📖 Ancient Restoration
A poem by Sedulius Scottus ('the Irish') written in Liège, 9th c. His special patrons included Emperor Lothar & Empress Ermingard.
📖 Ancient Restoration
"They stand for the honour of Ireland, As their sisters in days that are gone - They, the soldiers of the Cumann na mBan!" #loyal #sisters
Cumann na mBan, formed in Dublin on 2 April 1914, with the mission to: "assist in arming a body of Irish men for the defence of #Ireland".
📖 Ancient Restoration
Cumann na mBan were vital to the Irish war-effort: As postmistresses they intercepted Crown messages & formed an ambulance / intel corp.
One of the ways in which a 'well read' Cumann na mBan gun-runner girl secreted a handgun for transport.
#EasterRising #Ireland
#EasterRising #Ireland
📖 Ancient Restoration
Hibernia is the Roman name for Ireland, meaning 'the land of winter'. They saw it as an inhospitable land at the edge of the known world.
📖 Ancient Restoration
A small copper figure of Lares, found in the Boyne, Co Meath. The deity was believed to protect the inhabitants of the Roman household. #Meath
Ptolemy's map of ancient #Ireland and her peoples. It was made in 150AD using the geographical knowledge of Mediterranean traders.
Hook Lighthouse in Co. Wexford, #Ireland - The oldest operational lighthouse in the world, its tower dates from the 12th century.
📖 Ancient Restoration
A young girl knits a colourful woolen garment in Ardara, Co #Donegal, 1927.
A pair of girls collect turf for the fire - June, 1963, #Ireland.
A way of life that existed for hundreds of years but has now vanished.
A way of life that existed for hundreds of years but has now vanished.
A flock of sheep making their way through heavy snow, Northern #Ireland