Elva Johnston
@elvabjohnston.bsky.social
Historian at University College Dublin | late antique & early medieval Ireland: literacy, gender, saints | posting in a personal capacity | she/her
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It's 410 CE, and I'm your podcast host, Rossus Douthaticus. I'm here with Alaric the Visigoth, who recently sacked the Eternal City.
Alaric, why do you think people have lost faith in Rome? Is it a crisis of liberalism? Is it because of the feminization of the workplace?
Alaric, why do you think people have lost faith in Rome? Is it a crisis of liberalism? Is it because of the feminization of the workplace?
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
It's 410 CE, and I'm your podcast host, Rossus Douthaticus. I'm here with Alaric the Visigoth, who recently sacked the Eternal City.
Alaric, why do you think people have lost faith in Rome? Is it a crisis of liberalism? Is it because of the feminization of the workplace?
Alaric, why do you think people have lost faith in Rome? Is it a crisis of liberalism? Is it because of the feminization of the workplace?
Quiet before the wind, & especially rain, surge in @ucddublin.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Quiet before the wind, & especially rain, surge in @ucddublin.bsky.social
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The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
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Royal Canal, looking west this evening
January 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Royal Canal, looking west this evening
Two dogs on Sandymount Strand as shadows grow
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Two dogs on Sandymount Strand as shadows grow
The sun shining through clouds like an opening eye
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The sun shining through clouds like an opening eye
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As Epiphany is tomorrow, here is: The Journey of the Magi ca. 1433–35
Sassetta or Stefano di Giovanni (Met)
Sassetta or Stefano di Giovanni (Met)
January 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
As Epiphany is tomorrow, here is: The Journey of the Magi ca. 1433–35
Sassetta or Stefano di Giovanni (Met)
Sassetta or Stefano di Giovanni (Met)
A bracing walk this morning - loved watching turnstones following the tide-line - such busy birds 😊
January 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM
A bracing walk this morning - loved watching turnstones following the tide-line - such busy birds 😊
The slowly retreating tide at Sandymount - a crisp beautiful morning
January 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The slowly retreating tide at Sandymount - a crisp beautiful morning
A beautiful day to kick off the New Year - looking across the strand towards Dún Laoghaire
January 1, 2026 at 12:13 PM
A beautiful day to kick off the New Year - looking across the strand towards Dún Laoghaire
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Woo hoo! My essay on Catholic chapel-building in Ireland 1780s- 1820s is now available as #OpenAccess - so if you want to read it, you can just click right through. GRMA to the IReL agreements for that! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Architectural History: Volume 68 - | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - Architectural History - Volume 68 -
www.cambridge.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Woo hoo! My essay on Catholic chapel-building in Ireland 1780s- 1820s is now available as #OpenAccess - so if you want to read it, you can just click right through. GRMA to the IReL agreements for that! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Sandwiched between cloud & sand - Poolbeg and Howth
December 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Sandwiched between cloud & sand - Poolbeg and Howth
Sometimes I feel there isn’t a bleaker railway station in Ireland than Limerick Junction. It was SO cold on the platform today, waiting for the train to Dublin
December 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Sometimes I feel there isn’t a bleaker railway station in Ireland than Limerick Junction. It was SO cold on the platform today, waiting for the train to Dublin
Beautiful day for a Christmas walk. Happy Xmas from Limerick!
December 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Beautiful day for a Christmas walk. Happy Xmas from Limerick!
No need to guess where I am spending Xmas 😀
December 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
No need to guess where I am spending Xmas 😀
The season for tealights - I put mine in oyster shells I picked up on walks along Sandymount Strand, Dublin Bay
December 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The season for tealights - I put mine in oyster shells I picked up on walks along Sandymount Strand, Dublin Bay
A cold crisp bright morning at Sydney Parade
December 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
A cold crisp bright morning at Sydney Parade
The pastel sky of a December afternoon blending to dusk on Dublin Bay
December 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The pastel sky of a December afternoon blending to dusk on Dublin Bay
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{New book} 25% off with Arc25 Sexuality in the Medieval West Edited by Michelle M. Sauer and Jenny C. Bledsoe www.arc-humanities.org/978164189224...
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
{New book} 25% off with Arc25 Sexuality in the Medieval West Edited by Michelle M. Sauer and Jenny C. Bledsoe www.arc-humanities.org/978164189224...
Not far now from the shortest day - dusk falling, looking towards Poolbeg
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Not far now from the shortest day - dusk falling, looking towards Poolbeg
Under the light of the silver full moon - the hill of Howth, Dublin Bay
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Under the light of the silver full moon - the hill of Howth, Dublin Bay
Lone and level sands - at a cold Sandymount strand 😊
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Lone and level sands - at a cold Sandymount strand 😊
A cold morning in Dublin - the new lake in @ucddublin feels tranquil
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
A cold morning in Dublin - the new lake in @ucddublin feels tranquil