Frank Courtney
@frankcourtney.bsky.social
Photography 📷, Science 🧪, Travel 🌍, Radio 📻, Music 🎼, Books 📖, Art 🖼️, Wine🍷
Dalkey/Trim Co. Meath : Ireland
https://frankcphoto.com/
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https://frankcphoto.com/
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Today is the Eve of St Agnes 💙
How better to celebrate than revisiting one of Harry Clarke’s strikingly blue watercolour studies that he made in preparation for his The Eve of St. Agnes Window (1924), inspired by John Keats’ poem.
#CrawfordArtGallery #HarryClarke #EveofStAgnes
How better to celebrate than revisiting one of Harry Clarke’s strikingly blue watercolour studies that he made in preparation for his The Eve of St. Agnes Window (1924), inspired by John Keats’ poem.
#CrawfordArtGallery #HarryClarke #EveofStAgnes
January 20, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Today is the Eve of St Agnes 💙
How better to celebrate than revisiting one of Harry Clarke’s strikingly blue watercolour studies that he made in preparation for his The Eve of St. Agnes Window (1924), inspired by John Keats’ poem.
#CrawfordArtGallery #HarryClarke #EveofStAgnes
How better to celebrate than revisiting one of Harry Clarke’s strikingly blue watercolour studies that he made in preparation for his The Eve of St. Agnes Window (1924), inspired by John Keats’ poem.
#CrawfordArtGallery #HarryClarke #EveofStAgnes
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Anyone who wants to mount their high horse and gallop around proclaiming that their leaving Twitter risks it becoming an echo chamber for racists, misogynists and paedophiles, should be invited to cite examples of where their posts resulted in people renouncing their racism, misogyny or paedophilia.
January 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Anyone who wants to mount their high horse and gallop around proclaiming that their leaving Twitter risks it becoming an echo chamber for racists, misogynists and paedophiles, should be invited to cite examples of where their posts resulted in people renouncing their racism, misogyny or paedophilia.
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These two stories are somehow connected. Apparently, if you lobby tirelessly for more pollution & ecological wreckage, that’s exactly what you get.
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
These two stories are somehow connected. Apparently, if you lobby tirelessly for more pollution & ecological wreckage, that’s exactly what you get.
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“If they were alive, all 10 would certainly salute this gifted writer who has done so much to restore women to our lopsided historical narrative.”
Thank you to Clodagh Finn for such a brilliant piece on Nicola Pierce’s newest title.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Thank you to Clodagh Finn for such a brilliant piece on Nicola Pierce’s newest title.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“If they were alive, all 10 would certainly salute this gifted writer who has done so much to restore women to our lopsided historical narrative.”
Thank you to Clodagh Finn for such a brilliant piece on Nicola Pierce’s newest title.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Thank you to Clodagh Finn for such a brilliant piece on Nicola Pierce’s newest title.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Quite spectacular victim blaming from the Taoiseach when asked about the clearly illegal large scale commercial abuse of mobile phone location data. Reflective of institutional cluelessness about privacy throughout the Irish state.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
September 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Quite spectacular victim blaming from the Taoiseach when asked about the clearly illegal large scale commercial abuse of mobile phone location data. Reflective of institutional cluelessness about privacy throughout the Irish state.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
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Happy Birthday, Harry Clarke... our documentary on his masterpiece, The Geneva Window, is linked here (along with more detailed clips exploring each panel). Thanks to @oireachtasnews.bsky.social & @Coimisiún na Meán Digital First initiative. www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...
March 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Happy Birthday, Harry Clarke... our documentary on his masterpiece, The Geneva Window, is linked here (along with more detailed clips exploring each panel). Thanks to @oireachtasnews.bsky.social & @Coimisiún na Meán Digital First initiative. www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...
Meanwhile - enjoying the Edinburgh ones here in @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social
PSA for Edinburgh friends:
We went to the Turners in January exhibition today. The queue is 45 mins to an hour long. If you’re planning to go, it’s best to go when the Gallery opens at 10 and even then there’s a queue!
We went to the Turners in January exhibition today. The queue is 45 mins to an hour long. If you’re planning to go, it’s best to go when the Gallery opens at 10 and even then there’s a queue!
January 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Meanwhile - enjoying the Edinburgh ones here in @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social
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This is the anniversary of the death of much loved Irish stained glass artist and illustrator Harry Clarke. This unfinished portrait was made by his wife Margaret when she visited him in a TB sanatorium in Davos.
January 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is the anniversary of the death of much loved Irish stained glass artist and illustrator Harry Clarke. This unfinished portrait was made by his wife Margaret when she visited him in a TB sanatorium in Davos.
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So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/
December 24, 2024 at 9:14 AM
So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/
A Christmas photo from Dún Laoghaire - a few years ago now, but still one of my favourites
December 24, 2024 at 9:10 AM
A Christmas photo from Dún Laoghaire - a few years ago now, but still one of my favourites
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Some extraordinary landscape images here.
13 jaw-dropping International Landscape Photographer of the Year images
The beauty of Earth—from Namibia to Canada.
www.popsci.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Some extraordinary landscape images here.
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Sunday heart lift - Coldplay's Chris Martin creates a tender love song with 99 year old Dick Van Dyke dancing and celebrating life, family and caring - #AllMyLove #Christmas
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/a...
