Feeling powerless, wronged? Furious at something you can’t fix? Well, Ireland has an ancient solution for that and it doesn’t involve a petition or a strongly-worded letter. Nah, I’m talking deadly curses >

The airplanes have been grounded roghaghabriel.blogspot.com/2015/02/eitl...

“Immigrants could be found in every corner of the Irish Free State at that time.” Excited for this release - and grateful it’s not paywalled, unlike its UK counterpart www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Chancers like the Wolfe Tones have destroyed a lot of good songs but for Easter Monday, a decent version of one of the better rebel ballads www.youtube.com/watch?v=keWn...

The winner of this war is Anthony Eden as he is no longer the dumbest imperialist of the postwar era.

A thread on the reception of the Easter rising among Algeriam nationalists. Emir Khaled, grandson of resistance leader Abd al-Qadir, led a movement for change to the colonial system after WWI. For his supporters, the Rising was a cautionary tale for the French. The movement's newspaper L'ikdam...

Worth a listen if you don't know the stories, a wonderful @rtedoconone.bsky.social produced by Pranjali Bhave #EasterRising #1916Rising #IrelandIndia #SuryaSen #SubhasBose www.rte.ie/radio/docono...

🆕 Hot off the press! The 1926 Census of Ireland will be released on 18 April 2026. Get a preview of what information you may find upon it's release in this new article by @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie! #Genealogy #FamilyHistory Read now: familytreemagazine.com/heritage/iri...

This timeline is glorious... thank you.

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! And today also marks the 6th anniversary of our website going #openaccess. Thank you all for reading our #DIBLives over the past years, and we look forward to sharing many more with you. You can read about the real St Patrick here: www.dib.ie/biography/pa... #DIBLives

We are very sad to learn of the death of Dr Deirdre McMahon. Deirdre was an historian nonpareil, as well as a staunch advocate for archives and archivists. She was a great friend of UCD Archives over all the decades of our existence. We will miss her. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

Everybody knew, nobody said’. #OTD in 1984, Ann Lovett lay down in the rain in the grotto behind St Mary's Church, Granard & gave birth to a full-term baby boy. She was found alive around 4pm by three schoolboys but died later that day. www.dib.ie/biography/lo... #DIBLives

Trying to imagine myself back in the mid-90s and seeing this headline... what a time to be alive. 😐

Remembering #PhilLynott gone 40 years today. 🖤💜💚 #StillInLoveWithYou #ThinLizzy #TheRocker #YouMayBeCoolButYouWillNeverBePhilLynottCool.

Far Side

Troooyyyyy 💚💚💚💚💚😭😭😭😭😭

Reject modernity, embrace tradition

#Listenback to #IrishImperialLives wherever you get your #podcasts 📻 Chris Green joins us to talk about the life of William Butler: British Soldier, Irish Writer, Global Adventurer 🌍 #irishhistory #Ireland #irishhistorypodcast #soldier #travelwriting #adventure #colonialism #empire

#Listenback to #IrishImperialLives 🌎 Wherever you get your #podcasts 📻 We're joined by Deirdre Raftery of UCD who tells us about the life of Teresa Ball and educating #empire #loreto #nuns #india #canada #irishhistory #britishempire #gibraltar #history #death

#Listenback to #IrishImperialLives 🌎 Wherever you get your #podcasts 📻 We're joined by Deirdre Raftery of UCD, who tells us about the life of Teresa Ball and educating #empire #loreto #nuns #india #canada #irishhistory #britishempire #gibraltar #history

📢 #Tunein to #IrishImperialLives 🌎 Wherever you get your #podcasts We're joined by Deirdre Raftery of UCD, who tells us about the life of Teresa Ball and educating #empire #loreto #nuns #india #canada #irishhistory #britishempire #gibraltar #history

📢 #Listenback to #IrishImperialLives 🌎 Wherever you get your #podcasts We're joined by Professor Deirdre Raftery of UCD who tells us about the life of Teresa Ball and educating #empire #india #canada #irishhistory #britishempire #loreto #nuns

📢 #Tunein to #IrishImperialLives 🌎 📻 @rteradio1.bsky.social 🕗 at 9pm or wherever you get your #podcasts We're joined by Deirdre Raftery of UCD who tells us about the life of Teresa Ball and educating #empire #loreto #nuns #india #canada #irishhistory #britishempire

📢 #Listenback to a new episode of #IrishImperialLives 🌎 Wherever you get your #podcasts 📻 @ciaranon.bsky.social tells us about the life of Lambert Blair. A grim episode from #Irishhistory. #transatlanticslavetrade #empire #history #slavery #ireland #caribbean ##BritishGuyana #historybuffs

📢 #Listenback to #IrishImperialLives 🌎 wherever you get your #podcasts 📻 We're joined by @ciaranon.bsky.social who tells us about the life of Lambert Blair. A bleak and grotesque episode from the history of the #transatlanticslavetrade #empire #ireland

If anyone wants to listen to me talking about a despicable little brat from Newry on RTE, you can listen back to this Irish imperial lives episode below. Lambert Blair rose from being a small time trader on St Eustatius to become one of the largest slaveowners in the Dutch empire.

