(just saw news that he has died at 84. I saw him speak at my high school. Many years later, I was in the front row at a taping of the Letterman show where he was a guest. Growing up, he was always on the local TV news.)

Jesse Jackson after being arrested at the offices of A&P, New York (1971)
Photo: Wide World Photos, Inc. / Presbyterian Historical Society

Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny (February 2026)

Tommy Dorsey promo pic (1935)
Photo: Maurice Seymour

@Cassandra bridge is mid 18th century and castle is 1350

Thomastown, Co Kilkenny

River Nore fair to bursting