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!

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You have NO clue how much I love these and want to see them more than anything

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Close ups of the backgrounds cause I like em! The string is doing my commute to Kildare that I used to do on a weekly basis to see my boyfriend! (Pre quarantine obviously 💔)

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It’s all going on here: glacial erratics, Iron Age broch in a loch, with Viking extensions. Runrig field systems, 19C crofting field systems, incoming rain and st kilda somewhere out there. Moor, machair, shore.

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The Welsh word penguin originally referred to the flightless Greak auk of the North Atlantic. One of the last in the world was beaten to death on the Scottish island of St Kilda in 1840 because the locals thought it was a storm-conjuring witch

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Each week we'll be featuring a title from the shortlisted for this year's Medals.

First up for the Kate Greenaway medal is the stunning Child of St Kilda by Beth Waters

Watch an interview with the author https://t.co/ZegDY4cFVM

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Lord KraVen / La Caida de Kildarum, now playing. アルゼンチンのユニットで自主制作らしくDisCogでもヒットしない。Rhapsodyあたりのエピックメタルの影響下にある音で、スピード感もあり完成度も高い。好事家に十分受容できる内容で、メジャーに引けを足らないのでは?

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Learn how our conservator carefully restored our very special mouse - the St Kilda Mouse, which is thought to arrived on the remote Scottish island of St Kilda with the Vikings
Click the link below 👇🏼

https://t.co/aw5ltrklk7


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1234: Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke & Lord of Leinster (left), defeated by knights loyal to King Henry III of England (right) at Battle of the Curragh, Co Kildare. Braveheart filmed there! Died 16 April at Kilkenny castle from his wounds. ⚔️ https://t.co/BsVV1pusWW

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Brigid (& variants), "exalted one" were 3 sister goddesses of spring season, fertility, poetry & smithcraft. Celebrated at Imbolc (1 Feb). Many of her attributes transferred to St Brigid of Kildare (d c 525), one of Ireland's patron saints &

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some sunset paintings (again). Oliver Lee park (New Mexico), North Hollywood, Burbank, and St. Kilda.

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Child of St Kilda has been longlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2020, congratulations !

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The serpent will come from the hole
On the brown Day of Bríde,
Though there should be three feet of snow
On the flat surface of the ground.

a bit of weather divination on St Biddy's Day St Brigid of Kildare to you, who once might have been the goddess Brigid of

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Ron Lawson is one of Scotland's most collectible painters. 'The Arch, St Kilda' highlights his dynamic, individual palette and technique. His passion for dramatic and sparsely populated locations is clear as he cleverly depicts Scottish wild remoteness.
https://t.co/KwNmQx21HW

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⭐️HILDA/TOUKO CHARM⭐️ RT PLEASE

Pre orders available at my store: https://t.co/DVvBaTC5eq

⭐️Double sided
⭐️Double acrylic board
⭐️5 cm
⭐️Star accessory

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Speed Centaur est un personnage atypique qui apparaît dans Amazing Mystery Funnies vol. 2 en août 1939 créé Malcolm Kildale.

Justifiant le nom de son éditeur, il reste malgré tout un personnage attachant qui revient dans le projet Centaur Chronicle avec une nouvelle coupe

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haha i love kildare

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