Just ending …! If you couldn’t make it this evening, see you next month - Thursday 5 September. Winter is coming!

John Redmond - 1880s. An uncommon photo of John & Willie Redmond, with Dr Nicholas O'Donnell (centre), who helped organise their tours in Australia. Both Redmonds married into the same Irish-Australian family, the Daltons. State Library Vic guides.slv.vic.gov.au/rising1916/iri… John McGrath

To be forgotten is to die twice… This is a great job of “remembering”. Fair play Stephen!

1916 - “Bird’s Eye View Of Dublin” Fascinating contemporary overview of places & events of the Easter Rising- Not 100% accurate in its details, but well worth zooming in & around to see- - “Warehouses held by snipers” - “HMS Helga” - “OTC check attack on bank” - & lots more! 🙂

A chance to hear Las Fallon on some of the "great" fires of Dublin's past -

Around #Birr #Offaly on Saturday 24th August? Why not join my #HeritageWeek2024 tour of Bully's Acre cemetery? The first ever tour of this forgotten Birr burial ground. Starting outside the cemetery at 5pm. DM me if you need any other details. heritageweek.ie/event-listings…

1916 Easter Rising in the Imperial War Museum, London. A small, but significant, display of Irish rebellion-related material in the IWM's WW1 gallery, featuring a surrender letter signed by Pearse and Connolly. Imperial War Museums

Latest addition to the world’s largest collection of publications related to the 1916 Easter Rising - "The Easter Rising and Irish History - an attempt at a Marxist account", by Sean Matgamna. #MOF1916

There must be a "Rebellion" TV series that I haven't heard about, because this one doesn't sound like the one I remember... "Netflix show about Irish revolution has fans raving they 'could watch again and again' " irishstar.com/culture/entert…

Join us at the GPO Museum this National Services Day to commemorate the emergency services who struggled to save lives during the 1916 Easter Rising. Tickets can be booked at: anpost.com/Witness-histor… Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland. #firstaid #FESSEF #History

First Thursday approaching! Every first Thursday, some of us meet to talk history. Just history. Come join us next week if you need a break from talking about other stuff... 🙂 This will be our 20th meet-up! Thursday 5 Sept, 8pm, Oval Bar off O'Connell St, Dublin. All welcome.

For the Corkonians amongst us - "The History of Cork" by John George MacCarthy, MP. Published AND printed in Cork, 1879.

This is bad news from the digital world… Very bad news.

A somewhat forlorn memorial stone in the Phoenix Park. Marks the planting of 12 trees in a circle on 31 August 1992, by Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, as part of European Unity Celebrations. The trees look great - the memorial, not so much...

"What has the Rebellion Taught Us?" Clearly an important question following the 1916 Easter Rising. However, this is an ad for an insurance company, so it's not a philosophical query. "Take Time by the Forelock" ... & buy more insurance! From The Sinn Féin Rebellion Handbook.

Not your run-of-the-mill post here, on Skerries Mills... (Sorry for the pun, but it's worth reading about, and a place I've never been to!)

Did the Irish Artillery Corps in the 1930s really have a badge featuring the Maid of Eireann sitting on a cannon with a harp? Why yes - yes it did.