This aerial shot of Achill Island in Co. Mayo is one of the most outstanding photos of Ireland I’ve ever seen. Martin Maguire is the man behind the 📸. His website is www.091pix.com + IG is 091pix if you want to have a look at his other stuff.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
The struggle is real: The indignity of trying to follow an American recipe when you’re Irish.4yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Gerard Hennessy and his letter to the Irish Times is undoubtedly the best thing I’ve read this year.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
I’d consider this more art than vandalism. In either case, it’s absolutely outstanding. (If you’re unfamiliar, this is ‘tactile paving’ and used to help the vision-impaired navigate streets. This ‘bumps’ pattern marks the locations of pedestrian crossings)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/MildlyVandalised
...I’d just be thankful they don’t get to partition you on the way out the door. It really is the leaving gift that keeps on giving... just ask Ireland, Indian, Pakistan, Israel and Palestine.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Fair enough. I imagine it would be fraught with unnecessary danger at the roadside.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/MildlyVandalised
Ireland’s ‘King Oak’ (which can be found in Tullamore). It’s an ancient Oak by any standard - With some estimates saying it could be over 800 years old. Just think, this could have been alive when English first landed here in 1169.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
99 years ago today - 1 November 1921 - Frances Kyle and Averil Deverell became the first women barristers in Ireland. They were called to the Irish Bar at King's Inn, Dublin, more than six months before Ivy Williams became the first woman called to the English Bar in 1922.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Mullaghmore, Co Sligo has the most Irish weather possible: it’s raining and a bit wet whilst also managing to be sunny and dry at the same time. And also fairly dark and overcast, in a clear and bright kinda way. (Photo credit: @gkossieris)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Got this picture and a text from a Serbian mate which read: ‘Being Irish really is the easiest of all the nationalities; It’s the least amount of effort and the most amount of craic’ - even your officials are mad4yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
‘Have you ever been in an accident that resulted in your death?’ ...what a way to start the week.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Dr Dorothy Stopford Price: The Cumann na mBan protestant, pipe-smoking republican medic who 1st brought the BCG vaccine to Ireland. Despite her leading role in the eradication of TB in Ireland she’s largely been written out of history with male colleagues receiving the credit.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Here we see the final part of an ancient tradition where both driver and cab pay respect to each other before the day’s work begins.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Moore Hall, Co. Mayo which burned down in 1923. Amazingly the ruins, and the surrounding woods, rivers and lakes remain almost undisturbed since that time (photo via @UpInTheEire)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Ireland tops the ODI ‘Principled Aid Index’ 2020. The Overseas Development Institute ranks countries on how they spend their foreign aid in the pursuit of a safer, stable more prosperous world. (Source: ODI.org)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of corruption and handed a three-year prison sentence... meanwhile in Ireland:3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
COUNTRY CORK? ...you take your eye off those mentalists for 1 night and wake up to find Cork has declared itself a separate sovereign state.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
This is unquestionably one of greatest letters ever published by the Irish Times. Jerry Twomey deserves small statue somewhere in Limerick or maybe one of those blue plaques stuck up on his house for this; absolutely first class.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Yesterday, wind produced almost 1/4 of all Europe's electricity. The Top-5 by share of total: Ireland 63% Denmark 60% Germany 47% Portugal 42% Spain 37% Top-5 by GWh produced: Germany 563 Spain 220 France 205 UK 198 Belgium 703yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/europe
Winter in Ireland allows us to see a phenomenon called ‘Crown shynesss’, a kind of social distancing in trees which is not entirely understood. Without leaves, we can see clearly the channel-like gaps form in the canopy as neighbouring trees avoid each other. (Pic: @OshDuffy)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
‘...In August 2020, he broke the Guinness World Record of the longest ever neck by implementing laws against large social gatherings but also attending a golf social with 81 people’3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
If we ever hear Merkel or Macron come out with “ah, stop”, “come here to me” or “I will in me hoop” we should create a new National Holiday to celebrate.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
President Higgins and Sabina turning on the Xmas lights at Aras an Uachtarain. The centrepiece is stream of light pouring out from the ‘lantern for the diaspora’ (first lit by President Mary Robinson) and is in recognition of all those who will not make it home this year.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
