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

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Une vague de chaleur: Cent degrés dans les rues de New-York

Eileen Gray is now justly celebrated as a genius ‘but her reputation exists in a constant state of renewal and rediscovery’. Will Wiles watches a new film that reinforces the paradox of the designer’s modern reputation

History repeating itself! Warm weather too 100 years ago in this Washington DC newspaper cartoon chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045... #heatwave #heatwave2025 #ChronAm

How Dante's work deeply influenced James Joyce's literary journey. Dante and Joyce take different paths with the Divine Comedy and Ulysses, but their journeys are deeply connected, writes Chiara Valcelli @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie #Bloomsday www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

There's a plaque in #CorkCity to mark the place where James Joyce's grandfather James Augustine lived in #Cork It's at the junction of Anglesea Street and South Terrace Happy #Bloomsday

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social A Nantes: Le plongeur de la mort se noie

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Ceux qui partent et ne reviendront pas

Have you spotted any butterflies yet this year? 🦋 Here are nine species that can be found across the UK in June! Let us know in the comments which ones you've seen 👇

4,000 year old Grange Stone Circle near Lough Gur in County Limerick is the largest stone circle in Ireland

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Des agents tirent sur les pneus d'une auto qui veut fuir

100 YEARS AGO... Vogue gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Les toilettes de mariées - L'Exposition des Arts Décoratifs

How an Irish Catholic newspaper viewed World War II - & communism. A supporter of European dictators, The Standard's main enemy at all times was the Godless Communism of Russia, writes @danielmcarey.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Un dramatique enlisement

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Inauguration de l'exposition des arts décoratifs

Picked up a copy of the #Cork International Poetry Festival brochure - it's happening from 13-17 May. Lots of free and paid events. Check out the programme here corkpoetryfest.net #CorkPoetryFest

Étiennette Beuque - a Frenchwoman who fell in love with Ireland and Irish republicans www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social L'attentat contre le roi de bulgarie

Our final departmental research seminar of the academic year is happening on Thursday (8th), and will be delivered by our wonderful Research Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Jemima Hodgkinson. Join us at 5pm in ORB 1:24, UCC, or via Teams - contact us for the Teams access link!

Tutored in Paris in the 1920s, Dublin-born artists Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone brought a boldly avant-garde sensibility to traditional subjects. The first joint exhibition of their work in more than a century is now at the National Gallery of Ireland.

Art Deco - where did the name for this architectural style come from? From the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes which took place in Paris in 1925 - front page from #OTD 1925 gives info & map of the expo gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social

The view this evening from the Shakey Bridge in #Cork

The Italian capital was not always the home of the Pope - following the death of Pope Francis in Rome, read about the time when the Pope lived in Avignon rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #popefrancis

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... @gallicabnf.bsky.social Une panique sur le marché de Moulins

The countdown is on for the ‘Dark Futures, Night Spaces’ event on Wednesday April 30, organised by our colleague Dr Charlotte Berkery and the ‘Rethinking Spatial Humanities’ @schoolofllc.bsky.social research cluster ✨ Places are limited so register soon to avoid disappointment!

There is still time to send your abstracts in for the @sfps.bsky.social postgraduate study day, on colonial toxicity and ecologies of empire, happening Friday 23rd May in University of Cambridge. Full CFP can be found here: sfps.org.uk/2025/03/18/c... Please share widely!