Tiny Desk, eat your heart out. NPR is showcasing this group of kids from Cork, Ireland, and their infectious bop, "The Spark." The youngsters are part of a rap initiative called Rhyme Island and created the song for Cruinniú na nÓg (Gathering of Youth), a day of creativity for under-18s in Ireland.
I think the only good thing about the Return plastic bottles scheme, is that people are going to buy less bottled water, sodas, juices because it is so badly implemented. #Ireland
16 May 1639: The #Irish Privy Council orders all #Scots over 16 years of age living in #Ireland to take an oath abjuring the National Covenant #otd (BL)
#Celtic#WyrdWednesday: In ancient #Ireland „the role of a physician was a hereditary one. He passed down his skills and knowledge to his offspring, and often to apprentices living with the family. In later years, this wealth of information was written down in manuscripts and books. The most famous of these is the Book of the O’Lees.“
Source: https://aliisaac.substack.com/p/march-wise-woman-or-witch
Lovely good news story about the Palestinian national womens' football team playing in Ireland, the first time the Palestine team have played in Europe. Their League of Ireland hosts have sold out, with a 4,500 crowd expected at Dalymount Park to play the Bohemians. #Football#WomensFootball#Palestine#Ireland#Bohemians
14 May 1586: Henry Spelman, future historian & philologist enters Lincoln's Inn #otd . There he started on his lifelong interest in history. In 1617 he would be given a commission to determine unsettled titles in #Ireland (NPG)
#Celtic#FairyTaleTuesday: #Tara was once reigned by a Wolf King. According to legend, #Cormac mac Art was the High King of Ireland at the same time as #Fionn mac Cumhaill was the leader of the #Fianna, c. the third century AD. He ruled from Tara for forty years, and during his reign, all of #Ireland flourished.
Source: Ali Isaac https://twitter.com/lethemain/status/593090313603915776
A little tour of the Greystones coastline from my OneWheel. (Decided to treat myself to a crepe and make the most of the dregs of the good weather from this week.) :)
When the Pogues legend Shane MacGowan died last year, Bruce Springsteen posted a tribute on his website, calling him "one of my all-time favorite writers." Now, Springsteen and the E Street Band are touring and last night they opened their set in Nowlan Park, Kilkenny, Ireland by covering the Pogues' "A Rainy Night in Soho" for the first time. Stereogum has a couple of fan videos of the performance, plus the original video.