Irish History Bitesize!さんのイラストまとめ

Brothers Grimm liked Thomas Crofton Croker's 'Fairy Legends & Traditions of the South of Ireland (1825-1828)' so much they translated it into German, in Leipzig, 1826! Irische Elfenmärchen; Irish Elven Tales. Contained this illustration of The Banshi of Bunworth #FairyTaleTuesday

#Otd 2001: Paintings valued at >£3,000,000 stolen from @russborough, Co #Wicklow. Thefts x4!

1974 by IRA gang including British heiress Rose Dugdale

1986 by Martin Cahill (nicknamed "The General")

2001 & 2002 by Martin Cahill's associate Martin Foley!

Some recovered! 🖼️🖌️🎨

#Otd 1802: Daniel O'Connell married his 3rd cousin, Mary O'Connell. It was a love marriage & happy one! Daniel's uncle outraged as Mary had no fortune & for a time threatened to disinherit them. They had 11 children, 7 lived: 3 daughters, & 4 sons who all sat in Parliament.

Arthur Murphy (27 Dec 1727 #Cloonyquin #Roscommon-18 June 1805). Pseudonym Charles Ranger. Actor, barrister, Commissioner of Bankruptcy, journalist,✍️3 biographies & plays (not that original?)!👨‍🎓Saint-Omer, France; gifted student of Latin/Greek Classics. https://t.co/mn5T30GeUL

#Otd 1815: Battle of Waterloo fought near Waterloo, present Belgium. Forces, under command of #Dublin's Duke of Wellington, defeated Napoleon’s forces. Both Napoleon’s horse Marengo & Duke of Wellington’s horse, Copenhagen reared in Ireland?! ⚔️🐎 https://t.co/EcTYaNE4d7

W. B. Yeats (13 June 1865 #Sandymount #Dublin-28 Jan 1939 Menton, France). Childhood holidays #Sligo! Fascinated by Irish legends from young; in poetry! Wrote prose/plays! @NobelPrize Lit! Co-founded @AbbeyTheatre! Senator 2 terms! https://t.co/tmjey1APcq https://t.co/FKaXuirLuX

#Otd 1534: "Silken Thomas" Fitzgerald, 10th Earl of Kildare, heard rumours his father executed. Rode to St Mary's Abbey, Dublin with 140 gallowglasses! Renounced allegiance to cousin King Henry VIII! Henry confined his father to the Tower! Revolt followed! Father d. months later!

Ursula Frayne (15 Oct 1816 #Dublin-9 June 1885 Fitzroy, Melbourne). Mother Superior @mercyworldwide! Trained by Catherine McAuley. Spent her life in missionary work, 1st in Newfoundland, but mainly in W Australia then Melbourne developing schools/academies https://t.co/fxJXwuwkaS

8 June: St Muirchú. Author 7th C The Life of St Patrick. Survives in 4 copies; 3 partial versions in Europe, & 1 in Ireland (Book of Armagh in @TCDResearchColl)! Sources included Patrick's Confessio & Epistle. Signatory of Adomnán's Law of Innocents in 697 https://t.co/Kccy02D2yx

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. #NationalCheeseDay 🧀