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An authoritative reference work of nearly 11,000 lives for scholars of Irish history, society and culture from @RIAdawson. #OpenAccess
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For the Campaign 'Women on Walls' & Accenture commissioned a series of paintings by artists Vera Klute & Blaise Smith. Phyllis Clinch was one of them. https://t.co/tlA3jJLPBm

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1922 Michael Collins, revolutionary leader, chairman of the Irish provisional government & commander-in-chief of the provisional government army was killed during an ambush in the remote valley of Béal na mBlath, close to his birthplace. https://t.co/fMfVd9JmzL

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United Irishman Fr James Coigly made at least 2 crossings to France in 1797 in an attempt to rekindle French interest in Ireland after the failure at Bantry Bay. After his arrest he refused to incriminate Arthur O'Connor & was executed 1798. https://t.co/z3JqJEnqMT

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Today is the feast of Brendan the Navigator, a saint in the Irish tradition, famed throughout Europe as a monastic founder & voyager. Legends of his voyage to ‘the promised land of the saints’ form part of the 'Navigatio Sancti Brendani abbatis'.
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Artist Lilian Davidson, born 1879, was internationally renowned. She exhibited widely & in 1940 was elected associate of the RHA. She was also a talented writer and produced plays, short stories & monologues under the pseudonym Ulick Burke.
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📣We've created a resource for Leaving Cert. students comprised of forty biographies of major Irish figures from Daniel O'Connell to Seamus Heaney Find out more and download the PDF here: https://t.co/wxVlAZZxtL

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A new series of on Thomas Moore commences on Wednesday 9 October with a talk by Professor Harry White MRIA, and DIB Board member. Read White's comprehensive DIB entry on Moore here: https://t.co/sTMQy5DRli

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Michael from is giving the last talk in the series in tomorrow at 1pm. He'll be talking about women in Irish diplomacy. Read two DIB lives who will feature in his talk, Josephine McNeill and Mary Tinney https://t.co/CzJMUQIlsf

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To mark the feast day of Colum Cille (Columba) on 9 June read our entry on the Irish saint who founded the influential monastery at Iona by Aidan Breen. https://t.co/x3gyjAeeUq

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Francis Sheehy-Skeffington (d.1916) "himself agreed that he was a crank—‘a small instrument that makes revolutions'” https://t.co/YKEvnjR1u6

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