Harry Bosch

@RobLooseCannon Are you church of Ireland out of interest?

Honoured to receive my Master Masons certificate in Freemasons Hall last night. Privileged to help carry this great and ancient Order from history in to the future.

@Mirecassidy1 @MiguelDelaney 1. It’s not 100 years old 2. It’s an all boys school

@MiguelDelaney I got a scholarship for there a 100 years ago 🤣

Was sitting in Grogan’s there in Dublin as I heard the words “Gonzaga isn’t even a proper private school” Remarkable

@TheSubHunter1 What’s the chain around his neck ?

Taken in 1960 59-year-old AB George Parker. He joined the RN in 1916 and served 43 years, at retirement he was the oldest sailor in the Royal Navy. AB William "George" Parker crossed the bar in February 1981 at the age of 79

@irelandbattles I’d love some fellow follower of yours ( much smarter than I ) to be able to work where that photo was taken !

#OnThisDay 1919 Detective Sergeant John Barton (second left)was shot dead in Dublin by Seán Treacy. Barton identified & arrested 296 rebels after the Easter Rising, including Seán Mac Diarmada & many women. His dying words were "What did I do to deserve this"? #Ireland #History

@irelandbattles I.V ?

#OnThisDay 1920 Harry & Patrick Loughnane of Galway were killed by Auxiliaries. Before their death, they were beaten, dragged behind a lorry, had I.V. carved into their skin, shot but not killed. Their bodies set on fire & dumped in an oil filled pond.*Graphic* #Ireland #History

@Fergal_Davis Tom Bingham, The Rule of Law is superb

@michael_diamant @Culture_Crit Salve amice

@Culture_Crit Hello!

@DuksyG @officialnhaynes She was 100% Ptolemy Greek. FYI

@officialnhaynes Also. Can we talk about how her hair is plaited in African style cornrows. And that the unplaited bit at the end seems quite curly. Maybe she indeed didn't look quite like the divine Elizabeth Taylor...

A rare image of Cleopatra and one which (perhaps) looks like she actually looked - coin portraits were often idealised and standardised, but this has the look of a real person. I remember newspaper columns discussing how she didn’t conform to the writer’s idea of [1/2]

@RobLooseCannon What’s there now ?

The once terrifying City Marshalsea Prison is now largely forgotten. Situated on Merchants' Quay, between Skipper's Lane and Swan Alley, this miserable hell hole was a punishment for debtors. As such, it was run privately for profit. You were expected to pay for your lodgings, those who couldn't found themselves starving as well as incarcerated. This Purgatory of the Poor lasted from 1704 to 1842. The riot of 1787, which almost destroyed the Marshalsea, is an example of the chaos and cruelty within it. The rules and architecture of prisons in the 18th century were dramatically different to nowadays. There could be dozens incarcerated in a group cell and whole blocks could be open plan. Shockingly, men might be incarcerated alongside women and children of all ages. Even the families of debtors would often live with them. The only thing more horrific than the reek of human filth, which assaulted the nostrils of anyone downwind of it, was the pitiful sounds of begging from behind the prison bars. The inmates pleaded for money to set them free. Promising the kind of heartbreaking, horrific rewards you might expect from the desperate. The 1787 riot began when a Dublin copper tried to serve two female lags with an assault warrant. They were named "the Jones sisters." Their cellmates intervened in the police business. However, the injured party in said assault was another "important" male inmate named in the papers as "Captain C". So, additional police and even soldiers were sent inside the anarchic prison. Shots were fired and rioting, and arson erupted. When the dust settled, and a less corrupt investigation took place, it was discovered "Captain C" had been drunk and violent and broke into the sisters' cell for the type of disgusting behaviour you can guess. Other prisoners heard the terrified screams of the women and physically tore down the rotten walls and doors to come to their assistance. When the riot began properly, the bricks, wood, and debris from the rescue attempt were used as weapons against the cops and soldiers. At least one inmate, called Malloy, was killed in the carnage. Many more were seriously injured, but due to their low status, their fate was unrecorded. It's a miracle more didn't die. This was a huge scandal throughout the city, and someone had to take the blame. So the unfortunate original policeman who tried to serve the warrant was made a patsy and locked up in neighbouring Newgate Prison to satisfy the mob! The term Marshalsea denotes financial crime, most often simply punishment for poverty and often an excuse to hold wealthier citizens to ransom. There were a few similarly loathsome places in our city: the Four Courts Marshalsea, Thomas Court and Donore Marshalseas, and the Marshalseas of Saint Sepulchre Like so much of the misery of 17th to 19th century Ireland, the origin of this variety of debtors' prison was English: the Marshalsea in Southwark London. That place held prisoners from the Court where the judge's title was "Knight Marshal." The Dublin City Marshalsea had another kiss with history when the rebel leader Robert Emmet used part of it as an arsenal for the Dublin Militia in 1803. From 1922 to 1970, it was even used as a tenement. One can only imagine the conditions for tenants were no less gruesome than their predessors! After years of gradual decay, including having its stone recycled to repair bits of the old city wall at Cook Street, it was eventually demolished in 1975.

