#  @s_mcelhatton Shane McElhatton Shane McElhatton posts on X about in the, to the, ireland, war the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1037048348/interactions)  - [--] Week [------] +3,734,000% - [--] Month [------] +19,661% - [--] Months [------] +6,124% - [--] Year [------] +511% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1037048348/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +3,300% - [--] Month [--] +1,850% - [--] Months [--] +975% - [--] Year [--] +488% ### Followers: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::1037048348/followers)  - [--] Week [-----] +0.36% - [--] Month [-----] -0.78% - [--] Months [-----] no change - [--] Year [-----] -0.71% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::1037048348/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 16.38% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 8.62% [finance](/list/finance) 2.59% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 1.72% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 0.86% [stocks](/list/stocks) 0.86% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 0.86% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 0.86% [champions league](/list/champions-league) 0.86% [premier league](/list/premier-league) 0.86% **Social topic influence** [in the](/topic/in-the) 18.1%, [to the](/topic/to-the) 9.48%, [ireland](/topic/ireland) #2367, [war](/topic/war) 6.9%, [the first](/topic/the-first) 5.17%, [dublin](/topic/dublin) 4.31%, [history](/topic/history) 4.31%, [republican](/topic/republican) 2.59%, [the end](/topic/the-end) 2.59%, [this is](/topic/this-is) 2.59% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@morningireland](/creator/undefined) [@rtenews](/creator/undefined) [@roykinsella](/creator/undefined) [@adrianmckinty](/creator/undefined) [@johngodwyer1](/creator/undefined) [@civilwarinkerry](/creator/undefined) [@gerryshannon](/creator/undefined) [@rgpoulussen](/creator/undefined) [@gardatraffic](/creator/undefined) [@redmondjennifer](/creator/undefined) [@dgannon2016](/creator/undefined) [@difpria](/creator/undefined) [@auschwitzmuseum](/creator/undefined) [@romanarchaeouk](/creator/undefined) [@hollandtom](/creator/undefined) [@vincekearney](/creator/undefined) [@mickmckernan](/creator/undefined) [@kmkthatswotisay](/creator/undefined) [@alexkane221b](/creator/undefined) [@steviemccaffery](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Frontline Ltd. (FRO)](/topic/$fro) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "The Mack is Back. Limited engagement only" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1431964940068327430) 2021-08-29T13:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@romanarchaeouk very striking decline in the quality of the incisions the altars original inscription was erased before the new one was made. The blatant re-use of an existing altar is itself an indicator of declining skill and confidence. You see this all over the empire. Altar dedicated to Lucius Aemilius Quintus perpetual flamen (priest) by the council and people of Sabratha Libya. He had brought the province's misfortunes to the emperor's 'sacred ears' (SACRIS AURIBus) and obtained a remedy #RomanLibya #RomanArchaeology https://t.co/C4TF6V26jj Altar dedicated to Lucius Aemilius Quintus" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1145180418364334080) 2019-06-30T04:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@holland_tom from the vast refugee/migrant camps to the Virus to the rise of ISIS that film never got the credit for its terrifying predictions. One of the most unsettling films of recent years. One of the many ways in which Children Of Men ranks as perhaps the most eerily prophetic film of the 21st century. One of the many ways in which Children Of Men ranks as perhaps the most eerily prophetic film of the 21st century" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1292448981533044736) 2020-08-09T13:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Should I worry that my brother knows me a little too well when these were his choices for under my tree this Christmas" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1343254847953522688) 2020-12-27T17:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "I believe 99% of Irish people have no idea how this move by OMalley laid the foundations for everything good that followed. OMalley and Lemass.Titans. When Donogh OMalley announced free education in September [----] almost one in three children leaving primary school received no further education. OMalley referred to it as a dark stain. The speech of this great patriot should be read by all politicians. They would learn much When Donogh OMalley announced free education in September [----] almost one in three children leaving primary school received no further education. OMalley referred to it as" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1370109231509213200) 2021-03-11T20:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@rtenews dropping tomorrow my take on the Crossbarry ambush one hundred years ago: myths facts and the in-between" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1370427178953936901) 2021-03-12T17:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@vincekearney all journalists not just young ones should read this and see why its gold standard. Multiple sources rapid assimilation of breaking news I would say written with a Novelists sense of pace except its all true The chaotic downfall of the DUP triumvirate via @RTENews @MickMcKernan @kmkthatswotisay @AlexKane221b @StevieMcCaffery https://t.co/5nNQEI1LM9 The chaotic downfall of the DUP triumvirate via @RTENews @MickMcKernan @kmkthatswotisay @AlexKane221b @StevieMcCaffery https://t.co/5nNQEI1LM9" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1406709788042485760) 2021-06-20T20:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@maxshapnik Have a great day. Match day at the Bridge is a great occasion and the Villains are the best away supporters for atmosphere. Used to taunt us about never winning the European Cup. That stopped in May [----] for some reason" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1435231118719062018) 2021-09-07T13:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Dropping tomorrow: My take on the Treaty talks [---] years ago: An unprecedented surrender by the biggest Empire on Earth a Win for Nationalist Ireland against all odds or the betrayal of everything that had been fought for since 1916" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1446435080038240274) 2021-10-08T11:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@KillianM2 when this ad aired in Ireland it depicted a different world to ours. Going into a deli like this in the USA for the first time as a Student on a J-1 was an out-of-body experience. I can still taste the first coffee I got from a NY deli" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1448685786723930114) 2021-10-14T16:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@florNEWS its transformative Flor. Cannot believe the quantity and quality of primary source material now available at a keystroke. With our archive collections #goingdigital access is now much more democratic and no longer the preserve of those who can visit the archives in person. (And during lockdown I could happily keep researching @PresLetters ๐๐๐) #ExploreYourArchive https://t.co/RAehiVVdtd With our archive collections #goingdigital access is now much more democratic and no longer the preserve of those who can visit the archives in person. (And during lockdown I could happily keep" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1463262992447987719) 2021-11-23T21:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@morningireland in response to inquiries these are the recent books co-edited and co-authored by Micheal OFathartaigh. Important additions to our collective understanding of this period" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1479445605462298625) 2022-01-07T13:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@MarcDavenant the houses in the background look like Dublin Artisan Dwelling Company builds c [----]. They are all over the inner city and are still solid beautiful homes. Social Housing perfection" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1512456435782856707) 2022-04-08T15:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Civil War 1922: Darkness descends https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0617/1305408-civil-war-begins-1922/ https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0617/1305408-civil-war-begins-1922/" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1540608836486238208) 2022-06-25T08:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "DROPPING TOMORROW: My take on how Michael Collinss legendary instinct for danger abandoned him one day in August [----]. The day death came for him" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1558032478824239109) 2022-08-12T10:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Sliabh na Mon moving into position" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1561284294110334976) 2022-08-21T09:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "NOOOOOOOOOOOO Dunnes Cornelscourt now" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1568646551165177861) 2022-09-10T17:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@MichaelWarbur17 is that a different version to the disasterous Apocalypse Now Redux version. Please say it is" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1593982337087606784) 2022-11-19T14:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".