Irish History

In memoriam: Remembering the well-known Irish people we lost in 2024 (via @thejournal_ie) – jrnl.ie/6563080

Ireland’s 1924 Olympic Football Team | Our first ever Senior Internationals – youtu.be/T0-YXc_IUIw?si… via @YouTube #IrelandsFirstRealWorldCup

Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is to recognise the 1924 Olympic Games matches as the first-ever men's international fixtures to take places under the auspices of the FAI. – fai.ie/latest/fai-rec… #IrelandsFirstRealWorldCup

First published #OTD in 2012, Ireland's First Real World Cup by David Needham takes us on a trip through Irish sporting and Olympic history, recounting the exploits of football team that travelled to Paris to compete in the 1924 Summer Olympic Games. – themanuscriptpublisher.com/news/new-books…

Physic without Physicians by John Toland (1670-1722), first published in 1726, it has since been re-published in a modern, standalone edition and is available to buy online in print and e-book – themanuscriptpublisher.com/news/milestone…

Physic without Physicians by John Toland, who died #OTD in 1722, is a treatise and polemic written shortly before the author’s death, in the form of a letter to a friend – themanuscriptpublisher.com/news/milestone… (1/2)

John Toland, Irish-born rationalist philosopher and freethinker, dies #OTD in 1722.

@lanechanged Let the immune system work it out. It's only measles FFS!

This is what human evolution is up against. 😭😭😭😭🙄

"Brigid is said to have carried out 46 miracles. Her most famous? On one occasion she somehow managed to provide enough beer from one keg to supply 18 different churches." That beats loaves and fishes any day! – msn.com/en-ie/travel/n…?

The origins of the feast of St. Brigid – msn.com/en-ie/travel/n…

John Toland, Irish philosopher, was born #OTD in 1670. His birthplace is in the townland of Ardagh on the Inishowen Peninsula in Co. Donegal. – themanuscriptpublisher.com/news/milestone…

John Toland (1670-1722) was born #OTD in 1670. A John Toland centenaries web project acts as an online resource dedicated to the life and work of the Irish-born rationalist philosopher and freethinker. For further information, please visit johntoland.com

One Hundred Years Ago Today: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) becomes the first Irishman to be awarded a Nobel Prize (in Literature) #OTD in 1923.

What did the Romans ever do for Ireland? – irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

Last journey of a legend. Residents of Finglas West come out in the rain to pay tribute to Christopher 'Christy' Dignam, who passed away earlier this week following a long illness. (1 of 2)

Alice Stopford Green was born in Kells, Co Meath #OTD 1847. She was among the first nominees to the newly formed Seanad Éireann in 1922. She was an Irish historian and nationalist. #IrishRoots

A memorial to Tommy Patten who left Achill to fight for the international brigade against Franco's fascists in the Spanish civil war. He died in Córdoba, 1936. No Pasaran. #Mayo #achill #History @HistIreHedge @Achilloralhist @achill_heritage @History_Ireland @IrishHistoryPod

For the origins of the world's most enduring vampire story you don't have to travel to Transylvania. The answer lies closer to home – rte.ie/news/connacht/… via @rte

Connection between Sligo and Dracula strengthened – rte.ie/news/connacht/… via @rte