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Dublin, RIA MS 23 P 12 ‘The Book of Ballymote’

The great late-14ᵗʰ-century compendium of Irish learning known as the ‘Book of Ballymote’ (Royal Irish Academy MS 23 P 12) is of particular importance for the transmission of ideas about ogam in the later Middle Ages and modern periods.
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The Great Sugarloaf: burnished.

I'm pleased to share our new trailer for BLUE ROAD - THE EDNA O'BRIEN STORY.

In Irish cinemas on Jan 31st w @breakoutpictures.bsky.social and in UK after.

It features @louisekennedy.bsky.social Gabriel Byrne, Walter Mosley, Jessie Buckley and of course, Edna.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEEr...

Grateful for all of this.

The Great Sugarloaf, lightly dusted.

Hunter’s Hotel, defrosted.