Day 24: To conclude the 2020 advent calendar, a beautiful coloured detail of city (& sea monster!) from Speed's map of Munster (1612) MP1 Read & subscribe at https://t.co/XKlqjhO6lx

Wishing you all a happy & healthy Christmas!

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There's a beautiful children's Christmas story from our behind today's door on our calendar - follow and subscribe at https://t.co/oVzWlpTqQF

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A day for sitting by the fire. ‘The emerald wreath : a fireside treasury of legends, stories, & c’ by John Francis O'Donnell (1837-1874) Dublin ; London : James Duffy 1864

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Edward Fitzgibbon's The Book of the Salmon (1850) includes several hand-coloured plates of flies and salmon fry, beautifully rendered by the Adlard brothers of London

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