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
A foggy day in London town
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A foggy day in London town
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...
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! 💚
Closing time at St Paul's Cathedral
November 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Closing time at St Paul's Cathedral
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...
#31DaysofGraves Day 31: Memento Mori
In Christchurch Cathedral, Waterford, Ireland - the cadaver tomb of James Rice (died c.1488), 11 times Mayor of Waterford 💀
The Latin inscription reads "Whoever you may be, passerby, Stop, weep as you read. I am what you are going to be, and I was what you are"
In Christchurch Cathedral, Waterford, Ireland - the cadaver tomb of James Rice (died c.1488), 11 times Mayor of Waterford 💀
The Latin inscription reads "Whoever you may be, passerby, Stop, weep as you read. I am what you are going to be, and I was what you are"
October 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 31: Memento Mori
In Christchurch Cathedral, Waterford, Ireland - the cadaver tomb of James Rice (died c.1488), 11 times Mayor of Waterford 💀
The Latin inscription reads "Whoever you may be, passerby, Stop, weep as you read. I am what you are going to be, and I was what you are"
In Christchurch Cathedral, Waterford, Ireland - the cadaver tomb of James Rice (died c.1488), 11 times Mayor of Waterford 💀
The Latin inscription reads "Whoever you may be, passerby, Stop, weep as you read. I am what you are going to be, and I was what you are"
#31DaysofGraves Day 30: Colour
Inside the Priory church of Great St Barts, Smithfield, London EC1 - the ornate tomb of Rahere, courtier to Henry I & founder of the Augustinian priory and hospital of St Bartholomew in 1123.
Traces of medieval paint are still visible on the top level of Rahere's tomb.
Inside the Priory church of Great St Barts, Smithfield, London EC1 - the ornate tomb of Rahere, courtier to Henry I & founder of the Augustinian priory and hospital of St Bartholomew in 1123.
Traces of medieval paint are still visible on the top level of Rahere's tomb.
October 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 30: Colour
Inside the Priory church of Great St Barts, Smithfield, London EC1 - the ornate tomb of Rahere, courtier to Henry I & founder of the Augustinian priory and hospital of St Bartholomew in 1123.
Traces of medieval paint are still visible on the top level of Rahere's tomb.
Inside the Priory church of Great St Barts, Smithfield, London EC1 - the ornate tomb of Rahere, courtier to Henry I & founder of the Augustinian priory and hospital of St Bartholomew in 1123.
Traces of medieval paint are still visible on the top level of Rahere's tomb.
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...
#31DaysofGraves Day 29: Occupation
Julia Scurr nèe O'Sullivan, born to Irish parents in Limehouse 1871
"A lifetime of devoted service to the common people
Justice of the Peace
Member of London County Council Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, Guardian of the Poor for Poplar Parish"
#IrishLondonHistory☘️
Julia Scurr nèe O'Sullivan, born to Irish parents in Limehouse 1871
"A lifetime of devoted service to the common people
Justice of the Peace
Member of London County Council Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, Guardian of the Poor for Poplar Parish"
#IrishLondonHistory☘️
October 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 29: Occupation
Julia Scurr nèe O'Sullivan, born to Irish parents in Limehouse 1871
"A lifetime of devoted service to the common people
Justice of the Peace
Member of London County Council Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, Guardian of the Poor for Poplar Parish"
#IrishLondonHistory☘️
Julia Scurr nèe O'Sullivan, born to Irish parents in Limehouse 1871
"A lifetime of devoted service to the common people
Justice of the Peace
Member of London County Council Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, Guardian of the Poor for Poplar Parish"
#IrishLondonHistory☘️
#31DaysofGraves Day 28: Column
Multiple black columns frame the ornate memorial to Thomas Sutton (1532 – 1611), an English civil servant and businessman who founded the London Charterhouse and Charterhouse School.
Sutton's tomb can be seen in the chapel of the Charterhouse, London EC1.
Multiple black columns frame the ornate memorial to Thomas Sutton (1532 – 1611), an English civil servant and businessman who founded the London Charterhouse and Charterhouse School.
Sutton's tomb can be seen in the chapel of the Charterhouse, London EC1.
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 28: Column
Multiple black columns frame the ornate memorial to Thomas Sutton (1532 – 1611), an English civil servant and businessman who founded the London Charterhouse and Charterhouse School.
Sutton's tomb can be seen in the chapel of the Charterhouse, London EC1.
