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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · 9h

#31DaysofGraves - Day 11 - Military. Memorial plaque at St Mary's Church, Littleton, Co. Tipperary to Hercules and Henry Beere, who died in the Peninsular Wars

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 13h

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Irish Carlist, John Scannell Taylor

John Scannell Taylor was a 23 year old man from Cork, Ireland, who fought and died in the army of King Carlos VII of Spain. He was born around 1850 and was a law student at University College Cork …

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 13h

#31DaysOfGraves - Day 11 - Military

TO THE FOND MEMORY

OF

JOHN SCANNELL TAYLOR

LIEUTENANT 1ST BATTN CAZADORES DE ASPEITIA

OF THE ARMY OF DON CARLOS VII

WHO FELL ON THE FIELD OF IBERO JULY 23 1873

HIS REMAINS LIE IN THE

CAMPO SANTO OF ORORVIO PAMPLOMA

R.I.P.

St Joseph's Cemetery, #Cork

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 13h

Correction #Roscommon

Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 13h

The Strangers Plot has caused Cloontuskert to get on the TO VISIT list

www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4798...

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 13h

Tempted to find out where Cloontuskert is located led to a bit of a diversion

www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/tran...

Transcripts · The Schools' Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s.

www.duchas.ie

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 13h

You can take the man out of Cloontuskert

but you cannot take Cloontuskert out of the man

#Galway

Anna Matthews @relativelyhistoric.bsky.social · 18h

#31daysofgraves Day 10- Urn
The headstone of my partner's 2nd great-grandmother, Winifred Coughlin & other family at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, NY.
Calvary has the largest number of burials of any cemetery in the United States at about 3 million.
This headstone provided the hometown of Winifred 1/2

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N16Breda Corish @n16breda.bsky.social · 15h

A very evocative phrase seen in the occupations listed for the residents of St Botolph Aldgate, London in the 1881 census. 46 year old Abraham Keys was a "Nurse of the sick & watcher of the dead". His 38 year old wife Sarah Keys was also a "watcher of the dead".

Screenshot of a detail from 1881 census return for St Botolph Aldgate, London showing two entries for the occupations "Nurse of the sick & watcher of the dead" and "watcher of the dead"
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/7572/records/14829222

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 14h

I wonder how long that message will be told

Spotted a headstone a few weeks ago where the redaction of the story is more advanced

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 14h

What a line....

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 14h

Uibh Laoire Country

Anomoly on dates

#Cork

Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 14h

Had a similar but different 'Appreciation of Attitude' moment a few weeks back when I spotted for very first time

Lady of Independent Means

#Shanrahan, Co. #Tipperary

www.findagrave.com/memorial/260...

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Hugo Brady Brown @aodhbc.bsky.social · 15h

A sensible person snaps up any publication by Christiaan Corlett that's offered for sale, because elusive isn't the word. Maybe 'fugitive'.

'Here Lyeth: The 18th century headstones of Wicklow' (2015)

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 2d

Congratulations to Stephen King, who just this week was named the most-banned author in American schools 🙃

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves - Day 10 - Urn

A cloaked urn for James Barrett, St Michael's Graveyard, Blackrock, #Cork

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Gardens Of The Silent @gardensofthesilent.bsky.social · 2d

That cemetery had a lot of historical markers in it for the early settlers in the area. The Colonist refers to the voluntary settlers. I have seen Colonist on quite a few gravestones in different areas in South Australia. I haven't see it elsewhere.

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting that we might now say killed in a workplace accident but. Geadstone says died

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #WorldPostDay! 💌 Did you know you can explore thousands of postcards in our online catalogue?: catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Resul...

[IMAGE: Portrait of postman, possibly Pat McGovern, Burrishoole Lodge, Newport, Co. Mayo, 1962; catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0...

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 2d

Received something similar earlier in week

Reported (not easily) to AIB online

I do wonder if there is joined up thinking with regard to the telephone numbers used and whether mobile companies are proactive in policing

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 2d

Is Number 2 a utility cover or a coal plate?

I do like

#Opercula

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 2d

As I understand it the question asked was about a job at Áras - job rank and duty unspecified

Is it not correct that the candidate and the position would need to be considered?

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Scene: 'Rehabilitated'

YouTube video by John Maverick

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 2d

If one is meant to be rehabilitated after a prison sentence, i am definitely more with Catherine Connolly than Minister Carroll MacNeill

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

The Minister for Health has described as "completely unacceptable", comments by presidential candidate Catherine Connolly that she "would have to think about" hiring a convicted rapist to work in the Áras

Connolly comments on rapist 'unacceptable', says Minister

The Minister for Health has described as "completely unacceptable", comments by presidential candidate Catherine Connolly that she "would have to think about" hiring a convicted rapist to work in the ...

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 2d

Two RTE articles just hours apart

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

Employers are being urged to keep an open mind about hiring convicted criminals after they have left prison

'Life changing' for former prisoner to secure employment

Employers are being urged to keep an open mind about hiring convicted criminals after they have left prison.

www.rte.ie

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René Magritte @renemagritte.bsky.social · 2d

Mental complacency / Le confort de l'esprit - 1950
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/19969

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 2d

The first time I have considered the word 'Colonist'

Does it include both those who arrived voluntarily and otherwise?

I have seen on headstones of religious the number of years professed/ordained but never seen number of years arrived in the country

Another for the TO FIND OUT MORE list

Gardens Of The Silent @gardensofthesilent.bsky.social · 3d

Silent Sentinels: The Weathered Histories of Norton Summit Cemetery, South Australia.

© All Rights Reserved - Gardens of the Silent.

#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #taphophile #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography #cemeterylovers

A close up photograph of two prominent, weathered marble gravestones in a cemetery.

The foreground headstone, leaning slightly, is a rounded top marker dedicated to "Mary Rebecca" (died December 31, 1891) and "John" (died September 23, 1902), stating he was "A Colonist of 51 Years."

The stone is etched with a floral/wreath design near the top. Behind it, a taller, Gothic-arched white marble headstone is partially visible.

The stones sit on gravel beds surrounded by a low railing, with a white structure and tall, dark trees in the background, out of focus.

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