N16Breda Corish
@n16breda.bsky.social
Post-Public History MA at UCL 2023-24 & "Finding Ireland in the History of London" is my thing ☘️ https://www.irishlondonhistory.com/
Irish in Hackney & Stoke Newington - used to be @N16Breda on Twitter
Irish in Hackney & Stoke Newington - used to be @N16Breda on Twitter
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
Did an Irish 'nation' ever exist? Who were the Scotti? The Féni? The Gaels? Dr Patrick Wadden, DCU & Belmont Abbey College, provides a masterclass on the written sources and how Irish authors conceptualised Irishness in the early Middle Ages. @maynoothuniversity.ie open.spotify.com/episode/40rP...
Irish national identity in the early Middle Ages with Dr Patrick Wadden
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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
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...
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...
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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...
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...
In contrast to the "very dilapidated condition" bemoaned in the Westminster Parliament in 1883!
#IrishLondonHistory ☘️
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1883...
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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...
In contrast to the "very dilapidated condition" bemoaned in the Westminster Parliament in 1883!
#IrishLondonHistory ☘️
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1883...
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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
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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! 💚
GRMA Michael D, Sabina and the dogs! 💚
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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! 💚
GRMA Michael D, Sabina and the dogs! 💚
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November 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Closing time at St Paul's Cathedral
November 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Closing time at St Paul's Cathedral
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Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
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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
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
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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
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...
Of Ireland's Anglo-Norman Butler dynasty, he is buried in Westminster Abbey #IrishLondonHistory ☘️
www.dib.ie/biography/bu...
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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...
Of Ireland's Anglo-Norman Butler dynasty, he is buried in Westminster Abbey #IrishLondonHistory ☘️
www.dib.ie/biography/bu...
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A memento mori perfume holder. Sniff the scented skull. It's first half of 17th century & of British origin (Met Museum)
#Halloween
#Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A memento mori perfume holder. Sniff the scented skull. It's first half of 17th century & of British origin (Met Museum)
#Halloween
#Halloween
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#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...
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...
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#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...
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...
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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
“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
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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
“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
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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.
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.
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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.
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...
Read it here 👇
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/his...
October 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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...
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...
OMG.... 🤯
thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...
HMRC crackdown wrongly targets Northern Irish families using Dublin Airport
“A fair degree of distress being caused to families who have done nothing wrong”
thedetail.tv
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"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...
OMG.... 🤯
thedetail.tv/articles/hmr...
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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...
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 .....
Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Diamanda Galás: The Sunday Interview
outsideleft.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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...
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Greek film company Front Page Pictures released a 20 min documentary of Diamanda’s work, entitled DIAMANDOCUMENTS.
Full video: youtu.be/j9ivV0HqB7I
Full video: youtu.be/j9ivV0HqB7I
DIAMANDOCUMENTS (english - greek subtitles)
YouTube video by Saint De L' Abime
youtu.be
July 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Greek film company Front Page Pictures released a 20 min documentary of Diamanda’s work, entitled DIAMANDOCUMENTS.
Full video: youtu.be/j9ivV0HqB7I
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🖤🖤🖤
Diamanda's performance in Lisbon is now SOLD OUT.
Limited tickets remain for Braga and Porto.
Diamanda Galás Live Performances – 2026
11 Feb – Lisbon, Culturgest | SOLD OUT
14 Feb – Braga, Theatro Circo
18 Feb – Porto, Casa da Música
Tickets & info: dub.sh/portugal26
Limited tickets remain for Braga and Porto.
Diamanda Galás Live Performances – 2026
11 Feb – Lisbon, Culturgest | SOLD OUT
14 Feb – Braga, Theatro Circo
18 Feb – Porto, Casa da Música
Tickets & info: dub.sh/portugal26
October 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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 😍
“Musik”, the Jonathan Harvey/PSB cabaret show starring Frances Barber, is getting great reviews. See links below. The show continues until the end of the week at the historic Wilton's Music Hall in London.
#PetText
#PetText
October 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A fantastic performance tonight from Frances Barber in the glorious setting of Wilton's Musuc Hall 😍
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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.
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.
October 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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.
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 😍
"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?" Oscar Wilde
In 1925 a young Pamela Lyndon Travers, living in London, contacted the poet, George William Russell, a Lurgan man living in Dublin. Russell, known as Æ, was editor of the Irish Statesman… 1/
In 1925 a young Pamela Lyndon Travers, living in London, contacted the poet, George William Russell, a Lurgan man living in Dublin. Russell, known as Æ, was editor of the Irish Statesman… 1/
October 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A supercalifragilisticexpialidocious thread here 😍
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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.
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.
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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.
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
![Screenshot of the footnote on p. 273 of 'The Kenmare Manuscripts', Edited by Edward McLysaght (1942)
" A number of men mentioned in this MS. are described by their Gaelic
soubriquets, the explanation of which may be as follows :
Teige a Gaddee : [Old Irish Script] (the thief).
Daniel na Geragh : [Old Irish Script] (of the sheep).
John Gaunkagh : [Old Irish Script] (snub-nosed).
John ne Guppoge : [Old Irish Script] (of the dock leaves).
Charles a vallig : possibly [Old Irish Script] (pot-bellied).
Maur Boy : perhaps [Old Irish Script] (yellow, tanned).
Teige mar Sude : [Old Irish Script] makes the following suggestion : [Old Irish Script] Fr. Reidy says that [Old Irish Script] was
a nickname in certain districts (McCarthy).
I can offer no suggestion as regards Dermod a vaghig."
The original publication can be seen here https://www.irishmanuscripts.ie/digital/The%20Kenmare%20Manuscripts/The%20Kenmare%20Manuscripts.pdf](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fobkxbtgv73d5a3jmvl77bkl/bafkreia33migc7isp42o3p4d3a77wqw4tpms4xodqohzll7fweh7olltiu@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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