Multiple black columns frame the ornate memorial to Thomas Sutton (1532 – 1611), an English civil servant and businessman who founded the London Charterhouse and Charterhouse School.
Sutton's tomb can be seen in the chapel of the Charterhouse, London EC1.
#31DaysofGraves Day 27: Tree
The Hardy Tree in London's Old St Pancras Churchyard named for novelist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928).
As a young man working for an architect, Hardy stacked gravestones around an ash tree when railway work required clearing of the graveyard.
The tree fell in December 2022 🌳
The Hardy Tree in London's Old St Pancras Churchyard named for novelist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928).
As a young man working for an architect, Hardy stacked gravestones around an ash tree when railway work required clearing of the graveyard.
The tree fell in December 2022 🌳
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
#31DaysofGraves Day 27: Tree
The Hardy Tree in London's Old St Pancras Churchyard named for novelist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928).
As a young man working for an architect, Hardy stacked gravestones around an ash tree when railway work required clearing of the graveyard.
The tree fell in December 2022 🌳
The Hardy Tree in London's Old St Pancras Churchyard named for novelist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928).
As a young man working for an architect, Hardy stacked gravestones around an ash tree when railway work required clearing of the graveyard.
The tree fell in December 2022 🌳
#31DaysofGraves Day 26: Figure
Dr Isaac Watts (1674-1748) - nonconformist English Christian minister, poet, theologian & hymn writer - looks out over Abney Park Cemetery, London N16. Once the site of Abney Park House where Watts lived for 36 years in the household of Sir Thomas & Lady Mary Abney.
Dr Isaac Watts (1674-1748) - nonconformist English Christian minister, poet, theologian & hymn writer - looks out over Abney Park Cemetery, London N16. Once the site of Abney Park House where Watts lived for 36 years in the household of Sir Thomas & Lady Mary Abney.
October 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 26: Figure
Dr Isaac Watts (1674-1748) - nonconformist English Christian minister, poet, theologian & hymn writer - looks out over Abney Park Cemetery, London N16. Once the site of Abney Park House where Watts lived for 36 years in the household of Sir Thomas & Lady Mary Abney.
Dr Isaac Watts (1674-1748) - nonconformist English Christian minister, poet, theologian & hymn writer - looks out over Abney Park Cemetery, London N16. Once the site of Abney Park House where Watts lived for 36 years in the household of Sir Thomas & Lady Mary Abney.
#31DaysofGraves Day 25: Graveside Ornament - part 2/2
In George Walker "Gatherings from Graveyards" (1839), a Southwark vestry mtg of 20 Feb 1838 minuted 'aversion generally manifested to bury in what is named the "Irish corner"' of St. Saviour's poor ground a.k.a. Crossbones #IrishLondonHistory ☘️
In George Walker "Gatherings from Graveyards" (1839), a Southwark vestry mtg of 20 Feb 1838 minuted 'aversion generally manifested to bury in what is named the "Irish corner"' of St. Saviour's poor ground a.k.a. Crossbones #IrishLondonHistory ☘️
October 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 25: Graveside Ornament - part 2/2
In George Walker "Gatherings from Graveyards" (1839), a Southwark vestry mtg of 20 Feb 1838 minuted 'aversion generally manifested to bury in what is named the "Irish corner"' of St. Saviour's poor ground a.k.a. Crossbones #IrishLondonHistory ☘️
In George Walker "Gatherings from Graveyards" (1839), a Southwark vestry mtg of 20 Feb 1838 minuted 'aversion generally manifested to bury in what is named the "Irish corner"' of St. Saviour's poor ground a.k.a. Crossbones #IrishLondonHistory ☘️
#31DaysofGraves Day 25: Graveside Ornament
In Crossbones Graveyard & Garden of Remembrance, the Ribbon Gate is a contemporary shrine to the 'outcast dead' of Southwark's past & a place to remember lost loved ones.
Situated over what was once the "Irish corner" of St. Saviour's Church poor ground 1/2
In Crossbones Graveyard & Garden of Remembrance, the Ribbon Gate is a contemporary shrine to the 'outcast dead' of Southwark's past & a place to remember lost loved ones.
Situated over what was once the "Irish corner" of St. Saviour's Church poor ground 1/2
October 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 25: Graveside Ornament
In Crossbones Graveyard & Garden of Remembrance, the Ribbon Gate is a contemporary shrine to the 'outcast dead' of Southwark's past & a place to remember lost loved ones.
