Irish History Bitesize!さんのイラストまとめ

#Otd 1778: Papists Act 1778. 1st Act for Catholic Relief. eg granted rights of leasing & inheritance to those who'd taken oath allegiance. Penalty of perpetual imprisonment for keeping a school repealed! 1st rolling back penal laws. https://t.co/rJ2kINH3Cs https://t.co/2mekELNlN7

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 (@PeritiaEditors). The Dormition (death of the Virgin Mary, 15 Aug). ©@BookOfKellsTCD f7v @tcdresearchcoll, & 🎨modern ?

18 Feb, 8 Aug: St Colmán (d. 675), 3rd bishop of #Lindisfarne/Holy Island, Northumberland from 661 (1st 4 bishops all Irish!). Left after Synod of Whitby 664 (Easter date changed to Roman), for Inis Bó Finde/#Inishbofin, Co #Galway, via Iona. Was from W Ireland & trained at Iona.

#Otd 1862: Birth in #Cork of Prof Lucy Everest Boole FRIC. 1st female Prof Chemistry in Ireland or Britain; London School of Medicine for Women @RoyalFreeNHS! 1st female Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry! 1st woman to research pharmacy in England! https://t.co/NGMWBjg3dC

5 Aug: St Oswald (d. 641/2), king of #Northumbria. Youth exiled in Dál Riata. Fought in Ireland in this time? 1 of 3 Saxon princes mentioned in Irish poem Togail Bruidne Dá Derga; 'Osalt'? Later promoted spread of Christianity in Northumbria. 8 year reign. d. Battle of Maserfield

#Otd 1820: Birth #Leighlinbridge #Carlow John Tyndall. Proved CO2/Greenhouse Effect link. Studied diamagnetism, infrared radiation & physical properties air. >12 science books; brought physics to wide audience. Prof Physics @Ri_Science. Keen climber Alps https://t.co/I5zSULhxFk

#Otd 1710: George Carpenter, former MP for Newtownards, Co Down wounded at Battle of Almenara, #Spain (War of Spanish Succession). Prisoner & exchanged. 1719, created Baron Carpenter of Killaghy, Co Kilkenny. Purchased Baramount. ⚔️ https://t.co/kvSOWol5Ff https://t.co/vETWGKZXXL

#Otd 1662: @tcdalumni James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond arrived to take up role Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Previously held post various times since 1643 but 1650s lived in exile with Charles II. Upon restoration Charles to throne 1660, became major figure! https://t.co/nR663QrGGJ

#Otd 1820: Birth #Waterford of Michael Angelo Hayes. Painter horses & military subjects. 1842, Military Painter-in-ordinary to Lord Lieutenant, London. 1856, Secretary of Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (exhibited from age 16/17!); arguments at times!🐎⚔️ https://t.co/YA8rHPSHUS

#Otd 1830: Birth in #Tipperary of John O’Leary, lead Fenian. @tcdalumni (law & medicine) but didn't take degree. In IRB; sentence 20 yrs penal servitude. In exile lived mainly in Paris & visited US. "Beautiful lofty things: O'Leary's noble head;" WB Yeats. https://t.co/wa1LtQkuz2