Particular treat today, seeing the actual Nations Cup up close, as the competition turns 100 😎 #RDS #DublinHorseShow

It’s that time of the year again … #RDS #DublinHorseShow

Bank Holiday Monday morning walk in #Skerries 😎

The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham about 7am this morning. No better way to start the day than with a burst of the Baroque! #History #Heritage #Architecture #Dublin #Ireland

The show, which is subtitled “The Age of Romantic Fantasy” and is a collaboration with @tate.bsky.social runs at the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social until July 19th and is well worth catching before it comes down. Well done NGI and all involved 👏🏻 #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

Also works by Theodor von Holst (didn’t know him previously, but loved his green dragon 🐉 - very Royal Pavilion); a “Puck” after Reynolds; and “Two Women in a Dungeon” by Nathaniel Dance-Holland (I just loved her expression 😅) #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

That curiosity aside, the show is well worth a visit. This work by Turner (there were several of his works, many large and not widely known) instantly made me this of the work of John Piper … #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

Curiously, the exhibition labels were unusually slim lined: no medium (tho most were obvious enough) and, frustratingly, no reference to the owner - where does this painting live when not in this show @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social ?

Maybe because we live in a world where inundation by flood is a scary reality ( #ClimateChaos), maybe the tones of blue and grey, with sudden highlights of gold in the form of broken trees and a lion … I could have looked at it for hours 👀 #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

Made my way to the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social yesterday to take in the William Blake exhibition (which was very enjoyable). However, the piece that has stuck with me since is “The Deluge” by Irish artist Francis Danby … 👌🏻 #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

Limoges porcelaine plate I snapped up last week. Not bad for €30.

Another piece of the city’s scenery … #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

Loving this heraldic Pushmepullyou on the cover of “Bell’s Common Place Book” up for auction at Mealy’s this week 😅 #History #Heritage #Heraldry #Books #Ireland www.fonsiemealy.ie/catalogue/lo...

Some glimpses of the city’s wonderful texture, as I wandered and the sun waned this evening … ☀️ #History #Heritage #Architecture #Craft #Dublin #Ireland

Spent one of my happiest days of the year so far mucking about with letterpress printing at the National Print Museum today. A gem of a museum, with an tasty cafe, and just great fun 😎 Thank you Mary, and my lovely classmates! #Printing #Letterpress #Ireland

The joys of visiting home … #Summer #Skerries #Dublin #Ireland ☀️

Intriguing and charming Art Deco facelift to a much older building in Tralee … #History #Heritage #Architecture #Tralee #Kerry #Ireland

Worth noting who among Ireland’s representatives voted for it …

Lightshow, #Dublin 😎🍷

Is it time to find security and privacy in the analogue?

This summary of how AI has used vast CCTV camera networks to target specific individuals and behaviour in seconds has really made me feel that we are on the cusp of a 1984 world …

Surprising mosaic spotted in Arbour Hill, #Dublin - a joyful, unexpected intervention … #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

I’ve just finished reading “The Scapegoat” by Lucy Hughes-Hallett. It’s a really great piece of history and a compelling read. Cannot recommend it highly enough 👌🏻 #History #Heritage #Books

With what, one wonders … 🤔

Lovely afternoon at the Jaipur Literary Festival in @tcddublin.bsky.social #History #Heritage #India #Ireland #Dublin

The Dublin Rivera, at Islandbridge ☀️ #Summer ##Dublin #Ireland #SpeirGorm

I’ve no idea who these two ladies are, but they have quite literally got the best seats in town today! ☀️ #Summer #Dublin #SpeirGorm

And a glimpse of what else lies within … Available now in all good bookshops, as they say! #History #Heritage #Art #Architecture #Ireland

Delighted to finally get a copy in my hands - Vol. 02 of the “Irish Heritage Studies” journal, produced by Gandon Editions for the @opwireland.bsky.social - particularly tickled than an image from my own piece was chosen for the cover 🤓 #History #Heritage #Art #Architecture #Ireland

The Four Courts in Dublin, proudly sticking its head above the skyline of #Dublin - I do love how, from the bus, you can see through the rotunda 👌🏻