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

This useful Webinar is happening tomorrow, Registration is Free and all are Welcome! tinyurl.com/GaleNewspapers #historicalnewspapers

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt 6k717716c/f1.item @gallicabnf.bsky.social L'attaque d'un train par des brigands au Mexique

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Les drames de l'inondation : une auto emportée par le courant

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social La tragédie de la rue Vivienne

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Le Nonce du Pape reçoit la barette du cardinal a l'Élysée

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Attaqués par des sangliers

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social La glace d'un étang se rompt sous le poids des patineurs

The French book prize where the winner is selected by prisoners. The jury for the Goncourt des détenus literary prize, which will be announced tomorrow, is made up of around 600 prisoners in 45 different French penal institutions, writes @ooh99.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Des parents criminels

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Président du conseil pour la huitième fois

Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000 (ca. 1902) by Albert Robida. Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social Available to buy as a print. https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ad467afd-3fea-4e24-b3f3-9f8a5b644419 #cityscape #art #publicdomain

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

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Assisterons-nous a la destruction de Paris en 1926 ?

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Assisterons-nous a la destruction de Paris en 1926 ?

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social La cour d'assises dans une rue de Paris

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Les paysans bulgares fuyant le bombardement des grecs

French newspaper cartoon #OTD 1925 Unhappy Art Deco laureate - 'I'm a Cubist, I would have preferred a square medal' Source: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Un avion s'abat sur un troupeau de vaches

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Sauvé par son chien

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Une noce en voitures a bras

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social La mauvaise surprise d'un buveur de bière

My Irish Diary in today's Irish Times about the visit of Frederick Douglass to Ireland in 1845 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social La revanche du sexe faible

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social A Nantes : Un incident de la grève des banques

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social La veillée funèbre d'une fiancée

In 1828, eighteen-year old Charles Lefroy discovered this hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins. Known as the 'Crondall Hoard' after the location of the find, it contained over 100 pieces. It remains the most important evidence for the start of English coinage.

The secret history of the Sacré-Coeur Basilica in Paris. Whether it be in terms of location or design, the landmark on the French capital's skyline has been controversial since its inception. By Oliver O’Hanlon @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Le geste tragique d'une belle-mère

Listening to @sweetoblivion.bsky.social and Nialler9 speak about Jeff Buckley's album 'Grace' in the Roundy #Cork as part of Sounds from a Safe Harbour Festival soundsfromasafeharbour.com Hallelujah

A cartoon in French paper 'Le Journal' #OTD 1925 Little child to pregnant mother - 'I've looked in them all (cabbages) and there are none around here (babies) Source: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Terrible accident de chemin de fer

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social L'abordage du bac du Caudebec

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Paris l'été : le charmeur d'oiseaux

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Foudroyé en sonnant les cloches

My Irish Diary in today's Irish Times on Liam Ó Briain - an Irish language enthusiast www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social La dernière aventure du boxeur Siki

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Une tigresse blesse son dompteur

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social L'accident de Madame Caillaux

Happy to speak with MJ Clery on Country Life on Midlands 103 about the Irish restaurant that served Irish dishes using Irish food in the center of Paris from 1979 to the mid 1980s - La Ferme Irlandaise Listen back here: www.midlands103.com/podcasts/cou...

The Irish restaurant in the heart of Paris with Limerick ham, Dublin Bay prawns & the full Irish on the menu. @ooh99.bsky.social @ucc.ie tells the story of La ferme irlandaise which aimed to showcase the best of Irish food & ingredients when it opened in 1979 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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. 🌞 Ballyshannon Disc, 2500–2150 BCE. Gold, 5.5cm dia. AN1836.p139.372

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Une jeune mariée qui prend peur

This pair of child’s shoes are from Egypt and were made between 396–641 CE. These incredibly well-preserved shoes are over a thousand years old and made of red leather with brown leather soles with a small decoration in the front. Pair of child’s shoes, 395–641 CE. Leather, 13.5cm. AN1891.545

Pleased to be asked to speak at Glasnevin Cemetery yesterday after the French Embassy ceremony to remember the Irish who fought in France. The ambassador HE Céline Place laid a wreath at the grave of Liam Ó Briain (1888-1974), republican, Irish language enthusiast, Francophile 📸 Paul Reardon

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Une tragi-comédie dans un café de Lyon

I have been asked to say a few words about an Irish recipient of the Légion d'honneur in Glasnevin cemetery #Dublin tomorrow 14 July after the main French embassy ceremony to remember the Irish who fought in France. Liam Ó Briain was his name, more details tomorrow

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Enlevée le jour de son mariage

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Un crime étrange à Marseille