“Nothing undermines your financial judgement more than the sight of your neighbour getting rich”
This programme, in Irish, about the Paul Singer stamp swindle in Dun Laoghaire of the 1950s shows that we never learn.
“Nothing undermines your financial judgement more than the sight of your neighbour getting rich”
This programme, in Irish, about the Paul Singer stamp swindle in Dun Laoghaire of the 1950s shows that we never learn.
Morning,
This documentary is well worth a gander because it show us that we never really learn. Nice to do it in Irish also. One of my resolutions this year is to speak a bit more Irish, any tips, ideas?
Best
David
David
Conradh na Gaeilge will advise on conversation groups. Gealtalk is a good website with plenty of links.
There is an Irish Speakers Meetup Group in Dublin also.
But it may be better to just start up your own gig locally. We did about 10 years ago, and got a Múinteoir in on occasion to keep us on the straight and narrow.
There were 6 of us in an Fáinne Meirgeach.
…The organisation was ‘quietly disbanded’ in 1999…….!
Funny, had a similar idea about Irish, wonder if we go back to our roots in time of crisis? Also trying to improve my German which may come in handy in the Europe about to emerge unless people like Helmet Schmidt and the SPD can reel in the German political establishment. People getting involved in schemes, boom/bust cycles is as old as the stones, and yes, people without any knowledge of economic or financial history will continually walk into it. Two books I recommend: On the Psychology of Military Incompetence by Norman F. Dixon. & Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the… Read more »