@adrianmckinty the - unrepeatable- opening line in The cold [----] is one of the greatest ever even by Ellroys standards. don't consider yourself well read in current American literature until you've read at least [--] James Ellroy written in longhand contemptuous of all literary trends violent funny amoral AMERICAN TABLOID & its even crazier sequel THE COLD [----] are peak demon dog https://t.co/i5BEEH77sm don't consider yourself well read in current American literature until you've read at least [--] James Ellroy written in longhand contemptuous of all literary trends violent funny amoral AMERICAN" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2023093640722284863) 2026-02-15T17:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements ".@SceneinCinema not to mention she remains the greatest ever Bond Woman. And then her Swansong opposite her own daughter in Detectorists. "Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me." ๐ฟ In the 1960s Diana Rigg found out she was paid less than the cameraman on The Avengers and leaked it herself. She was earning roughly [--] per week while the cameraman earned approximately [---]. Some reports suggest her male https://t.co/ofR8T6oOr4 "Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me." ๐ฟ In the 1960s Diana Rigg found out she was paid less than the cameraman on The Avengers and leaked it herself. She was" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2023186715645747266) 2026-02-16T00:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "RT @Mattladd1: Irish rugby having to turn off the comments because of racist cunts that can't stand the fact this awesome young man who was" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2023187213476110559) 2026-02-16T00:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".@eoinyk not to mention the 24-hour Extravision in Rathmines. Going in there after finishing the last late night of work for the week was heaven. Perusing Xtravision on a Saturday evening for the latest releases. There's another thing that's gone out. Perusing Xtravision on a Saturday evening for the latest releases. There's another thing that's gone out" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2022359352733028541) 2026-02-13T17:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "RT @seanwhelanRTE:" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023129941827846309) 2026-02-15T20:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".@LarryPDonnelly the sequence early in the movie when the mourners after the funeral cotton on to the fact that hes a chiselling ambulance-chasing fraud is one of the greatest in one of the greatest ever Paul Newman movies and thats a high bar. One of the best movies ever made - and not just because its set in Boston One of the best movies ever made - and not just because its set in Boston" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2022710755640943062) 2026-02-14T16:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements ".@FrankRGardner theres an iconic photo of this very location taken from a Heinkel [---] during the blitz of another Heinkel below it over the Isle of Dogs. The entire area is crammed with factory rooftops. The Isle of Dogs from the air this evening https://t.co/zcbf2W9Np6 The Isle of Dogs from the air this evening https://t.co/zcbf2W9Np6" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2023132118206074911) 2026-02-15T20:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "RT @bernardjackman: Congrats to Edwin Edogbo on his first cap for Ireland. Well deserved๐" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2023129443389083710) 2026-02-15T20:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "RT @sahouraxo: Israel is still burning people alive in Gaza. And the world has the audacity to call this a ceasefire" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2023100611240366392) 2026-02-15T18:22Z [----] followers, 24.5K engagements "RT @Tomusap66: Que c'est triste qu'ils doivent dsactiver les commentaires. Tout a parce qu'un joueur n en Irlande et reprsentant l'Ir" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2023105109086118066) 2026-02-15T18:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".@Johngodwyer1 the Liam Lynch memorial finishes out my Top Three Revolutionary Period memorials. The others are Ballyseedy and the magnificent revamped Bal na Blth. But the Lynch tower has the most spectacular view. Had this group out today tracing Republican Liam Lynchs footsteps on April [--] [----] the day he died in the Knockmealdown Mountains. Our walk led to the monument marking where Lynch was shot by a bullet fired from a distance. A little rain at first but sunshine later. https://t.co/zv9EKRDlOj Had this group out today tracing Republican Liam Lynchs footsteps on April [--] [----] the day" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2023139388868505799) 2026-02-15T20:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".@Johngodwyer1 negotiating my way back down I kept thinking of the agony Lynch was in from his fatal wound the soldiers carrying him on an improvised chair of rifles and a coat but with no pain relief to offer the dying man" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2023139391967805512) 2026-02-15T20:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "RT @PeteFarrell14: Turn the comments on Let the people of Ireland drown out any racist morons" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2023187179263193488) 2026-02-16T00:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".@roy_kinsella the cost of scrambling aircraft in response to incursions by Russia is ruinous. Has to be a factor in the governments fence-sitting . The Russians would ping our airspace every day. Thats NOT an argument against acquiring" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2023329087226540506) 2026-02-16T09:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Crowds already gathering at Beal na Blath to see the newly revamped Collins memorial. Proceed here with caution" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1560947230550401024) 2022-08-20T11:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@thisweekrte last-minute preparations at Beal na Blath. In a few hours that slope will be heaving with spectators" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1561266075660066817) 2022-08-21T08:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Behind the scenes; my commentary position at Beal na Blath" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1561283800537120768) 2022-08-21T09:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In position. If that gun hadnt jammed after two and a half belts of ammo that day history might have been different" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1561284685011030017) 2022-08-21T09:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@TheTall_Bot Ah sure lookit. You know yourself. Fierce notions. C'mere to me. Divil 'a bit. You will will you. So will the cat" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1587459664828063744) 2022-11-01T15:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "DROPPING TOMORROW: my blog on how and why the Free State began executing prisoners in an all-out bid to win the Civil War. Also broadcasting live on Monday on @morningireland and RTE News Channel from Kilmainham. With @lizgillis191623 and @JohnDorney2" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1591092963668414465) 2022-11-11T15:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@morningireland @rtenews #decadeofcentenaries my vantage point for tomorrow mornings Outside Broadcast on Morning Ireland. A hundred years ago this week the first Civil War prisoners were executed down there" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1591830835849748482) 2022-11-13T16:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@morningireland @rtenews dawn breaks over Kilmainham Gaol. About to go on morning Ireland to mark the centenary of the first state executions in the Civil War" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1592051670208454659) 2022-11-14T07:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@morningireland to mark the 100th anniversary of our Nation-state we are live on Morning Ireland tomorrow from the room in the Shelbourne hotel where the Constitution was drawn up. The same table the same chairs" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1599421816170172416) 2022-12-04T15:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".