Mick O'Farrell
@mof1916.bsky.social
Amateur historian, 1916 author.
Keeper of world’s largest private collection of Easter Rising-related publications.
#MOF1916
Got any rare 1916 publications?
Keeper of world’s largest private collection of Easter Rising-related publications.
#MOF1916
Got any rare 1916 publications?
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Mick O'Farrell
@mof1916.bsky.social
· Nov 20
MICE !
This original 1916 newspaper, showing Pearse's surrender, survived 102 years intact, before being partially destroyed by mice in 2018.
If your history collection is paper-based, you may think fire and flood are your biggest enemies, but there are little ones out there too, so beware!
This original 1916 newspaper, showing Pearse's surrender, survived 102 years intact, before being partially destroyed by mice in 2018.
If your history collection is paper-based, you may think fire and flood are your biggest enemies, but there are little ones out there too, so beware!
Talk with us about history, or ...
Listen to us talking about history !
The next meeting of our Casual Historians is happening this Thursday, 6 November - 8pm, The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Come along and chat history with us -
Spread the word!
Newbies always welcome. 🙂
Listen to us talking about history !
The next meeting of our Casual Historians is happening this Thursday, 6 November - 8pm, The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Come along and chat history with us -
Spread the word!
Newbies always welcome. 🙂
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Talk with us about history, or ...
Listen to us talking about history !
The next meeting of our Casual Historians is happening this Thursday, 6 November - 8pm, The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Come along and chat history with us -
Spread the word!
Newbies always welcome. 🙂
Listen to us talking about history !
The next meeting of our Casual Historians is happening this Thursday, 6 November - 8pm, The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Come along and chat history with us -
Spread the word!
Newbies always welcome. 🙂
Reposted by Mick O'Farrell
In more personal news - I am delighted that this book in which I have a chapter on the treatment of militant anti- treaty women in the Irish civil war is out-it is horrendously expensive as academics book go, so drop a DM if you want a peek at my chapter link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #history
October 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
In more personal news - I am delighted that this book in which I have a chapter on the treatment of militant anti- treaty women in the Irish civil war is out-it is horrendously expensive as academics book go, so drop a DM if you want a peek at my chapter link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #history
In a 1940 edition of a French magazine, "La Semaine", General Maxwell is referred to as
"The Leader of the Black & Tans"...
(Le Bourreau = The Executioner)
"The Leader of the Black & Tans"...
(Le Bourreau = The Executioner)
October 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In a 1940 edition of a French magazine, "La Semaine", General Maxwell is referred to as
"The Leader of the Black & Tans"...
(Le Bourreau = The Executioner)
"The Leader of the Black & Tans"...
(Le Bourreau = The Executioner)
The news from "across the pond" gets odder & odder.
"US archivist ousted after refusing to let Trump give Eisenhower’s sword to King Charles."
t.co/nRPDn02nke
"US archivist ousted after refusing to let Trump give Eisenhower’s sword to King Charles."
t.co/nRPDn02nke
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/03/us-archivist-ousted-after-refusing-to-let-trump-give-eisenhowers-sword-to-king-charles
t.co
October 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The news from "across the pond" gets odder & odder.
"US archivist ousted after refusing to let Trump give Eisenhower’s sword to King Charles."
t.co/nRPDn02nke
"US archivist ousted after refusing to let Trump give Eisenhower’s sword to King Charles."
t.co/nRPDn02nke
History can't talk by itself ...
So come along next Thursday and talk for it !
The 33rd meet-up of the Casual Historians will happen on Thursday 2 October, 8pm in The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
We're super casual, so come along and say hello.
Cheers!
So come along next Thursday and talk for it !
The 33rd meet-up of the Casual Historians will happen on Thursday 2 October, 8pm in The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
We're super casual, so come along and say hello.
Cheers!
September 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
History can't talk by itself ...
So come along next Thursday and talk for it !
The 33rd meet-up of the Casual Historians will happen on Thursday 2 October, 8pm in The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
We're super casual, so come along and say hello.
Cheers!
So come along next Thursday and talk for it !
The 33rd meet-up of the Casual Historians will happen on Thursday 2 October, 8pm in The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
We're super casual, so come along and say hello.
Cheers!
Sorry, but I laughed...
The "CGPO" pin from Deadly Pins.
"The GPO + C3PO = CGPO
Dublin’s iconic Post Office combined with the galaxy’s campest robot to create this pin."
(deadly.ie I haven't a clue who they are & I don't think they're on twitter.)
@gpowithistory
The "CGPO" pin from Deadly Pins.
"The GPO + C3PO = CGPO
Dublin’s iconic Post Office combined with the galaxy’s campest robot to create this pin."
(deadly.ie I haven't a clue who they are & I don't think they're on twitter.)
@gpowithistory
September 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Sorry, but I laughed...
