Roy June 24th, 2010
Whenever an English or American tourist gets in your vehicle recount the following poem:
Maith an cailin dheas
an bhuil cead agum
Dul gi dti
An leithreas
an buideal bainne
agus caca milis
Tips Guaranteed!
Roy March 25th, 2010
Now that the Pubs will be open before, during and after the Heinekin Cup Match between Munster and Leinster on Good Friday the Taxi drivers in Limerick are pretty much guaranteed a humdinger of a night.
Folk are split as to whether opening on good Friday is a good idea or not but I think it’s a sign of a new secular Ireland.
The N7 will look like a Taxi rank with drivers heading down hoping to snatch a bit of business, watch out for the flat down IDs
Roy January 27th, 2010
These fascinating pictures taken in Dublin in 1961 where sent to me by a reader of the Blog, (Thanks Louise)
I hope the gallery program works and that you guys like them: (may take a little while to load)
Roy September 13th, 2009
The popular Ireland By Taxi website has had a facelift, customers should find it easier to navigate and the booking system has been simplified, with three methods to choose from.
A Typical Ireland By Taxi booking
Pick customer up at the office in Dublin city centre, stop off at the house in Rathgar for a quick change and to pick up a bag, another stop in Tallaght to collect the Sister and then off to Kilkenny in time for the church service.
All this for the low low price of €1 per kilometer!
No other transport method can offer the flexibility and level of service provided by Ireland by Taxi at such a great value price.
Roy April 7th, 2009
I brought a lovely group (A beautiful Portuguese lady, her two sons and her equally lovely friend) from Dublin to Bushmills Co Antrim, a journey of over 250kms and I couldn’t have spent it with nicer people. I even got paid for the privilege.
AND……………….
I got to see the Giants Causeway, a place I’ve hoped to visit for a long time and it was well worth the wait, very impressive, in fact Antrim is a beautiful County……..shame the Nordies got it.
The fairly daunting walk to see the Causeway:
But it was worth it:
I think I’m getting better at the piccy taking? my wife liked this one so much we’re using it as the desktop background
Roy February 13th, 2009
Clontarf is one of the posher areas of Dublin, an extremely desirable place to live, with house prices to match, I’m sure at one time it was nice…… to walk along the beach and admire the view across to Dunlaoighaire or Howth, but for the past however many years, the view has been of the modern port and docks (I’m assuming at one time the port might have been prettier, with tall ships and all?):
The View from Clontarf
Sorry about the picture, but you get the idea – oil drums, cranes and smoke
I have to admit, every time I drive by and look across at that I think to myself…….”that looks shite”…… but then again, northsiders are easily pleased.
Ps. I love it when tourists try to wrap their tongues around “Dunlaoghaire”, always makes me smile.
Roy December 9th, 2008
Yesterday, the 8th of December is/was traditionally known as culchie day in Dublin, the day our country cousins came to the “big smoke” to do the Christmas shopping.
These day the shopping precincts in country towns are such that these trips are no longer necessary but some still come…….. out of tradition.
Back in the 80s/ 90s, I worked in the electrical retail business and can remember the days when the Sony walkman, the Ghetto blaster, the commodore 64 etc, were the must have Christmas present.
I remember when working in the Ilac centre in Dublin, two country kids running into the shop so exited with having another go on the “moving staircase” they didn’t kop the Santa presents that were being quickly stowed into bags
When in school I worked Christmasses in the families record shops, ( now sadly closed down) and remember selling “Now that’s what they call music” (no number..it was the very first one!) now up to 71 record shops at Christmas are mental!
I, along with what seemed to be half the country went up north yesterday for the bargains, thereby giving the tax to the Queen! our government decided to up the vat on our already overpriced products while at the same time the UK droped theirs…….what did they expect?
So I guess I was part of the 2008 equivalent of Culchie day in Newry yesterday!
Roy July 15th, 2008
I took one of the managers from the Dandilion night club on St Stephens green home earlier, he was worried about the new closing times being brought in next weekend, with a 2:30am closing time Monday to Saturday and 1am on Sundays. (a 1 hour reduction in both cases)
He said how the government had no concern for the thousands of people employed in this area and how their jobs were now at risk, with a best case scenario being reduced hours and no chance of a wage increase.
He complained about the investment the owners had put into their business and how now they would have to give up the entrance charges, which in some cases had been earmarked to pay for said refurbishments.
He sounded like a Taxi driver! Difference is these guys have the support of a large portion of the general public, mainly because they want the later openings for selfish reasons….. nothing to do with the club owners or the workers welfare.
We humans care little for our fellow citizens when push comes to shove.
Roy June 16th, 2008
Today is Bloomsday, the day the World, and Dublin in particular, celebrates James Joyce and his incomprehensible masterpiece, Ulysses.
Very few Dubliners have read it and fewer still understand it, but most can tell you who it’s about; (Leopold Bloom) and everything he did on that 16th of June, right down to what he had for breakfast, who he met, where he went, and what he wore.
This is thanks to a few eccentrics, who began by dressing up, re-enacting the day and reading excerpts from the book, soon it became an “official” day and now it’s a festival week. (any excuse for a party eh?)
My favorite part of the book is Molly Bloom’s soliloquy, it’s right at the end where the heroes adulterous wife has her say.
The following video is a bit risque (you’ve been warned) but if you’d like to hear it read by the beautiful Angeline Ball (now starring in the British soap Eastenders) it will both give you an idea of how great the writing is and how difficult it is to comprehend in written form.
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Roy June 11th, 2008
After swearing a few years back that we would never again venture on a sun holiday, instead we were going to go on city breaks around Europe, yesterday….. I booked a week in the Costa Del Sol !
You see we had a minor brush with skin cancer and have been advised to stay covered!
Regardless, we have been tempted by the “do nothing, laze about by the pool reading” adventure once again.
I better pack the factor 60 and the wide brim hats!
God knows what we’ll come home to……. leaving a twenty year old with a free gaff!……. she hasn’t stopped smiling since we told her????????
I might set the blog up to auto post a few stories while I’m away, but I’ll have to close www.irelandbytaxi.com (just in case one of the visitors actually bites!) Unless someone has a better idea?
I’ll go at it again when I come back, (I’ll be gone from the 21st – 28th June) Holidays are a great time for planning this type of thing.
