S. Ní Ríocain
@sanniriocain.bsky.social
She/í, Genealogist of 17th &18th century Ireland and Britain.
Current interests: Edmund Burke and Clanwilliam, Irish in the EIC 1750-1798, Irish merchant networks in #c18th London .The networks of Anne Lister, Shibden Hall, Yorkshire. sjriocain.com
Current interests: Edmund Burke and Clanwilliam, Irish in the EIC 1750-1798, Irish merchant networks in #c18th London .The networks of Anne Lister, Shibden Hall, Yorkshire. sjriocain.com
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Wanna see something neat? I know you do!
An epic 18th century tartan Jacobite suit worn by Sir John Hynde Cotton (1686–1752). There are five—count 'em—five different plaids here!
Also, peep these epic trimmed buttons and buttonholes. Tassels? We got them all!
From the National Museums Scotland.
An epic 18th century tartan Jacobite suit worn by Sir John Hynde Cotton (1686–1752). There are five—count 'em—five different plaids here!
Also, peep these epic trimmed buttons and buttonholes. Tassels? We got them all!
From the National Museums Scotland.
November 18, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Wanna see something neat? I know you do!
An epic 18th century tartan Jacobite suit worn by Sir John Hynde Cotton (1686–1752). There are five—count 'em—five different plaids here!
Also, peep these epic trimmed buttons and buttonholes. Tassels? We got them all!
From the National Museums Scotland.
An epic 18th century tartan Jacobite suit worn by Sir John Hynde Cotton (1686–1752). There are five—count 'em—five different plaids here!
Also, peep these epic trimmed buttons and buttonholes. Tassels? We got them all!
From the National Museums Scotland.
Reposted by S. Ní Ríocain
New resource for any #Skystorians interested in English military history in Ireland c. 1810s. 🗃️
#history #queerhistory #AnneLister
#history #queerhistory #AnneLister
Need a distraction?
Well, have an in-depth look at life through #SamueLister's lens, in a journal now fully transcribed and available on the WYAS catalogue! 🥳
You can find this journal linked alongside #AnneLister's and #AnnWalker's here:
www.packedwithpotential.org/resources/an...
Well, have an in-depth look at life through #SamueLister's lens, in a journal now fully transcribed and available on the WYAS catalogue! 🥳
You can find this journal linked alongside #AnneLister's and #AnnWalker's here:
www.packedwithpotential.org/resources/an...
PACKED WITH POTENTIAL - 📝 Journal transcripts
Livia Labate, Steph Gallaway, Marlene Oliveira
Published on 1 January, 2020 · Last updated 6 November, 2024
www.packedwithpotential.org
November 6, 2024 at 1:11 PM
New resource for any #Skystorians interested in English military history in Ireland c. 1810s. 🗃️
#history #queerhistory #AnneLister
#history #queerhistory #AnneLister
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Really amazing account both of the 18th C Black scholar Francis Williams, and of Dr. Dabhoiwala’s sleuthing that led to a re-appraisal of the meaning of this portrait. (Significant page number of a book shown in the art! Dates of books shown on bookcase!) 🧪🔭
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
X-ray evidence of Black maths scholar portrait reveals snubbed genius
Clues in painting suggest Francis Williams successfully managed to compute and witness trajectory of Halley’s comet over Jamaica in 1759
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Really amazing account both of the 18th C Black scholar Francis Williams, and of Dr. Dabhoiwala’s sleuthing that led to a re-appraisal of the meaning of this portrait. (Significant page number of a book shown in the art! Dates of books shown on bookcase!) 🧪🔭
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
c.1770 An old headstone of my mother's family. It exists within a row of other old family headstones in an enclosed cemetery in the middle of a field. 300 years farming in in and around the same townland.Now mapped, photographed and transcribed by Historic Graveyards Ireland. 🙏
October 9, 2023 at 8:56 AM
c.1770 An old headstone of my mother's family. It exists within a row of other old family headstones in an enclosed cemetery in the middle of a field. 300 years farming in in and around the same townland.Now mapped, photographed and transcribed by Historic Graveyards Ireland. 🙏