Building a timeline of the history of Ireland and the Irish people. Outlining and in time detailing, all the important (and some not so important) events.
Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is to recognise the 1924 Olympic Games matches as the first-ever men's international fixtures to take places under the auspices of the FAI. – https://t.co/4RZe5E1LIp #IrelandsFirstRealWorldCup
First published #OTD in 2012, Ireland's First Real World Cup by David Needham takes us on a trip through Irish sporting and Olympic history, recounting the exploits of football team that travelled to Paris to compete in the 1924 Summer Olympic Games. – https://t.co/jH8taif5X1
Physic without Physicians by John Toland (1670-1722), first published in 1726, it has since been re-published in a modern, standalone edition and is available to buy online in print and e-book – https://t.co/kqGV7miUpK
Physic without Physicians by John Toland, who died #OTD in 1722, is a treatise and polemic written shortly before the author’s death, in the form of a letter to a friend – https://t.co/kqGV7miUpK (1/2)
"Brigid is said to have carried out 46 miracles. Her most famous? On one occasion she somehow managed to provide enough beer from one keg to supply 18 different churches."
That beats loaves and fishes any day!
– https://t.co/tESftiAM5O?
John Toland, Irish philosopher, was born #OTD in 1670. His birthplace is in the townland of Ardagh on the Inishowen Peninsula in Co. Donegal. – https://t.co/kqGV7miUpK
John Toland (1670-1722) was born #OTD in 1670.
A John Toland centenaries web project acts as an online resource dedicated to the life and work of the Irish-born rationalist philosopher and freethinker.
For further information, please visit https://t.co/lGH1jBQwbZ
W.B. Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet, dramatist and writer, prominent figure of 20th-century literature and driving force behind Irish Literary Revival, is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature #OTD in 1923, the first Irishman to receive this accolade – https://t.co/QCIQJThUI1
Last journey of a legend. Residents of Finglas West come out in the rain to pay tribute to Christopher 'Christy' Dignam, who passed away earlier this week following a long illness. (1 of 2)
Alice Stopford Green was born in Kells, Co Meath #OTD 1847. She was among the first nominees to the newly formed Seanad Éireann in 1922. She was an Irish historian and nationalist. #IrishRoots
For the origins of the world's most enduring vampire story you don't have to travel to Transylvania. The answer lies closer to home – https://t.co/1OQq1X8vzd via @rte