The "CGPO" pin from Deadly Pins.
"The GPO + C3PO = CGPO
Dublin’s iconic Post Office combined with the galaxy’s campest robot to create this pin."
(deadly.ie I haven't a clue who they are & I don't think they're on twitter.)
@gpowithistory
The "CGPO" pin from Deadly Pins.
"The GPO + C3PO = CGPO
Dublin’s iconic Post Office combined with the galaxy’s campest robot to create this pin."
(deadly.ie I haven't a clue who they are & I don't think they're on twitter.)
@gpowithistory
The Casual Historians group are a little away from announcing the "1st Conference of Casual Historians".
But we are looking forward to our "33rd Monthly Get Together to Chat History" meet-up in The Oval Bar on Thursday, 2 October, at 8pm.
No registration necessary - come along!
But we are looking forward to our "33rd Monthly Get Together to Chat History" meet-up in The Oval Bar on Thursday, 2 October, at 8pm.
No registration necessary - come along!
September 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Casual Historians group are a little away from announcing the "1st Conference of Casual Historians".
But we are looking forward to our "33rd Monthly Get Together to Chat History" meet-up in The Oval Bar on Thursday, 2 October, at 8pm.
No registration necessary - come along!
But we are looking forward to our "33rd Monthly Get Together to Chat History" meet-up in The Oval Bar on Thursday, 2 October, at 8pm.
No registration necessary - come along!
Come along and talk history!
The 32nd meeting of the Casual Historians happens next Thursday, 4 September, at 8pm in The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
We're happy to welcome anyone who just wants to talk about history - or just listen!
(Drinking not compulsory 🙂 )
The 32nd meeting of the Casual Historians happens next Thursday, 4 September, at 8pm in The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
We're happy to welcome anyone who just wants to talk about history - or just listen!
(Drinking not compulsory 🙂 )
Here ye!
Here ye!
The Casual Historians will meet again on Thursday 5 June, at 8pm in The Oval Bar on Dublin's Abbey Street.
Join us if you like to "talk history" -
Or if you like to "listen history" -
Or if you like to do both. 🙂
Here ye!
The Casual Historians will meet again on Thursday 5 June, at 8pm in The Oval Bar on Dublin's Abbey Street.
Join us if you like to "talk history" -
Or if you like to "listen history" -
Or if you like to do both. 🙂
Mayday! - Mayday!
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
August 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Come along and talk history!
The 32nd meeting of the Casual Historians happens next Thursday, 4 September, at 8pm in The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
We're happy to welcome anyone who just wants to talk about history - or just listen!
(Drinking not compulsory 🙂 )
The 32nd meeting of the Casual Historians happens next Thursday, 4 September, at 8pm in The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
We're happy to welcome anyone who just wants to talk about history - or just listen!
(Drinking not compulsory 🙂 )
Meet Mrs Agnes Newman, sister of Roger Casement.
This photo was taken after she arrived in the US, & published in the "Chicago American" newspaper on 3 August, 1916, under the heading "Mourns Brother".
Casement's last letter to his sister was dated 25 July, just 9 days earlier.
This photo was taken after she arrived in the US, & published in the "Chicago American" newspaper on 3 August, 1916, under the heading "Mourns Brother".
Casement's last letter to his sister was dated 25 July, just 9 days earlier.
August 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Meet Mrs Agnes Newman, sister of Roger Casement.
This photo was taken after she arrived in the US, & published in the "Chicago American" newspaper on 3 August, 1916, under the heading "Mourns Brother".
Casement's last letter to his sister was dated 25 July, just 9 days earlier.
This photo was taken after she arrived in the US, & published in the "Chicago American" newspaper on 3 August, 1916, under the heading "Mourns Brother".
Casement's last letter to his sister was dated 25 July, just 9 days earlier.
Visited the Capt Noel Lemass Memorial recently, as the sun was setting. (Noel was the brother of future taoiseach Sean Lemass.)
Very calm, quiet, beautiful location.
But at the same time, a brutal, desolate, lonely place to be dumped after being murdered…
Very calm, quiet, beautiful location.
But at the same time, a brutal, desolate, lonely place to be dumped after being murdered…
July 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Visited the Capt Noel Lemass Memorial recently, as the sun was setting. (Noel was the brother of future taoiseach Sean Lemass.)
Very calm, quiet, beautiful location.
But at the same time, a brutal, desolate, lonely place to be dumped after being murdered…
Very calm, quiet, beautiful location.
But at the same time, a brutal, desolate, lonely place to be dumped after being murdered…
Rebel execution, 1916
A propaganda drawing from "Das Interessante Blatt", an Austrian magazine from May 1916.
It's supposed to show the execution of a rebel leader from the Easter Rising, but almost everything about it is wrong...
(Featured on Century Ireland.)
