Special castle, lake and memories
I once worked at a castle in Ireland. Well actually, on the castle estate – milking cows and birthing calves.
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Editor’s Vlog
My last days in Ireland
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
This week I get a little artistic in the bunker. Things are going in, instead of always coming out. I
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Building a brick arch
It feels great to be putting things back into my excavations instead of always taking stuff out. This week I
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Building walls in my lift shaft
It feels great putting things back into my excavations instead of always taking things out. This week I put walls
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