Lisa Godson
@lisagdub.bsky.social
Historian of architecture & material culture; Programme Leader MA Design History Material Culture, NCAD, Dublin. Researching architectural-material history of Royal Hospital Kilmainham [also: tropical modern architecture; Catholicism; medical instruments]
Laadah Burke...I like it!
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Laadah Burke...I like it!
I was told my sense of dress was very 'naive' when I wore one (once) in my 20s...as well as the inevitable 'oy Paddington!'
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I was told my sense of dress was very 'naive' when I wore one (once) in my 20s...as well as the inevitable 'oy Paddington!'
I think the amazing sing-song 'armoured cars and tanks and guns' made it like a nightmarish nursery rhyme. The version on 'Hang my Country' has an extended spoken bit, w the faint sounds of a Nazi rally in the background (I think!)
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I think the amazing sing-song 'armoured cars and tanks and guns' made it like a nightmarish nursery rhyme. The version on 'Hang my Country' has an extended spoken bit, w the faint sounds of a Nazi rally in the background (I think!)
We had this at home when I was a kid…used give me nightmares about us all being guilty and blood pouring from heads. Was ‘wire’ prison wire or ID?
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We had this at home when I was a kid…used give me nightmares about us all being guilty and blood pouring from heads. Was ‘wire’ prison wire or ID?
It's so great - you can just sit there at a desk looking closely at the sketchbooks... paintings have their mystery but there can be such a rush when the gesture and line are so mysteriously legible because they've been made with a simple tool we've all used like a pen or pencil
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It's so great - you can just sit there at a desk looking closely at the sketchbooks... paintings have their mystery but there can be such a rush when the gesture and line are so mysteriously legible because they've been made with a simple tool we've all used like a pen or pencil
amazing JBY sketchbooks and other material in the NGI's centre for the study of Irish art that @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social has made great use of - if you make an appointment you can go look at them, v thrilling.
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
amazing JBY sketchbooks and other material in the NGI's centre for the study of Irish art that @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social has made great use of - if you make an appointment you can go look at them, v thrilling.
art school education!
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
art school education!
could have been this in Merrion square churcharchives.ie/document-of-...
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
could have been this in Merrion square churcharchives.ie/document-of-...
I read originals in the BL - though they're now highly restricted if digitised, and also there's the industrial action at the moment...https://bl.libguides.com/reference-services/news/print-newspapers
November 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I read originals in the BL - though they're now highly restricted if digitised, and also there's the industrial action at the moment...https://bl.libguides.com/reference-services/news/print-newspapers
scissor sisters even borrowed an Ian
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
scissor sisters even borrowed an Ian
good man Thomas - if he's doing any Brontë stuff for the leaving maybe he could get his teacher to organise a visit to Haworth on the Keighleigh steam train...
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
good man Thomas - if he's doing any Brontë stuff for the leaving maybe he could get his teacher to organise a visit to Haworth on the Keighleigh steam train...
North Circular Road?
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
North Circular Road?
yes - and her popularity could be handy leverage for getting people (eg kids) to do their music practice/Irish grammar: the president doesn't raise her voice, the president has already done her grade 3 exams...etc!
October 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
yes - and her popularity could be handy leverage for getting people (eg kids) to do their music practice/Irish grammar: the president doesn't raise her voice, the president has already done her grade 3 exams...etc!
And that dignity was another factor in her success I imagine. Niamh, I think your comments about HH's experience learning Irish at school would have been interesting - as would have a lot more focus on her other experiences but whoever shaped her campaign had other ideas - to her or their detriment
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
And that dignity was another factor in her success I imagine. Niamh, I think your comments about HH's experience learning Irish at school would have been interesting - as would have a lot more focus on her other experiences but whoever shaped her campaign had other ideas - to her or their detriment
In fairness CC did talk about the necessity of better support and infrastructure for Gaeltacht areas but didn’t mention HH’s poor record. The cheap ‘gotcha’ stuff was a bit one way in the other direction
October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In fairness CC did talk about the necessity of better support and infrastructure for Gaeltacht areas but didn’t mention HH’s poor record. The cheap ‘gotcha’ stuff was a bit one way in the other direction