Thanks to @kd for highlighting this #Irish government survey on climate change.
Worth filling out, if only to counter the individualistic bias in the survey itself and leave comments.
I feel like they want answers like everyone should buy a new EV and install a wind turbine, rather than face the systemic changes like critically reducing car use that are necessary and making public transport/cycling better.
Question to #scottish and northern #Irish fedinauts: you guys have your own bank notes, don't you? How does this actually work if you bring that stuff to England? I remember when some friends tried to pay with NI pounds in London people got a bit pissy about it.
(I mostly encountered it when I lived in the Republic of Ireland and passed over into the North a few times)
(It kind of feels weird because money issued by private banks isn't a thing in the rest of Europe afaik)
Belfast Telegraph: "Irish language to be used during coronation of King Charles"
Well that's going to impress the DUP, not. Gaeilge being used in the coronation of a king to which they pledge undying fealty does somewhat undermine the DUP opposition to Irish language legislation.
My family complaining about giving one of our daughters a #Welsh name which is far easier to pronounce and grok from the spelling than many of the #Irish names we had also considered.
Today I learned that I like the concertina, a free-reed musical instrument. Today I also learned that I like when Irish musician Cormac Begley plays it. In fact, it wasn’t until today that I even knew either existed.
Wherein the #Irish ethnostate declares victory at being nearly judenrein, thereby avoiding nefarious #Jewish influence infecting other countries. 🤯
"#Ireland’s support for the #Palestinian people has been helped by the lack of Jewish populations and influence in Ireland, former representative to the Palestinian Authority Niall Holohan claimed in an interview with the Guardian published earlier this week." 😬
Listening to Mr James O'Brien on #LBC talk about #food prices being the highest they have been in 40 odd years.
My mind wanders back to #Patel announcing that the #British should starve the #Irish, to get a favourable Withdrawal Agreement during the #Brexit negotiations.
Brian O’Donovan, the longtime host of GBH’s radio show A Celtic Sojourn and the creative force and host of “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn,” which has been a holiday tradition for New Englanders for over 20 years, died on Friday at his home after a long battle with cancer.
To all the #Irish and #Welsh language posters on my following list - thank you for being here! I might rarely understand what you're saying, but I love seeing it and I'm glad you're here on the #Fediverse!
In folklore we find the story of the #Irish heroine Munanna, who grew weary of living with a boring man. Finding a Viking pirate more to her liking, she set off to sea with him after convincing her lover to kill her husband. Once back home in Norway, however, Munanna’s new husband grew worried that she might repeat the behavior. On an outing on a lake, he pushed her overboard to her death. She thereafter haunted him, flying about his boat in the form of a crane, a common bird transformation for wronged women.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore
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RT @aliisaac_
The Ritual of the Crane Dance Curse in Irish Mythology http://aliisaacstoryteller.com/2015/11/16/the-ritual-of-the-crane-dance-curse-in-irish-mythology
Cillian Murphy choosing Lisa O'Neill's Old Note on 6 & I'm crying in my car.
She is just astonishing. 😭❤️
She's playing #Belfast Empire in December and I couldn't get my ticket fast enough.
Last time I saw her I cried the whole way through so tissues at the ready! #LisaONeill#Irish#IrishMusic#FolkMusic#Banjo#Music
#Celtic#LegendaryWednesday: In #Irish Nollaíg in literal terms means ‘the hinge’ of the year, the turning point of the winter solstice. The solstice is also called Grianstad an Gheimhridh, although you may also hear references to Meán Gheimridh, which means ‘mid-winter’.
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack https://twitter.com/COBrolchain/status/943750742560604160
Final week of the #Giro and the GC race finally shows some sign of life on Monte Bondone!
A bit unexpected as well I'd say with Almeida being the one looking to animate the race. Took a well deserved stage win after Thomas bridged over to him and the two slowly took time on Roglic.
Very impressed by Dunbar and if Roglic is struggling is a podium on the cards for the #Irish rider? That would be exciting!
#Celtic#MythologyMonday: `The Táin Bó Cúailnge is an epic from #Irish#mythology. It is often called "the Irish Iliad". The Táin tells of a war against Ulster by Queen #Medb of Connacht and her husband King Ailill, who intend to steal the stud bull Donn Cuailnge. Due to a curse upon the king and warriors of Ulster, the invaders are opposed only by the young demigod, Cú Chulainn.
The Táin is traditionally set in the 1st century in a pagan heroic age.
Source: Táin Bó Cúailnge - Wikipedia