@neilojim1972 Big fan Jim ! What’s the photo on the right ?

Tyrone was done but in odd symmetry the war was still raging where it began, in Fermanagh. O'Sullivan Beare and Cuconnacht Maguire slaughtered an English force near Cornashee on Lough Erne. A packed boat of fleeing troops & civilians was raked by gunfire until mooring line broke

OTD 1603 The war had almost run its course. Mountjoy received Tyrone's letter requesting the Queen's 'gracious favour and to grant me her pardon...I am unworthy to be pardoned, yet still remembering that HM's mercy exceeds my ill-doings'-that's one way to put it #nineyearswar

@offtheball Incredible analysis from Fiona !!

🗣️ ‘He is just an absolute animal to watch, he just stuck in the fight.’ 🗣️ ‘We just expect those front rows to come off around the 55th minute… but he just has something special.’ ☘️ Fiona Hayes breaks down Andrew Porter’s dominant scrummaging performance against Wales.

@niall_gooch @post_liberal You could say the same about Welsh rugby interestingly. Seeing as the heart of the game is in the mines of the south Welsh valleys

Fascinating post by @post_liberal looking at the decline of Scottish / north east footballers in tandem with the decline of coal mining. postliberal.substack.com/p/the-subterra… Have occasionally mused on this myself but Pete has receipts!

@Munsterrugby @Harlequins Why ?

🗞️ FIXTURE UPDATE | Munster will take on @Harlequins in an exhibition match at The Stoop on Friday, February 23. See full details ⤵️ #HARvMUN #SUAF 🔴

@rgpoulussen Can I see sailors standing on top before the explosion or is it my imagination?

War is horrific. (#OTD in 1941, battleship HMS Barham (off the coast of Egypt) was hit by three torpedoes from U-331, capsized and exploded, killing 862 men. Amazingly, around 487 personnel were rescued. #WW2 #HISTORY)

@PatriciaDublin @LionShamrock @36ulsterD @36thUlsterDiv @HistoryUlster @NMIreland @UlsterMuseum @CWGC @I_W_M @LivesOfWW1 Died in 1923 ?

@LionShamrock @36ulsterD @36thUlsterDiv @HistoryUlster @NMIreland @UlsterMuseum @CWGC @I_W_M @LivesOfWW1 The heartbreak of WW1

Touching story from the front line in World War One @36ulsterD @36thUlsterDiv @HistoryUlster @NMIreland @UlsterMuseum @CWGC @I_W_M #ww1 #fww #History @LivesOfWW1

@ivorytowerjourn @LionShamrock You should see our post boxes

“His Majesty’s Excise Store 1821.”Kind of surprised to find this still here in Dublin!

@CourtsServiceIE What happened to the judiciary attending the red mass ? Like they have done for the last 300 years ?

@PP_Rubens I’d love to see a then v now comparison

Marketplace in Bergen op Zoom, 1590, by Abel Grimmer. Truly one of best early modern cityscapes, with many wonderful incidental details showing urban life in my youth!

@Trad_West_Art Mensur still going in Germany ?

@SamuelCHodder @archeohistories Interesting, thanks Samuel

Roman Bronze Door (115 AD); at Pantheon, Rome, Italy. It is considered as the oldest door still used in Rome. This large bronze doors to cella, measuring 4.45m wide by 7.53m high, yet so well balanced they can be pushed or pulled open easily by one person. Each half of double door weighs 8.5 tonnes, and rotates on pins set into floor and architrave above. #archaeohistories