@morningireland Im joined by Constitutional experts @LaurCah @DonalkCoffey here in the Constitution Room in the Shelbourne Hotel" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1599682926819647489) 2022-12-05T08:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Towards the end of a six-week trans-Saharan trek in [----] AD on the slope to the right of the fort I found the turret of a South African armoured car a relic of the Desert War. An outpost at the end of the Roman world Castellum Tisavar in southern #Tunisia. Built between [------] AD Tisavar was a small border post on the western part of the "limes tripolitanus" the southern border of the #RomanEmpire at the edge of the Sahara desert. #History https://t.co/uYpAJ0J8Ow An outpost at the end of the Roman world Castellum Tisavar in southern #Tunisia. Built between [------] AD Tisavar was a small border" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1617285417136697344) 2023-01-22T22:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@welshjb Looks like Spurs/Utd. The women are Ive always assumed staff who were knocking off after a shift in the bar or canteen- or cleaning staff starting a shift. They dont look like pitch invaders" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1617583640384516097) 2023-01-23T18:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@adrianmurdoch The Tetrarchy; the Late Empire summed up in one sculpture. It was mistaken for years for a group of Crusader knights" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1622257553236189185) 2023-02-05T15:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@jmkorhonen I understood the Finnish status as a Co-belligerent to Germany not an ally. I was told Finland refused to have anything to do with the Final Solution and appointed Jewish liaison officers to German troops in Finland. Would not send troops outside Finland" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1622627938045771776) 2023-02-06T16:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@morningireland were live from Tralee 8:30-9:00 to mark [---] years since Kerry saw the darkest days of the Civil War. #kerrycivilwarconference @CivilWarInKerry. Join me and @OwenOShea @MaryMcAuliffe4 @RichardMcELL" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1628811586499448837) 2023-02-23T17:38Z [----] followers, 10.9K engagements "#kerrycivilwarconference @CivilWarInKerry @morningireland were all set to go here at Siamsa Tire Theatre in Tralee" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1629010280431726597) 2023-02-24T06:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Many years ago I had the honour of meeting and interviewing the last Irish Tommies and Tars(sailors) of the Great War. One courtly gent I interviewed had been [--] when he first commanded troops in the frontline. Focus on WW1 trench raiding today in Monaghan with @HeritageHubIRE https://t.co/0HpwDFfriC Focus on WW1 trench raiding today in Monaghan with @HeritageHubIRE https://t.co/0HpwDFfriC" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1631258085024051209) 2023-03-02T11:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@roy_kinsella @McNamara_Eoin I cant shake off the terrible fear that theres a reckoning coming because of our Defence profile something dreadful happening to us or to others because of us and our willful helplessness" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1642098811844657152) 2023-04-01T09:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "DROPPING TOMORROW AND SUNDAY: my two-part blog on the last days and hours of IRA Chief of Staff Liam Lynch http://rte.ie/news/ http://rte.ie/news/" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1644367090646671361) 2023-04-07T15:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Part two of my take on the last days and hours of Liam Lynch and why his death a hundred years ago tomorrow marked a turning-point in modern Irish history: Death on a bare mountain: The end of the Civil War https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0409/1374105-part-two-end-of-civil-war/ https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0409/1374105-part-two-end-of-civil-war/" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1644978316456206339) 2023-04-09T08:19Z [----] followers, 39.8K engagements "100 years ago as IRA leader Liam Lynch lay dying in this room he was reconciled with Laurence Clancy the officer whose men had just shot him. Lynch and Clancy had been comrades in the War of Independence. @morningireland is live from the spot 8am tomorrow" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1645129342425481221) 2023-04-09T18:19Z [----] followers, 19.5K engagements "The room is the Parlour of Nugents Pub Newcastle County Tipperary. Re-Enactors from Wexford returning home from Lynchs grave in Fermoy have just been in to pay their respects. Hear the whole story of Lynchs last hours on @morningireland from [--] am tomorrow" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1645130566180786177) 2023-04-09T18:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@BorgonovoJohn @gerry_shannon @MawMcGrath join me and my guests around the fire in the Parlour in Nugents Pub in Newcastle Tipperary where the dying IRA Chief Liam Lynch was brought [---] years ago this morning. @morningireland" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1645307623082696705) 2023-04-10T06:08Z [----] followers, 14.5K engagements "@rgpoulussen -and having been thoroughly looted by the Germans since September [--]. Private homes banks the Germans robbed everything. Liberated but almost without its inhabitants. Like my father's family. Liberated but almost without its inhabitants. Like my father's family" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1646957782845861888) 2023-04-14T19:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "๐ช @roy_kinsella I was given a terrifying account of the first landings by the Dubs on V Beach by a veteran. Every single detail was corroborated years later by a Turkish battlefield guide at the scene. @dohville My Great grandfather fell on the first day fighting with the Royal Dublin Fusilers trying to land ashore there. Nothing here to remember his sacrifice. @dohville My Great grandfather fell on the first day fighting with the Royal Dublin Fusilers trying to land ashore there. Nothing here to remember his sacrifice" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1650824430275133440) 2023-04-25T11:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@roy_kinsella V Beach cemetery. Most of the Dubs and Munsters who lie here died a few meters away just over the boundary wall. The cliff on the right is where the Turks concentrated their firepower" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1650830452003950593) 2023-04-25T11:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@ragipsoylu @oryxspioenkop @ragipsoylu genuine question not statement: if HS is a mosque again what has happened to the mosaics have they been covered up again" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1657441626703134720) 2023-05-13T17:44Z [----] followers, 24.8K engagements "@Edward__Burke @Peter_Molloy_ To your right as you look into the lense lies the cemetery where all the dead of V Beach lie. One of the smallest of all Cwealth War Cemeteries the only one almost entirely occupied by Irish dead and the closest to where the dead were killed" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1658513690201554974) 2023-05-16T16:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".@sinead_ryan my mother lost fifteen of her peak years as a teacher to that cursed ban. I don't even want to know what it cost the state in terms of lost potential and earning power across society. This is a good time to explain to your daughters what the Marriage Bar was. It required women to resign once they married and disqualified married women from applying for vacancies in public (and many private) sector jobs. They probably won't believe you. Because it's nuts. This is a good time to explain to your daughters what the Marriage Bar was. It required women to resign once they married and" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1686053783548182544) 2023-07-31T16:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@davidfarrel Your Dad was a giant David in academia as well as the media. On my induction day in UCD many years ago I was directed to sit at a desk and wait for someone to brief me. Your Dad sat down. I was so gobsmacked I didn't take in a word of what he said" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1686695466057011201) 2023-08-02T11:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements ".