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#Spring officially begins today in the Northern Hemisphere with the vernal equinox. ☀️ 🌱 💐
To celebrate, we’re sharing a sweet image from our ephemera collection, from a #calendar of the #seasons for 1889.
Explore our #ephemera collection online: https://t.co/V1ZfEfLHRF
"This is your season, little daughter"
Extract from the #poem 'Night Feed' by #EavanBoland.
[IMAGE: A #mother with her two #children in her arms, drawing attributed to James Henry Brocas, c. 1810 and 1846; https://t.co/2GuySwLfXF]
#poetrycorner #mothersday
#OTD 11 March 1812 - Composer William Vincent Wallace, best known for his opera ‘Maritana’, was born in Co. #Waterford. This plate is from a rare #music album by him. View the #album and music, this piece and other music by Wallace in our online catalogue: https://t.co/JdO8KPbXj3
Happy #ValentinesDay! Why not take the opportunity to reach out to someone you #love to let them know you’re thinking about them today? 💕
[IMAGE: #Valentine card by Elizabeth Rivers, c. 1960]
#OTD 9 Feb 2011 - The triptych #painting ‘Three Studies For A Portrait Of #LucianFreud’, by Irish-born artist #FrancisBacon sold at auction at #Sotheby’s in London for £23 million (€27.2 million) – more than three times the pre-sale low estimate.
https://t.co/JeDdXU8iKQ
#OnThisDay 3 February 1896 – Lady #JaneWilde (#Speranza), Irish #poet, nationalist, and the mother of #OscarWilde, died in London.
“Self-trust, we know, is the first secret of success…” – Lady Jane Wilde
#OnThisDay 30 January 1859 - Edward Martyn, playwright, co-founder of Irish Literary Theatre, and Sinn Féin president, was born in Tulira, Co. #Galway.
[IMAGE: Portrait of #EdwardMartyn by N. French McLachlan; https://t.co/6hUS0nxtaL]
❄️ Today's #puzzle features a beautiful #illustration for ‘East o' the Sun, West o' the Moon’ by @PJLynchArt, published in 1990. View it in our online catalogue: https://t.co/LCerPmD4AQ.
Play here: https://t.co/eo5yO73E8Z
Learn about the Irish experience at home during #WWI.
Join us for this virtual tour of our exhibition World War Ireland on Thursday, 12 November on #Zoom.
🎟️ Book your free ticket now: https://t.co/djE8BMHyyK