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Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social · 2d

One of her best #Corkwoman

The Elizabeth Bowen Society @bowensociety.bsky.social · 2d

Bowen's WW2 story 'The Demon Lover' suits the season. If you like audio, there are several versions available as podcasts.

Storyscape has a nicely gothic, slightly OTT version, performed by Alex Rogers. See Wild 7 Podcast Network wherever you listen to pods. Episode 5, October 2021.

Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social · 2d

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🟥 edel⁷ ~ғᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ's ɢᴏɴɴᴀ ʙᴇ ᴏᴋᴀʏ౿~🥢 ⩇⩇:⩇⩇ ⏱︎ @edelrh7.bsky.social · 2d

Finished!

The English Market, Cork. Autumn 2025

(Ink and pencil on A3 300gsm cold-pressed watercolour paper - for people who care about such things)

#Cork #speirgorm #corkart #IrishArt #tradart #painting

ink and pencil painting of the Prince's Street entrance to Cork's English Market. A striped brick Arch over brick columns and iron gates leading into a view of a busy covered marketplace

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George Dillard @worldhistory.bsky.social · 2d

What happens when an insufferable jerk with an improbable name makes up a fake country to scam people out of their money? Nothing good, as it turns out. 🗃️https://worldhistory.substack.com/p/gregor-macgregors-paper-kingdom

Gregor MacGregor’s Paper Kingdom

Inside one of the 19th century’s biggest scams

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WSFerrys @wsferrys.bsky.social · 2d

AHOY THERE!

IT’S INTERNATIONAL CAT DAY!

EVERY DAY IS CATURDAY ON THE FERRYS

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UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social · 29d

All the best to Sam Kinirons, Research Ireland PhD Scholar, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social and the other speakers at the 26th Medieval Dublin Symposium. Oct 4, 9:30–5:00, Robert Emmet Theatre, Trinity College.

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Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social · 26d

#Cork #Youghal #DutchBilly Uniake House #familyhistory

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David Ryan @ryangenealogy.bsky.social · 26d

A great day yesterday @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social conference. Three great speakers. Especially impressed by Zoë Reid, Keeper with National Archives of Ireland giving us a preview of what to expect from the 1926 census #Genealogy #Cork

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Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social · Jul 16

Keep cool in the Arboretum at #Fota House @fotawildlife.bsky.social #BigTrees #BigHouse #Cork

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Patrick Brannigan @patrickjmb.bsky.social · Jul 16

Road bowling, Ethan Rafferty, a kingpin.

#CúlBáire #ArdMhacha
#Spéirghorm

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Rafferty takes to road for All-Ireland glory in 2025

Armagh goalkeeper Ethan Rafferty's hopes of back-to-back Sam Maguire titles fell short at the quarter-final stage, but last Sunday he realised alternative All-Ireland ambitions when he took the senior...

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · Jul 16

Canada, New Zealand and Ireland have been named among the safest countries in the world for women travellers.

Canada named second safest country in the world for women travellers

Canada has been named the second safest country in the world for women travellers.

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Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social · Jul 16

Thank you for sharing @federationfhs.bsky.social ❤️‍🩹

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Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social · Jul 14

#Gallipoli

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 13

During the First World War, Louis and Antoinette Thuillier created thousands of glass negatives containing photographs of soldiers. The digitized images are astonishingly clear: you can read the date of a newspaper folded on a lap.

The First World War, in Sharp Focus

An English chronicler of the trenches, and his wartime romance, captured in long-lost photographs.

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Gráinne Blair @grainneblair.bsky.social · Jul 14

#Speirgorm starting now RTEOne or plus one and player 1/2

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Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thanks for the share Claire - it's another good line up 🤩

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · Jul 13

If you're after a cross-over #RailwayHistory & #FamilyHistory podcast - and let's face it, why *wouldn't* you be?! - then this is for you!

Family Tree Talk takes #Railway200 as its starting point - great that we could discuss all sorts, & well worth a listen!

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Railway Lives: Discovering Our Ancestors' Work on the Tracks | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

In this episode of Family Tree Talk, hosts Helen Tovey and Nathan Ward speak to Dr Mike Esbester, head of the Railway Work, Life & Death Project, to uncover the rich history of railway workers in the…

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Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social · Jul 13

Very #restful list 😍

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Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social · Jul 13

CGS Conference October 4th 2025 in Cork City tickets and information on our website. All welcome ❤️‍🩹 www.corkgenealogicalsociety.com

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Victorian Turkish Baths @victurk.bsky.social · Jul 13

#onthisday, 13 July 1870, Dr Richard Barter opened the last of several #TurkishBaths provided for patients at his St Ann's Hydropathic Establishment near #Blarney, Co #Cork. He was to die 3 months later. Opened by his eldest daughter, & designed by his architect namesake Mr Richard Barter. 🗃️ #C19th

A view of the baths on a terrace below the level of the main hydro building, from a contemporary stereocard. The baths were of a strange combination of styles, with two wings of tall, slightly arched windows standing on either side of a pedimented portico, behind which was a tall windowed tower supporting a cupola.

The Turkish baths cooling-room elaborately decorated showing two sculptured figures on supporting columns, behind which is a large circular ottoman. To the right are dressing cubicles and a partitioned area, whose purpose is so far unknown. (The Lawrence Photograph Collection L_NS_01091. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland)

A bewhiskered Dr Richard Barter standing in front of an open door leading into the baths. (Harvard College Library Widener Med 1878.69)

Head and shoulders photo of the doctor's namesake, Mr Richard Barter, sculptor and architect. He designed 14 Turkish baths in Ireland and another in London for the doctor. (Photographer unknown)

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Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social · Jul 13

Limerick accent as I remember 😄

Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social · Jul 13

Too late ☹️

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Tony O @tony-o.bsky.social · Jul 13

For #StunDay and #StandingStoneSunday... Two Standing stones, a five stone circle and a small cairn in Kealkill, Co Cork, Ireland
Image: 2024
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Photography #Infrared #Black&White #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Cork

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · Jun 6

How did early medieval Ireland connect with the continent?
From sacred texts to sea routes, explore the cultural currents that linked Irish monks to Europe.
Read about the major new exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland @currentarchaeology.bsky.social‬ the-past.com/feature/word...

This list of ‘books in Irish script’ (Libri scottice scripti) was compiled in the mid-9th century as part of a catalogue of the library of Sankt Gallen Abbey, testifying to the large number of Irish manuscripts that were already in its collections at this time. Image courtesy of Stiftsbibliothek, St. Gallen, Cod. Sang. 728, p.4

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Galway Advertiser @galwayadvertiser.bsky.social · Jun 12

Galway name Ó Loingsigh/Lynch is set to feature in this Sunday’s episode of Sloinne, the TG4 series exploring the history of some of Ireland’s most widespread surnames www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

Lynches of Galway to feature in TG4 series on Irish surnames

Galway name Ó Loingsigh/Lynch is set to feature in this Sunday’s episode of Sloinne, the TG4 series exploring the history of some of Ireland’s most widespread surnames.

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