100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Un terrible accident dans le port de Cherbourg

A US newspaper cartoon from #OTD 1926 marking the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with 'the world' congratulating Uncle Sam From www.loc.gov/resource/sn8... #july4th

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Une victime du devoir

Good to see this book getting some attention on the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures iasil.org/2026/06/new-...

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Un drame dans la cage aux lions

List of Oliver's writings - book chapters, book reviews, newspaper and magazine articles oliverohanlon.weebly.com/writings.html

Probably the last #Bloomsday post of the day - a portrait of James Joyce in the National Gallery of Ireland by the French portrait painter Jacques-Émile Blanche #Bloomsday2026

Happy #Bloomsday - I wrote this for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social about the link between the ancient Hungarian city of Szombathely and James Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Le lynchage d'un nègre par des Américains

Well that's a surprise! Apparently my blog was popular today with 6662 views or hits or whatever they're called. Who knew... oliverohanlon.blogspot.com

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Séquestrée depuis huit ans !

So pleased to have received a PDF copy of this book 'Freedom of Speech in the Press in Times of Conflict' Grateful to the other editors, contributors and the publisher Peter Lang Details here: www.peterlang.com/document/162...

This gold disc is one of the earliest recorded finds of a prehistoric artefact. It was unearthed at Ballyshannon in Ireland, probably sometime in the 1680s, and is illustrated in the 1695 edition of William Camden’s Britannia.

A Secret garden full of history not known to many Dubliners - read my Irish Diary in today's Irish Times newspaper about the historic Goldenbridge Cemetery in Inchicore www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...

100 YEARS AGO... Vogue gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal ilustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf Épisode de la grève générale en Angleterre

An unusual book set during the Troubles - read my short article on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social about No Mate for the Magpie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

An unusual book set during the Troubles - read my short article on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social about No Mate for the Magpie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

News fatigue or media fatigue is nothing new as this French newspaper cartoon from #OTD 1926 shows gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Lots of good talks at the 'Huguenots Remembered' conference in Cork Public Museum on Saturday. C. 200,000 left France and there were about 300-400 living in Cork at any one time

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social L'horrible drame du "Sidi-Ferruch"

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social La mort du bandit Corse

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Ne fais pas ça, maman !

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Tragique épilogue d'une fête enfantine

Great to hear Gaëlle Bélem talk (in English & Français) about her book The Rarest Fruit and one of her translators Laëtitia Saint-Loubert at the Cork World Book Festival in Cork City Library Also nice to smell some vanilla which Gaëlle passed around, v important reference from her book!

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Une course originale et mouvementée

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Le sauvetage de la petite gardienne de phare

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Un horrible accident du travail

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social L'héroïsme d'un débardeur

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Un suicide à la tour Eiffel

Great to hear Trish Long from @rubiconarchaeology.bsky.social describe excavations on the M28 road in #Cork at Cork Historical and Archaeological Society in @ucc.ie today

Contemporary commentary on French paintings from the 1920s - 'newspapers report that artists are trying original approaches' 'That building is straight, what is it..' The Tower of Pisa gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social

☘️ 1st international sporting event held in the Free State was a world light-heavyweight boxing title clash on St Patrick's Day 1923 - read about the match between Battling Siki and Mike McTigue www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #StPatricksDay

☘️ A St Patrick's Day themed cartoon in Washington DC's Evening Star newspaper #OTD 1926 loc.gov/resource/sn8... #ChronAm Happy #StPatricksDay ☘️

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit!🇮🇪 According tradition, St Patrick used the shamrock to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity. The symbol became linked with his teaching and remains central to modern celebrations. ☘️ Shelfmarks: MS. Tanner 17, fol. 031r MS. Douce 80, fol. 196r MS. Douce 256, fol. 013r

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Tout-Ank-Hamon sort de sa tombe

Saint Matthew (7th century) (1868) by John O. Westwood, from Fac-similes of the Miniatures & Ornaments of Anglo-saxon & Irish Manuscripts. Source: Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/6005e9fc-4a72-47b9-ab8d-b43f73f57cbc #halos

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Un pari original et dangereux

Aghaidh an bhoinn a dhear Oliver Sheppard, dealbhóir, d'Aonach Tailteann. Is dócha gurbh é a dhear na litreacha freisin. 1/2

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Une bataille dans un théatre

1 March 1926 'Evening Star' newspaper cartoon - March is 'thrice welcome if you've brought gentle spring in your luggage' loc.gov/resource/sn8... #ChronAm

Spring has sprung - nice to see a wee bit of colour around Cork

Abbey Theatre riot (11 Feb. 1926) in French illustrated newspaper 'Le Petit Journal' #OTD 1926 gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social @abbeytheatre.bsky.social

The story of a Celtic cross in Ieper (Ypres) Belgium (with a #Cork link) and Ireland's memory of World War 1 - read my latest piece on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #Ieper

The story behind the Celtic cross from Cork now at home in Belgium. An ancient Irish high cross sits in the Belgium city of Ieper as a memorial to remember the Irish men who died in the First World War. By @ooh99.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt 6k717720f/f12.item @gallicabnf.bsky.social Les ours de Berne témoigent en justice en faveur de leur gardien

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social A Bordeaux : Les "flagellants" repoussent une manifestation hostile

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Un député rattrape a la course un voleur de bicyclette

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt 6k717717r/f12.item @gallicabnf.bsky.social La peine du talion : "Soyez bons pour les animaux"

Saw #Hamnet 🎞️ today - what a great movie, really good acting by the children as well as the adult actors - they deserve all the awards #Oscars2026 #GoldenGlobes #BAFTA2026 By coincidence, I bought a copy of #Hamlet at Christmas. The film makes me want to revisit the play