WB Yeats' in the 1926 Census:

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Link: nationalarchives.ie/collections/...

They'd just moved to Herbert Place cos his father was promoted!

I've found Flann O'Brien, Brian Coffey and Denis Devlin in the 1926 census. Who else should I be looking for?

My wife: "I feel like every Ashkenazi has a great uncle Morris Shapiro"

This is what I was referring to! 😂

@fliglman.bsky.social it is of course registering the name of a Hebrew teacher as Wilkes when it is obviously Wilkov. Naturally, a boarder.

Obviously there's bound to be loads, and that theres probably relatively so few in comparison to the size of the set, is impressive. The whole thing is brilliant. Especially the map feature this time. I'm sure as more searchability is rolled out, it will be an enormously rich tool for historians.

Found my first transcription error in the 1926 census!

And as for the idea of "luxury shaming"? Don't make me laugh. That's called holding people to account.

How ‘post-luxury’ became the latest wealth fad The days of conspicuous consumption appear to have passed for now

This is such a weird article. Although they note the cost of children means that having a larger family is now a sign of wealth and status, at no point do they join the dots that people but "experiences" over objects because they are all renting or living at home. www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...

Norgesgruppen tjente 4,9 mrd. kroner i fjor Omsetningen økte markant, men nærmere bunnlinjen ble resultatet marginalt svekket mot 2024.

This was nearly two years ago. Pre-tax profits for one of these, Norges Gruppen, was itself 4.9 milliarder NOK in 2025

Norgesgruppen tjente 4,9 mrd. kroner i fjor | DN share.google/2R7dY9ZHpmml...

4,9 milliarder i gebyr til Coop, Norgesgruppen og Rema Konkurransetilsynet ilegger Coop, Norgesgruppen og Rema til sammen 4,9 milliarder kroner i overtredelsesgebyr for brudd på konkurranseloven

"The Norwegian Competition Authority has imposed a total of NOK 4.9 billion in fines on Coop, Norgesgruppen and Rema for violating the Competition Act. The grocery chains' cooperation in providing access to extensive price-gouging activities in each other's stores has been illegal."

Various outside actors including Lidl have tried and failed to crack this market. We all lose out: from farm to table, as it were.

Matbutikkene lurer og lopper oss Dagligvarer som vi tror er billigst, er ikke alltid det. Kundene sitter igjen med stadig mer avmakt.

Matbutikkene lurer og lopper oss | FriFagbevegelse share.google/BX4rhp1rPTI1... it is a well known fact that vertical integration from producers to suppliers to the actual supermarkets here is so strong that practically no one can break them.

I am actually just so tired of Norwegian supermarkets. The total failure of the government to stop the three major supermarket chains from completely controlling the competition is a massive failure.

For 1.75l milk, a load of bread, 500g butter, washing up liquid, a toothbrush and toothpaste I just paid 209nok (€18.83). Norwegian supermarkets are the biggest rip off on this country by a mile.

On 9 April 1940, Norway was invaded by Nazi Germany. Simon Stranger's wonderful, strange (ahem), and moving novel, Englished as "Keep Saying their Names", is appropriate reading, which I happened to pick up at the library this weekend.

One of the best bookshops on the island, and the people who run it are real book people.

Pesach sameach! Reading Exodus in Robert Alter's masterful translation. The real joy of these translations are of course the copious notes. Alter's 91st birthday is tomorrow.

Us: got our child's sleep routine down

Daylight's savings: hold my beer....

There won't be a kamalelåså milked in Copenhagen tonight.

Post a non-religious picture you think of as holy

Fear not, nothing bad has EVER happened to the Irish soccer team in extra time

I don't often watch football, but when I do, I do go at it and awful hard

The Kings of Vršovice Although Slavia-Sparta is the most intense rivalry given both clubs' success, this is surely the most localised in Prague. Ex-pat David Toms' love affair with his adopted club continues as he takes in...

A piece I wrote ten years ago on the Vrsovice derby:

The Kings of Vršovice – Póg Mo Goal share.google/yNfJIuShDocs...

Something for halftime for ye

Let’s do this Ireland… 🇮🇪⚽️ #COYBIG

The downside of a global diaspora might just be that thousands will try and use your service at specific national moments and you may not have the server capacity to handle it

It seems to be just covering the full screen button???? Gahhhhhh

Every time I click the cast button on RTE player, and it just pauses it????