Irish History Bitesize!さんのイラストまとめ

#Otd 1713: Birth in #Clonmel, Co #Tipperary of Laurence Sterne. Anglican clergyman & novelist e.g. 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman', 'A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy', & sermons/memoirs. https://t.co/6kSVdoxVZV https://t.co/f2Ma3s0wIe

@sainsburys @SainsburysNews @Love_Antrim At Samhain, Fand flying as a sea bird with her sister Lí Ban when Cú Chulainn threw stones at them! Return as otherworldly women & beat him with horsewhips until he fell ill & bed bound for year! Eventually recovers & agrees to help her fight! Even become lovers! #MythologyMonday

@francisbacon @TheHughLane @Prysmith @pulpartpainter @francisbaconpla @irishartnews @IrishArtsReview @IrishArtsCenter @IrishArtistInfo @lgirishwriters @metmuseum @DIADetroit @RCA @I_W_M @UlsterMuseum @NGIreland @IMMAIreland @CrawfordArtGall @rothehouse Belfast's Sir John Lavery known for his portraits! 'The Honeymoon' (1921) sold for £915,200, Christie's London, May 2006! Oil on canvas. 37 x 28 in. (94 x 71 cm.) 'Lady Evelyn Farquhar' (1912) sold for £748,000, Sotheby's London, May 2007! Oil on canvas. 184 x 120.5 cm. #IrishArt

More of a force than a mythological creature, in Irish mythology, hungry grass/féar gortach is a patch of cursed grass! Also known as fairy grass, anyone walking on it is doomed to perpetual & insatiable hunger! Not known if this dates to 1840s famine or older! #FolkloreThursday

@tcddublin #Otd 1803: Irish rebellion of 1803: In opposition to Acts of Union 1800, Robert Emmet led an armed outbreak with #Dublin's working classes, that was easily suppressed. Thomas Paliser Russell & James "Jemmy" Hope also leaders of it. Lasted just 1 day! . . . #IrishHistory #Ireland

@StPatsMaynooth "Catholic Irish Brigade" for Britain hampered by hostility & fear from Protestant Ascendancy. Also competition from Irish Militia (Militia (Ireland) Act 1802). Ridiculed by new & pro-French republican United Irishmen📷. Some who joined descended from former members French Brigade

When the War of the First Coalition (1792-7) inc'd Britain from Feb 1793 wasn't so surprising that many in the former French Irish Brigade decided to support their ancient enemy (Britain)! British PM William Pitt the Younger had recently tried to end Catholic grievances... 🇬🇧☘️🇫🇷

#Otd Feast St Benedict of Nursia (d. 547). Founded 12 monastic communities at Subiaco📷, #Italy. Moved to Monte Cassino in mts of south. "Rule of Saint Benedict" followed by most religious communities throughout Middle Ages! 1 of 6 patron saints of Europe. https://t.co/XkAZJTv9rc

Sadhbh, Fionn mac Cumhaill's wife turned into doe for 3 yrs for refusing love of a dark druid until his serving man told her that if she set foot in the dún (fort/castle) of the Fianna of Ireland, the druid would no longer have any power over her! 📷: Sloegenie. #FolkloreThursday

@churchofireland @stpatrickscath #Otd 1702: According to Jonathan Swift’s book, Gulliver’s Travels, it was on this day that Lemuel Gulliver set sail again. Part II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag (W coast of N America)! He meets giants! Even the grass is as tall as a tree! https://t.co/x35gLpHGry