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oh btw everyone this is ant, my cod oc, (yes I succumbed), ignore how tight fitting his clothes are I was using a different brush and did not want to draw fabric creases lol.
I might be doing a better ref/bio later, but for now he’s smol Irishmen who doesn’t talk much
Four inhabitants of #Ireland: a noblewoman, a burgher's wife, and two 'wild' Irishmen, 1573-75.
Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland (British Library Add MS 28330)
On this day in 1798, the United Irishmen rise up against British rule. Despite winning a number of engagements, the rebellion is crushed in less than five months. Between 10,000 and 50,000 are killed.
Thread: 1798 Irish Rebellion (23 May-12 Oct)!
"To unite Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter under the common name of Irishmen in order to break the connection with England, the never failing source of all our political evils, that was my aim" Wolfe Tone https://t.co/7XpE8Dog9c
WIP- working on some lighting
#art #digitalart #painting #Irishmen #lighting
@hiramjmorgan 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 …
#OtD 21 Jun 1798 20,000 rebels fought British troops at the Battle of Vinegar Hill. The rebels were supporters of the United Irishmen movement, and their defeat at Vinegar Hill is viewed by historians as a decisive point in the 1798 revolt
On this day in 1798, the United Irishmen rise up against British rule. Despite winning a number of engagements, the rebellion is crushed in less than five months. Between 10,000 and 50,000 are killed.
Thomas Paliser Russell (21 Nov 1767 #Dromahane, Co #Cork-21 Oct 1803 #Downpatrick, Co #Down). CofI co-founder & leader of United Irishmen! Executed for part in Robert Emmet's 1803 rebellion! https://t.co/VszdT0P1ni https://t.co/VCJSHCqE9B https://t.co/I8jj25rBkJ
Henry Munro, a Presbyterian draper from Lisburn courageously led 7000 ill-equipped Irishmen against the British Army at Ballynahinch (June 1798) - subsequently hanged on his own doorstep in sight of his wife - uttering these final words 'Tell my country I deserved better of it.'
Four inhabitants of #Ireland: a noblewoman, a burgher's wife, and two 'wild' Irishmen, 1573-75
Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland (British Library Add MS 28330)
On this day in 1798, the United Irishmen rise up against British rule. Rebel leaders appeal to France for military aid.
Lá fhéile Pádraig, happy Paddy's Day my brahs! Celebrate in isolation with ur fav racist Irishmen & the whole of Trim ☘️
OSW FATAL DEVIATION: https://t.co/9ExBHtfEsu
Lots of #exhibitions end this week. Saw #LucianFreud's #selfportraits at @royalacademy. Not my fave painter but I do find this double portrait v moving (Two Irishmen in W11, 1984-5) The older man’s hands remind me of #Rembrandt’s Portrait of Margaretha de Geer at @NationalGallery
@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
On this day in 1798, the United Irishmen rise up against British rule. Rebel leaders appeal to France for military aid.
CULTURE NIGHT 2018: #letterkenny
Donegal Youth Orchestra will perform Vincent Kennedy's 'IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN' in the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co. #Donegal, at 8.00pm on Friday, 21 September @CultureNight
https://t.co/ODfSNzKfHJ
These 4 famous Irishmen will soon be on display on a street in Cork. #mcarthysmeats #corkhour @corkhour