A propaganda drawing from "Das Interessante Blatt", an Austrian magazine from May 1916.
It's supposed to show the execution of a rebel leader from the Easter Rising, but almost everything about it is wrong...
(Featured on Century Ireland.)
June 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Rebel execution, 1916
A propaganda drawing from "Das Interessante Blatt", an Austrian magazine from May 1916.
It's supposed to show the execution of a rebel leader from the Easter Rising, but almost everything about it is wrong...
(Featured on Century Ireland.)
A propaganda drawing from "Das Interessante Blatt", an Austrian magazine from May 1916.
It's supposed to show the execution of a rebel leader from the Easter Rising, but almost everything about it is wrong...
(Featured on Century Ireland.)
Here ye!
Here ye!
The Casual Historians will meet again on Thursday 5 June, at 8pm in The Oval Bar on Dublin's Abbey Street.
Join us if you like to "talk history" -
Or if you like to "listen history" -
Or if you like to do both. 🙂
Here ye!
The Casual Historians will meet again on Thursday 5 June, at 8pm in The Oval Bar on Dublin's Abbey Street.
Join us if you like to "talk history" -
Or if you like to "listen history" -
Or if you like to do both. 🙂
Mayday! - Mayday!
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
May 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Here ye!
Here ye!
The Casual Historians will meet again on Thursday 5 June, at 8pm in The Oval Bar on Dublin's Abbey Street.
Join us if you like to "talk history" -
Or if you like to "listen history" -
Or if you like to do both. 🙂
Here ye!
The Casual Historians will meet again on Thursday 5 June, at 8pm in The Oval Bar on Dublin's Abbey Street.
Join us if you like to "talk history" -
Or if you like to "listen history" -
Or if you like to do both. 🙂
Reposted by Mick O'Farrell
Bully's Acre(1), Kilmainham Hospital – Just inside the gates of Richmond Tower lies Dublin's oldest graveyard, & the stories & people associated with Bully's Acre are breathtaking. So this thread will be broken into three separate tweets. Bully’s Acre is situated in what was originally a priory...~1
May 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Bully's Acre(1), Kilmainham Hospital – Just inside the gates of Richmond Tower lies Dublin's oldest graveyard, & the stories & people associated with Bully's Acre are breathtaking. So this thread will be broken into three separate tweets. Bully’s Acre is situated in what was originally a priory...~1
1910 letter from "The General's House, Cairo" -
in which Sir JG Maxwell offers to pay for the engraving of the Duke of Connaught's Cup, if Major John Ponsonby's Mess won it "at the last Rifle meeting".
(Maxwell commanded the British troops during the 1916 Easter Rising.)
in which Sir JG Maxwell offers to pay for the engraving of the Duke of Connaught's Cup, if Major John Ponsonby's Mess won it "at the last Rifle meeting".
(Maxwell commanded the British troops during the 1916 Easter Rising.)
May 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
1910 letter from "The General's House, Cairo" -
in which Sir JG Maxwell offers to pay for the engraving of the Duke of Connaught's Cup, if Major John Ponsonby's Mess won it "at the last Rifle meeting".
(Maxwell commanded the British troops during the 1916 Easter Rising.)
in which Sir JG Maxwell offers to pay for the engraving of the Duke of Connaught's Cup, if Major John Ponsonby's Mess won it "at the last Rifle meeting".
(Maxwell commanded the British troops during the 1916 Easter Rising.)
A life-saving Field Pocket Book...
This belonged to Captain Annan Dickson, who was fighting with the Sherwood Foresters against the rebels in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising.
A bullet aimed at Dickson struck his Field Pocket Book & stayed there.
(Imperial War Museum)
This belonged to Captain Annan Dickson, who was fighting with the Sherwood Foresters against the rebels in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising.
A bullet aimed at Dickson struck his Field Pocket Book & stayed there.
(Imperial War Museum)
May 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A life-saving Field Pocket Book...
This belonged to Captain Annan Dickson, who was fighting with the Sherwood Foresters against the rebels in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising.
A bullet aimed at Dickson struck his Field Pocket Book & stayed there.
(Imperial War Museum)
This belonged to Captain Annan Dickson, who was fighting with the Sherwood Foresters against the rebels in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising.
A bullet aimed at Dickson struck his Field Pocket Book & stayed there.
(Imperial War Museum)
Historical chats in Dublin tomorrow evening...
See you there!
See you there!
Mayday! - Mayday!
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
April 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Historical chats in Dublin tomorrow evening...
See you there!
See you there!
Reposted by Mick O'Farrell
Mayday! - Mayday!
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
April 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Mayday! - Mayday!
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
Mayday! - Mayday!
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
April 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Mayday! - Mayday!
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
The next Casual Historians meet-up is on May Day, Thursday 1 May, 8pm.
