Túatha Dé Danann

[Adam's Auctioneers @Adams1887]

A 1925 Mainie Jellett with a subliminal message #Together4Yes #repealthe8th

[Irish Archaeology @irarchaeology]

Archaeologists discover an Irish/Insular decorative fitting, possibly a book mount, at a Viking Age cemetery in Norway https://t.co/WEZiMeulf7

[Irish Archaeology @irarchaeology]

Hill of Tara is ‘in a mess’, TD claims https://t.co/RUAV1ZUqAE

[SEGAHS @SEGAHSIreland]

The Banner of Truth in Ireland on this day in 1864...

[David Hicks @davidhicksbook]

Donegal Castle dates from the15th century and was once the stronghold of the O'Donnell Family. In the 1670's the castle came into the ownership of the Gore family. In 1898 the castle was vested in the Office of Public Works. The keep was restored in the 1990's.

[Bodleian Rare Books @RareBooksOfBod]

It's the last #woodcutwednesday before Christmas, so here's a handsome #reindeer from one our favourites - Topsell's History of four-footed beasts (1658)

[Church of Ireland Historical Society @COIHS_]

@jdmccafferty @UCDHistory @historyatgalway @durham_history @WarwickHistory @QUB_History @TCDHistHum @HCAatEdinburgh It is particularly timely that the journal was dedicated to the distinguished Irish Reformation historian, Dr Brendan Bradshaw, who recently died. An exceptional scholar who did so much to promote early modern Irish church history

[Judy Rudoe @judy_rudoe]

#Sami #drum: symbols of continuity with land & ancestors, #reindeer herding above, underworld fishing boat below, where sun cresting horizon may represent #WinterSolstice. Gift to @royalsociety 1681, thence to #HansSloane, see it till 8 April in #LivingWithGods @britishmuseum

[Owen McDowell @FolkloreIreland]

The megalithic tomb of Newgrange in the snow and purple twilight.

#WinterSolstice #IrelandsAncientEast

[Dublin City Libraries @dubcilib]

This Christmas why not explore Dublin's history through our digital repository with its vast collection of old photos, maps and ephemera https://t.co/ysib2VWcDM

[National Folklore Collection UCD @bealoideasucd]

The 'Mummers' (masking) tradition took the place of the Wren Boys custom in the north and east of the country, and ran for the #Christmas and New Year period. We're fortunate to have an abundance of photographic & descriptive material, and associated ephemera #UCDadvent

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

As it is very close to the feast, here an expectant Virgin appears to Saint Simón de Rojas (BM) A burning babe as Robert Southwell would say...

[Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer]

It's a girl !

[John Collins @HangBlaa]

I’m dreaming of a blue passport
Just like the ones I used to know
When the Brits ran Empire
Across the entire
World, before the UNO
I’m dreaming of a blue passport
With every trading deal I write
May your trade be varied and wide
And may all your immigrants be white
#brexit

[National Folklore Collection UCD @bealoideasucd]

Bringing evergreens into the domestic dwelling at #Christmas is a custom of great antiquity. Holly, ivy and mistletoe, for example, were seen as life symbols and hugely symbolic for the well-being of the home for the coming year. Still time to pick up a few sprigs :) #UCDadvent

[Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. @LawrenceOP]

23 December: illustrating today's Gospel with this stained glass window from St Thomas Episcopal church in NYC, of the child St John the Baptist with his mother St Elizabeth
https://t.co/kLgvJKxxOw

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

Illuminating the medieval Nativity #Christmas https://t.co/ZmNDj8vnoJ

[National Folklore Collection UCD @bealoideasucd]

BREAKING NEWS: Today marks a significant milestone in the archive's history, as we announce that our foundational collection, The Irish Folklore Commission Collection (1935-1970) has been inscribed to @UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. Full details https://t.co/JY4gRTTjDv

[Irish Archaeology @irarchaeology]

Wayside funerary crosses, an ancient tradition from Kilmore, Co. Wexford. More info https://t.co/MLkEKFl1ml