‘LIMERICK POSTMAN SHOULD KNOW’ - this night be the most Insanely indirect and Irish way of complimenting your postman.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Does anyone have a giant ball and some heavy duty string I could borrow? It’s for an idea I’d like to discuss with Dublin city council.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
THE IRISH PUBLIC: 'we're a bit confused' THE IRISH TAOISEACH: '...no you're not'3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
TIL that world’s largest map of Ireland can be found at the MJQ Irish Cultural Centre, East Durham, in upstate New York. It’s about an acre in size, consisting of 170,000 red bricks and was built largely for the craic.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
A Michael Collins wanted poster issued by the Irish Police in 1920 (£10,000 is approximately the equivalent €0.5m Today. (The best part of this poster however is undoubtedly the description at the bottom which reads like a well written Tinder Bio)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
My favourite thing about Southern Tayto (or ‘Free Staytos’ as my father calls them) is the unmistakable ‘red, white and blue’ packaging... 😂3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
...literary the most compelling argument I’ve seen in support of Boris and his horseshit fantasy tunnel idea.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Presenting Sammy Wilson MP of the Democratic Unionist Party. With hair cut from the 1960s and a brain from the 1690s he’s just pretty much said ‘I prefer racists to Irish Nationalists’3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
100 years ago today - 1 Nov 1920 - Kevin Barry, an 18 year old medical student was hanged for his role in an ambush in Dublin that saw the death of three British soldiers. Barry was the first republican executed since Roger Casement after the 1916 Rising.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
You’d think Gerry of all people would know the correct way to wear a mask.4yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Since 2010 (under FF + FG Govts) there’s been a 62% rise in rental costs in Ireland. The 3rd highest in the EU. Irish people are now paying the cost of their housing policies and political inaction. I’d sooner take fire safety advice from arsonists than housing ideas from them.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
...To be honest, I didn’t know Mexico was a member of the EU to begin with.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
If you haven’t had an opportunity to read the Irish Government’s new COVID-19 response plan, here’s a quick visual summary version for you:3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Christ on bendy bus... I’d say you’d find more evil in this WhatsApp than you would in an Al-Qaeda suggestion box.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
So turns that spelling and grammar might be more secondary concerns in relation to those 2 ladies (with the typo tops) who attended yesterday’s ball bag convention at the GPO. @marktighest from the Sunday Times had a chat with them and sounds like Ireland just got it’s own version of QAnon.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
If you need to explain what Derry is like to people who don’t know, just send this: A picture of a young Derry girl slagging British soldier (holding an a loaded automatic weapon) for being short... with hand gestures.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Draw some new additional borders on the island of Ireland....Sure when has that ever caused difficulties.4yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
The ‘Protestants keep toasters in cupboards, while Catholics love bingo’ blackboard from Derry Girls is currently on display at the Ulster Museum. It’s part of an extremely good-humoured exhibition on NI stereotypes - funded by the EU’s Peace IV Initiative.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
The DUP MP Sir Jeffery Donaldson was interviewed this evening by BBC Radio Ulster. Apparently Unionists are now against partition. Better late than never I suppose. (I’ll post a link in the comments to the audio just as soon as it’s available on BBC sounds)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Don’t forget to stock up on some ‘Irish Throwing Stars’ before tomorrow. Also known as a St Brigid’s Cross they are used to keep evil from your home. (NB: all 2021 models have been upgraded to prevent unwanted BREXIT + COVID-19 shite talk. To activate, just throw at the head of the shite talker)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
The DUP MP Sir Jeffery Donaldson was interviewed this evening by BBC Radio Ulster. Apparently Unionists are now against partition. Better late than never I suppose. (I’ll post a link in the comments to the audio just as soon as it’s available on BBC sounds)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/northernireland
If you’re in Ireland with a clear sky you will get an amazing view of Mars without the need for a telescope from 8pm. Visible in the east (just next to the moon) it will be an unmistakable ‘pumpkin colour’ against the dimmer stars of the constellation Pisces.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
