And if things go wrong, those who answered his call for help will get the blame. Why be a patsy?

A thread on the Irish gentry (I don't like to draw their attention with the f- word).

Enough with the elf on a shelf and cartoonish bastardised leprechaun cutesy nonsense, it's time we taught people outside of Ireland about REAL fairies (will swap your baby for a changeling and/or curse your entire family and their livestock if you even look sideways at a ring fort)

Reliquaries that were stolen from a church in the Czech Republic almost 30 years ago have been recovered in Ireland, gardaí have said

The fog rolling in at sunrise #weather #wednesday #goodmorning

Before the mist rolled in we had this! #sunrise #thephotohour #wednesday #weather

This was 6 years ago tonight. Felt like some horrible movie more than real life and gives genuine shivers to rewatch it today

Seems that giant St Patrick in Temple Bar ended up in North Kildare at the Maynooth and Celbridge parades!

My Saint Patrick’s Day evening .………… 💚 #StPatricksDay #lovelife #today #mystory #spring #killaspugbrone #benbulben #knocknarea #sunset #wildatlanticway #sligo #photography #surf #connemara #wildatlantic #surfing #Ireland

Changing the perspective. There is an entire world living in the moss of a single tree. Standing beneath these giants makes everything else feel a bit more manageable. #photography #EastCoastKin #TeamPixel #Ireland #ForestBath #Moss #NaturePhotography #IrishWoods #SessileOak #GreenIreland

Is it appropriate for military aircraft involved in a war to use neutral Ireland’s airspace? Got into it with the Taoiseach about overflights ahead of his White House meeting with Donald Trump. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

☘️Did you know that St Patrick's own words are the only surviving Latin narrative texts of his age to have been composed outside of Roman imperial territory? Have a listen to the latest episode of the podcast with brilliant lexicographer Dr Anthony Harvey @ria.ie 1/3☘️ open.spotify.com/episode/3ffC...

Particularly struck by this image from the Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin. One of the many things that drew me to #ireland was the folklore. And the Fairies are not always friendly. ☺️☘️

So how did the Taoiseach do? Disagreed with Trump publicly more than Starmer or Merz have done… but he has been criticised already for not speaking out more on Iran.

The Irish grocery store strike he mentions is explained beautifully in this standup bit. Give it a listen, and Happy Saint Patrick's Day! www.youtube.com/shorts/O5yK7...

amid all the fakery and mockshamrockery - something real.

Read St Patrick in his own words - St. Patrick's Confessio ‘My name is Patrick... I am a sinner, a simple country person, and the least of all believers. I am looked down upon by many.... www.confessio.ie

“It would blow the head aff ye!” 💚 Sure, what else would you do on St Patrick’s Day? ☘️ Today’s climb of Slemish Mountain outside Ballymena. 🎥 MEA Outdoors • @meabc.bsky.social

🎼 Live Aid | The Global Jukebox – Guided Tour ⏰ Free tours: Fri 2pm & Sat 11am Step back to Live Aid 1985. Explore iconic images and stories from the Band Aid Trust Archive at the National Photographic Archive: https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/live-aid-global-jukebox-guided-tour

The second best Irish phrase I’ve heard, used to describe someone who’s always engaging in one-upmanship, is “if you’ve been to Tenerife, he’s been to Elevenerife.” My number one favourite Irish phrase, and one of the most crushing burns you’ll ever hear, is “he looks like his mammy knitted him.”

If you want to read the full text of St Patrick’s letter where he cites ‘weep with those who weep’ - it is right here - www.confessio.ie/etexts/epist...

Never mind your Big Brand pseudo-Irish beers. Marking today with a couple of properly independent Irish classics.

Town lately

Emma may be consoled by the thought that Trump backing Irish unification will do more harm than good to the project.

Wow, Martin pushing directly back on what Trump said about immigration! bsky.app/profile/atru...

Martin couldn't stop the grin in time. Our president's name is Catherine Connolly...

Or ireland could pin its hopes on "windmills" bsky.app/profile/atru...

Surprised that Martin got to speak this long AND that he backed Starmer and Ukraine so clearly.

I miss the days when the Irish White House visit was guaranteed to be barely newsworthy.

Remember, if its weird its Wake.

Enslaved people also donated to Irish famine relief.

Some research to show that other Indigenous nations donated as well. Not sure to what extent that was reported in the media at the time. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The 'Kindred Spirits' sculpture in Middleton, Co. Cork commemorating the donation of the Choctaw Nation during the 1745-50 Famine in Ireland. www.atlasobscura.com/places/kindr...

Cupcakes, cookies and beer dyed green may mean party time in America. But in Ireland, there's a bitter history to eating green that harks back to the nation's darkest chapter.

The first St. Patrick's Day parade happened in 1601 in #Florida, in the St. Augustine colony. An Irish priest convinced the Spanish settlers to do it. www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...

🔴 Live: St Patrick's Festival Parade from Dublin ☘️ | RTÉ www.youtube.com/live/Y3zPtTN...

Spectators have taken their positions (with some lucky enough to secure seats) for the annual St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin. Among them are President Catherine Connolly and her husband Brian McEnerney – as this marks Connolly’s first St Patrick’s Day since becoming Ireland’s 10th president.

Current view! ☘️☘️☘️ Great parade this year. #Speirgorm

Watch the Cork City St. Patricks Day Parade, live on the City Councils YouTube page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or9t...

Down with this sort of thing. An impressive Father Ted-themed float at the St Patrick’s Day parade in Kilfenora, Co Clare. Photo courtesy of Ann McMahon.

the only real way to celebrate st paddy's day is not to parade or to drink guiness or to remember our ancestors, but to appreciate Irish sartorial commentary

big rod puppet spotted at the loughrea at paddy’s parade. for the puppet freaks (me)

Brilliant job by @fingal.ie organising the St Patrick’s Day parade in Blanch Village ☘️☘️☘️

#StPatricksDay Parade in #Maynooth earlier today. This mechanised St Paddy gave the driver of the vehicle carrying it some visibility issues..

The National Library of Ireland invites everyone, wherever you are, to explore Ireland online with our photographic series Around the Island. Take a journey through our collections and connect with your ancestral counties by exploring our videos: https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/stories/around-island

Happy St Patrick’s Day

Oh those crazy greenies. Well, it turns out that solar and wind need not pass the Hormuz strait. Strategic autonomy in action. The most self-destructive thing Europe could do now is abandon the green transition. And that’s only on geopolitical grounds. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Go n-éirí an bóthar leat, Go raibh an ghaoth go brách ag do chúl, Go lonraí an ghrian go te ar d’aghaidh, Go dtite an bháisteach go mín ar do pháirceanna, Agus go mbuailimid le chéile arís, Go gcoinní Dia i mbos A láimhe thú. #StPatricksDay2026

"The results are astonishingly clear. On rewilded land, biodiversity surged across the board, with the number of bird species up 261%. The variety of bumblebee and butterfly species more than doubled, their abundance increased over 10x." The cure for nature loss exists. share.google/w30RUdw1902W...

Skipping politics for the day that's in it, but going green for #PaddysDay feels on-brand.