To celebrate #EarthDay2026 we are highlighting Irish people who contributed to our understanding of the natural world, starting with Ellen Hutchins. She was Ireland’s first female botanist & an expert on mosses, bryophytes and lichens, several of which are named for her. www.dib.ie/biography/hu...
Toni Morrison: “Access to knowledge is [the] supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand virtually alone in accomplishing this mission."
This is very good by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social
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#NewBlog
New York has always loomed large in the Irish-American experience, not least because so many immigrants passed through Ellis Island on their way to a new life. In our new blog, 'Irish Emigrants to the Big Apple', we explore some of the Irish who took a bite... www.dib.ie/blog/irish-e...
Coming soon to a bookshelf near you: my biography of revolutionary leader Austin Stack which will be published later this year by Merrion Press
Thrilled to publish the remarkable story of this important figure and to share new archive material about his life and times
#irishhistory #books 📚
Five minutes after the match and the seagulls take over again…
The definitive account of the Easter Rising in Kerry and the men and women of the county who were involved in the dramatic events of 110 years ago
#EasterRising
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Oh I’m so sorry Margaret, such an awful wrench when a beloved pet dies.
In a World where uncertainty prevails the Government will today take the first step to nailing down next year’s finances when it announces that Budget Day will be set for October 6th.
Not sure my feed is giving good advice today…
If we qualify, I've promised to name my firstborn Heimir. My wife's not thrilled by this. She says "He's seven, and he already has a name".
#COYBIG
You were right! Say it again!
Remember that even though the AI companies are reducing the services they claim to offer they still need your money and criticising them means you're a Luddite.
#DIBLives Born #OTD 1731, Elizabeth Rawdon's Dublin residence was described as ‘the gathering place of people of genius.’ In 1783 she was the 1st woman published in 'Archaeologia' when she submitted a discourse on the remains of a human skeleton discovered on her estate. www.dib.ie/biography/ra...
This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation.
I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment.
This summary is just fantastic.
You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her.
Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day
On Thursday, 26th March at 7.00pm at Killarney Library, I will deliver a lecture on the foundation and early years of Fianna Fáil in Kerry, 1926-1933, hosted by the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society.
Admission is free and all are welcome.
www.kerryhistory.ie
#DIBLives Armed with a blunderbuss, a brace of pistols, and a dagger, highwayman William Crotty (d. #OTD 1742) was a deadly shot with both hands. He was popular with the people of Waterford who claimed he killed only in self-defence & shared his spoils with the poor. www.dib.ie/biography/cr...
All those English supporters were right… the Six Nations *will* be decided by their game in Paris!
My new book The Truth About Ruby Cooper will be published tomorrow Thurs 12th March in Uk and Ireland. Please buy it or borrow it from your library for free. 😊
It might cause the universe to explode. Worth the risk, though…
Uh-oh…
The mother of a teenage boy who died when a cabin cruiser belonging to Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Shadow V, was blown up by the IRA on 27 August 1979, has said she could not even speak to her family after his death
#DIBNewLives Educational researcher Tom Kellaghan was integral to the 1969 establishment of the Special Education Centre which aimed to better prepare local children largely from highly disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds for the demands of formal schooling. www.dib.ie/biography/ke...
Two Englishman are in a restaurant in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. One says to the waitress “can you very slowly tell me the name of the place we’re in?” to which the waitress replies “ BUUUURRRRGGGGERRRR KIIIINNNNGGGG”.
I just remembered how much of a disclaimer they had to do before Wicked in the week of the Queen’s death, given that the opening words are: “Good news! She’s dead!”
Top notch!
