“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States. . . The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
— Isaac Asimov
“It is very simple to be happy, but very difficult to be simple.”
— Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
RIA MS 23 P 12 (c) Royal Irish Academy & Irish Script on Screen
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14ᵗʰ c.
Dublin, RIA MS 23 P 12 ‘The Book of Ballymote’
The great late-14ᵗʰ-century compendium of Irish learning known as the ‘Book of Ballymote’ (Royal Irish Academy MS 23 P 12) is of particular importance for the transmission of ideas about ogam in the later Middle Ages and modern periods.
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Vartry reservoir, reflecting.
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The Great Sugarloaf: burnished.
Is it just me or do the actors look like they were extras in Lord of the Rings?
I'm pleased to share our new trailer for BLUE ROAD - THE EDNA O'BRIEN STORY.
In Irish cinemas on Jan 31st w @breakoutpictures.bsky.social and in UK after.
It features @louisekennedy.bsky.social Gabriel Byrne, Walter Mosley, Jessie Buckley and of course, Edna.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEEr...
Grateful for all of this.
The Great Sugarloaf, lightly dusted.
Photo of the front of Hunter’s hotel, Newrath, Wicklow from across the road on a crisp, clear winter’s day.
Hunter’s Hotel, defrosted.
