Kate Conway☘️

“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.” -Rumi

@dineen20dineen I could definitely work with time travel.😅

Would you like to go back to the days when we went to the public phone box to make a call and very few had landlines we can manage without the mobile phones

Not all those who wander are lost J.R.R. Tolkien

"Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." -Stephen King

There's always a moment towards the end of August when the holiday-makers have thinned out a bit, there's a chill in the morning air, and summer seems, however indistinctly and gradually, to be drawing to a close. Today was that moment.

@kathydjourno Magnificent.

When Inishowen feels like the edge of the world

plays, dinners, tea and pedantry 8/31/52

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

Yes, the weather has been quite changeable recently...

Terence McKenna, nature loves courage

@peterdispirito2 @JayinKyiv Elon Musk is imploding. Hopefully, that answers your question.

@JayinKyiv What is exactly imploding?

The old fascist is on the verge of tears as he contemplates his imploding empire.

"Tell it to Mary in a whisper, and Mary will tell it to the parish." -Irish proverb

@pattonoswalt I'm not sure why we need to drag the Men's Wearhouse into this mess, Patton. 😂

Bunch of pot-bellied, sunken-chested Men’s Wearhouse Putin-poodles trying to bully a scary-quiet, wasteland survivor who stared down death is gorgeous cringe.

It's good to major in English, it's good to major in things like art history and French lit and medieval studies; it shows you're a curious person who finds worth in learning for more than just profit.

@nialloloughlin The Temple Bar! @TheTempleBarPub

I've had an incredible reaction to my recent Dublin/Ireland painting, with some big companies interested in producing prints etc. However I giving away 5 free signed copies first. To win, just tag one of the pubs, businesss, musicians etc you can spot in it. Good luck!

Today in 1980, Michael Webb and his son were exploring the ruins of a historic abbey on an island surrounded by bog near Killenaule, Tipperary. They were using a wonky metal detector when they received a faint signal. The lads dug for only a few minutes before they discovered the priceless Derrynaflan Chalice on the ancient site. The horde also included a liturgical strainer, a paten, and a bronze basin. These religious treasures would've been buried beneath the monastic site in the 9th century to conceal them from marauding Vikings. The gorgeous engraved silver is decorated with gold filigree panels, die-stamped mounts, and rivets. The bowl is made of beaten lathe-polished silver. the exquiside handles are studed with amber. Father and son reported their fabulous find and handed over the relics to the government. Naturally, the family expected compensation. The High Court supported their claim of the full estimated value (£5.5 million in 1980s). But the Supreme Court ruled that as totally unrealistic, the treasure belonged to the people and the Irish state. Also, there was a preservation order on the ruin under the National Monuments Act, 1930, making it an offence to injure or interfere with the site. They were eventually offered a £10,000 reward fee. The Derrynaflan Chalice can be viewed by everyone at the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare Street, Dublin. But before you get any ideas about being a treasure hunter, hold your horses... This case resulted in a change in the law. The National Monuments (Amendment) Act of 1987 made using metal detectors without express permission of land owners or a licence illegal.

Happy Valentine’s Day. ❤️ If you’re in the neighbourhood, you can see this much-loved painting, Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton, between 12pm and 2.30pm in Room 20. #ValentinesDay #NationalGalleryIRL

@apathymiller @TheTNHoller Oh, honey. You've been had. Just face the facts now.

@TheTNHoller I think the legitimate funding will come back, if not within a few weeks, then we can protest/boycott then. Right now is still have faith in trump/doge. We'll have to wait a little bit and see.

Oscar Wilde, thinking about stuff.