When in Mayo a pint of Special is your only man - Smithwicks with a Guinness top. 🟩🟥
February 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
When in Mayo a pint of Special is your only man - Smithwicks with a Guinness top. 🟩🟥
Reposted by John Hughes
Ernie O’Malley’s reading list,
on hunger strike in Mountjoy, October-November 1923, Twain, Chaucer, Dickens, Melville, Austen, and more, reading a comfort for the failing body as it could be done in bed (from The Singing Flame)
on hunger strike in Mountjoy, October-November 1923, Twain, Chaucer, Dickens, Melville, Austen, and more, reading a comfort for the failing body as it could be done in bed (from The Singing Flame)
February 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Ernie O’Malley’s reading list,
on hunger strike in Mountjoy, October-November 1923, Twain, Chaucer, Dickens, Melville, Austen, and more, reading a comfort for the failing body as it could be done in bed (from The Singing Flame)
on hunger strike in Mountjoy, October-November 1923, Twain, Chaucer, Dickens, Melville, Austen, and more, reading a comfort for the failing body as it could be done in bed (from The Singing Flame)
Reposted by John Hughes
Giddy up, its the year of the horse.
Fair Day at Castlewellan, farmers "hit hands" to complete a horse sale, County Down, 1980s, Bobbie Hanvey photographic archives, MS-2001-039. findingaids.bc.edu/repositories... Accessed February 13, 2026.
Fair Day at Castlewellan, farmers "hit hands" to complete a horse sale, County Down, 1980s, Bobbie Hanvey photographic archives, MS-2001-039. findingaids.bc.edu/repositories... Accessed February 13, 2026.
February 17, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Giddy up, its the year of the horse.
Fair Day at Castlewellan, farmers "hit hands" to complete a horse sale, County Down, 1980s, Bobbie Hanvey photographic archives, MS-2001-039. findingaids.bc.edu/repositories... Accessed February 13, 2026.
Fair Day at Castlewellan, farmers "hit hands" to complete a horse sale, County Down, 1980s, Bobbie Hanvey photographic archives, MS-2001-039. findingaids.bc.edu/repositories... Accessed February 13, 2026.
These just arrived. I'm looking forward to reading these collections by Alvy Carragher and Graeme Richardson.
February 17, 2026 at 9:57 AM
These just arrived. I'm looking forward to reading these collections by Alvy Carragher and Graeme Richardson.
Do I detect just a hint of jealousy?
February 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Do I detect just a hint of jealousy?
Jimmy Simmons Superstar
February 16, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Jimmy Simmons Superstar
Found in second-hand bookshop today.
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Found in second-hand bookshop today.
A huge result for Rovers. Michael O' Neill has had a great start. There is hope after all.
February 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
A huge result for Rovers. Michael O' Neill has had a great start. There is hope after all.
Reposted by John Hughes
Remembering Tim Buckley on his birthday. Here he is playing Song to the Siren on the final episode of The Monkees TV show in 1968, two years before he released a very different version on his Starsailor LP
February 14, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Remembering Tim Buckley on his birthday. Here he is playing Song to the Siren on the final episode of The Monkees TV show in 1968, two years before he released a very different version on his Starsailor LP
Declan Doherty's Donegal. A superb exhibition.
February 14, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Declan Doherty's Donegal. A superb exhibition.
Another Graham.
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Another Graham.
The Bellarena to Derry train crossing the River Roe Estuary with Lough Foyle and Binevenagh Mountain this afternoon. 📷AV NI
February 13, 2026 at 11:43 PM
The Bellarena to Derry train crossing the River Roe Estuary with Lough Foyle and Binevenagh Mountain this afternoon. 📷AV NI
Visit to the National Gallery today.
February 13, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Visit to the National Gallery today.
HMS Saldanha sank during a storm in Lough Swilly in December 1811 with the loss of all lives. The story goes that the Captain's parrot survived only to be shot near Burt 8 months later.
February 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
HMS Saldanha sank during a storm in Lough Swilly in December 1811 with the loss of all lives. The story goes that the Captain's parrot survived only to be shot near Burt 8 months later.
The Donegal Tunnel Tigers were hardy men. Some stories to tell about the brutal work and the anti-Irish racism they encountered in England.
February 11, 2026 at 12:05 PM
The Donegal Tunnel Tigers were hardy men. Some stories to tell about the brutal work and the anti-Irish racism they encountered in England.
Zbigniew Herbert (tr. John and Bogdana Carpenter)
February 11, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Zbigniew Herbert (tr. John and Bogdana Carpenter)
“He thinks that just because he thinks, he is.”
February 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
“He thinks that just because he thinks, he is.”
Downe Cathedral in Downpatrick. First snowdrops of the year I've seen.
February 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Downe Cathedral in Downpatrick. First snowdrops of the year I've seen.