@GCraughwell covering the Decade of Centenaries I get no sense that people realise how our freedom had to be fought for it was not handed to our grandparents. Now Total complacency and ignorance about defending hard-won freedom" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1695509413329580335) 2023-08-26T18:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I trace it back to the Civil War. So many of the best men and women who fought the British to the negotiating table rejected the Treaty; the first act of the new Army was to fight those men and women. Freedom and sovereignty stained from the very beginning" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1695509417603604507) 2023-08-26T18:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The state of so many of the memorials to the Revolutionary Decade speaks volumes about the complacency and amnesia about the cost of freedom. Image the Great War memorials across Britain or France in the same condition. Never" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1695560393068888076) 2023-08-26T22:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".@frank_oconnor great bollards though. Welcome to the Georgian Quarter of Cork City #DerelictIreland https://t.co/0u29fBAbEf Welcome to the Georgian Quarter of Cork City #DerelictIreland https://t.co/0u29fBAbEf" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1695778644583387371) 2023-08-27T12:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements ".@GardaTraffic another way to put this is that the driver has gone on his merry way for three years without ever encountering a Garda check of any kind. Sorry if Im scared not reassured. Longford Garda received complaints of dangerous driving on Thursday. When the driver of this car was stopped by the Roads Policing Unit it was found that he was disqualified had no tax for over [--] years no insurance or NCT. He was arrested and the car seized. #SaferRoads https://t.co/hbKwYcXGmv Longford Garda received complaints of dangerous driving on Thursday. When the driver of this car was stopped by the" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1698319632757571983) 2023-09-03T12:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements ".@cathmartingreen @morningireland @rtenews I'll be hosting a live discussion on Morning Ireland and on the News Channel to mark the anniversary. Also a blog on saturday. With @redmondjennifer @DGannon2016 and Michael Kennedy @DIFP_RIA It's [---] years since Ireland arrived on the global stage as an independent state. The League of Nations was the first worldwide state-level political organisation after WW1 and on Sept 10th [----] Ireland joined. https://t.co/v3IUoEI3fm It's [---] years since Ireland arrived on the global stage as an independent state. The League of Nations was the first worldwide" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1699807053999387084) 2023-09-07T15:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Dropping today: my take on independent Irelands arrival on the international stage [---] years ago this weekend. @rtenews" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1700284527325679735) 2023-09-08T23:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@AuschwitzMuseum Every one of these photos I examine to see how healthy the prisoner looked upon arrival. Most look fit and well considering their situation. Then I check how many weeks they lasted before being murdered. [--] weeks average many less time. [--] September [----] A Polish Jew Gidala Ferszter was born in Gowaczw. A shoemaker. In #Auschwitz from [--] January [----]. No. [-----] He perished in the camp on [--] March [----]. https://t.co/kGl7P9l90r [--] September [----] A Polish Jew Gidala Ferszter was born in Gowaczw. A shoemaker. In #Auschwitz from [--] January [----]. No. [-----] He perished in the camp on" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1702649795515416921) 2023-09-15T11:45Z [----] followers, 72.7K engagements ".joining @morningireland tomorrow live from Kilmainham Gaol to mark [---] years since the mass hunger strikes by Republican men and women prisoners. [----] prisoners on strike across the country.@KilmainhamOPW" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1709975456412270779) 2023-10-05T16:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@fergalrte Wow Fergal. That stuff was unstable a hundred years ago. Glad you didnt discover it the hard way" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1709994251948298648) 2023-10-05T18:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "DROPPING TOMORROW: @rtenews online my take on the mass Republican hunger strikes [-----] men and women- [---] years ago this month. The Last Act of the Civil War" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1710304187689447804) 2023-10-06T14:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@RomeInTheEast Panorama [----] is a 3D reconstruction of the siege that is a must-see for any visitor to Istanbul" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1710332636340633975) 2023-10-06T16:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@gardainfo @gardainfo genuine question: this the end for the Peaked Cap symbol of AGS since the foundation of the state. Sad news. The current cap gives members instant authority. Can anything save Civilisation from the curse of the baseball cap" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1732071178280259734) 2023-12-05T16:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@roy_kinsella do we think no one outside the country notices this stuff. British warship 'chases off' Russian sub from Irish harbour - A Russian submarine directly outside the entrance to Cork Harbour was "chased off" by a British warship because Ireland doesn't have the ability to do so itself. Click the image for more. https://t.co/FW2Df7Qwtc British warship 'chases off' Russian sub from Irish harbour - A Russian submarine directly outside the entrance to Cork Harbour was "chased off" by a British warship because Ireland doesn't have the ability to do so itself. Click the image for more." [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1734534361926570120) 2023-12-12T11:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@Knightly_H Re Excalibur the chain mail was modern meat industry issue; the Armourer who made the harnesses is said to have received an initial order for five suits of armour and ended up making dozens of them" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1741876296383115662) 2024-01-01T17:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "they'll need to move with un-Dept of Defence-like speed; word is that navies around the world are upgrading and tooling up all at the same time. Shipyards will be booked up. State moves closer to purchase of 200m multi-role vessel that will be largest in navy's history. Featuring medical facilities a heli pad as well as other facilities to manage large-scale incidents. Excellent report from @NiallJournal_ie https://t.co/etNnECPqn8 State moves closer to purchase of 200m multi-role vessel that will be largest in navy's history. Featuring medical facilities a heli pad as well as other facilities" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1747959430463819818) 2024-01-18T12:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@Msoe_Dublin Whats the best way to contribute to you" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1761168707844239728) 2024-02-23T23:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Army mutiny of [----] threatens to ignite a new civil war via @RTENews https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0302/1435152-mutiny-one/ https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0302/1435152-mutiny-one/" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1763852526636417062) 2024-03-02T09:03Z [----] followers, 33.4K engagements "Pub raid heightens tensions amid [----] army mutiny via @RTENews https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0303/1435185-mutiny-two/ https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0303/1435185-mutiny-two/" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1764290171569057897) 2024-03-03T14:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@neilojim1972 still buzzing from todays gripping tour of the Yellow Ford battlefield by Jim ONeill. A tough task-this is no battlefield park with gift shop its a prosperous densely quilted landscape of farms and agri-businesses - but Jim made it tell its epic story" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1771676578092589096) 2024-03-23T23:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".