#Ulster

Michael C

abacus_2000

137 years ago today (26th January 1884) Ireland played Scotland in the very first match in the newly created 'British Championship' series.This was Ireland's 5th match but the previous 4

Dr Gillian Kenny

medievalgill

To indicate a woman’s overt sexuality in early Irish literature she would be given an epithet which translates to “With gorse (coloured) pubic hair”Just the colour not the texture (one

Paul Duane

paulduanefilm

As a teenager Jimmy Cauty drew a series of Lord Of The Rings posters which ended up being franchised by Athena posters & became the world's best selling poster for

Bud Simpson

buds2tall

A Thursday Myth Challenge: Ellis IslandI got an email from a woman asking about possible connections to my family lines. She thought it likely that her family might have shared

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PJEntusSalt

-Thread -Celtic Football Club and It's Importance to the Irish Identity. Celtic Football Club was founded in 1887 by Irish Catholic Priest Brother Walfrid in Glasgows East end, the destination

Ulster Architectural Heritage

ulsterahs

Rath Church, Killeshandra, Co.Cavan #NationalHeritageWeek2020The church is one of the few Jacobean style churches remaining in Ireland and has national architectural importance... A medieval church, evident here in 1436, and

Paul Eddison

pauleddison

After the crazy end to the Autumn Nations Cup, European action returns this weekendConsidering the lack of TV coverage and everything that has been going on, it’s not been easy

Front Row Rugby

frontrow1to3

Lots of talk about pushing Ben Healy or Harry Byrne into the Irish team to play France as if it's a what have we got to lose situation. Well Burns

Adam Payne

adampayne26

Ulster Farmers' Union President Victor Chestnutt says the industry feels like it's heading for Jan 1 "with both arms tied around our back and a blind fold on""We won't be

Michael Govern Ready

mikegove12

Goveller’s TravelsFriday 11th September 1727 I had by my computation made four leagues from Blefuscu when a sail steering to the south-east spied me, hung out her ancient – a

Matthew O'Toole

MatthewOToole2

Sorry to bore you with a thread, but we need to address the inaccurate, amped up talk of an 'economic United Ireland'.Sadly it's a lie. Brexit means that in all

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

I think it’s important, when teaching history, to make events relatable to your students. History is a conversation not a statement. This is one time, 20y ago, when I couldn’t

Dave Wasserman

Redistrict

New York is poised to lose a seat. But if Dems end up drawing the map, it could be their biggest weapon of the redistricting cycle. They could merge Stefanik/Tenney

Cllr Jon Burke

jonburkeUK

1/ Despite various bouts of bubonic plague ravaging The Pale (the area around Dublin) and various other towns under the control on the English crown throughout the 1300s - some

Lugh

lugh____

Small Thread of LOL facts I found with the ending relating to Kamala Harris and her Ulster-Scot Presbyterian Slave Owning Ancestor: According to John Mitchel in the Last Conquest Of

quarto

quartosisters

This is not a good look for my local authority @CausewayCouncil. Now, they're not proposing to put up a statue, but if time had been taken to do a little

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