📢 #Listenback to #IrishImperialLives 🌎 Wherever you get your #podcasts 📻 Ciaran O'Neill @tcddublin.bsky.social tells us about Lambert Blair's time as a teenage #pirate & his role in the trade of #enslavedafricans in what became #BritishGuyana #transatlanticslavetrade #empire #ireland #pirates

📢 #Listenback to #IrishImperialLives 🌎 Wherever you get your #podcasts We're joined by Ciaran O'Neill of @tcddublin.bsky.social who tells us about Lambert Blair's role in the trade of #enslavedafricans in what became #BritishGuyana #transatlanticslavetrade #empire #history #slavery #ireland

📢 #Tunein and listen to a new episode of #IrishImperialLives 🌎 📻 @rteradio1.bsky.social at 🕗 8pm. We're joined by Ciaran O'Neill of @tcddublin.bsky.social who tells us about Lambert Blair's role in the trade of #enslavedafricans in what became #BritishGuyana #transatlanticslavetrade #irishhistory

A new oral history project has launched at the University of Galway. 'Voices of the Showmen,' will create a new archive to preserve the unique stories of Irish circus families and members of the Irish Showmen's Guild. @heritagecouncil.ie @uniofgalway.bsky.social

A podcast series Kevin Brannigan and I made two years ago. Still worth a listen ... open.spotify.com/show/58ashFk...

Thanks so much to our guest Síle McGuckian, for joining us on #IrishImperialLives. #Listenback wherever you get your #podcasts #Ireland #India #Empire #siblingrivalry #history #irishhistory #indianhistory #historypodcast #podcast #podcastshow

#Listenback to #IrishImperialLives, wherever you #podcast Síle McGuckian tells us all about Ireland's forgotten #Napoleon, Richard Wellesley, and his brother Arthur, the ##dukeofwellington #Ireland #India #Empire #siblingrivalry #history #irishhistory #indianhistory #historypodcast

5 snapshots of life in 1600s Ireland (including a crocodile and an elephant). The quirks and complexities of Irish life in the 1600s are captured in a treasure trove of stories collected by William Molyneux, writes Eamon Darcy @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

📻📢 #Listenback to #IrishImperialLives, wherever you get your #podcasts Síle McGuckian tells us about Ireland's forgotten #Napoleon, Richard Wellesley, and his brother Arthur, the #dukeofwellington #Ireland #India #Empire #siblingrivalry #history #irishhistory #indianhistory #mughalindia

I guess the young 'uns wouldn't know how or why this is a thing 😱 #ancient #depressed #Indenial

The podcast of David Olusoga and I discussing Empire & the rewriting of history: howtoacademy.com/podcasts/dav...

His portrait still hangs in Dublin Castle’s Portrait Gallery today. Some very entertaining letters survive to him from the Board of Works, admonishing him for his spending habits - effectively reminding him he was now viceroy of Ireland, not India! #History #Heritage #Empire #Ireland

Great episode from the “Irish Imperial Lives” podcast on Richard, Marquess Wellesley, one time Governor General of the East India Company and, later, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. #History #Heritage #Empire #Ireland

We all know about the #Gallagherbrothers from #Oasis and their tempestuous relationship, but do you know about the Wellesley brothers? #Listenback to #IrishImperialLives with our guest Síle McGuckian find out more, wherever you get your #podcasts #Ireland #India #Empire #siblingrivalry 📻👀☘️🌎

Join us for more #IrishImperialLives 📻 @rteradio1.bsky.social 🕗 8pm Síle McGuckian tells us all about Ireland's forgotten Napoleon, Richard Wellesley. #Ireland #India #Empire

On this #IndianIndependenceDay in particular, we would do well to remember, and to share with those who don't know, the many bonds of friendship between #Ireland and #India. A shared imperial history resulted in an unrivaled revolutionary kinship. We have more in common than differences. 🇮🇪🇮🇳🤝💚

🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT!! ‼️ This week on BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME I’m joined by comedian Nish Kumar and historian Dr Jagjeet Lally to learn about 18th century India - we talk trade, regional empires, and early capitalism (before the Brits got there!) Listen now on BBC SOUNDS in the UK

📻 📢 #Listenback to #IrishImperialLives with Dr Angela Byrne @angela-historian.bsky.social, who tells us about an Irish maid's personal letters from #ImperialRussia #Listennow wherever you get your #podcasts #irishhistory #worldhistory #russianhistory #empire #historypodcast #historylovers

🇵🇰 Our @EmpirePodUK series on how five partitions shaped modern India continues today, the 78th anniversary of the Great Partition🇮🇳🇵🇰 @anitaanand.bsky.social & @willdalrymple.bsky.social are joined by @SamDalrymple123 to ask why the Partition of India and Pakistan was so rushed in 1947? 🇮🇳🇵🇰

Flutterby season 🦋 #butterflies #irishsummer #butterfly

📻 📢 #Listenback to #IrishImperialLives with Dr Angela Byrne @angela-historian.bsky.social, who tells us about the Wilmot sisters in #ImperialRussia #Listennow wherever you get your #podcasts #irishhistory #worldhistory #russianhistory #empire #historypodcast #historylovers #womenshistory

Printing is really difficult, example 758: the printer put the page number 37 upside down & in the wrong order. From Dellon's 'A Voyage to the East Indies', 1698.