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Kaddish in Dublin: An Inspector Matt Minogue Mystery

The body of an investigative reporter washes onto the beach in Killiney — an apparent execution-style murder. It looks as if Arab-Jewish tensions have emerged in Ireland — the reporter is a Jew, and a Palestinian group has taken responsibility. But Matt Minogue is uneasy. As he pieces together Paul Fine’s last hours, questions multiply: What was the reporter working on? Who erased his computer files? And what story did someone want to bury? This is a police novel by a writer with “a poet’s eye for place” (The Globe and Mail).

History

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There has been considerable dispute over the origins of the ugg boot style, with both Australia and New Zealand claiming to have been the originators of the footwear.[3] Nevertheless, it appears that the boots were used by aviators during World War I, who referred to them as "fug boots" (surmised to be a shortened form of "flying ugg boots"),[4] and that they were present in rural regions of Australia during the 1920s.[3] While it is not clear when manufacturing started, by 1933, ugg boots were being manufactured by Blue Mountains Ugg Boots,[5] and Mortels Sheepskin Factory were making the boots from the late 1950s.[4]

In the 1960s, ugg boots became a popular option for competitive surfers,[6] who used the boots to keep their feet warm after exiting from the surf.[7] It was surfing which helped popularise the boots outside of Australia and New Zealand, when surfer Brian Smith started selling the boots in the United States through the company Ugg Holdings, Inc. in 1979.[7] Later, ugg boots emerged as a fashion trend in the United States, with celebrities such as Kate Hudson, Sarah Jessica Parker and Pamela Anderson choosing to wear the boots, creating increased demand.[8][9] However, Pamela Anderson renounced ugg boots in 2007 upon realising that they were made from animal skin.[9]

The terms ugg boots, ugh boots and ug boots have been used as terms for sheepskin boots in Australia and New Zealand since at least the 1970s,[1][6] although individual accounts have suggested that the terms (or variations thereof) were employed earlier. The 1970s saw the emergence of advertising using the names,[1] but Brian Smith has stated that the boots were referred to as "uggs" long before the word was trademarked (in 1971),[10] and Frank Mortel claims to have been making ugg boots under the "ugg" name since 1958.

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9th July 2009- A vast armada of 450 boats from France, Spain, and the British Isles and sailing clubs all over Ireland converged on Dun Laoghaire for the start of Ireland’s largest regatta, the four-day 2009 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR).

Since the four Dun Laoghaire Yacht Clubs joined forces to launch the first regatta in 2005, the event has grown in size each year. The Regatta is now one of Ireland’s biggest participant sports events after the city marathons. More than 3,000 sailors from Ireland and 13 other nations competed across 21 classes in a fleet of over 450 boats.

Over the course of four days, more than 250 races took take place.

The regatta had nearly four times the entry of any other Irish regatta this year.

there were many waterfront activities, including an appearance by the Jeanie Johnston, the replica 19th century vessel and famine history museum. Other activities included a farmers market, street entertainment including a carnival with face painters and balloon men, numerous ladies fashion events, a vintage car rally, live music from jazz to traditional Irish to marching bands, local area restaurant and pub events, an evening of Irish culture, music, food and dancing and a scheduled RNLI Air Sea Rescue demonstration.

Author, Collins, calls this "his humble effort to keep green some memories of his native city".

Historical Associations of Cook Street - Three Centuries of Dublin Printing - Reminiscences of a Great Tribute

Originally published 1913. Illustrated.

Author, Collins, calls this "his humble effort to keep green some memories of his native city".

Historical Associations of Cook Street - Three Centuries of Dublin Printing - Reminiscences of a Great Tribute

Originally published 1913. Illustrated.