Come along and talk history with people who love history ... but are casual about it.
🙂
Every first Thursday at The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome!
📚
Some historical ephemera from a different era …
A punch-out postcard promoting “Strictly Handbag”, Mondays at Rí-Rá, Dame Court, Dublin 2.
“On the floor since ‘94”…
A punch-out postcard promoting “Strictly Handbag”, Mondays at Rí-Rá, Dame Court, Dublin 2.
“On the floor since ‘94”…
April 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Some historical ephemera from a different era …
A punch-out postcard promoting “Strictly Handbag”, Mondays at Rí-Rá, Dame Court, Dublin 2.
“On the floor since ‘94”…
A punch-out postcard promoting “Strictly Handbag”, Mondays at Rí-Rá, Dame Court, Dublin 2.
“On the floor since ‘94”…
Irish authors protest!
A petition has been set up for Irish authors, and non-authors, to raise a complaint against Meta's illegal use of writers' hard work to increase their profits.
If you like that idea, please consider signing!
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A petition has been set up for Irish authors, and non-authors, to raise a complaint against Meta's illegal use of writers' hard work to increase their profits.
If you like that idea, please consider signing!
t.co/Wo3flSl8hT
April 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Irish authors protest!
A petition has been set up for Irish authors, and non-authors, to raise a complaint against Meta's illegal use of writers' hard work to increase their profits.
If you like that idea, please consider signing!
t.co/Wo3flSl8hT
A petition has been set up for Irish authors, and non-authors, to raise a complaint against Meta's illegal use of writers' hard work to increase their profits.
If you like that idea, please consider signing!
t.co/Wo3flSl8hT
Smithsonian Associates is holding an event today on "The Easter Rising: Dublin 1916" with historian Jennifer Paxton.
Good news = it's online
Bad news = it's $40!
Unfortunate news = I won't be online to correct their accompanying pic caption.
smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
Good news = it's online
Bad news = it's $40!
Unfortunate news = I won't be online to correct their accompanying pic caption.
smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
April 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Smithsonian Associates is holding an event today on "The Easter Rising: Dublin 1916" with historian Jennifer Paxton.
Good news = it's online
Bad news = it's $40!
Unfortunate news = I won't be online to correct their accompanying pic caption.
smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
Good news = it's online
Bad news = it's $40!
Unfortunate news = I won't be online to correct their accompanying pic caption.
smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
Saturday, 12 April -
This promises to be a great day out for anyone interested in the 1916 EASTER RISING -
including previously unseen documents from the archive of a very prominent rebel.
I'll be tagging along for sure!
This promises to be a great day out for anyone interested in the 1916 EASTER RISING -
including previously unseen documents from the archive of a very prominent rebel.
I'll be tagging along for sure!
April 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Saturday, 12 April -
This promises to be a great day out for anyone interested in the 1916 EASTER RISING -
including previously unseen documents from the archive of a very prominent rebel.
I'll be tagging along for sure!
This promises to be a great day out for anyone interested in the 1916 EASTER RISING -
including previously unseen documents from the archive of a very prominent rebel.
I'll be tagging along for sure!
History chats this evening!
This Thursday!
3 April, 8pm!
Join us to talk about history, or listen to others talking about history. 🙂
Come along to The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
First Thursday of every month.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome. 📚
3 April, 8pm!
Join us to talk about history, or listen to others talking about history. 🙂
Come along to The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
First Thursday of every month.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome. 📚
April 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
History chats this evening!
Reposted by Mick O'Farrell
This Thursday!
3 April, 8pm!
Join us to talk about history, or listen to others talking about history. 🙂
Come along to The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
First Thursday of every month.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome. 📚
3 April, 8pm!
Join us to talk about history, or listen to others talking about history. 🙂
Come along to The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
First Thursday of every month.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome. 📚
April 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This Thursday!
3 April, 8pm!
Join us to talk about history, or listen to others talking about history. 🙂
Come along to The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
First Thursday of every month.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome. 📚
3 April, 8pm!
Join us to talk about history, or listen to others talking about history. 🙂
Come along to The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
First Thursday of every month.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome. 📚
This Thursday!
3 April, 8pm!
Join us to talk about history, or listen to others talking about history. 🙂
Come along to The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
First Thursday of every month.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome. 📚
3 April, 8pm!
Join us to talk about history, or listen to others talking about history. 🙂
Come along to The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
First Thursday of every month.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome. 📚
April 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This Thursday!
3 April, 8pm!
Join us to talk about history, or listen to others talking about history. 🙂
Come along to The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
First Thursday of every month.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome. 📚
3 April, 8pm!
Join us to talk about history, or listen to others talking about history. 🙂
Come along to The Oval Bar, Abbey St, Dublin.
First Thursday of every month.
Old and new Casual Historians welcome. 📚