Situated over what was once the "Irish corner" of St. Saviour's Church poor ground 1/2
In Crossbones Graveyard & Garden of Remembrance, the Ribbon Gate is a contemporary shrine to the 'outcast dead' of Southwark's past & a place to remember lost loved ones.
Situated over what was once the "Irish corner" of St. Saviour's Church poor ground 1/2
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
#31DaysofGraves Day 24: Unique Animal
In Conwal graveyard, Co. Leitrim, the graveslab for Gráinne Ní Conalaí shows a faint outline of ‘that fierce brute the whistling Dobhar-Chú' - Ireland's fabled cryptid said to live in Glenade Lake - which killed her in 1722
www.tonyoneill.org/2017/04/12/g...
In Conwal graveyard, Co. Leitrim, the graveslab for Gráinne Ní Conalaí shows a faint outline of ‘that fierce brute the whistling Dobhar-Chú' - Ireland's fabled cryptid said to live in Glenade Lake - which killed her in 1722
www.tonyoneill.org/2017/04/12/g...
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 24: Unique Animal
In Conwal graveyard, Co. Leitrim, the graveslab for Gráinne Ní Conalaí shows a faint outline of ‘that fierce brute the whistling Dobhar-Chú' - Ireland's fabled cryptid said to live in Glenade Lake - which killed her in 1722
www.tonyoneill.org/2017/04/12/g...
In Conwal graveyard, Co. Leitrim, the graveslab for Gráinne Ní Conalaí shows a faint outline of ‘that fierce brute the whistling Dobhar-Chú' - Ireland's fabled cryptid said to live in Glenade Lake - which killed her in 1722
www.tonyoneill.org/2017/04/12/g...
😀 If you keep going up the path past the Leinstermen Graves, there are some great views of Lough Derg to be had
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
😀 If you keep going up the path past the Leinstermen Graves, there are some great views of Lough Derg to be had
#31DaysofGraves Day 23: Cross
The Irish granite Celtic Cross in Abney Park Cemetery, London N16. It marks the grave of two sons of Hackney's first MP Charles Reed (1819-1881) who died in 1892 & 1893.
Exquisitely carved by Edward O’Shea of the O’Shea brothers, Kilkenny, Ireland #IrishLondonHistory☘️
The Irish granite Celtic Cross in Abney Park Cemetery, London N16. It marks the grave of two sons of Hackney's first MP Charles Reed (1819-1881) who died in 1892 & 1893.
Exquisitely carved by Edward O’Shea of the O’Shea brothers, Kilkenny, Ireland #IrishLondonHistory☘️
October 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 23: Cross
The Irish granite Celtic Cross in Abney Park Cemetery, London N16. It marks the grave of two sons of Hackney's first MP Charles Reed (1819-1881) who died in 1892 & 1893.
Exquisitely carved by Edward O’Shea of the O’Shea brothers, Kilkenny, Ireland #IrishLondonHistory☘️
The Irish granite Celtic Cross in Abney Park Cemetery, London N16. It marks the grave of two sons of Hackney's first MP Charles Reed (1819-1881) who died in 1892 & 1893.
Exquisitely carved by Edward O’Shea of the O’Shea brothers, Kilkenny, Ireland #IrishLondonHistory☘️
My most atmospheric venue so far for an #IrishLondonHistory ☘️ talk - the historic Vestry House beside the 18th-century church of St Giles-in-the-Fields.
V grateful to all the church team & a great St. Giles Society audience for joining me on a journey from 1600s Drury Lane to 1840s Famine migrants.
V grateful to all the church team & a great St. Giles Society audience for joining me on a journey from 1600s Drury Lane to 1840s Famine migrants.
October 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My most atmospheric venue so far for an #IrishLondonHistory ☘️ talk - the historic Vestry House beside the 18th-century church of St Giles-in-the-Fields.
V grateful to all the church team & a great St. Giles Society audience for joining me on a journey from 1600s Drury Lane to 1840s Famine migrants.
V grateful to all the church team & a great St. Giles Society audience for joining me on a journey from 1600s Drury Lane to 1840s Famine migrants.
#31DaysofGraves Day 22: Landscape
On the slope of Arra Mountains overlooking Lough Derg in Co. Tipperary, Ireland, there's a mysterious megalithic monument "The Graves of the Leinstermen".
