Kate Conway☘️

𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲. 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐲.
𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥.
Instagram: @katiadower

[Kate Conway☘️ @Katiadower]

“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”

-Rumi

[Kate Conway☘️ @Katiadower]

@dineen20dineen I could definitely work with time travel.😅

[The English Oak Project @TheKentAcorn]

Not all those who wander are lost

J.R.R. Tolkien

[Kate Conway☘️ @Katiadower]

"Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."

-Stephen King

[Barendina Smedley @fugitiveink]

There's always a moment towards the end of August when the holiday-makers have thinned out a bit, there's a chill in the morning air, and summer seems, however indistinctly and gradually, to be drawing to a close. Today was that moment.

[Kate Conway☘️ @Katiadower]

@kathydjourno Magnificent.

[Sylvia Plath's Food Diary @whatsylviaate]

plays, dinners, tea and pedantry 8/31/52

[Jane Austen @austendaily]

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

Yes, the weather has been quite changeable recently...

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Terence McKenna, nature loves courage

[Kate Conway☘️ @Katiadower]

@peterdispirito2 @JayinKyiv Elon Musk is imploding. Hopefully, that answers your question.

[Kate Conway☘️ @Katiadower]

"Tell it to Mary in a whisper, and Mary will tell it to the parish."

-Irish proverb

[Kate Conway☘️ @Katiadower]

@pattonoswalt I'm not sure why we need to drag the Men's Wearhouse into this mess, Patton. 😂

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

It's good to major in English, it's good to major in things like art history and French lit and medieval studies; it shows you're a curious person who finds worth in learning for more than just profit.

[Kate Conway☘️ @Katiadower]

@nialloloughlin The Temple Bar! @TheTempleBarPub

[BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon]

Today in 1980, Michael Webb and his son were exploring the ruins of a historic abbey on an island surrounded by bog near Killenaule, Tipperary. They were using a wonky metal detector when they received a faint signal.

The lads dug for only a few minutes before they discovered the priceless Derrynaflan Chalice on the ancient site. The horde also included a liturgical strainer, a paten, and a bronze basin.

These religious treasures would've been buried beneath the monastic site in the 9th century to conceal them from marauding Vikings. The gorgeous engraved silver is decorated with gold filigree panels, die-stamped mounts, and rivets. The bowl is made of beaten lathe-polished silver. the exquiside handles are studed with amber.

Father and son reported their fabulous find and handed over the relics to the government. Naturally, the family expected compensation. The High Court supported their claim of the full estimated value (£5.5 million in 1980s).

But the Supreme Court ruled that as totally unrealistic, the treasure belonged to the people and the Irish state. Also, there was a preservation order on the ruin under the National Monuments Act, 1930, making it an offence to injure or interfere with the site. They were eventually offered a £10,000 reward fee.

The Derrynaflan Chalice can be viewed by everyone at the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare Street, Dublin. But before you get any ideas about being a treasure hunter, hold your horses...

This case resulted in a change in the law. The National Monuments (Amendment) Act of 1987 made using metal detectors without express permission of land owners or a licence illegal.

[National Gallery of Ireland @NGIreland]

Happy Valentine’s Day. ❤️

If you’re in the neighbourhood, you can see this much-loved painting, Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton, between 12pm and 2.30pm in Room 20.

#ValentinesDay #NationalGalleryIRL

[Kate Conway☘️ @Katiadower]

@apathymiller @TheTNHoller Oh, honey. You've been had. Just face the facts now.

[writers doing normal shit @writersdoings]

Oscar Wilde, thinking about stuff.