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This Facebook page sharing fake nostalgic Irish books is so good
AH, THE GOOD old days.
All you need to remember them is a quality social media account of old photos to transport you back in time – and there are plenty of historical Facebook pages out there to do just that.
Now, Ireland has been blessed with another – but it’s a total, excellently-done piss take.
They introduce you to important historical publications like this ‘Silage Enthusiast’s 1996 calendar’
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It’s called Remembering Ireland, and their modus operandi is:
Of course they’re all fake, but some of the books they have created are brilliant – like this 1964 piece of farmer erotica
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From which they included an extract
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From the esteemed author of “The Dropped Hand” no less.
Remember this 1996 classic?
The Facebook page was set up a couple of weeks ago (along with the corresponding Twitter) and they’ve already had some viral success.
Sheep Dip Siren! received over 300 retweets alone, and a rake of people thought it was actually real.
So much history on show:
“Angelus – Six O’Clock Rock, 1988. One of the more popular bands in the Catholic Heavy Metal scene”
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And merch from back in the day too
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Keep going with the literary classics, lads
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Irish history, just not as we know it
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