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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Visitation rights for grandparents? WTF ...

Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Here's a pic of the Bank of Ireland on Dublin's College Green, from about 1870. If you zoom in, you can see one of the Bank of Ireland guards, standing at a sentry box. Luckily he stood still long enough for the camera to capture the white details of his uniform!

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's that time again! The next meet-up of the Casual Historians is next Thursday 1 October, at 8pm in The Oval Bar on Dublin's Abbey Street. Ordinary people just talking about extraordinary history from around the world. Come along and chat!

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

At least he quit while he was ahead...

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I knew I was late to this, but I'm far later than I thought. All 4 seahorse lamps were there in this mid-1950s photo, but when Charles Cushman took his pic in 1961, there were just 2 lamps. So we've narrowed the "time of disappearance" to just under 10 years! I'll keep digging...

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

College Green - seahorse lantern mystery? I know I'm really, really, late to this one, because they've already been gone for a long time, but there used to be 4 seahorse lanterns surrounding Grattan's statue. Does anyone know where the other 2 ended up?

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join us on Thurs 24 Sept for an evening of Archaeology: 🔍 Prehistoric Ireland: In-Gallery Talk (5pm) 🏆 Late Evening Archaeology Discovery Tour (6.30pm) 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street 🎟️ Free | Drop-in museum.ie/en-IE/News/Dublin-by-Dusk-at-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland #DublinByDusk

Promotional poster for Dublin by Dusk at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 3. Bold typography announces free evening events on Thursday 24 September. Free admission to the National Museum of Ireland Archaeology

Promotional poster for a Prehistoric Ireland in-gallery talk at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin. Features an image of a carved prehistoric stone artefact and details of a free event on Thursday 24 September from 17:00 to 18:00, led by archaeologist and museum curator Dr Bernard Gilhooly. Explore artefacts from the museum's Prehistoric Ireland exhibition. No booking required

Promotional poster for Late Evening Discovery Tours at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin. Shows a museum visitor viewing archaeological objects in a display case. Free guided tour on Thursday 24 September at 18:30 exploring Ireland's national archaeological collection, including gold and silver artefacts. No booking required.

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I collect publications related to the 1916 Easter Rising. So ... As any collector (of anything) will tell you, there are some items that you "have to" collect ... like it or not! I wonder if anyone else has seen this? 😬 It's now part of the #MOF1916 … for better or worse!

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

HAHAHA! If ever there was a time when cops SHOULD wear face masks, it was for that photo...

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Help! An @news.rte.ie item on 7 Sept about 1916 volunteers in Laois included a few seconds of someone holding this booklet - "Now or Never - A young volunteer's experience of the 1916 Rising in Laois, and its aftermath" I've never seen it, but "need" it for the #MOF1916 collection!

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The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

For Culture Night tonight, John Dorney of the Irish Story will be giving tours of Griffith College (formerly Richmond prison and Wellington/Griffith Barracks) on Dublin's South Circuluar Road, from 5 pm. Come on down! www.griffith.ie/about-griffi...

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Culture Night 2026 at Griffith College: Dublin Heritage Tour

Explore 200 years of Dublin history on Culture Night 2026. Guided tour of Griffith College's former Richmond Bridewell prison and Wellington Barracks. Free

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Great news - and well done! Are the physical copies only available at the CB Barracks? Can't put a PDF on the shelf! 🙂

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

LOL I left my crozier in the car so I wouldn’t be tempted…

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

First visit to the Hill of Slane. Great way to spend an hour or two.

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"ofc you can ingest it when you're done" The urine stories are back - and so is the actual vurp.

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Cover of a pictorial souvenir of Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising. Interestingly, several versions of this booklet were published very soon after the rebellion ended - tailored to different audiences.

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Fascinating! I don't think I've seen that particular Beranger illustration before, but I love the "castle drawing within a castle drawing" !

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Nigel Atter MSc PgCert BA(Hons) @nigatt59.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Come and hear what happened to the Baghdad railway station bell and where it resides now!

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Apala9tv: Ines Ballester Plays Trumpet

ALT: Apala9tv: Ines Ballester Plays Trumpet

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

100 years ago this week, 48 people died in a catastrophic cinema fire in Dromcollogher, Co Limerick. The tragedy was covered by "La Domenica del Corriere", an Italian newspaper known for its graphic cover art. This was their cover -

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Well, I guess the procedure was successful from one angle ... He turned himself into a passive pr*ck.

