For May day don't forget to leave flowers outside your door this evening, 30 April! Important Bealtaine tradition to keep you safe from the fairies or worse (witches)! Yellow flowers popular; marsh-marigolds, primroses, buttercups, gorse! #FairyTaleTuesday boyletoday.com/may-day-tradit…

Very Rev John Canon O'Hanlon MRIA (30 April 1821 #Stradbally #Laois -15 May 1905 #Dublin ). Priest, scholar, writer, poet, artist, folklorist, hagiographer! Involved in politics. 9 vol Lives of the Irish Saints are online! St Louis for a time. 🪦Glasnevin dib.ie/biography/ohan…

30 April: St Fáelchú, a bishop. Little-known saint in medieval Irish martyrologies. Not known when or where he lived. MartG finishes 30 April entry with, 'the whole of April's white host against every one terrible and active.'

Irish History Bitesize! #WOMENSART

Beatrice Elvery (30 April 1883 #Dublin -21 May 1970 #Dublin ). Painter/illustrator, stained-glass (An Túr Gloine), sculptor. 👩‍🎓 NCAD (Orpen used her as model. Won many prizes) & UCL Slade. One of her paintings bought by Maud Gonne; given to Pearse dib.ie/biography/camp…

Iris Cummins (6 June 1894 #Woodville #Cork -30 April 1968 #Dublin ). 1st ♀️ engineer to graduate UCC Ireland! 1st♀️member Engineers Ireland! Engineering@UCC building! International hockey player!🏑With team went to The White House! WW1, in munitions/Vickers/shipyard. dib.ie/biography/cumm…

30 April: St Cíarán of Cluain Sasta/ #Clonsast , Co. #Offaly . Near Clonbollogue. Reputed headache-curing bullaun on site. This is known as St Broghan's Stone. Sheela na gig discovered nearby. Described as 'bright-shaped' in MartG. megalithicmonumentsofireland.com/COUNTIES/OFFAL… irelands-sheelanagigs.org/sheelas/clonbu…

29 Feb: Bachelor's Day! Irish tradition on Leap Day allowing women to initiate #dances /propose marriage! If refused, man expected to buy woman a silk gown or by mid-20th C, a fur coat! Supposed to originate from a deal that St Bridget struck with St Patrick! 🎨? #MythologyMonday

Mary Concepta Lynch (4 Nov 1874 baptism #Dublin -30 April 1939 Dún Laoghaire). Nun. Artist, illuminator, calligrapher. 16 years decorating Celtic design in Oratory of the Sacred Heart at St. Mary's Dominican Convent in Dún Laoghaire! dib.ie/biography/lync… rte.ie/archives/2019/…

Annie O'Meara de Vic Beamish (30 April 1883 #Dublin -1 Aug 1969🇨🇭). Writer/translator/playwright as John Bernard/Noel de Vic Beamish. Founded language schools. Worked in Berlitz school in Cannes teaching English. Friend of Beckett; is 'Old Miss McGlone'! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_O%2…

Golden Miller (30 April 1927 #Pelletstown #Meath -1957).

Thoroughbred racehorse🏇. Most successful Cheltenham Gold Cup🏆winner ever (5 consecutive years 1932-1936) & Grand National 1934! Only horse to win both in same year!

29 wins out of 52 races! 🪦Elsenham Stud, West Essex

#tweetfromalternatehistory This Day in Irish History Irish History Podcast (Fin) Irish History Bitesize! #irishhistory #vikings #whatif by Jeff Provine 1014 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory #BrianBoru Secures High Kingship of #Ireland at #Clontarf #Dublin
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Florence Wallace Pomeroy, Viscountess Harberton (14 June 1843 Malone House, #Belfast -30 April 1911). Campaigner for dress reform! President of Rational Dress Society. Founded Rational Dress League. Keen cyclist. For♀️suffrage. Campaigned to prevent TB. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_…

30 April: St Forannan (d. 980). Bishop of Donoughmore, in Tipperary? Vision to go to River Meuse! Transported miraculously across sea with 12 others! Went to Rome. Emperor Otto took him under his protection! Abbot of #Waulsort Abbey, #Belgium (founded by Irishman St Maccallin).

#Otd 2001: The monument to Aodh Mag Uidhir/Hugh Maguire unveiled in #Inniscarra #Cork . Some think that if this Ulsterman hadn't been killed, the Battle of Kinsale would have gone differently, as he was a great strategist! Thus changing European history! ⚔️ dib.ie/biography/magu…

#Otd 1942: Due to petrol rationing, private motoring in Ireland was banned! Bicycle thefts immediately soared! 📷©my photo (outside Mary & Martha's Vintage Tea Room, Ahoghill, Co. Antrim) 🚲

Irish History Bitesize! Jack Astor wrote a notable SF novel in 1894, including the first description of a gravity-assist Mars flyby almost identical to the European Space Agency #Hera flyby next March - there's even an encounter with Deimos! JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Martian Moons @JAXA Hope Mars Mission

30 April: St Rónán of Líathros, Conaille Muirthemne, Co. #Louth . Muirthemne plain was Cú Chulainn's home. Is there a link with St Rónán of Dromiskin (d. 664), also in Conaille? (Dr Elva Johnston). Described as 'gracious' MartG. 📷Muirthemne plain ©Plastik99

#Otd 1928: The Bremen's crew who had made 1st transatlantic flight from East to West, arrived in NYC & were honoured with a parade. Later in 1928 they published a book about their experience called (in English) The Three Musketeers of the Air. 🛩️ youtube.com/watch?v=7t2TsC…