
Category: Realing In The Years
1974: Ireland’s First Superhero ‘Fond Of The drink-Man’ Introduced To Marvel Comics
Reeling In The Years 1983: Pope Gives Courting Couples Right To ‘Shift Before Marriage’
1991: Disco Music Finally Arrives In Kerry
Reeling In The Years 1979: Inter-County Marriages Finally Legalised
Reeling In The Years 1949: ‘Cigarettes In School’ Program Backed By Government
Did Hitler Invent The Internet? Inside The Fuhrer’s Secret Broadband Lair

At the bottom of a derelict mine shaft outside the German resort town of Tegernsee, World War 2 historians and computer scientists have made a discovery that will forever alter our relationship with the internet. Speaking at a hastily assembled press conference in Munich yesterday, lead investigator Alex Tuttshauble was emphatic. “The Nazis invented the… Read more »
Reeling In The Years: Ireland’s Childhood Obesity Epidemic (1924)

Following the establishment of the Irish free state in 1922, vast quantities of buttery mashed potatoes were distributed freely by the new government in a bid to strengthen the weakened population of Ireland. The high calorie diet soon became commonplace in every home around the country, forcing many young children into a life of obesity…. Read more »
Reeling In The Years – The Construction And Demolition Of Tramore (1875)

In 1875, the seaside town of Tramore was built in the space of three weeks by a Lord Doneraile. Before commencing work, Tramore was just one big marsh land that ran into the sea. Lord Doneraile designed the town himself, erecting sand-dunes at the bottom of the man-made bay and building beautiful marble houses along… Read more »
Reeling In The Years 1954: Soul Catching In The Bleeding Horse Bar

After Twelve pints of Guinness and a feed of soda bread in the Bleeding Horse bar in Dublin, Marty and the Doc decided it best to leave the Deloreon parked outside on Upper Camden Street street for the day. Hey, fuck it! It wasn’t like there was much traffic wardens around. Telling people in the… Read more »