#Irish

Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺

nicktolhurst

+UPDATE+Republic of Ireland’s trade with Great Britain falls to historic low.Ireland’s trade with GB (ie. UK minus N. Ireland) is heading for significantly less than 10% of its total world

Jim O'Neill

neilojim1972

OTD 1601 Mountjoy almost killed when Spanish in #Kinsale 'discerned him riding in the head of a troops of horse, and made a shot out of the town at him,

History Ireland

HistIreHedge

#KevinBarry #Centenary 1st Nov marks the centenary of the execution of Kevin Barry. A short thread on current events marking the centenary. Who was Kevin Barry? As always, the @DIB_RIA

🍒 Andrew Fletcher 🍒

ScotiaIndyref2

Scottish Women - Lady Agnes Campbell lived from 1526 to 1601. Born into Scottish nobility, she went on to play a leading part in Irish resistance to English rule.Lady Agnes

JS Oakie ☘️🕌💒🕍🏛⚛️Open your eyes, find marvels.

OakieJs

There are over 60 round towers, mainly in Ireland, with a few in Scotland. It used to be about 120 towers. There have been many questions about why they were

From Suir to Jarama

FromSuir2Jarama

Thread #OTD Friday 12 February 1937 The British Battalion, 15th International Brigade, is transferred from Chinchon nearer to the River Jarama. Tom Wintringham is in command. 25 years old Maurice

Ian James Parsley

ianjamesparsley

The DUP is literally entirely at fault for the Irish Sea Border.Its MPs held the balance of power when the crucial decisions were made, and cast the defining votes which

Dónal Hassett

donalhassett1

Really great conversation with @NaomiMasheti @carovschroeter @KristinMLeary and @Hannah_RoseM on Douglass and Decolonising Curriculum. Here's a little thread on the way history teachers in primary schools in Ireland might start

Gone Fishin' (1997)

punished_stu

50% of teespring revenue comes from selling "Irish American blue lives matter line punisher skull" t-shirtshttps://twitter.com/teespring/status/1291855415320420353 me, shopping on not fascist @teespring this one is funny but also

Pádraig Belton

PadraigBelton

There’s an Ireland-1776-Waterloo story to be told.Catholics can only join the British Forces from the 1778 Catholic Relief Act on. In fact, need for soldiers was a key motivation for

Shane

scary_biscuits

In the Spanish Civil War, Irish public opinion was overwhelmingly pro-Franco. The ICF collected £43,331 for Spain in 1936-37. Leitrim and Donegal County Councils passed motions condemning the Second Republic

Iron Spike

Iron_Spike

Whoooole lotta people in the comments of this one mistaking "white" for "European."The concept of "whiteness" as interpreted by Americans isn't remotely old. It's the way Italians, the Irish, the

punkacademic

punk_academic

Only one aspect of that awful bullying by blue tick celebs of a random twitter user for expressing a view on a TV show, but the allegation that supporting Liverpool

Thomas Duffy

TaeSavesLives

Its a cold windy day in December. So what better day to do some filming! I’m gonna be walking my whole farm & filming the management of our hedgerows for

John McCourt

mccourtitaly

James Joyce died on this day in 1941. His passing was noted in Ireland with a mixture of relief, indifference, and some regret. The Tuam Herald referred to him as

Irish Legacy

legacy_irish

Liam Ó Flaithearta was one of the leading socialist writers of the 20th century. Born on Inis Mór, he was an Irish speaker. He became a socialist while fighting in

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