A meniskos was a bronze disk mounted above the head of a statue in Ancient Greece to prevent bird feces from accumulating on the statue's head. This probably the origin of the halo in Christian art.
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
A meniskos was a bronze disk mounted above the head of a statue in Ancient Greece to prevent bird feces from accumulating on the statue's head. This probably the origin of the halo in Christian art.
Breaks the Law of Comparative Advantage. Ireland is a small country, lacks the critical mass of specialists, know-how and experience to build, operate & maintain nuclear. Money better spent on connecting to the EU Supergrid - leave nuclear to larger nations with indepth tech know-how.
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Breaks the Law of Comparative Advantage. Ireland is a small country, lacks the critical mass of specialists, know-how and experience to build, operate & maintain nuclear. Money better spent on connecting to the EU Supergrid - leave nuclear to larger nations with indepth tech know-how.
Funding for a land grab. 1815 to 1825 was the second brutal phase of na Fuadaichean (Highland Clearances) in Scotland. Characterised by mass evictions, 'assisted' emmigration and driving tenants to coastal areas to take up fishing and crofting.
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Funding for a land grab. 1815 to 1825 was the second brutal phase of na Fuadaichean (Highland Clearances) in Scotland. Characterised by mass evictions, 'assisted' emmigration and driving tenants to coastal areas to take up fishing and crofting.
"Ceann goimh air madainn Earraich 's mairg a chailleadh a chaomh charaid"
A spring morning with a stinging head, who would lose a beloved friend?
- Toraidhean Dwelly
A spring morning with a stinging head, who would lose a beloved friend?
- Toraidhean Dwelly
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"Ceann goimh air madainn Earraich 's mairg a chailleadh a chaomh charaid"
A spring morning with a stinging head, who would lose a beloved friend?
- Toraidhean Dwelly
A spring morning with a stinging head, who would lose a beloved friend?
- Toraidhean Dwelly
The Brontë (Prunty) family had Irish connections too. Terry Eagleton's conjugation of Wuthering Heights and the Great Famine an influential text here in Ireland when first published in '92.
www.jstor.org/stable/29735...
www.jstor.org/stable/29735...
Emily Brontë and the Great Hunger on JSTOR
Terry Eagleton, Emily Brontë and the Great Hunger, The Irish Review (Cork), No. 12 (Spring - Summer, 1992), pp. 108-119
www.jstor.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Brontë (Prunty) family had Irish connections too. Terry Eagleton's conjugation of Wuthering Heights and the Great Famine an influential text here in Ireland when first published in '92.
www.jstor.org/stable/29735...
www.jstor.org/stable/29735...
Bánh Mì - usáidtear an síneadh fada agus an stracadh i Vítneaimis coltach ri Gàidhlig na h-Alba
(iolr. Bành Míonnan)
(iolr. Bành Míonnan)
October 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Bánh Mì - usáidtear an síneadh fada agus an stracadh i Vítneaimis coltach ri Gàidhlig na h-Alba
(iolr. Bành Míonnan)
(iolr. Bành Míonnan)
Already seen it...
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Already seen it...
FG had no problem sharing a policy platform with Victor Orban's Fidesz party at EU level through membership of the EPP until Fidesz left in March 2021. FG still frequently cooperate and vote with Fidesz and other far right, anti EU groups in the EP when it suits them.
October 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
FG had no problem sharing a policy platform with Victor Orban's Fidesz party at EU level through membership of the EPP until Fidesz left in March 2021. FG still frequently cooperate and vote with Fidesz and other far right, anti EU groups in the EP when it suits them.
83k British citizens in the Republic according to the 2022 census - the 2nd largest non citizen group here. International agreements are reciprocal. But intended or unintend consequences dont matter (viz. Brexit). Just more extreme measures to stoke their base. Next up - Goodbye CTA...
October 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
83k British citizens in the Republic according to the 2022 census - the 2nd largest non citizen group here. International agreements are reciprocal. But intended or unintend consequences dont matter (viz. Brexit). Just more extreme measures to stoke their base. Next up - Goodbye CTA...
Murrough O'Brien led a parliamentary army against the Confederacy at the Battle of Knocknanuss, County Cork in 1647. O'Brien had Sir Alasdair Macolla Ciotach MhicDhòmhnaill and his Gall Gàidheal followers put to death after they had surrendered. One way to get an earldom...
September 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Murrough O'Brien led a parliamentary army against the Confederacy at the Battle of Knocknanuss, County Cork in 1647. O'Brien had Sir Alasdair Macolla Ciotach MhicDhòmhnaill and his Gall Gàidheal followers put to death after they had surrendered. One way to get an earldom...
Computers have always been bad but people never learn.
September 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Computers have always been bad but people never learn.
'Sula mblaiseann an t-éan an t-uisce'
at sparrow-fart, early in the morning.
at sparrow-fart, early in the morning.
September 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
'Sula mblaiseann an t-éan an t-uisce'
at sparrow-fart, early in the morning.
at sparrow-fart, early in the morning.
Fáinleogach - abounding in swallows or storm petrels.
September 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Fáinleogach - abounding in swallows or storm petrels.
