Deryck

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Transport geek, software sector consultant, husband of Justin, servant to Freya, author of Connecting A Nation connectinganation.ie 🏳️‍🌈 🇮🇪 🇪🇺

A small fluffy dog sitting on the floor of a train
A GNT Automatic payphone from the 1980s
An extract from Connecting a Nation: The problem for the British was that the powerful 10o kW transmitter at Athlone could also be used by the Luftwaffe to guide air raids on the UK. Pressure from the British government to synchronise Athlone with the other Radio Éireann transmitters in Dublin and Cork was initially ineffective as the Irish authorities lacked the equipment required to make the changes. To reduce the utility of the Athlone transmitter for German bombers, in September 1939 the BBC took three low-powered transmitters at Redmoss outside Aberdeen, Penmon on Anglesey and Clevedon near Bristol out of regular service. In a measure to confuse Luftwaffe aircraft, receivers picked up Radio Éireann and relayed it by landline for retransmission at the three BBC sites.38 In October 1940, the Irish authorities acquired the equipment required to synchronise the three Radio Eireann transmitters at Dublin, Cork and Athlone thus reducing their value as navigation aids, and the BBC relays ceased. There is no record of whether British listeners missed their regular dose of hurling and céilí music after the retransmissions ended.
A payphone with a Telecom Éireann logo and a notice above advising that local calls are 20p
A dog with a red London bus in the background
A small white dog with brown ears sitting on the “driver’s seat” upstairs on a bus with a Dublin streetscape partly visible through a steamed up window.
A public toilet in Japan with completely glass walls
A small white dog of indeterminate parentage waiting outside the closed doors of Pantibar.
A photo of a small white terrier of indeterminate parentage lying contentedly in a dog bed while her chest is stroked by a human hand.
A dog on a bus
Screenshot of Live Departure information for a bus stop in Dublin from the TFI Live map.
A small white dog of indeterminate breed sitting on the footpath of street
A screenshot from Facebook “People you may know” with an option to add Enoch Burke as a friend.
A photo taken along the Dublin Port Greenway of orange mooring posts with a dog and person in the background
A small dog standing impatiently at the closed door of a pub in Dublin.
ELECTION RESULTS POST OFFICE WILL TELL YOU The Post Office authorities in Dublin have arranged to give news of the progress of the counting of votes on Saturday and succeeding days to the public. Members of the public desir- ing to know results should ring up the Post Office and ask for the Election Results Bureau, where a special staff of expert operators will be at their service to give the principal results and the position of parties at the time of telephoning.