#Donegal

Medb MacDaibheid

MMacdaibheid

It’s probably not surprising that Derry people are interested in the names of places. Everyone who grows up there is acutely aware that names can be political/powerful. Derry, Doire, Londonderry,

WarNuse

WarNuse

Sometimes A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words. Sometimes A Screenshot Of A Word Is Worth A Thousand Pictures. Rosie O'Donnell Was Born March 21, 1962. She Is The Daughter

Fintan O'Toolbox

FintanOToolbox

1/7: Yesterday I climbed the seven sisters - a mountain chain in northwest Donegal. Definitely not for the fainthearted, but here are some pics from the journey to persuade/dissuade anyone

David Mullen

AKNFContent

Right, let's get a few inconvenient facts out of the way.In 1939, Ireland was a 3rd World country with no effective air force or navy and a tiny army.Not 20

jewish autonomous scotblast

KlezmerRouge

Literally everyone knew university teaching would end up being online. The only reason they told students to come in was to guarantee income from student accommodation rentals. Landlordism is literally

Tom Forth

thomasforth

Such a relief when weeks of trying things starts to work. And the first results are so often so underwhelming. Here's a map of everywhere within 10km of the coast

Neil O'Riordan

noriordan

New series starting in @IrishSunSport today sees @OCowzer and I pick our 10 best Ireland players of all time. They’re in chronological order and first up is Jackie Careyhttps://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5261655/jackie-carey-ireland-football-manche

Danny Boy

Care2much18

"We can't turn our schools into yet another political football in this game. It is not fair on our children" - Mike Ryan, WHO, July 13th, 2020.The discussion around schools

Adjacent Possible

Sage_Opinion

A lot of people on Twitter are annoyed by my criticism of the Provisional IRA. To be honest, their obvious annoyance just encourages me to keep doing it. It really

O'Foghlu

rayofoghlu

This new bill is open to public consultation until Friday. https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/forestry/publicconsultation/DraftAgricAppealsAmdmtBill2020PublicConsultationAugust2020.pdfIts overall objective is to reduce the amoun

Irish History Bitesize!

lorraineelizab6

Starting a new series on amazing #Irish #trees! This is the sitting tree, #Glendalough, Co #Wicklow! @theirelandguide @Irishwildlife @katieholten @IRISHGIFTTREES @NativeWoodTrust @PeterDowdall @TheIrishGardens #Ireland #tree #Irishtrees Amazing #Iris

YellowpackConsultant

YellowpackC

There are 15 vacant consultant posts in University Hospital Limerick. This is only happening since two tier pay was introduced. There are 14 vacant posts in University Hospital Waterford. Many

Caelainn Hogan

CaelainnH

The final report on Ireland's cruel system of mother and baby homes will be given to a government minister today. Thousands of pages will shed light on inaccessible records and

Mark Malone

soundmigration

White supremacists on tour in Ireland this weekend with a deliberate plan to intimidate people in direct provision centers across the country. In Wicklow tonight and going to Mayo and

Alan Kinsella

electionlit

With the by-elections today a thread on previous ones...In 2009 as the crash took hold Fine Gael recruited then RTE Economics correspondent George Lee to run in the Dublin South

Royal Irish Academy Library

Library_RIA

This week we’ll look at the Library’s oldest manuscript : The Cathach #Cathach Written in Latin. The Cathach is the oldest extant Irish manuscript of the Psalter and the earliest