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School is over. Brilliant again. #KatieTaylor

🗣️ @AndyLeeBoxing reacts to Lewis Crocker DQ win verdict and vents frustration at the referees role in the fight. 👂 #CrockerDonovan #DAZN #Boxing

Some disrespect by Netflix and the referee of the champion. #TaylorSerrano2

Terrible coverage on @NetflixUK of Taylor fight. Clueless

THEY'VE DONE IT!!🤩🙌👏 EUROPEAN GOLD🥇FOR IRELAND 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 What a team performance!!!😍 ⏱️3:09.92CR Full result: tinyurl.com/6khyf5cy #Roma2024 #IrishAthletics @123.ie

Gangland Dublin, in the 18th century, featured a group of violent upper-class thugs called "The Pinking Dindies". Don't be deceived by their soft-sounding name. Comprising of students from Trinity College and idle rich snobs, this posh extortion gang lived up to their reputation for bloodshed and thievery, mainly directed at the innocent victims of their protection rackets. Many members would grow up to become politicians and white-collar professionals. Richard Crosbie was their leader whilst still a student at Trinity College. In 1785, he would become the first person in Ireland to fly in a hot air balloon from Ranelagh Gardens, Dublin! Being men of leisure, the Pinking Dindies spent a lot of time gambling and drinking in their clubhouse, an illegal casino on Essex Street. Their hunting grounds were the red light and gambling district between Christ Church and St Patrick's Cathedral. Dressed to the nines, educated, well-fed and muscled (all signs of wealth) they plagued taverns, casinos, brothels and the cobbled lamp-lit streets of the city demanding "contributions" from rich victims and duels from poor ones. Even worse than theft, they harassed and sexually assaulted women, running protection rackets on prostitutes that worked in the many local brothels. The gang got their name from their modus operandi. They would bump into their male victim and "pink" them. This was basically pricking/stabbing someone with the extremely sharp short swords they carried. They also used heavy metal keys or weights attached to a silk handkerchief, which they swung at the temple. The unfortunate victim would hand over money or jewels and hope to be allowed to escape. The "Dindies" part of their name came from another word for dandies: well-dressed men, overly obsessed with their appearance. The Pinking Dindies existed at the time when there was only a threadbare city watch and no formal police force, so the culture of posh thugs thrived. During the 1770s and 80s, the idiotic, homicidal trend of Duelling also peaked in Dublin. Proud, wealthy men of all ages proved their manhood by escalating minor disagreements with mates and strangers into fights to the death (which I'll cover more in a later post). Another example of this environment of violence was the walking sticks sold at popular jewellers on Dame Street. These highly fashionable walking canes were used as coshes and were bought by youngfellas looking to pick fights. Like the slogans on t-shirts or tattoos you might see wannabe hard men wearing today, these ornate pimp canes were engraved with aggressive phrases like "Who dares sneeze?" "Who's afraid?" intended to show how tough the owner was and to provoke fights. Times may change, but rich Gobshites are forever!

30 years since the great turtle blood robbery. Here’s how I recall it. irishtimes.com/sport/athletic…

@BillHillWicklow @MarkJacks0n some going jack.

@PaddyK_Official Got them all. #ding

Who can get em all🤪

Save the date! @BaltoGAA Senior Mens team raising funds for the Baltinglass community hospital’s patient comfort fund, and Baltinglass GAA club. Looking forward to getting as many out for a good day of activity, steps and donations! @BillyCullen_ @john_mc_grath @robostainz

@PaddyK_Official 35.5

Interesting stuff @BillyCullen_ , hopefully under 38

@PaddyK_Official @TodayFM @MonkeyCups1 @AlisonTodayFM Paddys sippy cup. #snowflake #cinnamon #thesis

@TodayFM @MonkeyCups1 @AlisonTodayFM @BillyCullen_ would love this he is always drinking tea/coffee on the go

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@john_mc_grath @JOEdotie @HallahanEnda @walshec5 For the attentive service alone it was worth it. #dutchies

@JOEdotie The Dutchman’s @HallahanEnda @BillyCullen_ @walshec5

If you could choose to be having a pint in one pub in Ireland tonight - where would it be?

@SweeneyEoghan 😂🤣😂 was only thinking of that day a few weeks ago. Some craic. #beerferret

@BillyCullen_ the horse swooshed his tail and the jokey fell off... 🧐

@SkyJohnnyNelson talking nonsense. Quantity doesn’t equal quality Johnny. #kt

World Snooker Championship titles: 🏆 x 6 Ronnie O'Sullivan 🏆 x 6 Steve Davis 🏆 x 6 Ray Reardon Will he catch the man himself... 🏆 x 7 Stephen Hendry 👉 bbc.in/31310dv #bbcsnooker

Serious finish to this game by o Sullivan. #therocket

@RescueOrgIre will be running the Frontline to Finishline walk from June 22nd - June 27th. Volunteers from various emergency services will be walking in uniform through Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Carlow, Killenny, Wexford and Wicklow 💛

@PaddyK_Official You washing clothes in the bath now paddy.

Not!!!!!!

Sunburn 2018, you’d think I’d learn wouldn’t you ?🤣