Upcoming talk in a month's time of Dr Lara Cassidy (Lara Cassidy) and myself at DIAS about: "The genetic and linguistic prehistory of Ireland" One for the diary!

Donnchadh Ó Corráin MRIA (28 Feb 1942 - 25 Oct 2017). Prof Emeritus Medieval History at UCC.✍️ Viking Wars, pre-Hiberno-Norman period, origin of Irish language names! Positions University College Dublin Cambridge University Penn Universitetet i Oslo Balliol College! Founded ArCH, CELT, MultiText Peritia Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland!

This Fintan O'Toole piece is by some distance the best thing I've read on Trump, and why his success baffles so many of us liberals. 'The importance of not being earnest is that it defines the boundaries of the tribe. The earnest are the enemy.' nybooks.com/articles/2024/…

If Putin does win the war in Ukraine, the next target is likely to be one of the small Baltic countries. The question for Ireland will be how to respond to an attack on a fellow EU member state, writes Stephen Collins, via Irish Times Opinion irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/0…

The wealthiest 10% of Irish households own almost as much wealth as all other households in the country combined, according to new data irishtimes.com/business/2024/…

“Archaeology is the discipline of things” Magical items used in Irish referendum. As an archaeologist I’m intrigued. Someone - several people?-popped objects into ballot boxes in the hope that their presence would affect the vote. I’d like to know the contexts, different boxes?

☘️Our chat w/Vox Hiberionacum about the real Patrick, poster boy for Irl in late antiquity, is perfect for the bank holiday wkend. Listen while you're on your way into town for a parade, or having a windy walk along the beach, or just lazing in bed! #StPatricksDay open.spotify.com/episode/1xYXTv…

Our big day! The workshop to launch VOICES was so productive. A huge thank you to colleagues who contributed & the amazing VOICES team.🙏 🤩European Research Council (ERC) @AmandaCapern @tait_clodagh @VirtualTreasury Dr Bronagh Ann McShane @HistoryTcd The ADAPT Centre

Potatoes from a 1633 edition of Gerard's Herball for #InternationalDayOfPotato Originally published in 1597, the work included the first description & image of a potato in English!

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Join us from PRONI and VRTI at the Guildhall on Wed 19th June. Really looking forward to it.

"When you have a library and a garden, you have everything you need." Cicero.

It's medals day for hockey at the #olympics . This 1647 engraving shows Mapuche people from Chile playing the game palin, one of the many ancestors of modern field hockey, and still played today.

Hand gestures & their meanings from 'Chirologia, or the naturall language of the hand' printed in London in 1644.

Mandatory watching. A sour grapes Fine Gael candidate who didn’t get elected calling out Donegal for being negative gets humbled with a list of facts. Fair play to radio presenter. Her response is what you’d expect

Why halos and headscarves were winners for Cuala's artists. Associating Christianity and Catholicism with Irishness was a mark of distinctiveness for the Irish Free State in its early years, write billy shortall & Angela Griffith Trinity Irish Art Research Centre (TRIARC) Trinity College Dublin rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Nollaig - Christmas 🎄🎅⭐️ The word Nollaig is of Latin origin: Old Irish Notlaic, from Latin nātālīcia for 'a birthday party' Scottish Gaelic - Nollaig Manx - Nollick Welsh - Nadolig Breton - Nedeleg French - Noël Nollaig shona duit!! Merry Christmas to you! #Gaeilge #Nollaig

Women's work - milking and churning - images from the 16th & 17th centuries (British Museum)

Is é House of Guinness an chéad teideal riamh de chuid Netflix atá ar fáil le fotheidil i nGaeilge. Sláinte!