📖 Ancient Restoration

100 years ago the RMS Leinster was torpedoed off Dublin Bay by a German U-boat, an attack that was Ireland's worst maritime disaster 569 killed - men, women & children - civilians & soldiers from Ireland, Wales & England https://archive.is/eKVXX

This day 59 years ago – 30 September 1959 – the first feature-length Irish language film, Mise Éire, premiered as the closing film of the Cork Film Festival. In attendance at the screening was Seán MacEntee, the then-Tánaiste. Its title was taken from a…

This day 59 years ago – 30 September 1959 – the first feature-length Irish language film, Mise Éire, premiered as the closing film of the Cork Film Festival. In attendance at the screening was Seán MacEntee, the then-Tánaiste. Its title was taken from a poem by Patrick Pearse.

The funeral of Easter Rising hero Thomas Ashe took place #OnThisDay in 1917. He died due to forced feeding while on hunger strike. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.

The funeral of Easter Rising hero Thomas Ashe took place #OnThisDay in 1917. He died due to forced feeding while on hunger strike. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.

Durrow Abbey in County Offaly has a long & rich history. Founded by St Columba in 553, it came to house the Book of Durrow during the Viking age. It was the site of Hugh de Lacy's murder, and was the only European observatory to record the supernova of 1054.

The monastic ruins of Clonmacnoise is the historical burial place of the high kings of Tara and Connacht. Ireland's 'Valley of the Kings' in our own Co Offaly.

The monastic ruins of Clonmacnoise is the historical burial place of the high kings of Tara and Connacht. Ireland's 'Valley of the Kings' in our own Co Offaly.

'The Grace' - Mary Swanzy (1882-1978), Bread and potatoes on the table, surrounded by the dark walls of a small cottage. A powerful insight into rural Irish life from early last century.

'The Grace' - Mary Swanzy (1882-1978), Bread and potatoes on the table, surrounded by the dark walls of a small cottage. A powerful insight into rural Irish life from early last century.

The Harvesters - Mary Swanzy (1882-1978) Born in Merrion Square, Dublin, Swanzy was arguably Ireland's first modernist painter. Her travels around Europe added great variety to her palette, yet her strongest interest lay in depicting Irish themes.

The Harvesters - Mary Swanzy (1882-1978) Born in Merrion Square, Dublin, Swanzy was arguably Ireland's first modernist painter. Her travels around Europe added great variety to her palette, yet her strongest interest lay in depicting Irish themes.