Ruth Griffin

Fashion historian and writer. I give tours of the Lost Fashion History of Dublin. See my blog for updates. Formerly fashion history curator @NatTreasuresIRL

[Ruth Griffin @rua_ruth]

I need one of these beautiful Parasols!

[Dr Rachel Hynes @Rachelannahynes]

Really love this image of two ultra fashionable Cork women posing underneath a very on-trend parasol in 1925. Silkette stockings, arm cuff, Chanel-esque corsage at hip, dropped waists, shingled (styled) hair and perhaps some make-up! @NLIreland

[Glendalough PhotoPost @UpperLakePhoto]

Wednesday 16th March 2022, 6:11pm

[Ruth Griffin @rua_ruth]

@IrishRail will it be possible to be dropped at Connolly station tomorrow morning to catch Sligo train at 9am. Are any roads closer to Connolly. Coming from Sthside

[Office of Public Works @opwireland]

Tuesday 21st December - Happy Solstice.
Welcome to day two of our live stream of the Winter Solstice from Newgrange. The countdown is on, so hopefully the clouds will clear and there will be light. We are live on https://t.co/IitB8aoFE0.
Enjoy wherever you are watching from.

[Ruth Griffin @rua_ruth]

Wow so beautiful! Love a Drapery store

[Dublin Civic Trust @dubcivictrust]

Entombed for a century, this pretty diamond-patterned wallpaper in an 1860s house on Clonliffe Road appears to have been boarded over at an early date to conceal damp caused by delayed building of adjacent houses. The duck egg blue suggests a back parlour rather than dining room.

[Arran Henderson @arranqh]

aw, thanks very much @rua_ruth : you’re very kind. Lots of nice tours, including one today and lots more over the next 6-7 weeks. We’d love to have you back any time. And thanks again for the shout out. 😊😊

[Glendalough PhotoPost @UpperLakePhoto]

Thursday 13th May 2021, 10:43am
#glendalough #wicklowmountains

[Ruth Griffin @rua_ruth]

They really are amazing tours @fallon_donal! I so enjoyed your tour of Rathmines @arranqh back in October and looking forward to more this summer

[Donal Fallon @fallon_donal]

I spotted @arranqh, one of Dublin's best walking tour guides, out today on the beat. Headsets on the group and socially distanced. Stood and watched for a bit, a great thing to see again! Looking forward to getting back out there myself soon.

[Rumi Quotes @RumiLoveQuotes]

Nothing is meaningful except surrendering to Love. Do it.

[Ruth Griffin @rua_ruth]

@RositaSweetman @PoetryDay_IRL @PoetryBusMag Beautiful Rosita ❤️

[National Library of Ireland @NLIreland]

📷 We have 3000 #photographs on our #Flickr Commons for you to explore and enjoy. And maybe you can help us find out more about them?

Explore now: https://t.co/983PSUNKnQ

[Ruth Griffin @rua_ruth]

@fallon_donal It really looked so amazing! Great pic of Sybil dress in front of it

[Rumi Quotes @RumiLoveQuotes]

Every tree, every growing thing as it grows, says this truth, you harvest what you sow.

[ArchitecturalArchive @Arch_Archive]

This is 45 Merrion Square, formerly 10 Merrion Sq East, then 10 &11 Merrion Sq East, then 44 & 45 Merrion Sq. It’s a bit complicated but the house was built as one c.1795, spit in two 1824, renumbered c.1880 and retuned to one in 2004 when it we moved in #YourArchive #Archive30

[Dr Maeve O'Riordan @OR_Maeve]

My book is out now in paperback and there is a few days left to enjoy the women's history month discount: Use code FEM30 before 31st March and get 30% off.

[Ruth Griffin @rua_ruth]

@RoseMaryRoche @muttonkidneys Just one is @RoseMaryRoche if you google Marys name you should get it ok

[Dr Flicka Small with Cork Bloomsday23 @muttonkidneys]

An exhilarating lecture from Dr Mary Muldowney #DublinCentralLibrary Shopping in Dublin City Centre 1790-1990. Henry Street & the Women who worked there. So much information, could fill several lectures. A real history of our country through #retail including these #covidtimes

[Sunday Miscellany @RTESunMisc]

"She elevated Irish vernacular clothing to high fashion and dressed women like Jackie Kennedy, Helena Rubenstein and Elizabeth Taylor..." @DeeMcQuillan marks the centenary of "national treasure" Sybil Connolly, whose design pieces are held at @HuntMuseum @RTERadio1 @RTE_Culture

[Ruth Griffin @rua_ruth]

@TurlachMacD @NLIreland Beautiful image