an bradán feasa

'glaine inár gcroí, neart inár ngéaga, beart de réir ar mbriathar.'

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

purpose of this account will mainly be to post cool illustrations, paintings and art from the late 19th-early 20th c. gaelic revival hence the name, may sometimes however post more general irish art also

this isn't a political account, replies have been turned off for a reason

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

your daily reminder that AI “art” is terrible and ugly and that it will never compare to the genius of human effort.

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

designed by victor brown

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

'éire: cuimhnigí ar nochad hocht'
'ireland: remember ninety-eight'

1948 postage stamp, ultimately unadopted, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 1798 rebellion, released very recently by the digital repository of ireland

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

two sunburst banners of the irish volunteers, the first belonging to the dublin brigade and the second the limerick city regiment, c. 1914-16

[Easter Rising 1916 @IrishRepubIic]

O King that was born
To set bondsmen free,
In the coming battle,
Help thy Gael !'

Christmas 1915' by P.H. Pearse

[Irish Legacy @legacy_irish]

"Illustration by Sadhbh Trinseach , printed in the pamphlet The Irish Christmas, published by the Three Candle Press in 1917"

https://t.co/rSUjcXqwpI

[Irish Legacy @legacy_irish]

Some old Irish Christmas cards.

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

the 1918 sinn féin manifesto as passed by the british government censor, from dorothy macardle's the irish republic (1938)

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

irish war of independence memorial depicting an armed irish volunteer, phibsborough, dublin, sculpted by leo broe (1899-1966)

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

'Every other daily journal in Ireland is printed on paper imported from England, Holland, America, or Sweden. It [Sinn Féin] is the only journal in Ireland which refuses to insert the advertisements of foreign manufacturers competing against our own.' - sf, october 16, 1909

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

the déanta i néirinn (made in ireland) symbol trademarked and promoted by sinn féin from 1909 to encourage the growth and development of irish industries

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

thinking of rebranding this account slightly to be a more general irish history thing, maybe do threads on historical figures and events, quotes etc, that kind of stuff, thoughts?

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

top-right: richard de clare, 2nd earl of pembroke (strongbow)
bottom-left: diarmuid mac murchadha
bottom-right: aoife nic mhurchadha, wife to strongbow and daughter of diarmuid

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

'the marriage of strongbow and aoife' (1854) by daniel maclise

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

'the raven of ill-omen'

frontispiece of the boys' cuchulain (1910) by eleanor hull, illustration in colour by stephen reid

[Duine Póstaer @duinepostaer]

Edit of a Spanish Civil War poster to reference the 1798 Rebellion and 1916 Rising

[Duine Póstaer @duinepostaer]

Edit of a Spanish Civil War poster to feature the Irish Citizen Army

[Duine Póstaer @duinepostaer]

Edit of a Chinese poster to feature James Connolly

[an bradán feasa @fir_bolg]

'inis fáil', a 1901 statuette made of bronze by the artist oliver sheppard and featured at the hugh lane/dublin city gallery, dublin, the sculpture features a female personification of ireland

[Propagandopolis @propagandopolis]

'The Patriot' — Irish print (ca. 1916) showing Christ appearing before an imprisoned rebel following the Easter Rising.