Spike Jonze behind the camera
youtu.be/o4OlL0OpbW8?...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/a...
Spike Jonze behind the camera
youtu.be/o4OlL0OpbW8?...
Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)
YouTube video by Coldplay
youtu.be
December 8, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Sunday heart lift - Coldplay's Chris Martin creates a tender love song with 99 year old Dick Van Dyke dancing and celebrating life, family and caring - #AllMyLove #Christmas
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/a...
Spike Jonze behind the camera
youtu.be/o4OlL0OpbW8?...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/a...
Spike Jonze behind the camera
youtu.be/o4OlL0OpbW8?...
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William Butler Yeats. Born No. 2 Georgeville, Dublin (1865)
Flora H. Mitchell (1890-1973)
Watercolour, pen and ink
©️ Estate of the artist
#Dublin #artofDublin #femaleartists #art #DublinHistory #womenartists #DublinHistory #irishwriters
Flora H. Mitchell (1890-1973)
Watercolour, pen and ink
©️ Estate of the artist
#Dublin #artofDublin #femaleartists #art #DublinHistory #womenartists #DublinHistory #irishwriters
December 6, 2024 at 7:54 AM
William Butler Yeats. Born No. 2 Georgeville, Dublin (1865)
Flora H. Mitchell (1890-1973)
Watercolour, pen and ink
©️ Estate of the artist
#Dublin #artofDublin #femaleartists #art #DublinHistory #womenartists #DublinHistory #irishwriters
Flora H. Mitchell (1890-1973)
Watercolour, pen and ink
©️ Estate of the artist
#Dublin #artofDublin #femaleartists #art #DublinHistory #womenartists #DublinHistory #irishwriters
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For #artadventcalendar today, another painting by my mum, Anne, whilst she gets to creating a Bluesky account — this one a portrait of a hare, using watercolour & pen.
December 5, 2024 at 6:44 PM
For #artadventcalendar today, another painting by my mum, Anne, whilst she gets to creating a Bluesky account — this one a portrait of a hare, using watercolour & pen.
It's a mystery - but people do like some of the stuff they sell
@rteone.bsky.social does anybody actually like #thehappypear?
I mean I've heard opinions ranging from indifference to absolute hatred. But I can't remember anybody saying they actually like this guys. And yet they are all over the bloody Place!
I mean I've heard opinions ranging from indifference to absolute hatred. But I can't remember anybody saying they actually like this guys. And yet they are all over the bloody Place!
December 5, 2024 at 4:36 PM
It's a mystery - but people do like some of the stuff they sell
Will miss the column
Today, exactly 27 years & 7 days after I wrote my first Net Results column, I'm retiring it (& me, though I'll still do occasional pieces & book reviews). I've been incredibly honoured to write the IT's tech column for such an amazing expanse of tech history. 🖥️ www.irishtimes.com/technology/2...
Tracking the path of the internet revolution
Alongside the technology sector’s many benefits have come new and insidious threats, damages and dangers
www.irishtimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Will miss the column
Will miss your writing - always an interesting and informative read.
December 5, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Will miss your writing - always an interesting and informative read.
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Spanish masterpiece resurfaces after being hidden for more than a century
Spanish masterpiece resurfaces after being hidden for more than a century
Joaquín Sorolla’s Paris Boulevard was sold to a private collector in 1890 and disappeared from public view
A painting by Joaquín Sorolla, the Spanish artist renowned for his mastery of light, is on public show for the first time since it disappeared…
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Spanish masterpiece resurfaces after being hidden for more than a century
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Someone sang The River by Joni Mitchell at a party I was at last night and I introduced them to this beautiful little gem - Snoopy ice skating to it on the soundtrack. youtu.be/aBpw3SEfJSs?...
Joni Mitchell & Peanuts - The River (Blue, June 22, 1971)
YouTube video by TheSuperEnigmatic
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December 1, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Someone sang The River by Joni Mitchell at a party I was at last night and I introduced them to this beautiful little gem - Snoopy ice skating to it on the soundtrack. youtu.be/aBpw3SEfJSs?...
A short break from the election counts @powerscourthouse.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 3:09 PM
A short break from the election counts @powerscourthouse.bsky.social
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Here’s a very handy map showing the locations of Harry Clarke windows in Ireland. These are all ones made during his lifetime. Many others labelled ‘Harry Clarke’ were made by his Studios, which carried on until 1973 (he died in 1931). www.google.com/mymaps/viewe...
Harry Clarke Stained Glass IRELAND – Google My Maps
Works created by Harry Clarke (1889-1931) in Ireland
www.google.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Here’s a very handy map showing the locations of Harry Clarke windows in Ireland. These are all ones made during his lifetime. Many others labelled ‘Harry Clarke’ were made by his Studios, which carried on until 1973 (he died in 1931). www.google.com/mymaps/viewe...
I see Threads are making changes to try and be more like Bluesky - the kind of changes users always wanted. However, even if they succeed, then there's this other difference :
November 27, 2024 at 3:28 PM
I see Threads are making changes to try and be more like Bluesky - the kind of changes users always wanted. However, even if they succeed, then there's this other difference :