It is a great honour to be appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. I look forward to working with all the NI parties, to upholding the Belfast Good Friday Agreement and to helping NI realise its full potential as a fantastic place to live, work and invest. Northern Ireland Office

Was delighted to see this side chapel dedicated to St. Patrick in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine in St. Augustine, Florida today. Not surprised, really… the town hosted the earliest (recorded) St. Patrick’s Day parade (outside of Ireland), in 1601.

Marking the Centenary of The Tailteann Games | Athletics, Art and 20th Century Nationalism 📆 Fri, 2 Aug at 1pm: nli.ie/exhibitions-ev… Join us for an illustrated lecture exploring the circumstances and legacy of the #TailteannGames on the centenary of their modern revival.

Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Be generous with your ❤️s and retweets, and don’t forget #GirlsOwnCC

Sarah Atkinson (13 Oct 1823 #Athlone #Roscommon-8 July 1893).✍️. Opened home for workhouse women/children. Campaigned for better conditions. Helped Ellen Woodlock found Temple Street🏥. Visited Land Leaguers KilmainhamGaolMuseum.💷to Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services 🪦Glasnevin dib.ie/biography/atki…

The intention to live as long as possible isn’t one of the mind’s best intentions, because quantity isn’t the same as quality.

When there's something dusty, in your reading room, who you gonna call... #AnnualClosure #StockTake #LibraryCleaning

Of the 70,000 Irishmen who fought fascism in WWII, 6,000 joined the British forces after abandoning the Irish Army. The reward for their courage? They were court-martialed and only pardoned in 2012. independent.ie/opinion/commen…

A s flake is to blizzard, as C urve is to sphere, as knot is to net, as O ne is to many, as coin is to money, as R ock is to mountain, as drop is to fountain, as spring is to river, as N ear is to far, as light is to star, as kindness is to good –– so acorn is to wood.

Our woodland: Sweet Chestnut Holly Ash Hazel Birch Hornbeam Sycamore Bluebells Ivy Fern Bracken Blackberry Wild Garlic Snowdrops Wood anemone Primrose Red campion Dog-violet Foxglove Roe deer Fallow deer Badger Fox Yellow-necked mouse Squirrels Hare Wild Rabbit Bank Vole

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Roddy Doyle is here!

In April 1923, 21-year-old Nora Walsh from Sleady, a member of Cumann na mBan, cared for Thomas Landers after he arrived in a state of collapse at her neighbours house. Landers had been with Thomas Keating of #Comeragh before Keating when he was shot by Free State forces. Once

Why Michael Magee has won the John McGahern Prize for debut Irish fiction 2023. Prof Frank Shovlin interviews the Belfast author of Close to Home ahead of his triumphant return to Liverpool ⁦Michael Magee⁩ irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

A fossilized Brachiopod shell - a type of marine mollusc that thrived on the bed of the tropical sea that covered this part of the planets surface over 320 million years ago. County Clare, Ireland.

An exhibition of over forty new paintings of Ireland's west coast by renowned Kerry artist Michael Flaherty, is now on at Kennys. The opening event will be here this Friday, 13th at 6pm and is free to attend - please join us to view the exhibition, meet the artist, for a glass /1

Stór focal an lae do Apple 🍏: Íoc - pay Cúitigh le - reimburse Déan cúiteamh i rud éigin - make retribution Díol - cover Forghéill - forfeit Glan - clear/discharge Sásaigh - satisfy Tabhair airgead ar - give money for ❤️#Gaeilge #GaeilgeGachLá #Téasáras

Are you old enough to remember buying the Bunty Comic

For four decades, Catriona Crowe fought the good fight to get our historical archives into the hands of the Irish people. Best known for her work around the digitisation of the 1901 and 1911 census returns, there were many other great achievements and small victories for those

Tradition has it that St Patrick banished snakes, used the Shamrock to explain the doctrine of the Trinity, climbed Croagh Patrick & fasted 40 days, lit a miraculous paschal fire at Slane that wouldn't go out & single-handedly turned the Irish into Christians! #LegendaryWednesday