tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post2990106780031396718..comments2023-12-14T10:28:43.397+00:00Comments on Declan Burke: The Big BegorrahUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-3206867250675874152010-05-13T12:50:55.362+01:002010-05-13T12:50:55.362+01:00Wowzer! This is interesting. Wait till Mossie Hene...Wowzer! This is interesting. Wait till Mossie Henebrey hears about it ;-) <br />It doesn't tie in with the little references to Waherfo' in Chandler's letters though. Many thanks for posting this. Really appreciate it.<br />Regarding hurling, surely after their elevation to the Div 3 NFL Waterford is now officially a big-ball county?Shanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-53290661727021352022010-05-11T13:19:28.020+01:002010-05-11T13:19:28.020+01:00And Garbhan Downey has Harry the Hurler, whose mon...And Garbhan Downey has Harry the Hurler, whose moniker is probably another reference to The Beautiful Game. But it's the thought that Chandler might have set a novel in Ireland that's intriguing. Well, that and the mental image of Chandler in a limo.<br />==========================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-56838873548929046322010-05-11T09:43:39.401+01:002010-05-11T09:43:39.401+01:00Oh, and John Blaine, the PI in Vincent Banville...Oh, and John Blaine, the PI in Vincent Banville's novels, is a former Wexford hurler, who keeps a hurl in his office ...<br /><br />And Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor wound up on the wrong side of a hammering from a hurl at one point ...<br /><br />Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-44565607236594201752010-05-11T09:41:44.450+01:002010-05-11T09:41:44.450+01:00Peter - Jim Lusby set a number of crime novels in ...Peter - Jim Lusby set a number of crime novels in modern Waterford ... Making the Cut, Flashback and Kneeling at the Altar ... all in the 1990s. Don't know if there's any hurling references, though ...<br /><br />Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-88379905794753611802010-05-11T05:43:24.192+01:002010-05-11T05:43:24.192+01:00Nah, Bogart died in 1957, so he wouldn't have ...Nah, Bogart died in 1957, so he wouldn't have starred. But what kind of a Waterford and an Ireland would Chandler have found in 1958, little knowing that fifty years later, Waterford would get a wee lesson from Kilkenny at Croke Park?<br /> ==========================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.com