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Are you really a respectable historian of Dublin... ... if you don't have a 1988 Millennium Milk Bottle converted to a desk lamp?

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thanks! Have messaged you now...

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Important signage at the Car Testing Centre ... 🙂

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hmm. Well, it's better than falling asleep while writing something?

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's time! Time for the next meeting of the Casual Historians - if you like to talk about history... ... and / or ... ... listen to history being talked about, come along to The Oval Bar on Dublin's Abbey Street, 8pm, Thursday 3 September. All welcome!

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#Eclipse #Eclipse2026 I was ready with my 1999 eclipse glasses and it did not disappoint.

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Prepare to talk history! The next meet-up of the (very) Casual Historians is this Thursday 6 August. Anyone who wants to talk history - any history! - (or just listen) is welcome. 8pm upstairs in The Oval Bar on Middle Abbey St in Dublin. Newbies - and oldies - welcome!

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

And is that {sic]? Because it's actually sick...

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Good news - Added a super rare pamphlet to the #MOF1916 collection. Bad news - Didn't realise some pages are missing. ☹️ "Cath Oifig an Phuist - Five Glorious Days in the GPO 1916" By Annraoi O’Liathain, published by Glún na Buaidhe, 1943. Any chance of some scans, @nlireland.bsky.social ?

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Felt a bit ancient myself the other day - but stayed out of the pic! bsky.app/profile/mof1...

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Nice detour through Killykeen Forest Park (in Cavan), to visit Gartnanoul megalithic court tomb - actually two court tombs in a cleared patch of forest. Always impressive to stand exactly where others did 5,000+ years ago. Not for the faint hearted though! @opwireland.bsky.social

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I hope you all took the Oath before moving these specimens? The one about not doing any damage? The Hippo-cratic oath? (Apologies!)

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Rolling my eyes so hard here... 🙄

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

D’you like the sound of “historic chats”? Come along to the next meet-up of the Casual Historians - Thursday 2 July, and the first Thursday of every month, at 8pm in The Oval, on Dublin’s Abbey Street. Just one topic - history! Come and chat - or just listen. 🙂

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I love to tell this passed-down story: An elderly friend of my mother's was a young child on a train from Galway 107 years ago. Two men got on & one offered a dollar coin to the little girl. But her mother wouldn't allow a gift from strangers, so she had to return it. The men were Alcock & Brown.

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Interestingly, you can see on the right, that a recruitment poster has been plastered onto one of the Bank of Ireland's pillars! This is the one -

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I've been studying the 1916 Easter Rising for decadess, so there aren't many "surprises" left. 🙂 But this was new to me! A superb photo of one of the British Army's hastily-built armoured cars at Bank of Ireland, College Green. It's been in the National Museum since 1975! @nmireland.bsky.social 1/2

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

So you're saying he was a Columba-Humbug? (Never too early for a Christmas-related pun...)

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

If the oven in my kitchen is hot, how come the water in my bath is cold...? Good lord.

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Portrait of Brigadier Dick McKee, Officer in Command of the Dublin Brigade IRA, tortured and executed in Dublin Castle in November 1920. The portrait hangs in what used to be Marlborough Barracks, which was renamed McKee Barracks in the decade after his death.

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Would you call yourself a Casual Historian? Great! Join like-minded people who meet every first Thursday of the month, to talk history - and only history! The next meet-up for Casual Historians, old and new, is Thursday 4 June, at 8pm in The Oval Bar on Dublin's Abbey Street.

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Amanda @amandaofarrell.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Father Ted and Dougal will not be performing at the Freedom 250 concert.

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Latest addition to the #MOF1916 collection of publications on the 1916 Easter Rising - “Easter Week 1916: ordinary people, extraordinary stories”, by Michael Kenny. Published by the National Museum, 2025. I think it’s only available in their gift shop, so go visit! @nmireland.bsky.social

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Internationally renowned keyboardist, Ross Gellar, has dropped out of the Freedom 250 lineup.

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Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I was there about a year ago - had a great experience! Sad to see it go.

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