The New Testament was first published in Irish in London, 1681. The famous Irish scientist Robert Boyle (1627-1691) financed the casting of metal type for the Old Irish script by Joseph Moxon in London. The books were printed by Robert Everingham of Ave Maria Lane, London EC4 #IrishLondonHistory ☘️

Some wintry sun in Abney Park Cemetery this week really highlighted the intricate carvings by Irish monumental sculptor Edward O’Shea on the Celtic Cross grave memorial to the two sons of Hackney's first MP, Sir Charles Reed #IrishLondonHistory ☘️

I was teaching the history of racial discrimination in housing in Britain 1958-1981 to my wonderful cohort of 3rd year undergraduates. I showed them an example of the "no Irish, no Blacks, no Dogs" sign, and got the genuine question of why anti- Irish sentiment existed in 20thC Britain.

You might enjoy this @passportirish.bsky.social

If by any chance you're in London today, it's your last chance to see Ben Edge's fantastic exploration of Britain's rich folklore tradition - "Children of Albion" - in the glorious setting of Fitzrovia Chapel

🎵 If you're interested, all the songs this week came from a mammoth playlist I put together earlier this year of songs about and inspired by London 🎵 Over 18 hours for your listening pleasure. open.spotify.com/playlist/6sZ...

Early morning Mullaghmore

Sunrise over the Dartry Mountains as a hardy swimmer goes for an icy early morning dip at Mullaghmore

Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo richly illustrates how much history can be read from Ireland's landscapes. From Classiebawn Castle to the harbour designed by Alexander Nimmo, the physical traces of Lord Palmerston (1784-1865) - UK Prime Minister & absentee Irish landlord - remain visible today.

Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo richly illustrates how much history can be read from Ireland's landscapes. From Classiebawn Castle to the harbour designed by Alexander Nimmo, the physical traces of Lord Palmerston (1784-1865) - UK Prime Minister & absentee Irish landlord - remain visible today.

Early morning Mullaghmore. Watching the oystercatchers.

Irish literature expert Máirín Nic Eoin takes us through memoirs, stories, poems and songs about stories of people departing Ireland over the years - and what we can learn from them about understanding the immigrant experience in Ireland today. jrnl.ie/6878828

The Bethnal Green rhinocerous, of which there were hordes, in some warmer epoch. Or so the Eastern Argus alleged (4 April 1885)

Sorry to have to miss what looks like a fascinating & sobering look at England's version of Ireland's 'architecture of containment'

Fascinating interview here by @markhennessy.bsky.social with retired diplomat Noel Dorr - the Irish Ambassador in London at the time of the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985. #IrishLondonHistory ☘️

Extreme flashbacks happening now

A foggy day in London town

Go hiontach ar fad! 👏 This is a great exploration of how Irish identity was/wasn't/maybe conceptualised in the early Middle Ages. And how that's been interpreted by later scholars

Charity shop gods were feeling benevolent yesterday. Just £4 for these latest additions to the ever expanding library of #Irish #history books

Some #IrishLondonHistory ☘️for the Monaghan people here #spéirghorm Castleshane House, the ancestral home of Edward Lucas MP, burned down in 1920 - accident or one of the Big House burnings of Ireland's War of Independence? Here's Terence Dooley's account: cshihe.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/i...

St Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle looking fabulous this morning for Catherine Connolly's inauguration as the President of Ireland 💚 In contrast to the "very dilapidated condition" bemoaned in the Westminster Parliament in 1883! #IrishLondonHistory ☘️ hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1883...

It was lovely to be outside Dublin castle this morning watching the preparations, doing a small segment on morning Ireland on the inauguration of President elect Catherine Connolly. The rain even held off for a few minutes. It’s a historic moment -the 10th President and 3rd woman. #speirgorm #aras25

Back in 2019, Bertolt Brecht songs at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. Who should be in the audience only #MichaelDHiggins 😍 Here I am *bursting* with joy after wibbling on about how much his time as @president.ie meant to so many of us Irish living abroad. GRMA Michael D, Sabina and the dogs! 💚

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead #AllSoulsDay #AllSouls All Souls' Day, Jakub Schikaneder, 1888

Closing time at St Paul's Cathedral

Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland. It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.

Echoes of an Irish Lifetime: a beautiful short film by Frances Maguire on her late Uncle, Owney McGoldrick He lived in same Donegal home for 94 years & said "Live while you can, love while you can & leave the world a little tenderer than you found it" https://youtu.be/kwjRoUmZH7Q?si=muA9HLHTBAAcjZeK

Prior to this week, the last person stripped of the UK's Order of the Garter was in 1716: James Butler (1665–1745), 2nd duke of Ormond, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland & Jacobite. Of Ireland's Anglo-Norman Butler dynasty, he is buried in Westminster Abbey #IrishLondonHistory ☘️ www.dib.ie/biography/bu...