@theirishstory Only one word to describe this map: Epic. Great maps made by Mike Murphy of UCC geography department for the CW fatality project. This is the master map. https://t.co/U9zQHFiFjK Great maps made by Mike Murphy of UCC geography department for the CW fatality project. This is the master map. https://t.co/U9zQHFiFjK" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1773702516070314171) 2024-03-29T13:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "After [--] years and [---] days of service its time to retire the badge and begin a new chapter. So grateful to colleagues for the amazing sendoff" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1826716102984192380) 2024-08-22T20:20Z [----] followers, 60.6K engagements "@ErikaSolomon @FT Best of luck in the new post Erika. What areas will you be reporting on" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1513480263287906310) 2022-04-11T11:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".@RTEsport The smile on Coughlan's face as he left the rest of the field choking on his dust and he knew it. One of the all-time top moments in Irish sport. Made up for the heartache of Montreal '76" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1692137684183994706) 2023-08-17T11:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "โ the documentary 'Blood Red Roses' from the late 90's about the post-mortems on bodies found in a mass grave near #towton is one of the most haunting I've ever seen. Clear evidence of frenzied torture and maiming of defenceless prisoners" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1694655239171781119) 2023-08-24T10:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The ignorance and complacency around our defence and security policy is not new; Sean Dublin Bay Loftus used to say that one of the hardest aspects of Irish people working in UK in the late 40s was getting grief over our neutrality in WW2" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1695827624709292050) 2023-08-27T15:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "๐ช@rgpoulussen interviewed an Irish guy who had been an US infantry officer from the breakout in August [--] to the German surrender he said in those few days in late August they really believed the German war machine was about to collapse "Who wants to go first" ๐ (#OTD in [----] Vernon France. Seine River crossing point. #WW2 #HISTORY) https://t.co/8iUyCZSpvL "Who wants to go first" ๐ (#OTD in [----] Vernon France. Seine River crossing point. #WW2 #HISTORY) https://t.co/8iUyCZSpvL" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1695829570933416018) 2023-08-27T16:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements ".@AuschwitzMuseum again and again these individual horror stories from the Holocaust.it seems no one person in any of these cases posted here survived in Auschwitz for more than a few weeks.keep posting these accounts. Never forget. [--] August [----] A Pole Aleksander Spawiski was born in Krakow. A lawyer. In #Auschwitz from [--] January [----]. No. [-----] He perished in the camp on [--] March [----]. https://t.co/rLvnI62Pqa [--] August [----] A Pole Aleksander Spawiski was born in Krakow. A lawyer. In #Auschwitz from [--] January [----]. No. [-----] He perished in the camp on [--] March [----]. https://t.co/rLvnI62Pqa" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1697202637106450703) 2023-08-31T11:00Z [----] followers, 96.6K engagements "@roy_kinsella @GardaTraffic An American relative once wondered only half-joking if the entire Garda force was not a giant shell game with a few hundred actual Guards being moved around to make it look like a proper police force" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1698338410958590136) 2023-09-03T14:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".@morningireland @rtenews after half eight hosting a live discussion on Morning Ireland and on the News Channel to mark [---] years since independent Irelands debut on the international stage. With @redmondjennifer @DGannon2016 and Michael Kennedy @DIFP_RIA Get Outlook for iOS" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1700039336996089866) 2023-09-08T06:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@TheHubASCC when I watch the TV series 'Vienna Blood' set among the Jewish middle class in Vienna in the early years of the century I cannot help calculating how old the characters would have been by the mid-30's.the shadow of death hangs over them" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1702732693895586284) 2023-09-15T17:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "๐ชwow. This could almost be a companion piece to the new @netflix Julia Roberts movie Leave the world behind which seems like a prequel to this movie" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1735076016618377683) 2023-12-13T23:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".@AlisonFisk I remember the first time I saw this shield in the Yale Collection. The shock of seeing the original red colour and the -imperfect lets admit it- design was amazing. The quality of the design was what you'd expect in a frontier setting. Wow yesterday I saw this amazing piece of #Roman history at the British Museums Legion exhibition. Its the only known surviving example of a semi-cylindrical shield used by Roman legionaries This fabulously painted scutum shield from the early AD 200s is made of leather https://t.co/8Sn1A1ZTaC Wow yesterday I saw this amazing piece of #Roman" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1762444559613673833) 2024-02-27T11:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".DROPPING THIS WEEKEND: my two-part take on how the Army Mutiny in March [----] threatened to plunge the country into a new civil war @rtenews" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1763605080165528020) 2024-03-01T16:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@BrianCostello_ @rtenews One of the creepiest aspects of the raid on Devlins was the dum-dum ammo found on the roof. Those adapted bullets inflicted such ghastly wounds that in WW1 prisoners on either side found carrying them were shot out of hand. Who had them and why" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1764373830070321516) 2024-03-03T19:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@gerry_shannon Its apartments hence we couldnt get in. That room behind the ground floor window to the right of the door as you look at it is I think where the iconic photos of the delegation were taken. We had to bring a mobile studio to set up outside" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1809964148668670127) 2024-07-07T14:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@militaryhistori rubbish heap. These shards were recycled into concrete by building contractors who recognised how terracotta could add strength to their concrete. You see the shards poking out of ruins all over Rome. In Rome there's a hill that's made out of an estimated [--] m old amphorae; in their infinite love for olive oil ancient Romans ceated the world's most impressive rubbish heap Monte Testaccio. https://t.co/SYK2nL2D88 In Rome there's a hill that's made out of an estimated [--] m old amphorae; in their infinite love for olive oil ancient Romans ceated the world's most impressive" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1831778735617642537) 2024-09-05T19:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I should have added that the terra-cotta added strength but not weight to the concrete. The pot shards were stacked according to the size of the original pots and the thickness of the terra-cotta" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1831780398667280739) 2024-09-05T19:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".@mcgillmd921 yes. Literally five times I have read Vidals take on the life of Julian after discovering a 2nd-hand copy of the book in a San Francisco bookstore in [----]. Magnificent. Reading the book on the left to prepare myself for the book on the right. Ive heard good things and Im a huge fan of Roman historical fiction so Im really looking forward to reading it. Has anyone read Julian by Gore Vidal https://t.co/YhzqczVbDJ Reading the book on the left to prepare myself for the book on the right. Ive heard good things and Im a huge fan of Roman historical fiction so Im really looking" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1863350060093788472) 2024-12-01T22:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "UK marks five years since leaving European Union via @RTENews https://www.rte.ie/news/brexit/2025/0131/1493953-brexit-five-years/ https://www.rte.ie/news/brexit/2025/0131/1493953-brexit-five-years/" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1885253431301988830) 2025-01-31T09:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".๐ชI am reminded of Admiral Yamamotos diary entry after Pearl Harbor: I fear that all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. It truly makes my heart sing to read the contributions on my timeline today. Unlike the U.S. Europe and our coalition of the willing will truly seek peace through strength with vision. We DO NOT want to go to war with Russia we simply want them to withdraw from Ukraine. If they https://t.co/1K6cSXtgrH It truly makes my heart sing to read the contributions on my timeline today. Unlike the U.S. Europe and our coalition of the" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1898486301126488392) 2025-03-08T21:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".@SoldiersWhisper Matterhorn Marlantes novelised memoir of his tour in Vietnam is the best book about men and war ever written. As a [--] year old officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Karl Marlantes came back from the battlefields of Vietnam with a chest full of medals for bravery a body ripped by shrapnel and a mind struggling to find some meaning in his searing experiences. Veterans featured by https://t.co/bsJcn3Raoy As a [--] year old officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Karl Marlantes came back from the battlefields of Vietnam with a chest full of medals for bravery a body" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1903154077896257609) 2025-03-21T18:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@denvercunning whats the Finally bit. We in Ireland always recognised Finland as a Player on the European stage. A status earned not given. โ โ" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1957579688580182374) 2025-08-18T23:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".@FightingOnFilm Back in the 80s a colleague asked Gene Hackman why he took on the role of General Sosabowski. For the money. It was ten days work. It was a holiday. ๐ฝGene Hackman's War Movie Roles๐ฝ With the sad news of the passing of #GeneHackman we thought we'd look back over some of his standout military roles some of which we've already covered on the show. Before he became an actor he served in the USMC from [--------]. 1/๐ https://t.co/RqJX8eyhuc ๐ฝGene Hackman's War Movie Roles๐ฝ With the sad news of the passing of #GeneHackman we thought we'd look back over some of his standout" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1895220127475605952) 2025-02-27T21:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".@donwinslow Godless; his character in that amazing series was essentially The Judge from Cormac McCarthys Blood Meridian. .That time the legend JEFF DANIELS showed up at one of my book signings So many great roles over an incredible career. What's your favorite Jeff Daniels role https://t.co/QNMAO8lA8p .That time the legend JEFF DANIELS showed up at one of my book signings So many great roles over an incredible career. What's your favorite Jeff Daniels role https://t.co/QNMAO8lA8p" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1984240390648828256) 2025-10-31T12:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".@robloosecannon am I having false memory syndrome or did the government ask the producers of the Tom Cruise/ Nicole Kidman movie Far and Away to open their amazing recreation of 19th century Boston in Temple Bar to the public each evening after filming Temple Bar was supposed to be demolished and turned in to a giant brutalist bus station The 1970s and 80s was the age of the wrecking ball. Dublins streets and archaeological heritage were butchered on the altar of modernisation a word that in practice often meant https://t.co/jYzooDt3y0 Temple Bar was supposed to be demolished and turned in" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/1988576034871202065) 2025-11-12T11:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".@BrendanKelly33 @AkaPaulHoward at least it means were not being subjected to his other regular tweet lads Liverpool FC. @AkaPaulHoward A traditional like no other https://t.co/OI7Ul9Rb4w @AkaPaulHoward A traditional like no other https://t.co/OI7Ul9Rb4w" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2003470861236601100) 2025-12-23T14:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".easy to see why the US Army retired the camo suits out of the Normandy theatre. The guy to the right in the camo trousers could easily have been mistaken for an SS man. Tropas estadounidenses con un can antitanque M1 de 57mm. Parapetados para un posible ataque alemn sobre su posicin. Junio de [----]. Francia. Frente Occidental. https://t.co/RSBOUTQEC8 Tropas estadounidenses con un can antitanque M1 de 57mm. Parapetados para un posible ataque alemn sobre su posicin. Junio de [----]. Francia. Frente Occidental. https://t.co/RSBOUTQEC8" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2006404715207106637) 2025-12-31T16:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".@CatImperator the shape of the boundary is interesting could it have started as an army camp. What s particulary interesting the villa may have been the home of a local aristocrat. Traditionally Wales was considered to be a borderland the edge of empire. Yet this fresh discovery suggests that this was area with sophisticated building similar to those found in the https://t.co/BFpg5g6W8s What s particulary interesting the villa may have been the home of a local aristocrat. Traditionally Wales was considered to be a borderland the edge of empire. Yet this fresh discovery suggests that this was" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2012969998227042537) 2026-01-18T19:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".โฝwhoever is getting the beers on the top tray should ask for a refund. A Fiver for less than half a pint. And by the time you get the beer its too close to kickoff to fight your way to the bar for a refill. [--] Pints of Grolsch at FC Twente. What a hero ๐ [------] for the lot [--] each ๐ป https://t.co/0G5UL1iec1 [--] Pints of Grolsch at FC Twente. What a hero ๐ [------] for the lot [--] each ๐ป https://t.co/0G5UL1iec1" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2016115210549899605) 2026-01-27T11:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".@RobCross247 the electricity to power U2s gigs at the Dandelion came via a cable strung from the College of Surgeons by persons unknown. There was an unspoken agreement: you paid in (was it [--] pence) but if they couldnt get the cable to reach the stage The Dandelion Market on South King Street was a popular Dublin market that operated from [----] to [----]. The market was significant in U2's early career featuring [--] performances by the band including [--] shows in [----]. According to Larry Mullen from U2 these performances were https://t.co/7JBRKPjd5s The Dandelion Market on South King Street was a" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2016885644295889100) 2026-01-29T14:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements ".@tomdoorley the riverboat comparison was popular. From the photo it looks like the old Dandelion Market has already been cleared. The vast empty site lined with the ragged remnants of Georgian buildings was typical of late 70s/early 80s Dublin. This is the site of the Stephen's Green Centre a monstrosity that my late father used to compare unfavourably to a Mississipi riverboat This is the site of the Stephen's Green Centre a monstrosity that my late father used to compare unfavourably to a Mississipi riverboat" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2017239506953392482) 2026-01-30T14:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".@battlefieldexpl Read the book All Souls Day by Joseph Pereira and John Wilson for the definitive telling of the catastrophe of Hrtgen forest and the post-war search for the bodies of missing American soldiers abandoned during the panicked retreat. This is the location where Robert Cahow 311th Infantry Regiment of the 78th Infantry Division was found in the Hrtgen Forest after having been missing for [--] years. https://t.co/kuZBMG2aS6 This is the location where Robert Cahow 311th Infantry Regiment of the 78th Infantry Division was found in the Hrtgen Forest after having been missing for 46" [X Link](https://x.com/s_mcelhatton/status/2018016575027052935) 2026-02-01T17:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@s_mcelhatton Shane McElhattonShane McElhatton posts on X about in the, to the, ireland, war the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @morningireland @rtenews @roykinsella @adrianmckinty @johngodwyer1 @civilwarinkerry @gerryshannon @rgpoulussen @gardatraffic @redmondjennifer @dgannon2016 @difpria @auschwitzmuseum @romanarchaeouk @hollandtom @vincekearney @mickmckernan @kmkthatswotisay @alexkane221b @steviemccaffery
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"The Mack is Back. Limited engagement only"
X Link 2021-08-29T13:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@romanarchaeouk very striking decline in the quality of the incisions the altars original inscription was erased before the new one was made. The blatant re-use of an existing altar is itself an indicator of declining skill and confidence. You see this all over the empire. Altar dedicated to Lucius Aemilius Quintus perpetual flamen (priest) by the council and people of Sabratha Libya. He had brought the province's misfortunes to the emperor's 'sacred ears' (SACRIS AURIBus) and obtained a remedy #RomanLibya #RomanArchaeology https://t.co/C4TF6V26jj Altar dedicated to Lucius Aemilius Quintus"
X Link 2019-06-30T04:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@holland_tom from the vast refugee/migrant camps to the Virus to the rise of ISIS that film never got the credit for its terrifying predictions. One of the most unsettling films of recent years. One of the many ways in which Children Of Men ranks as perhaps the most eerily prophetic film of the 21st century. One of the many ways in which Children Of Men ranks as perhaps the most eerily prophetic film of the 21st century"
X Link 2020-08-09T13:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Should I worry that my brother knows me a little too well when these were his choices for under my tree this Christmas"
X Link 2020-12-27T17:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I believe 99% of Irish people have no idea how this move by OMalley laid the foundations for everything good that followed. OMalley and Lemass.Titans. When Donogh OMalley announced free education in September [----] almost one in three children leaving primary school received no further education. OMalley referred to it as a dark stain. The speech of this great patriot should be read by all politicians. They would learn much When Donogh OMalley announced free education in September [----] almost one in three children leaving primary school received no further education. OMalley referred to it as"
X Link 2021-03-11T20:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@rtenews dropping tomorrow my take on the Crossbarry ambush one hundred years ago: myths facts and the in-between"
X Link 2021-03-12T17:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@vincekearney all journalists not just young ones should read this and see why its gold standard. Multiple sources rapid assimilation of breaking news I would say written with a Novelists sense of pace except its all true The chaotic downfall of the DUP triumvirate via @RTENews @MickMcKernan @kmkthatswotisay @AlexKane221b @StevieMcCaffery https://t.co/5nNQEI1LM9 The chaotic downfall of the DUP triumvirate via @RTENews @MickMcKernan @kmkthatswotisay @AlexKane221b @StevieMcCaffery https://t.co/5nNQEI1LM9"
X Link 2021-06-20T20:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@maxshapnik Have a great day. Match day at the Bridge is a great occasion and the Villains are the best away supporters for atmosphere. Used to taunt us about never winning the European Cup. That stopped in May [----] for some reason"
X Link 2021-09-07T13:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Dropping tomorrow: My take on the Treaty talks [---] years ago: An unprecedented surrender by the biggest Empire on Earth a Win for Nationalist Ireland against all odds or the betrayal of everything that had been fought for since 1916"
X Link 2021-10-08T11:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@KillianM2 when this ad aired in Ireland it depicted a different world to ours. Going into a deli like this in the USA for the first time as a Student on a J-1 was an out-of-body experience. I can still taste the first coffee I got from a NY deli"
X Link 2021-10-14T16:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@florNEWS its transformative Flor. Cannot believe the quantity and quality of primary source material now available at a keystroke. With our archive collections #goingdigital access is now much more democratic and no longer the preserve of those who can visit the archives in person. (And during lockdown I could happily keep researching @PresLetters ๐๐๐) #ExploreYourArchive https://t.co/RAehiVVdtd With our archive collections #goingdigital access is now much more democratic and no longer the preserve of those who can visit the archives in person. (And during lockdown I could happily keep"
X Link 2021-11-23T21:47Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@morningireland in response to inquiries these are the recent books co-edited and co-authored by Micheal OFathartaigh. Important additions to our collective understanding of this period"
X Link 2022-01-07T13:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@MarcDavenant the houses in the background look like Dublin Artisan Dwelling Company builds c [----]. They are all over the inner city and are still solid beautiful homes. Social Housing perfection"
X Link 2022-04-08T15:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Civil War 1922: Darkness descends https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0617/1305408-civil-war-begins-1922/ https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0617/1305408-civil-war-begins-1922/"
X Link 2022-06-25T08:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"DROPPING TOMORROW: My take on how Michael Collinss legendary instinct for danger abandoned him one day in August [----]. The day death came for him"
X Link 2022-08-12T10:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Sliabh na Mon moving into position"
X Link 2022-08-21T09:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO Dunnes Cornelscourt now"
X Link 2022-09-10T17:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@MichaelWarbur17 is that a different version to the disasterous Apocalypse Now Redux version. Please say it is"
X Link 2022-11-19T14:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".@adrianmckinty the - unrepeatable- opening line in The cold [----] is one of the greatest ever even by Ellroys standards. don't consider yourself well read in current American literature until you've read at least [--] James Ellroy written in longhand contemptuous of all literary trends violent funny amoral AMERICAN TABLOID & its even crazier sequel THE COLD [----] are peak demon dog https://t.co/i5BEEH77sm don't consider yourself well read in current American literature until you've read at least [--] James Ellroy written in longhand contemptuous of all literary trends violent funny amoral AMERICAN"
X Link 2026-02-15T17:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
".@SceneinCinema not to mention she remains the greatest ever Bond Woman. And then her Swansong opposite her own daughter in Detectorists. "Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me." ๐ฟ In the 1960s Diana Rigg found out she was paid less than the cameraman on The Avengers and leaked it herself. She was earning roughly [--] per week while the cameraman earned approximately [---]. Some reports suggest her male https://t.co/ofR8T6oOr4 "Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me." ๐ฟ In the 1960s Diana Rigg found out she was paid less than the cameraman on The Avengers and leaked it herself. She was"
X Link 2026-02-16T00:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"RT @Mattladd1: Irish rugby having to turn off the comments because of racist cunts that can't stand the fact this awesome young man who was"
X Link 2026-02-16T00:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".@eoinyk not to mention the 24-hour Extravision in Rathmines. Going in there after finishing the last late night of work for the week was heaven. Perusing Xtravision on a Saturday evening for the latest releases. There's another thing that's gone out. Perusing Xtravision on a Saturday evening for the latest releases. There's another thing that's gone out"
X Link 2026-02-13T17:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"RT @seanwhelanRTE:"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".@LarryPDonnelly the sequence early in the movie when the mourners after the funeral cotton on to the fact that hes a chiselling ambulance-chasing fraud is one of the greatest in one of the greatest ever Paul Newman movies and thats a high bar. One of the best movies ever made - and not just because its set in Boston One of the best movies ever made - and not just because its set in Boston"
X Link 2026-02-14T16:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
