Daniel Keohane
@keohanedan.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in International Relations at Dublin City University (DCU) - mostly focused on European security, national strategic cultures in Europe (i.e. France, Germany, UK), European military cooperation, EU, NATO, US strategy
With deep sadness I post this. My Mother, Catherine Keohane (née Donohoe), passed away a week ago. Some on here met her but wouldn’t have known.
The simplest way I can describe my Mum is that she was my best friend, and the best person I’ve ever known.
Below is my favourite picture of both of us:
The simplest way I can describe my Mum is that she was my best friend, and the best person I’ve ever known.
Below is my favourite picture of both of us:
October 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
With deep sadness I post this. My Mother, Catherine Keohane (née Donohoe), passed away a week ago. Some on here met her but wouldn’t have known.
The simplest way I can describe my Mum is that she was my best friend, and the best person I’ve ever known.
Below is my favourite picture of both of us:
The simplest way I can describe my Mum is that she was my best friend, and the best person I’ve ever known.
Below is my favourite picture of both of us:
Truly one of the best days of my life.
If you know you know.
If you know you know.
August 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Truly one of the best days of my life.
If you know you know.
If you know you know.
There was only one British product I worried about, in the case of a no deal Brexit.
There was only one thing I hoped for before I died:
There was only one thing I hoped for before I died:
August 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
There was only one British product I worried about, in the case of a no deal Brexit.
There was only one thing I hoped for before I died:
There was only one thing I hoped for before I died:
Graphic from article below, gives a snapshot of the (sometimes fluctuating) fall in NATO defence spending since the 1960s:
June 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Graphic from article below, gives a snapshot of the (sometimes fluctuating) fall in NATO defence spending since the 1960s:
My mother is from beside Ballyglunin train station, which was the one in the film :-)
PS a photo last year from Tuam
PS a photo last year from Tuam
April 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My mother is from beside Ballyglunin train station, which was the one in the film :-)
PS a photo last year from Tuam
PS a photo last year from Tuam
Can I have my kite back please?
March 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Can I have my kite back please?
Which is also crucial for Ireland’s security…
March 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Which is also crucial for Ireland’s security…
Exactly.
The Round Tower, the monastic defence against the Vikings - whereby the high entrance to the tower was blocked when they attacked - seems to still inform the the Irish approach to national defence today.
The Round Tower, the monastic defence against the Vikings - whereby the high entrance to the tower was blocked when they attacked - seems to still inform the the Irish approach to national defence today.
March 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Exactly.
The Round Tower, the monastic defence against the Vikings - whereby the high entrance to the tower was blocked when they attacked - seems to still inform the the Irish approach to national defence today.
The Round Tower, the monastic defence against the Vikings - whereby the high entrance to the tower was blocked when they attacked - seems to still inform the the Irish approach to national defence today.
Irish-American President Ronald Reagan on Saint Patrick’s Day, with some classic Irish wit:
March 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Irish-American President Ronald Reagan on Saint Patrick’s Day, with some classic Irish wit:
Happy Saint Patrick’s folks!
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!
Everyone gets to be Irish today :-) ☘️
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!
Everyone gets to be Irish today :-) ☘️
March 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Happy Saint Patrick’s folks!
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!
Everyone gets to be Irish today :-) ☘️
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!
Everyone gets to be Irish today :-) ☘️
Great map of the Arctic by @bigeurope.bsky.social
Shows Greenland’s strategic value quite clearly, as well as the large number of countries with direct interests in the broader Arctic area:
Shows Greenland’s strategic value quite clearly, as well as the large number of countries with direct interests in the broader Arctic area:
March 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Great map of the Arctic by @bigeurope.bsky.social
Shows Greenland’s strategic value quite clearly, as well as the large number of countries with direct interests in the broader Arctic area:
Shows Greenland’s strategic value quite clearly, as well as the large number of countries with direct interests in the broader Arctic area:
Via Marek Magierowski on the other place, a section of Charles Lindbergh’s address to an America First Committee meeting in NYC, April 23rd, 1941.
Like Trump with Zelenskyy, Lindbergh thought Churchill didn’t have the cards.
(Speech available here: teachingamericanhistory.org/document/ame...)
Like Trump with Zelenskyy, Lindbergh thought Churchill didn’t have the cards.
(Speech available here: teachingamericanhistory.org/document/ame...)
March 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Via Marek Magierowski on the other place, a section of Charles Lindbergh’s address to an America First Committee meeting in NYC, April 23rd, 1941.
Like Trump with Zelenskyy, Lindbergh thought Churchill didn’t have the cards.
(Speech available here: teachingamericanhistory.org/document/ame...)
Like Trump with Zelenskyy, Lindbergh thought Churchill didn’t have the cards.
(Speech available here: teachingamericanhistory.org/document/ame...)
Who helped the Americans win their Revolutionary war?
What’s the name of the square in front of the White House?!
What’s the name of the square in front of the White House?!
March 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Who helped the Americans win their Revolutionary war?
What’s the name of the square in front of the White House?!
What’s the name of the square in front of the White House?!
Thinking of Ettie today.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam
January 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Thinking of Ettie today.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam
The broad correlation between defence spending and distance from Moscow, (EU members only), well displayed by @codendahl.bsky.social @economist.com
here:
here:
January 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The broad correlation between defence spending and distance from Moscow, (EU members only), well displayed by @codendahl.bsky.social @economist.com
here:
here: