Robert Gibbings (23 March 1889 Co Jan 1958 England). Raised . Wood engraver (major influence on it's revival, co-founder ), sculptor, ✍️travel/natural history📚! Lecturer . https://t.co/3ZsCRSXxKX

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Meanwhile near Kinsale Mountjoy received news of Tyrone's further losses while retreating north from Munster. While attempting to cross the swollen waters of the River Blackwater (Co. Cork) 'lost many of his carriages, and had some 140 of his men drowned'

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OTD 1601 Estimates of the Irish force being assembled to break the siege at Kinsale, includes forces from Tyrone, O'Donnell, O'Cahan, Maguire, the MacMahon and James macSorley MacDonnell, in total 6,000 foot and 520 horse

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Stepback for
The Shadow and the Star, by Laura Kinsale
Avon, 1991
Illustrator uncredited, and it bugs me that I can't figure it out! Male model is obviously Fabio

Cover (with more Fabio) in second tweet

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hypothesises that a key source for Dürer’s Irishmen was the account of Burgundian chronicler Laurent Vital, whose ship harboured in Kinsale co. Cork during a storm in 1518. His account of the locals & their “strange” dress is full of juicy ethnographic details …

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I'm always up for a Kate Beckinsale action movie and Jolt has a pretty good premise. However, the storytelling is lacking and feels like there are scenes missing or scenes that cut corners as if the story was in a hurry.

Hopefully a potential sequel fixes these issues.

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Soundtrack album details revealed for 's 'Jolt' starring Kate Beckinsale, Bobby Cannavale, Laverne Cox, Stanley Tucci & Jai Courtney feat. music by 'The Man in the High Castle' & 'Peter Rabbit' composer . https://t.co/Pla8OmeUAv

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Os O'Sullivan de Beare foron un dos clans irlandeses que viveron o exilio galego tras a batalla de Kinsale (1601). Dermot (Dermicio), o patriarca, morreu case centenario na Coruña. O fillo máis novo, Philip, estudou en Santiago e redixiu varias obras sobre a historia da Irlanda.

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Even after the devastating defeat of Tyrone & his allies at Kinsale in 1601, Mountjoy thought better of trying to force this pass in Summer campaign 1602. Rather than hammer his way to Dunagannon, Mountjoy sidestepped the defences, building Charlemont Fort a few miles downriver

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On 7th May 1915, German submarine U-20 sank RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans.
FULL VIDEO ON WW1 HERE: https://t.co/nTP5YJtl1h

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1915 the RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20, sinking off the Old Head of Kinsale.

Read our graphic novel to explore these events from the perspective of real-life characters on the ship 👉 https://t.co/UTm2yNh9Hx

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Latest Art Kinsale Harbour Panoramic Cork: Original Oil on Canvas panoramic painting of Kinsale Hrabour Co. Cork. Signed by the Artist on the Front and back. Painting is unframed and will be sent rolled in a… https://t.co/bDSWtbsh6C

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Still fear of another Spanish landing therefore expensive fortifications ordered to be raised at and a fort at 'made to 'secure the town against foreign invaders and to curb the seditious and factious youths that abound in that town'

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Kate Beckinsale as Selene (Underworld)

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OTD 1600, Rev Wm Lyon, Bishop of Cork reported while Tyrone was in Munster 'had taken a full view of the harbours of Cork & Kinsale'. Was it at this point Tyrone decided on plan to land Spanish at Kinsale? Year & a half later Carew had lifted all Tyrone's allies-Munster pacified

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Terror en la Antártida (2009)

La interesante premisa inicial en ese bello paraje inhóspito y la presencia de Kate Beckinsale auguraban un mejor resultado, pero se queda en un rutinario thriller que no genera el suficiente suspense para dejar poso. El titulo no ayuda tampoco.

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Robert Gibbings (23 March 1889 Jan 1958 England). Raised . Wood engraver (major influence on it's revival, co-founder ), sculptor, ✍️travel/natural history📚! Lecturer . https://t.co/fUiv4UfMJR

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