Jaysus was he also surprised that nobody was driving Morris Minors anymore too
It’s the sad side of emigration. Growing old abroad. I remember my aunt came home to say goodbye. She knew she’d never see her brothers and sisters again. She died a few years later in Perth.
Don’t tell him about the trams to Howth.
Hits different in the article 😂
>After over six decades away, he marvels at how Dublin has transformed.
>“I went back to O’Connell Street, had a walk around there. The place had changed so much. First of all, Nelson’s Pillar is gone. The ice cream parlours, the cinemas; they’re gone too.”
What a load of bollocks. 63 years away and expects nothing to change. And the pillar is still on O’Connell street, just moved a few hundred metres.
Felt the same way when I went to the shops one day and the lanky larrys were gone for good.
The article ends with him saying that he thinks that it has changed for the better. The tone of the headline and the image makes it look much more sad. He seems to have really enjoyed his visit back to Ireland.
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Jaysus was he also surprised that nobody was driving Morris Minors anymore too
It’s the sad side of emigration. Growing old abroad. I remember my aunt came home to say goodbye. She knew she’d never see her brothers and sisters again. She died a few years later in Perth.
Don’t tell him about the trams to Howth.
Hits different in the article 😂
>After over six decades away, he marvels at how Dublin has transformed.
>“I went back to O’Connell Street, had a walk around there. The place had changed so much. First of all, Nelson’s Pillar is gone. The ice cream parlours, the cinemas; they’re gone too.”
What a load of bollocks. 63 years away and expects nothing to change. And the pillar is still on O’Connell street, just moved a few hundred metres.
Felt the same way when I went to the shops one day and the lanky larrys were gone for good.
The article ends with him saying that he thinks that it has changed for the better. The tone of the headline and the image makes it look much more sad. He seems to have really enjoyed his visit back to Ireland.