Irish History Bitesize!さんのイラストまとめ

Jack Butler Yeats RHA (29 Aug 1871 London-28 March 1957).👨‍🎨; 1924 Olympic silver medallist🥈; "The Liffey Swim"! Siblings: WB, Lily, Lolly! Dad: John Butler! Painted landscapes/figures, mainly from west, esp boyhood home of #Sligo! https://t.co/dW4K18aRwJ https://t.co/A9QDRq35Ne

Paul Henry (11 April 1876 #Belfast-24 Aug 1958 #Bray) .👨‍🎨.👨‍🎓@mcbformerpupils @oldinstonians @BelfastSchArt, Paris. 9 yrs Achill island, Mayo; depicted post-impressionism. Dublin designed popular railway posters! Last 13 years blind. https://t.co/kZcUlzbmED https://t.co/TwqMbYouiT

Mervyn Wall (23 Aug 1908 #Dublin-19 May 1997). Novels, plays, short stories, Ireland Today.👨‍🎓@BelvedereSJ @UCDALUMNI. Civil servant @rte, Secretary @artscouncil_ie. 2 of novels are humorous fantasy about misadventures of a monk in Dark Ages Ireland! https://t.co/MYGYLADv6K

The Cat Sí is a fairy creature said to resemble a large black cat with a white spot on its chest! Some suggest it is not a fairy, but a witch that can transform into a cat 9x! Large as a dog! About 22 breeds of black cat! 🎨? #BlackCatAppreciationDay 🐈‍⬛🧙‍♀️

Midir of Ireland's Tuatha Dé Danann falls in love & marries Étaín. 1st wife #curses her into becoming pool of water, worm, then beautiful butterfly (14 yrs)! She falls into wine & is drunk & reborn 1012 yrs later! Midir finds her & they change into swans! #FairyTaleTuesday 🦋🍷🦢

#Otd 1778: Papists Act. 1st Act for Catholic Relief. Granted rights of leasing & inheritance to those who'd taken oath allegiance. Penalty of perpetual imprisonment for keeping a school, repealed! When Britain at war in America; keep RCs on side! Same 1793 https://t.co/2mekELNlN7

Nathaniel Hone the Elder RA (24 April 1718-14 Aug 1784) Portrait/miniature👨‍🎨. Dad Dublin based Dutch merchant. Moved to London. A founder @royalacademy. Had 1 man shows! Gr-grand-nephew Nathaniel Hone the Younger! Relation Evie Hone https://t.co/dn19bZQFkQ https://t.co/5bmTSFzDYy

14 Aug: Feast of vigil of the death of the Virgin Mary. Believed Jesus awaited the soul of his mother, in a reversal of their image as mother & child (Dr Elva Johnston). The Dormition, death of the Virgin Mary, 15 Aug. ©@BookOfKellsTCD f7v @tcdresearchcoll, & 🎨?

Arthur Griffith (31 March 1871 #Dublin-12 Aug 1922 #Dublin). Writer; time in S Africa & newspaper editor. Founder Sinn Féin. Chairman Irish delegation at London negotiations; produced 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty. President Dáil Éireann Jan-Aug 1922 🪦Glasnevin https://t.co/H1ZG9A9ekD

Thomas Crofton Croker MRIA (15 Jan 1798 #Cork-8 Aug 1854). Collector Irish poetry/folklore. Co-founded Percy Society & Camden Society. Fairy Legends & Traditions of the South of Ireland translated (German) by Brothers Grimm! Didn't like old annals 🪦London https://t.co/F6zecP3Zb5