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Trying to get reorganised

16/11/202516/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 229 Views 0 Comments

My bunker is a construction zone – and my proper workshop is a disaster zone. I feel it’s time to

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Shewolf lion and shields

08/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 354 Views 0 Comments

Is that a catchy/scary title? In any case, it marks a significant decorative input to the bunker. But, it was

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Special castle, lake and memories

04/11/202504/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 399 Views 0 Comments

I once worked at a castle in Ireland. Well actually, on the castle estate – milking cows and birthing calves.

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My last days in Ireland

01/11/202502/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 552 Views 0 Comments

Never say never, but I may have spent my last days in Ireland. And, to be honest, I’m not even

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Honk for happiness

25/10/202525/10/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 711 Views 0 Comments

My sister-in-law owns a pub! I love my sister-in-law – and her pub. The Honk, Newmarket-on-Fergus, round the back of

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Me Little Irish Mammy’s Funeral

18/10/202518/10/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1215 Views 0 Comments

My Mammy passed away on 5 October 2025, just two weeks short of her 85th birthday. I made it home

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Rough carpentry and sad news

12/10/202512/10/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 636 Views 2 Comments

It’s only an auld shed – so rough carpentry is good enough. But, I recon I’ll get better at this,

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Shields and shield walls

02/10/202502/10/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 474 Views 0 Comments

These damn shields have been coming a long time. I mean, how hard can it be? Well, pretty hard, when

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Shields and shelves

28/09/202528/09/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1338 Views 0 Comments

Every shield wall needs a shield or two. But, if you’re going to make your own shields, it would be

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Building a shield wall

20/09/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1944 Views 2 Comments Make-n-Do

This week I’m building a shield wall in the basement. The purpose of this is to shield the workshop from

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Shovelling dirt and fake-building bricks

13/09/202513/09/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1799 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This video isn’t very exciting (unlike all my other riveting episodes 😉 Yes, I really am just shovelling dirt and

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Installing a secret door in the bunker

07/09/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1948 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This week’s video installing a special/secret door in the bunker is a significant event. It’s a small, old door, but….

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Finishing pit walls in the bunker

30/08/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1922 Views 2 Comments Make-n-Do

It’s getting pretty serious in the bunker at the moment. I seem to be finishing up a lot of key

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Castle walls and silly falls

23/08/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1514 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

As per the title, I build a (faux) castle wall – very apt for an Irishman’s underground bunker. In the

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New steps in the bunker – part 2

16/08/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1741 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

In this week’s video, I finish the new steps leading out of my bunker excavations. I was worried that I

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New steps in the bunker – part 1

09/08/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1506 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Using the space during excavation I learnt that steps were definitely a must have for getting out of the pit

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So much baggage in my life

02/08/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1928 Views 4 Comments Make-n-Do

Bags, bags, bags – so many bags! By the end of this video, I will have filled and extracted 19

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More digging

26/07/202526/07/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1657 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

More digging!!! I hate digging. At least I hate it now after all the digging I already did. But, digging

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Plumbing and (plumbing) procrastination

19/07/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2066 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This week I set out to install a garden hose in a niche cut into the wall of my bunker

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Artistic inputs in the basement

12/07/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1567 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This week I get a little artistic in the bunker. Things are going in, instead of always coming out. I

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