Tom Byrne

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"A report released this week was full of good news about people" The Gist: Sunshine and Lollipops thegist.ie/the-gist-sunsh…

#Otd 1924: 1st Olympic medal won by the Irish Free State was a silver medal, in Paris, awarded to Jack Butler Yeats for 1923 painting 'The Liffey Swim'! Entered as 'Swimming'. 1912-48 there were arts events (5 categories: architecture, literature, music, painting & sculpture)!

In Turkey, an elderly man who makes a living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat who asks him to brush his fur.

Bank holiday view over the River Exe. What a beautiful part of the world...❤️ #Devon #BankHoliday #MondayMotivation

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Irish Center for Human Rights, University of Galway

Bank holiday walk in the Pentlands ☀️ #bankholiday #MondayMorning

May the fourth be with you

Seapinks (Armeria maritima) fringing the Cliffs under gathering rain clouds. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

Monday 4 May, Dublin

Monday 27 Apr, Dublin

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Cardoons at the Moat Oil on Canvas Timothy Evans (British artist born 1943)

What a beautiful moment from Killiney Hill...what a scenery ❤️

Time for a favourite Irish word - Loinnir (pronounced lin-ir) meaning sparkle, radiance, shimmer Loinnir na mara Rathlin Island

The old railway bridge at Shandon, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

It’s rare that the publication of Census material would created such interest and dare I say excitement as the release of the 1926 Census yesterday. I love social history and that oozes out of this, with an incredible interest in a sense of place and those who occupied it before us. When you dig deeper this is so rich. Congratulations to everyone involved @NARIreland @CSOIreland @DeptArtsCulture.

"Not flat, we checked" -- NASA

The first full census made in 1926 in the newly independent Ireland is being released online tomorrow (Saturday 18th April). Ahead of that my friend Professor Ciara Breathnach has written a wonderful and informative piece on the richness to be found in this census. I, for one, will be diving in over the weekend to check up on where my ancestors were at in 1926 theconversation.com/80-million-peo…