This is the end

[John m]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VScSEXRwUqQ&list=RDVScSEXRwUqQ&start_radio=1

  Got a bad feeling we are going to see some amount of shit this weekend ,Russia .Israel Dublin .I wonder will they attack City West on Sunday when most Garda will be on Marathon Duty or will they try to disrupt the race ?Some fucking idiots will think Connolly winning the Presidency means the Government are weakened .Luna ticks and Asylum's attacking the Asylums .Wouldnt rule out a Riot inside City West between Groups .

Far Right in Israel looking to destroy the ceasefire and Putin not going to take crap from USA and NATO are scared shitless to strike down Russian Planes in their airspace .

[Rat Catcher]

Wasn't a bad (week)end, to be fair. I done a few late nights (Sat 17:30-02:30, Sun 16:45-23:43, Mon 15:00-20:00) as I'm playing catch up after doing very little for the past couple of months. Sat was very busy around the Northside suburbs up above in Dublin... plenty out celebrating the Presidential election result.

[silverbullet]

Wasn't a bad (week)end, to be fair. I done a few late nights (Sat 17:30-02:30, Sun 16:45-23:43, Mon 15:00-20:00) as I'm playing catch up after doing very little for the past couple of months. Sat was very busy around the Northside suburbs up above in Dublin... plenty out celebrating the Presidential election result.

We must have swapped roles. I did the Killer to Swords - Swords to Hampton Gardens, Balbriggan, Then Hampton Green to Beamore.

When I saw Hampton on the app I thought of Hampton Wood. It turns out, I learned later, that Debbie's cousins' company built Hampton Green in Balbriggan.

Why the connection to Perfidious Albion is anyone's guess. Maybe anglicizing a place name to something British gives it a certain cachet, thus increasing the asking price.

We're gullible gobshites.

[Rat Catcher]

Hampton is quite a common street name in the beautiful seaside resort town of Balbriggan. Presumably derived from Hampton Demense (most of which is now earmarked for affordable homes) so named by the Hamiltons (Hamilton/Hampton... some sort of colloquial mispronunciation?) being prominent landed gentry of yesteryear. There are a few streets named Hamilton as well. I'm not sure if the Hampton Wood in Finglas/St. Margarets has a similar (maybe same extended family) history? The oddest Hampton in Balbriggan is actually Hampton Woods (plural) as that's quite a distance from Hampton Demense and seemingly unconnected to the Hamiltons - sticks in my mind as I first came across it some 20 years ago with a job from Temple Street when I worked for Swords Cabs. I recall I had to ring G Cabs to find out where it is - we had no Google Maps back then and it was too new for Garmin. Anywaysanall, it was the District Nurse so I snared the return job as well.

Not so long ago I accepted an Uber Reserve Ride from Seabury to Drogheda. Had to cancel that fairly lively on learning that there's a Seabury in Mornington!

[Bob Shillin]

All the roads in St Helen's Wood on Booterstown Ave are Hampton something.

[Rat Catcher]

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/family-that-built-balbriggan-are-recognised-in-new-book/27773308.html

The Hamilton story is remarkable. People who had the vision to develop a town with everything needed, from a harbour to a church, mills and a lighthouse.

It all began with Alexander Hamilton who bought Balbriggan in the 1700s, his son, Baron George, building Hampton Hall and developing the demesne. The family dominated the town until the early part of the 20th century.

George Hamilton built St.George’s Church and continued to add to the amenities of the town down the years.

Today, they are recalled by areas such as Hampton St, George’s Hill, Fancourt and Hampton Cove, Court and Green.

[Rat Catcher]

All the roads in St Helen's Wood on Booterstown Ave are Hampton something.

There's a Blackrock out that way too... another one that can catch a man out!

[mercenary for hire]

There are two Hamiltons at separate locations in Cabra and a Hampton green behind MSL.Thirty years ago nobody wanted to live here now these fancy American names are giving the folks notions and expensive rent.

[Rat Catcher]

In old English Hampton (phonetic translation) could refer to a settlement... Southampton, Northampton, etc. but that doesn't make a lot of sense unless preceded by something else and certainly wouldn't much sense before "demense" as it'd be kinda contradictory. I guess simply calling a settlement "settlement" might have made sense in some situations?

[watty]

The Cabra Hamilton is named after the Hamilton who stopped at Broombridge bridge a couple of hundred years ago, scribbled a note on the bridge, thereby inventing quarternary physics.  Which NASA uses today to navigate between planets!

Nobody believes me when I tell them that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom_Bridge

It is famous for being the location where Sir William Rowan Hamilton first wrote down the fundamental formula for quaternions on 16 October 1843, which is to this day commemorated by a stone plaque on the northwest corner of the underside of the bridge.

Of course, being Cabra...

After being spoiled by the action of vandals and some visitors,[2] the plaque was moved to a different place, higher, under the railing of the bridge.

[mercenary for hire]

Slightly related but I'm reminded the episode of the Simpsons where they showed Ireland in a parallel universe where we never discovered alcohol and we had a space program and flying cars...proper Jetson type stuff.

[silverbullet]

All the roads in St Helen's Wood on Booterstown Ave are Hampton something.

There's a Hampton Court off Vernon Avenue in Clontarf.

Hampton Green on Navan Road

Hampton Lodge on Grace Park Road

Hampton by Hilton in Smithfield

Hampton Square in Cabra

Hampton in Drumcondra

We'll be flying the Union Jack next:

[silverbullet]

In old English Hampton (phonetic translation) could refer to a settlement... Southampton, Northampton, etc. but that doesn't make a lot of sense unless preceded by something else and certainly wouldn't much sense before "demense" as it'd be kinda contradictory. I guess simply calling a settlement "settlement" might have made sense in some situations?

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/demesne

Like in Killester, it's pronounced "Duh-main"...Duh!!