79 years ago today (26 Jan 1942) the first U.S. WW2 troops arrived in Europe - landing in Belfast. On arrival, each was given a Pocket Guide, with advice including: “...particularly important in Ireland: (1) Don’t argue religion. (2) Don’t argue politics.” (Via @ThisDayIrish)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
This Yew tree in Maynooth (the ‘Silken Thomas’) is thought be the Ireland’s oldest tree. Whilst difficult accurately age, measurements of it’s trunk suggest it could be up to 800 years old. Legend has it that Silken Thomas played his lute under it the night before he surrendered to King Henry VIII.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Great photo of the German Kriegsmarine Atlantic U-boat fleet - 42 in total - moored on the river Foyle in Co. Derry shortly after their surrender in May 1945.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/IrishHistory
A 1938 (colourised) photograph of all surviving members of the 1916 GPO garrison who were living in Ireland . The original photo was taken at Croke Park on the morning of the 1938 All-Ireland football final. (Credit: RobCross247)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
A July 1970 programme schedule for ‘Telefis Eireann’, then Ireland’s only channel. The day started at 6pm with the Angelus and finished just before 12pm with the thoughts of the Very Rev. Edwin Owen. And at 8pm (for a nice change) they had show about poor Irish Nuns based in Roswell New Mexico.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
22 out of 44 US Presidents have claimed Irish (or Ulster Scots) ancestry, across 10 counties. The first was #7, Andrew Jackson and the most recent was #44, Obama. Trump has no Irish ancestry Biden has roots in Louth, Mayo and Galway.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
...meanwhile somewhere between 5km-8km outside Ballindereen, Co Meath.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Just a standard story from ‘Star Tribune’ in 1909 about a Donegal woman applying for an old age pension. She’s a bit unsure of her precise age because unfortunately she was abducted by fairies in 1836. Eventually though her brother rescues her whilst armed with a book and so everything works out.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
This made my day: In 1995, Iggy Pop, the notorious Stooges vocalist + Godfather of Punk, had his review of Edward Gibbon’s book ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire published in ‘Classics Ireland’ - a peer-reviewed, Dublin-based journal for the study of the ancient world.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Last week Airlines claim COVID transmission on planes ‘virtually non-existent’. This week we get the report of a 7-hr flight which landed in Dublin. Masks were mandatory and seat occupancy was at 17%. 13 passengers were infected mid-flight and 59 more of their friends and family after landing.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
“We shall build a tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland, says man who failed to build a bridge between London and London.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
52 years ago today (4th Jan 1969) marked beginning of ‘The Troubles’ in the North. At a place called Burntollet Bridge, just outside Derry, 300 loyalists armed with bricks, iron bars + sticks spiked with nails ambushed + attacked a Civil Rights March as the RUC watched on.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
...absolute gem of a Headline and story from the Irish Times online archive.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
So, quick question for you: does anyone know who grits for the Gritter? ...Erm, I’m asking for a friend.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
The headline by itself is incredible....Then you see the photograph. Well played Ulster Herald 👏3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
LEVEL 3: a maximum of 6 people from 1 other household (although only 4 of them are permitted to bring their heads)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
...TBH, I hadn’t realised that the ‘average size of baby cows in Co. Monaghan’ was even thing before today; never mind being such a universally and well understood metric in Ireland that RTE would adopted it as a new unit of measurement to help explain ‘scale’ in climate science news stories3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
The Geminid meteor shower will be visible from Ireland tonight if you want to have a look. It will peak at around midnight (Sun) until just before dawn (Mon). The absence of the moon means we might see up to 70 meteors per hour as they shoot across the Irish night sky(weather permitting of course).3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Ireland’s population change (%) by county using census data (1841-2011). Most counties have smaller populations today than pre-famine Ireland. Only in Meath, Wicklow, Derry, Antrim, Kildare and Dublin are there more people today than 180 years ago.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
COVID-19 Ireland: Working from Home Survey (April 2020 vs October 2020)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Gerald Of Wales is unquestionably my favourite 12th Century Welsh cartographer.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Peter O’Connor is probably the most famous Irish athlete and revolutionary you’ve never heard of. At the 1906 games he won medals, broke records and made history. The noble tradition of peaceful political protest in the modern Olympic Games began with Peter. (Link to full article in comments)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