Folklore has it that men of Leinster, killed by the medieval High King of Ireland Brian Bórú, are buried here.
On the slope of Arra Mountains overlooking Lough Derg in Co. Tipperary, Ireland, there's a mysterious megalithic monument "The Graves of the Leinstermen".
Folklore has it that men of Leinster, killed by the medieval High King of Ireland Brian Bórú, are buried here.
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 22: Landscape
On the slope of Arra Mountains overlooking Lough Derg in Co. Tipperary, Ireland, there's a mysterious megalithic monument "The Graves of the Leinstermen".
Folklore has it that men of Leinster, killed by the medieval High King of Ireland Brian Bórú, are buried here.
On the slope of Arra Mountains overlooking Lough Derg in Co. Tipperary, Ireland, there's a mysterious megalithic monument "The Graves of the Leinstermen".
Folklore has it that men of Leinster, killed by the medieval High King of Ireland Brian Bórú, are buried here.
#31DaysofGraves Day 21: Bronze
Buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London NW10 - TP O'Connor (1848-1929). Journalist, reformer, nationalist politician during the Home Rule years as Irish Parliamentary Party MP for Galway (1880-1885) & Liverpool (1885-1929) #IrishLondonHistory ☘️
Buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London NW10 - TP O'Connor (1848-1929). Journalist, reformer, nationalist politician during the Home Rule years as Irish Parliamentary Party MP for Galway (1880-1885) & Liverpool (1885-1929) #IrishLondonHistory ☘️
October 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 21: Bronze
Buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London NW10 - TP O'Connor (1848-1929). Journalist, reformer, nationalist politician during the Home Rule years as Irish Parliamentary Party MP for Galway (1880-1885) & Liverpool (1885-1929) #IrishLondonHistory ☘️
Buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London NW10 - TP O'Connor (1848-1929). Journalist, reformer, nationalist politician during the Home Rule years as Irish Parliamentary Party MP for Galway (1880-1885) & Liverpool (1885-1929) #IrishLondonHistory ☘️
#31DaysofGraves Day 20: Wreath
An Abney Park angel holds out a wreath to passers-by
An Abney Park angel holds out a wreath to passers-by
October 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#31DaysofGraves Day 20: Wreath
An Abney Park angel holds out a wreath to passers-by
An Abney Park angel holds out a wreath to passers-by
#31DaysofGraves Day 19: Social group #IrishLondonHistory☘️
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green opened in 1858 as London's first Catholic cemetery. Of the 12,500 burials during the cemetery's first 8 years, many were Irish migrants who arrived in London after fleeing the Great Famine in Ireland
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green opened in 1858 as London's first Catholic cemetery. Of the 12,500 burials during the cemetery's first 8 years, many were Irish migrants who arrived in London after fleeing the Great Famine in Ireland
October 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
#31DaysofGraves Day 19: Social group #IrishLondonHistory☘️
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green opened in 1858 as London's first Catholic cemetery. Of the 12,500 burials during the cemetery's first 8 years, many were Irish migrants who arrived in London after fleeing the Great Famine in Ireland
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green opened in 1858 as London's first Catholic cemetery. Of the 12,500 burials during the cemetery's first 8 years, many were Irish migrants who arrived in London after fleeing the Great Famine in Ireland
Some #IrishSouthamptonHistory today ☘️ The mock Gothic Lansdowne Castle was built by the 2nd Marquis of Lansdowne, landlord for Jane Austen's family in Southampton.
The 2nd Marquis Lansdowne,John Henry Petty (1765-1809), was involved with Robert Emmet & the United Irishmen
www.dib.ie/biography/pe...
The 2nd Marquis Lansdowne,John Henry Petty (1765-1809), was involved with Robert Emmet & the United Irishmen
www.dib.ie/biography/pe...
October 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Some #IrishSouthamptonHistory today ☘️ The mock Gothic Lansdowne Castle was built by the 2nd Marquis of Lansdowne, landlord for Jane Austen's family in Southampton.
The 2nd Marquis Lansdowne,John Henry Petty (1765-1809), was involved with Robert Emmet & the United Irishmen
www.dib.ie/biography/pe...
The 2nd Marquis Lansdowne,John Henry Petty (1765-1809), was involved with Robert Emmet & the United Irishmen
www.dib.ie/biography/pe...