Irish History Bitesize!さんのイラストまとめ

#Otd 1882: Birth #Dublin Mary Swanzy HRHA.👩‍🎓@alexcollege. Artist👩‍🎨; cubism, fauvism, orphism & 1 Ireland's 1st abstract! Tutored by John Butler Yeats! Fluent French & German. Lived in Paris then Dublin, Honolulu & Samoa then London! https://t.co/8mUuMGUNBu https://t.co/JE8a92Kzy2

#Otd 1689: Prince William of Orange & Mary II were declared joint sovereigns of England, Ireland & Scotland. King James II had fled to France the December before. This deposition led to the Battle of the #Boyne in 1690, & the Battle of #Aughrim in 1691! https://t.co/THd8npObcl

Here's how that badass Queen Medb met her end! No more stealing bulls for her! A piece of hard cheese from the slingshot of vengeful warrior Furbaide pierced her skull! He sought revenge for death of his mother! 🎨@jimfitzpatrick & copy of his in Belfast. #NationalCheddarDay 🧀

Charles Frederick Williams (4 May 1838 #Coleraine #Derry-9 Feb 1904 London).👨‍🎓@BelfastRoyalAc. ✍️, journalist, war correspondent eg Franco-Prussian, Russo-Turkish Wars. In 1st Surrey Rifles & London Irish Volunteers. Wounded x3 eg Egypt. Queen's Sudan🎖️ https://t.co/teNTcZeZ53

9 Feb: St Finna of Druim Licce/#Drumleck, Co #Louth. Queen Medb's army marched through this area during the Táin (Dr Elva Johnston). Táin Bó Cúailnge="the driving-off of cows of Cooley"! 313 acre townland in Dromiskin parish (now has M1 through it)! 🎨@jimfitzpatrick (cropped)

#Otd 1999: Death in Oxford of #Phibsborough #Dublin's Dame Iris Murdoch DBE. Philosopher/novelist: good & evil, sexual relationships, morality & power of unconscious.👩‍🎓@SomervilleOx @Newnham_College. Lecturer @StAnnesCollege @RCA. Ashes in rose garden. https://t.co/GEO1JPDHe7

#Otd 1886: Death #Booterstown #Dublin of Richard Robert Madden. Born #Dublin. Dr, writer, abolitionist & UI historian. Tried to impose anti-slavery rules in Jamaica on behalf British government. 20 siblings! 🎨undercover in Syria exploring Turkish Empire! https://t.co/n6I0YnYKoW

Áine is an Irish goddess of many things! Of summer, wealth & sovereignty, & so is associated with midsummer and the #sun. She is also the goddess of love & fertility, & has command over crops/animals & so associated with agriculture. 🎨OlivosARTstudio #FaustianFriday 🌞

James Joyce (2 Feb 1882 #Rathgar #Dublin-13 Jan 1941 Zürich, Switzerland). Novelist, short stories, poet e.g. Ulysses, Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegans Wake, 3 books poetry, a play & published letters! https://t.co/8EhQzbNeOV https://t.co/hYmJn5SPh6

Fergus mac Léti, King of Ulster met a sea-monster called Muirdris in Dundrum Bay! His face became contorted in terror! Disfigurement disqualified from kingship so mirrors banned around him! Later he found out. Went back & killed it, but then died of exhaustion! #FairyTaleTuesday