(Dr) Rena Maguire

@justrena.bsky.social

Archaeologist. This gun's for hire on small finds. Educator. Iron Age/ early med material culture . Likes horses and old stabby pointy things. "Ain't nothin' like me - except me" (Raccoon, 2014). Usually optimistic. She/her/thon wan. Personal views only

I watched the Highland dancing, the bagpipes, the trad, rhe Afghani fusion... And oh! The impromptu seisuns on the trains! Find it hard to understand the odd loyal son and daughter who complain about this. They must be very sad inside themselves all the time

An Irish artist has helped establish a children's centre in Gaza that provides food, education and psychosocial support to children displaced by the war. Adam Doyle, better known as Spicebag, tells us why he helped create Ionad Hind Rajab. jrnl.ie/7117887

'They're just kids': The Irish-backed centre giving Gazan children a place to play

Irish artist Adam Doyle, aka Spicebag, says Ionad Hind Rajab is about giving displaced children “a break from the horror around them”.

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I never liked the comedy of Jimmy Cricket, seeing it as a mockery of Irishness in a culture and time when we were already seen as subhuman. But there is no disputing that as himself, Mulgrew was a good and decent person. Guess his success was the last laugh on the Brits. Go.easy now, good man.

Im delighted that unionists are participating in thr Fleadh. Music is bigger than any of us. This one celebrates us all, joyfully and thats why it is an important event for the city. Ulster Scots, marching band, pipes, and new arrivals fusing Bhangra with trad...it is us in all our effed up glory.

A delicate Lammas dress from 1902 by Gustav Beer, richly decorated with silken wheat stalks, for drinking chouchen and telling fortunes in an old country garden, as a great golden moon rises in the dark Breton sky.

A delicate Lammas dress from 1902 A delicate Lammas dress from 1902 A couple embrace in a wheat field under a full moon.

Jeanne Gibson, known worldwide as Rosie the Riveter, passed away on 29th July 2026 at the remarkable age of 100. Thank you Jeanne for giving women a symbol of strength when we were told we had none. 💋💪🏻💘

Image of jeanne in her 90's doing her famous pose with the famous outfit onOriginal rosie illustration poster