life. Liking what I saw of the river in the clemency of the day, I whipped out my iPhone and filmed away at the scene for thirty seconds or so. The music I've added to the piece is Man on the River by Bryan Ingram. Here is the link to my latest video creation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVOb2l0wvI0&feature=plcp Whilst maintaining my code of utmost humility, I must say in all f...