Image https://rayhurley.ie/ We're nearly there; in a few short days we'll be at the shortest day of the year and Ireland's obsession with 'The Grand Stretch' will begin again. In our house growing up, the first announcement would happen sometime around now. My Dad would look up from his dinner and say 'you know, there'll be 15 minyits in the evenings by the 6th of January' . He pronounced minutes as if there was a spanish tilde over the n. It was one of the marks of his east Mayo accent and...

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