Lover of all things maritime, music, mycology and Mayo
Erris peninsula
Joined May 2010
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@GalwayMuseum @Weldonsofdublin @galway2020 @galwaytourism @DeptAHG @FailteIreland @irishtourism Here’s my story of the return of the oldest known Claddagh Ring to Galway #irishhistory #Ireland #galway #GoodNewsOfTheDay #IrishMuseumsOnline
Eternal love: Oldest-known Claddagh ring comes home to Galway irishtimes.com/life-and-styl… via @IrishTimesHome
What a price for a handbag!
In the #SothebysParis sale room just now, Jane Birkin’s Original Hermès Birkin sold for €8.6 million / $10.1 million after more than 10 minutes of heated bidding, making it the most valuable handbag ever sold at auction.
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The European Federation of Journalists—the largest organization of journalists in Europe—announced that they’ll stop posting on Twitter as of January 20, 2025: “We can no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
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We’re remembering Sinéad O’Connor today, on the first anniversary of her death.
We acquired this photograph by Hugh O’Conor last year, taken in Bray in 2014 while he was shooting the music video for ‘8 Good Reasons’.
Lovely visitors at the moment
Thank you to Shane Clarke for sending us this amazing video of basking sharks off the #NorthMayo coast near Kilcummin 🦈🤩
If you have any images or videos from the region you'd like us to share please email them to [email protected]
#shark #wildlife
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Elizabeth Birdthistle: I live in a little converted cow shed with views I’d challenge anyone to equal, while I take on the restoration of my new home at Doolough Lodge in Co Mayo.
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Wonderful news!! Ospreys breeding again in Ireland for the first time in 200 years.
Nature doesn't have to be constantly retreating, dying off. It can come back.
It's *our* choice which we want.
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Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden’s treatment of his seventh grandchild is callous and hypocritical via @IrishTimesWorld irishtimes.com/world/us/2023…
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Georgian gem on three acres with a colourful history in Crossmolina for €295,000 via @IrishTimesHome irishtimes.com/property/resi…
My latest feature.; Owner of Irish hotel to sell ‘most influential book in human history’ for estimate of up to $50m – The Irish Times irishtimes.com/life-style/fi…
“It’s like saying that the State is responsible for a bank robbery because it didn’t have a garda at the bank to prevent it.” Wholeheartedly agree with this
Pat Leahy: Many boom-time builders and developers grew rich on the back of tens of thousands of shoddy and dangerous apartments. Should we not identify these people? (via @irishtimesoped)
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No need for any filters to capture the magic of Mayo. View over Blacksod Bay #NorthMayo #Mayo #Mayo #sunset
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Save Our Sharks. Great news that basking sharks have finally been legally protected in Irish waters under the Wildlife Act. fb.watch/fYSQTsimis/
What a result at Adams sale this evening. The Van Cleef & Arpels brooch sold for €110,000 more than double its top estimate of €50,000 #finejewelry #irishauction @ St Stephen's Green instagram.com/p/CidJRJcMZdF/… – at Dublin City, Ireland
I had both the pleasure and honour to interview the great Hughie O Donoghue and his wife Clare. I totally relate to their sentiments of life in #NorthMayo #Erris #WildAtlanticWay
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Today I bought a house. Lots of work to do in an uncertain climate but when something grabs your heart - that’s it. Water and the wilds of beautiful #northmayo #wildatlanticway #wildatlanticwaymayo #mayo #dreamhome #dreamhouse
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Don't forget, the 1st of June is the first Wednesday of the month and it is therefore FREE entry to a number of OPW Heritage sites*.
For a full list of site opening times and T&Cs please visit: cutt.ly/zH7Yqtj
#VisitForFree #opwireland #heritageireland #keepdiscovering
New world record set for Irish artist #PaulHenry at. @ChristiesInc on Friday. The previous record (in euros ex fees) was €420,000 through @WhytesDublin
#irishart
It was a pleasure to have interviewed the great designer John Rocha at his wonderful Dublin home. His bathroom is important as it reflects on his life growing up in a crowded house in Hong Kong #property #coolhouses #irishdesign #johnrocha irishtimes.com/life-and-styl…
