Some great factoids about Glasnevin Cemetery
local landmark and significant chunk of Dublin history. I like this one:
Another odd thing was that people from Dublin had to be buried before noon. This was due to the fact that many funerals stopping at the gate would end up so late in the pub the gates would be closed. A number of times the sextant would open up in the morning to find a coffin or two aganst the gates. For years I thought this was made up but it turns out to be true. A friend had a copy of the cemetary bye laws from (I think) around 1908 and it was in there. I think the rule was if you lived within 7 miles of the GPO you had to be buried before 12 noon.
(tags: death burial graveyards glasnevin dublin history d11)
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Inside “Emojigeddon”: The Fight Over The Future Of The Unicode Consortium
Michael “evertype” Everson in the news!
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The Make: Weekend Projects Thumbnail Guide To Soldering
man, I wish I had this 30 years ago. now I know what stuff I need to get to make my occasional solders less of a PITA