Liam ÓMhaoldomhnaigh
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UCD History BA & MA
Early modern history, #KeepItStuart &c.
Polar, cold stuff, #Shackleton &c.
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Carson: "I will be loyal - even if I have to wreck the Empire." John Bull: "Well, you’ve made a start. Heard from Belfast lately?". Ernest Forbes, 14 September, 1920: National Library of Ireland
Sir Peter Markham Scott, painter, ornithologist, naval officer, broadcaster & sportsman, was born in London on 14 September, 1909. Photo via The Royal Society
Niall Glúndub, King of Tara, died on 14 September, 919, as he marched on Dublin. See Dictionary of Irish Biography entry: dib.ie/biography/nial…
SY ‘Discovery’, principal ship of R. F. Scott’s #Antarctic expedition arrived in London on 15 September, 1904, marking the end of the British National Antarctic Expedition. The Times and The Sunday Times, 16 September, 1904. The ship was built in Dundee and in Dundee she belongs. Discovery Point
Charles I left Nottingham on Thursday, 15 September, 1642, and moved to Derby. Image: Royal Collection Trust
Adam Loftus, Viscount Lisburne, Baron of Rathfarnham, died on 15 September, 1691, at the Siege of #Limerick. A cannonball that apparently killed him hangs above his burial in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. Limerick map: Royal Collection Trust
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, died on 15 September, 1643. Was he the Great Earl of Cork or the ‘upstart earl’? Tomb image: Cork County Council Library & Arts Service, Local Studies Digital Library
15 SEPTEMBER Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows #MaterDolorosa Image: Wallerant Vaillant, after Guido Reni, 1658-77, Rijksmuseum
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini was born in Rome on 15 September, 1592. Although he failed to achieve his political goals as Papal Nuncio to the Catholic Confederacy of Ireland, he was a significant player of the 1640s. Image: apparently National Gallery of Ireland via Wikimedia Commons
Engineer Commander Reginald William Skelton, RN, was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order on 15 September, 1916. 🎖️⚓️ Skelton was Chief Engineer and photographer of Scott’s Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904. 🇦🇶📷 Image: Scott Polar Research Institute