Exposed king post #truss system Duke of Leinster's Carriage House at Carton House Maynooth IRE. Now a restaurant.

Black bird sitting on a finger sign post at Carton House Maynooth IRE

Mr Inspector Carton House Maynooth. IRE

When JD says the Pope should stick to morality and stay out of politics is he saying his idea is that politics is amoral. Makes sense that this avowed catholic can turn a blind eye to industrial scale nepotism and corruption, genocide, child rape, murder, neglect of the poor, etc. and 'Jesus Trump'

"The Irritating Gentleman" by Berthold Woltze (1874): the painting that nailed everyday harassment 150 years ago

"The Irritating Gentleman" by Berthold Woltze (1874): the painting that nailed everyday harassment 150 years ago

Noo dats a wee douggie

Used to pick up H. fasciata in rock pools on the Redcliffe Peninsula Moreton Bay QLD as kids before we knew they were so toxic. Just to see the display. Walking around with no shoes on. A lot of the rock pools decimated by development and over harvesting oysters after that time.

Love #FamilyHistory? Please consider volunteering with your family history society for a fun and rewarding experience! #GenHour www.familyhistoryfederation.com/find-a-society

So here is the link to the organ story I referred to at #Bexhill NSW.

ohta.org.au/organs/organ...

for namesake town

@bexhillmuseum.bsky.social

a cartoon of a person giving money to another person . Alt: a cartoon of a person giving money to another person . Tskes the wallet instead of the money.

Just had an extraction on my wallet while fixing a cracked molar #Kensington #Dental same as home

Thats great. It is a cafe and excellent cheese shop now with a small community surrounding it. A place for organ recitals with a noted organ acquired at an earlier time for its small church. The dairying largely gone to big business. GM Maud Bulmer born down the road at Numulgi on a small farm.

Thank you to #Cavan #Genealogy for responding to my email. Hope to see you soon. #RootsIreland #FamilyHistory

Thanks County Sligo Heritage & Genealogy Centre for responding to my email. Hope to see you soon. #RootsIreland #sligo #genealogy #FamilyHistory

Visited #Bexhill Nth Lismore New South Wales Australia Birthplace of my GM. Asked local about Hotel her father ran. Reply "Oh you mean the brothel". Women of Bexhill burnt it down as hubbies were coming home late. This incident before his time. @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social take note.

Goat Tavern sign Kensington High Street

Magic yourself here

Uncovering good #DNA matches in #Ancestry. #IrishRoots in #Cavan. Especially around Mullagh and in the pocket of Meath. The wives lnab are helping stream the #Reilly #O'Reilly preponderance in Cavan.

a bride and groom are sitting in a carriage with a man in a red uniform Alt: Wills and Kate, bride and groom are sitting in a carriage with a man in a red uniform waving

Acclimatised #Kensington. Walked off 30 hrs of compressed airline customer experience and surley and unhelpful border stuff. My carefully controlled good manners intact. Hi to #WillsandKate if you're home.

Brisbane today. Vancouver yesterday. London tomorrow. Because #WarisPeace

"If all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth."

George Orwell

In search of Shackleton’s Fold (and other lost places) Ordnance Survey: Leeds Sheet 13: Surveyed: 1847. Published: 1850.Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland The last post I published in my ‘Ancestral Tourism’ s…

My latest blogpost/ YouTube video have published. Aimed at genealogists and people doing OnePlaceStudies and is about using historic maps/ census documentation/ other docs to locate houses and streets that no longer exist. A bit long, but I hope worth it. englishancestors.blog/2026/03/26/i...

A colorful duck making his way down to the water

A proud wood duck drake for the #tricolour theme (any bird with 3 colors or more) of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social

#birds #nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK

RootsTech 2026 Recap - Big Genealogy Announcements! YouTube video by Genealogy with Amy Johnson Crow

Keep #rootstech alive watching the recaps! #genealogy youtube.com/live/t93pEhi...

Gotta love that green laminex

a cartoon of winnie the pooh sitting at a table with a bowl of food and the words yum Alt: a cartoon of winnie the pooh sitting at a table with a bowl of food and the words yum

Tassajara wholemeal I hope

LIKE auntie kym

Its now my lock screen.

The river flows, flows to the sea
Where ever that river flows
Thats where I want to be

- Easy Rider

Supporting ‘illegal aggression’ against Iran ‘the worst thing’ Australia could do, international law experts say Ben Saul says ‘rolling over’ after Israel and US attack is counterproductive for middle powers because it undermines rules-based order * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast International law experts have criticised Australia for “rolling over” and backing what they say is an illegal attack by Israel and the US on Iran. The foreign minister, Penny Wong, endorsed the fresh war by stating that “Australia supports action to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent Iran from continuing to threaten international peace and security”. Continue reading...

Supporting ‘illegal aggression’ against Iran ‘the worst thing’ Australia could do, international law experts say

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Feb. 1 front page of the Star Tribune

The front page of tomorrow's Minnesota Star Tribune: Feb. 1, 2026

I read Turgenev's Fathers and Children at high school when I was on a Russian novel binge.