The World’s Most Influential Values (Using a data set of more than 1/2 million survey in 52 languages, valuegraphics.com identified 56 values that influence human behaviour - and how these are influenced by where you are from.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/coolguides
A map every known object in the Earth’s solar system (>10km in diameter) by biologist Eleanor Lutz. (Source link available in the comments)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/MapPorn
Essential reading for all those who found the time to take part in that national embarrassment this afternoon.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Jesus merciful Christ... imagine getting judged on your politics and ethics by the triumph of mediocrity that is the independent.ie - It would be like taking fire safety advice from an arsonist.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
An overhead view of Mussenden Temple, near Castlerock in Co. Derry. Perched on a 40m cliff top above the Atlantic, it offers spectacular views along the the entire north coast as far west as Magilligan Point in Co. Donegal.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
When they were choosing County mottos, someone should have mentioned to Cavan that ‘no motto’ was an option.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
...absolute gem of a Headline and story from the Irish Times online archive.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/northernireland
Tonight we may get to see the ‘great conjunction’ of Jupiter and Saturn from Ireland. This is their closest encounter since 1623 with the planets only 0.1 degree apart - and so they give the appearance of a bright star to the naked eye. To see, look south-west on the horizon between 4.30pm - 6pm.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
After having read it, the most interesting thing about whole book is how the price on the dust jacket is in £ rather than €3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Great photo of the German Kriegsmarine Atlantic U-boat fleet - 42 in total - moored on the river Foyle in Co. Derry shortly after their surrender in May 1945.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/northernireland
The approximate ancestry details of European Americans so you know who to hold responsible. It goes 1. 🇬🇧 2. 🇩🇪 3. 🇮🇪 4. 🇮🇹 5. Poland 🇵🇱. It’s almost unbelievable looking at those numbers, but for a period in the mid 1800s the populations of Ireland and the US were roughly the same.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
HOW SOON COULD THE IRISH POPULATION BE VACCINATED? ‘Given the variables, it is almost impossible to accurately predict the speed of the rollout, yet there are reasons to believe the majority of the population could have had their jabs by the end of the autumn’ writes Rachel Lavin (Bus Post)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
An Incredible obituary of Edward Carson in the Irish Times from Oct 1935. It concludes his “...career was one of the tragedies of Irish history. If he had been forty years younger, Lord Carson of Duncairn might have been a British Hitler or even a Mussolini3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Ireland has been ranked 12th out of 163 in the Global Social Progress Index (SPI). Designed to compliment economic data like GDP - it measures how well countries meet the social needs of its people by assessing performance in 54 different areas like health care, infrastructure and civil liberties.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Some interesting data from the World Bank: Per capita, Ireland exported 13 times more than USA in 2019 - and was second only to Singapore globally.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
Only in Derry could you order a chicken ball special with a side of glow in the dark rosary beads.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/northernireland
Infographic summary of the statutory employment benefits available to workers in the Republic of Ireland. (Source: @Boundless_HQ)3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
When did fairies get upgraded from fictional, moderately whimsical Irish magical beings who mainly protect trees to being radicalised non-fictional paramilitary guerrilla fighters who now use their magic and whimsey to exclusively target Irish road infrastructure?3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
A Map with approximate numbers of Americans who claim European ancestry. The top 5 are (in descending order or responsibility) 1. UK, 2. GERMANY, 3. IRELAND, 4. ITALY, and 5. POLAND.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/europe
I’m not saying that RTE journalist and broadcaster Pat Kenny moonlighted for 40 years as the Peter Robinson - former Northern Ireland First Minister and DUP Leader... but I’ve also never seen them both in the same place at the same time.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
New research published by UCD’s Geary Institute for Public Policy (@UCDgearyInst) looks at data measuring attitudes towards question of Irish unity. Interestingly, it compares data first collected in 2002/03 with data collected 16 years later in 2018/19 in both the North and the Republic.3yr ⋅ Joy-Moderator ⋅ r/ireland