A memento mori perfume holder. Sniff the scented skull. It's first half of 17th century & of British origin (Met Museum) #Halloween

#31daysofgraves #31 Memento Mori A cadaver/transi slab, said to be for Jane Preston, at Stamullen, Ireland, carved with a decomposing corpse in an open shroud, tied at head and foot, c. 1450. Many more photos at the link. www.irishstones.org/place.aspx?p...

Halloween in Ireland in 1832. “Snap Apple Night, or All Hallow Eve”, by Daniel McAlise In October 1832 Daniel Maclise attended a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland and in 1833, exhibited painting at London’s Royal Academy of Arts, showing dancing, bobbing for apples, and other traditional games

Oíche Shamhna shona duit! 🐈‍⬛ Here's a short moment captured at the entrance to Oweynagat, Uaimh na gCat (Cave of the Cats) in the ancient landscape of Rathcroghan, Roscommon. There are many tales about the dark depths of the cave, once described as the 'Gateway to Hell' in the Book of Leinster.

A part of #IrishLondonHistory ☘️ I only learned about a few years ago is the convoluted tale of how the Cork-born art dealer Sir Hugh Lane (1875-1913) connects London's National Gallery & Dublin's Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art. Read it here 👇 www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/his...

"Under a new UK govt crackdown, comparing HMRC child benefit records w Home Office international travel data, [Northern Irish] families' decision to use Dublin Airport meant they were mistakenly flagged as having gone abroad and fraudulently claiming benefits" OMG.... 🤯 thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...

Diamanda Galás: The Sunday Interview - Jonathan Thornton speaks to musician, composer and performance artist Diamanda Galás on the reissue of the final volume of the Masque of the Red Death trilogy ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

Greek film company Front Page Pictures released a 20 min documentary of Diamanda’s work, entitled DIAMANDOCUMENTS. Full video: youtu.be/j9ivV0HqB7I

Heart literally pounding with excitement as I booked tickets to hear the extraordinary @diamandagalas.com live in Braga next February🖤🖤🖤

A fantastic performance tonight from Frances Barber in the glorious setting of Wilton's Musuc Hall 😍

ONLINE TALK: Saturday 8th November at 8pm IRISH DEATH CUSTOMS with Michael Fortune of folklore.ie Tickets £5 + booking fee, including recording, from bit.ly/flaevents An intriguing one-hour long talk on the superstitions, beliefs and practices surrounding death in Ireland, plus audience Q&A.

A supercalifragilisticexpialidocious thread here 😍

Day 25 of #31DaysOfGraves - Unique Animal A talking serpent seems fairly unique! This is the absolutely remarkable 18th century stone at Lundie, with Adam and Eve in Eden on one side and Abraham, Isaac and the unfortunate ram on the other. Truly, one of the most special grave markers in Scotland.

While researching Ireland's 18th-century elite Catholics - the Viscount Kenmare family - for my talk at St Giles-in-the-Fields, I came across this wonderful footnote to the 1724-1727 Daybooks of the Kenmare Estate which explains the 'Gaelic soubriquets' in Cló Gaelach of some of the Kenmare tenants

#áras25 #vote 🗳

#31DaysofGraves Day 24: Unique animal. A wolf carved on the headstone of the grave of Chief Long Wolf, an Oglala Sioux. A member of Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show, he died in London, 1892. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery. His body was repatriated back to the US in 1996.

Use your vote #SpéirGorm! 🗳#Aras25

My most atmospheric venue so far for an #IrishLondonHistory ☘️ talk - the historic Vestry House beside the 18th-century church of St Giles-in-the-Fields. V grateful to all the church team & a great St. Giles Society audience for joining me on a journey from 1600s Drury Lane to 1840s Famine migrants.

Oooh! 😍

The upcoming release of the 1926 census records of Ireland will be celebrated across a major public programme of events next year

Born #Onthisday 1918 in #Dublin Annette Mahon Hill, was a pioneering pilot and the only Irish woman member of the Air Transport Auxiliary. More @Independent bit.ly/3s4C59A

Great work here from @frankie49.bsky.social Especially pleased to see MOPE (Most Oppressed People Ever) on the hyperbolic list of Irish history. I'd cast a vote for GUBU (Grotesque Unbelievable Bizarre and Unprecedented) as entry #101 😱