Pearse Cottage • Teach an Phiarsaigh Beautifully set within the stunning Connemara landscape, Pearse Cottage, Teach an Phiarsaigh, was once the retreat of the revolutionary leader Patrick Pearse. His cottage was gifted to the State by his family in 1943. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #DiscoverIreland

In this image that evokes a "Parent and child" scene, are a pair of Goniatite fossils that have lain facing each other in the sediment layers, that make up the Cliffs of Moher, for over 300 million years. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

Dún Aonghasa • Inis Mór This iconic fort is formed of three curving walls forming an outer, middle and inner enclosure (pictured), that terminate at the edge of a sheer 90m high cliff. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Archaeology #WildAtlanticWay

📅 What's on at Collins Barracks this August? 🎨 Children's Craft Workshop 🎼 Harp Talk & Performance 🤲 Hands-on History Session 🏛️ Guided Museum Tours 🧩 Sensory-Friendly Quiet Hour Plus a full programme of Heritage Week events from 15-23 August. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Heading to the West Cork History Festival? Three Royal Irish Academy authors will be appearing at Inish Beg this weekend. Gabriel Cooney MRIA, author of 'Death in Irish prehistory' explores the boundary between life and death in prehistoric Ireland.

Petition for Eamon Dunphy to do Rod Liddle's eulogy

What moments in movies really freaked you out as a child? Here's three that come to mind for me (no particular order) 1. When Peter Duncan stuck his arm into a tree stump in Flash Gordon 2. Perceval hanging from the tree with the dead knights in Excalibur 3. The dip in Roger Rabbit

We have a new episode of the #HEASPodcast on our YouTube and Spotify 👇 Jane Kershaw @jk-viking.bsky.social is interviewed on 'The Vikings' www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yg2...

Episode 11: The Vikings

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A reminder that this legislation was passed at Final Stage by 129 votes to 10, with every political party bar Ind. Ireland supporting. This headline shows: > Enormous over-reach by officialdom on an unequivocal democratic mandate, > The craven backtracking of FFG in this gvt on climate action.

Latest archaeological crochet project finished! Bronze Age beaker, dated to 2500-800BC, from the Folkestone Museum collection #AncientBlueSky #Crochet #SciArt 🏺 #BronzeAge #FibreCrafts #CrochetSky

Dr Anke Marsh@ankemarsh.bsky.social · last wk.

Uh oh… what has the Bronze Age grape cup been up to? #Crochet #Amigurumi 🏺

Fascinating - Mesolithic hunter-gatherers were populating upland lakes with brown trout. There are some species in Ireland that may have been brought in too, eg a small, cuddly bear cub is easy to transport in a boat … and how did red deer get here in the end?

Antiquity Journal@antiquity.ac.uk · 3d ago

Read the original research in Antiquity 🆓 'The introduction of fish to the Scandinavian mountains by hunter-fisher-gatherers 5000 BC' - Axel Mjærum, Ellen K. Friis, Trygve Hesthagen & Andreas J. Kirchhefer doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 13/13 🧵

We return to the stunning scenery of County Donegal for our latest itinerary guide. The landscape of south-west Donegal is dramatic, diverse and extremely ancient. Only 50km separates Donegal Town from the untamed, awe-inspiring vista of the Sliabh Liag sea cliffs. #Ireland #Travel #SpéirGhorm

The Corleck Head • Cavan As we're in the time of Lughnasa, it gives me an excuse to share one of my favourite artefacts in @nmireland.bsky.social – the Corleck Head. It was found in 1855 near Corleck Hill in County Cavan, where a Lughnasa festival was regularly held. #Archaeology 🏺 #SpéirGhorm

Would definitely be a regular at a pub with this sign.

Tuatha@tuatha.ie · 5d ago

This carved stone plaque was found in St Francis' Row in Cashel, and it is believed to be the sign for a tavern that was known as The Cat & Bagpipes, that once stood on the main street. It may date to as early as the 16-17th century, and offers a glimpse of Cashel's social life from centuries ago

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

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This came in just now with the post. Michael Potterton (ed.), Moynagh Lough Studies 1, Four Courts Press 2026 Very beautifully done. Includes my article on the Moynagh Lough ogham inscription on a portable object. Pre-print: www.academia.edu/171047177/Th...

The AC Milan team of 1989/90 is my favourite lineup (with the exception of Keegan's entertainers of course). What a team that was, and Franco Baresi was the brilliant general. One of the best defenders I've ever seen. Sad to hear of his passing.

PUFFLING!!! Some great views of 'Pufflings' at Sumburgh Head this week including this individual taking its first wing stretches outside its burrow yesterday evening watched by mum or dad! #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

Dunbrody Abbey • Wexford Dunbrody Abbey was founded for the Cistercian Order by Hervey de Montmorency in 1182, on the low-lying plains near the Campile River. The abbey is a fine example of the Gothic style of architecture, and well worth exploring! #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

Both unexpected yet unsurprising. Not sure at all about the replacement. With so many big outgoings (with Bruno set to leave too), and more good squad players apparently on the way out, it's going to be a long season. Big Sam back in by Christmas. #NUFC

David Ornstein@david-ornstein.bsky.social · 6d ago

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Eddie Howe set to leave Newcastle United. All parties initially chose to continue but 48yo has informed #NUFC of decision to take break & will depart after 5yrs in charge. Matthias Jaissle of Al Ahli lined up as replacement 🚨 @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...

We have a full house for this evening's Tuatha Talk with Mary Cahill on the Ballinesker Hoard. The lecture will explore personal ornamentation, and the form and function of goldwork in Late Bronze Age Ireland, and it promises to be a treasure in its own right! #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Archaeology 🏺

Some things need to come back into fashion #LudditeSummer

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

Long way from winning at the Young Scientist exhibition. Once upon a time it was possible to be proud of what these brothers were doing. Now they're just typical selfish and myopic tech billionaires.

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last wk.

Irish entrepreneur Patrick Collison donated $7m to group opposing California wealth tax

From District Magazine. Grim.

Paperback version of my book available for pre order for the exceptionally low price of €26. Absoloute bargain if I do say so myself, thanks to the good people of Four Courts Press. www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/l...

Four Courts Press | Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150

by Patrick Gleeson

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Timahoe Round Tower • Laois The small Laois village of Timahoe boasts one of Ireland's finest examples of a round tower. It stands on the site of a monastery, that is traditionally believed to have been founded by St Mochua in the 7th century. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

There's lots of actual people who would do a much better job. Unbelievable how local authorities, LEOs are absolutely blasting us with AI. Never seen the like of it for anything else

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · last wk.

Visitors to Co Tipperary can now use artificial intelligence to plan a personalised holiday itinerary, as Tipperary Tourism launches a new digital tool aimed at showcasing the county's attractions

If, like me, you enjoyed the Odyssey, here's another historically inaccurate but gloriously visual movie that's worth another watch — John Boorman's Excalibur

King Arthur's Knights Ride

Alt: King Arthur's Knights Ride for the final battle in John Boorman's Excalibur

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Do you think future generations will look back at this era as being the time when people got way too invested in opinions? I know discourse is part of the human condition, but wow, there are far too many opinions at the moment. Hot takes getting to the Tulip Mania stage.

Today's newsletter also has a link to join us for this Wednesday's Tuatha Talk with the brilliant Mary Cahill on the Ballinesker Hoard. Only a handful of tickets left if you fancy joining us in Bronze Age Ireland! www.tuatha.ie/newsletter/