Chris Doyle
@gollygee2004
Dad at Home, Surfer at Ocean, Classicist originally, now a Medieval History Lecturer, & other interesting things surely, posts in a personal capacity, from London to Mayo...West of Ireland
Saw the Dead Pioneers tonight in Galway, great gig, great people #punkrock @deadpioneers.bsky.social
Stroll down the back field this lovely sunny afternoon, into our local 'fairy fort', aka Cahermore, a large early medieval homestead, one of several in close proximity to each other... @campsgalway.bsky.social #medievalbluesky @aidanosullivan.bsky.social
Ladybird Children's book about Oliver Cromwell says it all....in a single line " neither greedy nor - except in Ireland - cruel"
Fascinating and surreal. My Gran was a QA frontline theatre sister at the invasion of Italy (Salerno, Anzio, Cassino). As her convoy sailed past Capri, all aboard her hospital ship heard partying on the island. It was a haven for multinational elites evading the war, enjoying cruises and tours...
My little review of Pádraig Lenihan's Siege in Ireland, 1641-53: Blood and Stone', in The Irish Times #olivercromwell #17thcentury @iaphistorians.bsky.social @campsgalway.bsky.social @universityofgalway.bsky.social
Happy Christmas a chairde. Here's hoping for a brighter year ahead for us all.
How prescient the comic 2000AD really was. Here is a scene from a May 1987 issue. Reminiscent of certain current 'politicians'...
Gave a talk on early medieval Irish beekeeping laws last Tuesday evening to an audience that included a Zoologist specialising in honeybee genetics as well as some practising beekeepers...no pressure then! I learned some new things about bees in turn😃 #medievalireland #brehon #bees #bechbretha
Murmuration at New Quay, Co. Clare, earlier today @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social @birdsireland.bsky.social
Getting jobs finished on our 200+ year old house before teaching begins.....new fascia and soffit, replacing and fixing slipped bangor slates....chimney next...
My review of Patrick Gleeson's tremendous book 'Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150' (IrishTimes 23/08/25). Very hard to do it proper justice in 800 words, but already it has led me to redesign my medieval Irish lecture modules @historyatgalway.bsky.social #medievalireland.
Native Irish black bees (Apis mellifera mellifera) in the back garden
#medievalsky Afternoon walk with Lucky down the ancient lane from our house past 2 early medieval stone cathairs/cashels (Cahermore and Cahershanbacky). In Rahasne turlough (ca. 650 acres), biggest in Ireland, usually dry this time of year. Recent rains however say otherwise.... #burrenlowlands
A book my Grandmother kept. She was a QA at Salerno, Anzio, Cassino and eventually Greece during the Civil War there
This is a page from my Grandmother's diary in 1943 during the invasion of Italy. She was a theatre sister in the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. At this point in the diary, she off the coast of Salerno, soon to be at Anzio, later still at Monte Cassino.
Hehe😃 here's some shots of our brazier blazing the day/night away...