Former MD at Cara Facilities Support. Interests in Pragmatism, Prosperity without Poverty and the poetry of football ⚽️ MND/ALS sufferer hanging on for the cure
Every Irish person has their answer to this question.
Michael Collins. Wolfe Tone. James Connolly. Luke Kelly. Grace O'Malley. Daniel O'Connell. Brendan Behan etc.
If you could sit down with one figure from Irish history for a pint and a chat, who would it be? 🇮🇪
📸 Urban Celt
The 1841 population of Rathlin Island was 1010, by 1861 it was 453. The Gages, a landowning family, chartered a ship the Napier, taking a large contingent to St John, New Brunswick,while others travelled to Quebec and Maine with industrial cities in England another destination.
I first met Mary Costello back in 2015 when I started Writer's Block, a popular online interview series. At that time, she was living in Kimmage and had seen success with The China Factory and Academy Street. She has since moved back to her native Galway and published The River Capture, Barcelona, and now A Beautiful Loan, which is included in The New Yorker Best Books of 2026 So Far. I look forward to catching up with Mary after all these years at Hinterland Kells on Saturday June 27th at 12pm. Tickets are available here. 🎟 📚
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A Belfast man who went to an auction to support a friend, and ended up spending £90,000 on a library, says he wants to use it as a cross-community space and ‘create a new Northern Ireland’.
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Reporter: The cheapest price for the game you’re going to is $8,000. Everyday Americans can’t afford these sporting events.
Trump: No, but they can watch it on television. It’s sort of semi-free to watch it on television. But that’s the way life goes…
@Toby_1979@stiofanbruce_ Hi Toby. Thank you for the info. I am totally baffled by people(who are normally pretty decent) would support murder and genocide of little babies, children who could be their own in a different world. As John Hume said we cannot control where we are born.
@NiecyOKeeffe@mir_ocall This happened in the 50s in Ireland was a much poorer country. In Brazil a lot of kids have to work during the day and go to night school. Kids are quite resilient and learn fast if you give them the right tools. The exam only system demonstrates that you have a good memory.
@NiecyOKeeffe@mir_ocall Totally agree with you Niecy. There is no need for this. I have a friend who lives in county Kildare. They lived quite close too clongowes Wood college. The college ran night classes for local boys who could not afford to go during the day. The teachers gave off their time freely
@EimhearMurphy As far as I know I think magpies have different songs. They are well liked especially in Irish folklore. Apparently, they bring good luck. My father would say when you hear or see A magpie, jingle your money in your pocket for good luck. They are excellent thieves with a ponchon