Irish History Bitesize!さんのイラストまとめ

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."

C S Lewis (29 Nov 1898 #Belfast – 22 Nov 1963 Oxford)

#Otd 1898: Birth #Belfast CS Lewis. "Jack" from dog Jacksie who died when he was 4! Always loved Beatrix Potter as boy; created world of Boxen run by animals! Prof @engfac @englishunicam. >30📚fiction inc Narnia & apologetics.🦁🧙‍♀️ https://t.co/cXnf1BdiUW https://t.co/MOvkd4qxZd

Irish sayings about ❄️! If it snowed Christmas Eve🎅, children told geese being plucked in heaven! New moon lucky omen🌑. Mild weather on Christmas Eve was cause for concern because, "A green Christmas makes a fat churchyard"!😲 ©mistletoediary, my house #snow #FolkloreThursday

#Otd 1713: Birth #Clonmel #Tipperary Laurence Sterne. CofE clergyman & novelist eg 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman', 'A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy' & sermons/memoirs⛪️📚 https://t.co/f2Ma3s0wIe https://t.co/EQQpZDDK1l https://t.co/0V3nndrpoi

#Otd 1913: Irish Citizen Army founded in #Dublin by James Larkin, James Connolly & Jack White. Paramilitary group of trained trade union volunteers from Irish Transport & General Workers' Union. In 1916 Easter Rising, War of Independence, helped old IRA. https://t.co/zVPmeKcFFK

#Otd 1845: Birth at #Cahirmoyle, Co #Limerick of Charlotte Grace O’Brien. Author, philanthropist, activist in nationalist causes & protection of female emigrants, & plant collector! Father=Young Irelander, William Smith O’Brien, sent to Van Diemen’s Land! https://t.co/250d1sQIN4

Thomas Paliser Russell (21 Nov 1767 #Dromahane, Co #Cork-21 Oct 1803 #Downpatrick, Co #Down). CofI co-founder & leader of United Irishmen! Executed for part in Robert Emmet's 1803 rebellion! https://t.co/VszdT0P1ni https://t.co/VCJSHCqE9B https://t.co/I8jj25rBkJ

John Russell Young (20 Nov 1840 #Tyrone-17 Jan 1899). US journalist, Minister to Qing Empire, 7th Librarian @librarycongress 1897-9! Invited by Ulysses S. Grant to accompany him on world tour to record his 2 year journey, which he published! 🪦Philadelphia https://t.co/FdYvbBKeK2

#Otd 1793: Birth in Co #Wexford of Francis Danby ARA. Painter🧑‍🎨. Farmer dad died when he was a boy; moved to Dublin. Drew @TheRDS schools. Central in Bristol School. Success in 1820s London. Lived in Switzerland & Paris then England https://t.co/rLlOeOat6v https://t.co/SjR6QOfcbz

11 Nov: St Martin of Tours (d 397) 3rd bishop of #Tours #France. Ex-soldier. Cut cloak in 2, to give 1/2 to beggar wearing rags in winter. Some believe St Patrick was his nephew! Biography by Sulpicius Severus in Book of Armagh! Animals killed in Ireland! https://t.co/gjc14UwcN4