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Posted on February 6, 2019

Stone lettering from Nelson’s Pillar – exiled from O’Connell Street to Kilkenny

Recently I came across Butler House, the former dower house of Kilkenny Castle. In its topiaried gardens I came across this: Not sure how legible that is. I recall Nelson’s…

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Posted on January 19, 2019

Schrödinger’s Cat panels at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies

The Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies was established in 1940 by Eamon de Valera’s government with three constituent schools of Cosmic Physics, Theoretical Physics and Celtic Studies. By far the most…

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Posted on January 12, 2019January 12, 2019

“worth seeing yes, but not worth going to see”: An article on Samuel Johnson and Ireland, written for the Johnson Tercentenary in 2009

Going through old emails, I came across this. It was written for History Ireland magazine who accepted it… but I don’t think it ever appeared. One for the 310th anniversary…

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Posted on September 3, 2018September 1, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 3. The Capercaillie

Continuing my September project with the first avian entry, the capercaillie. From “Whittled Away”: An oversized grouse of woodlands, the last record of which was from Thomastown, Co Kilkenny in 1760…

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Posted on August 25, 2018

Fidchell – “jouer avec un Goiedhel” – medieval board game from Westmeath recreated by Les 7 Cailloux, St Etienne

On a recent trip to France I came across the games of Les Sept Cailloux, a St Etienne based company who make beautiful and practical versions of Ancient Roman and…

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Posted on August 15, 2018

Irish citizen science project needs seal sightings

Via Ireland’s Wildlife: A new research project at the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) in partnership with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is looking for public input…

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Posted on July 6, 2018July 6, 2018

“Conas tá an misneach?” / “How is the courage?”

I have been reading the beautifully produced book Aneas – Saíocht ó thraidisiún Gaelach na Mumhan. This book features various proverbs, sayings and idioms of Munster Irish, with a text…

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Posted on June 24, 2018June 24, 2018

“Voyagers in the Vault of Heaven: The Phenomenon of Ships in the Sky in Medieval Ireland and Beyond” – a paper by Michael McCaughran links the Kilnaruane Pillar, Françoise Henry and Seamus Heaney

Via Medievalists.Net, I came across this paper from 1998 this paper (on page 175 of the PDF): Abstract : This paper explores the phenomenon of ships voyaging in the sky.…

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