📖 Ancient Restoration

Grace reading at Howth Bay, by William Orpen, 1902. #Howth

'The Chess Players' - William Orpen (1878-1931).

'The Window Seat', 1901 by Dublin artist William Orpen. The painting depicts his wife Grace on their honeymoon in Bantry, Co Cork.

'The Window Seat', 1901 by Dublin artist William Orpen. The painting depicts his wife Grace on their honeymoon in Bantry, Co Cork.

A #poem by medieval monk Colman the Irishman - Written for his departing friend; who, homesick, is bound for #Ireland.

Samhain is a festival of both life & death: One's ancestors are honoured around communal fires, and the incoming year is celebrated joyfully.

Oct 31: Celtic holiday of Samhain, or "summer's end", is celebrated; a night where the dead are unleashed from the Otherworld to roam ours.

Deireadh Fómhair (October) is the "End of Harvest" in Ireland. In the Gaelic calendar the new year begins on the 1st of Samhain (November).

Deireadh Fómhair (October) is the "End of Harvest" in Ireland. In the Gaelic calendar the new year begins on the 1st of Samhain (November).

Hook Lighthouse in Co. Wexford, #Ireland - The oldest operational lighthouse in the world, its tower dates from the 12th century.

Hook Lighthouse in Co. Wexford, #Ireland - The oldest operational lighthouse in the world, its tower dates from the 12th century.

The Greek geographer and explorer, Pytheas, passed through what is now Belfast on his famous expedition to Thule in the far north. #Belfast