Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland

Irish History, Culture, Heritage, Language, Mythology

#OTD in Irish History | 5 September:

05/09/2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

1724 – In the guise of an Irish Patriot, M. B. Drapier, Jonathan Swift publishes ‘Drapier Letter III’ – one of a series of letters designed to incite the people against a new coinage. 1771 – Benjamin Franklin commences a visit to Ireland where he would later report he had ‘a good deal of Conversation […]

#OTD in Irish History | 5 September:

05/09/2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

1724 – In the guise of an Irish Patriot, M. B. Drapier, Jonathan Swift publishes ‘Drapier Letter III’ – one of a series of letters designed to incite the people against a new coinage. 1771 – Benjamin Franklin commences a visit to Ireland where he would later report he had ‘a good deal of Conversation […]

#OTD in Irish History – 5 September:

05/09/2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

1724 – In the guise of an Irish Patriot, M. B. Drapier, Jonathan Swift publishes ‘Drapier Letter III’ – one of a series of letters designed to incite the people against a new coinage. 1771 – Benjamin Franklin commences a visit to Ireland where he would later report he had ‘a good deal of Conversation […]

#OTD in Irish History – 5 September:

05/09/2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

1724 – In the guise of an Irish Patriot, M. B. Drapier, Jonathan Swift publishes ‘Drapier Letter III’ – one of a series of letters designed to incite the people against a new coinage. 1771 – Benjamin Franklin commences a visit to Ireland where he would later report he had ‘a good deal of Conversation […]

#OTD in Irish History – 5 September:

05/09/2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

1724 – In the guise of an Irish Patriot, M. B. Drapier, Jonathan Swift publishes ‘Drapier Letter III’ – one of a series of letters designed to incite the people against a new coinage. 1771 – Benjamin Franklin commences a visit to Ireland where he would later report he had ‘a good deal of Conversation […]

#OTD in Irish History – 6 December:

06/12/2017.Reading time 13 minutes.

In the Liturgical Calendar, today is the Feast of St Nicholas. St Nicholas (Naomh Nioclás) is believed to have been buried in Newtown Jerpoint in Kilkenny some 800 years ago. 1679 – St. Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh, is accused of instigating the ‘Irish Popish’ Plot and arrested. 1745 – Charles Edward Stuart’s army begins […]

#OTD in Irish History – 5 September:

05/09/2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

1724 – In the guise of an Irish Patriot, M. B. Drapier, Jonathan Swift publishes ‘Drapier Letter III’ – one of a series of letters designed to incite the people against a new coinage. 1771 – Benjamin Franklin commences a visit to Ireland where he would later report he had ‘a good deal of Conversation […]

To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens. #quote

15/02/2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann. Portmarnock Martello Tower, Co Dublin, Bryan Hanna Photography

Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann.

13/01/2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone. Slieve League, Co Donegal, Bryan Hanna Photography

Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann.

06/12/2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone. Hook Head Lighthouse, Co Wexford, Bryan Hanna Photography

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