".@FrankRGardner theres an iconic photo of this very location taken from a Heinkel [---] during the blitz of another Heinkel below it over the Isle of Dogs. The entire area is crammed with factory rooftops. The Isle of Dogs from the air this evening https://t.co/zcbf2W9Np6 The Isle of Dogs from the air this evening https://t.co/zcbf2W9Np6"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"RT @bernardjackman: Congrats to Edwin Edogbo on his first cap for Ireland. Well deserved๐"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"RT @sahouraxo: Israel is still burning people alive in Gaza. And the world has the audacity to call this a ceasefire"
X Link 2026-02-15T18:22Z [----] followers, 24.5K engagements
"RT @Tomusap66: Que c'est triste qu'ils doivent dsactiver les commentaires. Tout a parce qu'un joueur n en Irlande et reprsentant l'Ir"
X Link 2026-02-15T18:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".@Johngodwyer1 the Liam Lynch memorial finishes out my Top Three Revolutionary Period memorials. The others are Ballyseedy and the magnificent revamped Bal na Blth. But the Lynch tower has the most spectacular view. Had this group out today tracing Republican Liam Lynchs footsteps on April [--] [----] the day he died in the Knockmealdown Mountains. Our walk led to the monument marking where Lynch was shot by a bullet fired from a distance. A little rain at first but sunshine later. https://t.co/zv9EKRDlOj Had this group out today tracing Republican Liam Lynchs footsteps on April [--] [----] the day"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".@Johngodwyer1 negotiating my way back down I kept thinking of the agony Lynch was in from his fatal wound the soldiers carrying him on an improvised chair of rifles and a coat but with no pain relief to offer the dying man"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"RT @PeteFarrell14: Turn the comments on Let the people of Ireland drown out any racist morons"
X Link 2026-02-16T00:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".@roy_kinsella the cost of scrambling aircraft in response to incursions by Russia is ruinous. Has to be a factor in the governments fence-sitting . The Russians would ping our airspace every day. Thats NOT an argument against acquiring"
X Link 2026-02-16T09:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Crowds already gathering at Beal na Blath to see the newly revamped Collins memorial. Proceed here with caution"
X Link 2022-08-20T11:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@thisweekrte last-minute preparations at Beal na Blath. In a few hours that slope will be heaving with spectators"
X Link 2022-08-21T08:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Behind the scenes; my commentary position at Beal na Blath"
X Link 2022-08-21T09:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In position. If that gun hadnt jammed after two and a half belts of ammo that day history might have been different"
X Link 2022-08-21T09:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TheTall_Bot Ah sure lookit. You know yourself. Fierce notions. C'mere to me. Divil 'a bit. You will will you. So will the cat"
X Link 2022-11-01T15:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"DROPPING TOMORROW: my blog on how and why the Free State began executing prisoners in an all-out bid to win the Civil War. Also broadcasting live on Monday on @morningireland and RTE News Channel from Kilmainham. With @lizgillis191623 and @JohnDorney2"
X Link 2022-11-11T15:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@morningireland @rtenews #decadeofcentenaries my vantage point for tomorrow mornings Outside Broadcast on Morning Ireland. A hundred years ago this week the first Civil War prisoners were executed down there"
X Link 2022-11-13T16:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@morningireland @rtenews dawn breaks over Kilmainham Gaol. About to go on morning Ireland to mark the centenary of the first state executions in the Civil War"
X Link 2022-11-14T07:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@morningireland to mark the 100th anniversary of our Nation-state we are live on Morning Ireland tomorrow from the room in the Shelbourne hotel where the Constitution was drawn up. The same table the same chairs"
X Link 2022-12-04T15:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".@morningireland Im joined by Constitutional experts @LaurCah @DonalkCoffey here in the Constitution Room in the Shelbourne Hotel"
X Link 2022-12-05T08:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Towards the end of a six-week trans-Saharan trek in [----] AD on the slope to the right of the fort I found the turret of a South African armoured car a relic of the Desert War. An outpost at the end of the Roman world Castellum Tisavar in southern #Tunisia. Built between [------] AD Tisavar was a small border post on the western part of the "limes tripolitanus" the southern border of the #RomanEmpire at the edge of the Sahara desert. #History https://t.co/uYpAJ0J8Ow An outpost at the end of the Roman world Castellum Tisavar in southern #Tunisia. Built between [------] AD Tisavar was a small border"
X Link 2023-01-22T22:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@welshjb Looks like Spurs/Utd. The women are Ive always assumed staff who were knocking off after a shift in the bar or canteen- or cleaning staff starting a shift. They dont look like pitch invaders"
X Link 2023-01-23T18:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@adrianmurdoch The Tetrarchy; the Late Empire summed up in one sculpture. It was mistaken for years for a group of Crusader knights"
X Link 2023-02-05T15:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@jmkorhonen I understood the Finnish status as a Co-belligerent to Germany not an ally. I was told Finland refused to have anything to do with the Final Solution and appointed Jewish liaison officers to German troops in Finland. Would not send troops outside Finland"
X Link 2023-02-06T16:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@morningireland were live from Tralee 8:30-9:00 to mark [---] years since Kerry saw the darkest days of the Civil War. #kerrycivilwarconference @CivilWarInKerry. Join me and @OwenOShea @MaryMcAuliffe4 @RichardMcELL"
X Link 2023-02-23T17:38Z [----] followers, 10.9K engagements
"#kerrycivilwarconference @CivilWarInKerry @morningireland were all set to go here at Siamsa Tire Theatre in Tralee"
X Link 2023-02-24T06:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Many years ago I had the honour of meeting and interviewing the last Irish Tommies and Tars(sailors) of the Great War. One courtly gent I interviewed had been [--] when he first commanded troops in the frontline. Focus on WW1 trench raiding today in Monaghan with @HeritageHubIRE https://t.co/0HpwDFfriC Focus on WW1 trench raiding today in Monaghan with @HeritageHubIRE https://t.co/0HpwDFfriC"
X Link 2023-03-02T11:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@roy_kinsella @McNamara_Eoin I cant shake off the terrible fear that theres a reckoning coming because of our Defence profile something dreadful happening to us or to others because of us and our willful helplessness"
X Link 2023-04-01T09:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"DROPPING TOMORROW AND SUNDAY: my two-part blog on the last days and hours of IRA Chief of Staff Liam Lynch http://rte.ie/news/ http://rte.ie/news/"
X Link 2023-04-07T15:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Part two of my take on the last days and hours of Liam Lynch and why his death a hundred years ago tomorrow marked a turning-point in modern Irish history: Death on a bare mountain: The end of the Civil War https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0409/1374105-part-two-end-of-civil-war/ https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0409/1374105-part-two-end-of-civil-war/"
X Link 2023-04-09T08:19Z [----] followers, 39.8K engagements
"100 years ago as IRA leader Liam Lynch lay dying in this room he was reconciled with Laurence Clancy the officer whose men had just shot him. Lynch and Clancy had been comrades in the War of Independence. @morningireland is live from the spot 8am tomorrow"
X Link 2023-04-09T18:19Z [----] followers, 19.5K engagements
"The room is the Parlour of Nugents Pub Newcastle County Tipperary. Re-Enactors from Wexford returning home from Lynchs grave in Fermoy have just been in to pay their respects. Hear the whole story of Lynchs last hours on @morningireland from [--] am tomorrow"
X Link 2023-04-09T18:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@BorgonovoJohn @gerry_shannon @MawMcGrath join me and my guests around the fire in the Parlour in Nugents Pub in Newcastle Tipperary where the dying IRA Chief Liam Lynch was brought [---] years ago this morning. @morningireland"
X Link 2023-04-10T06:08Z [----] followers, 14.5K engagements
"@rgpoulussen -and having been thoroughly looted by the Germans since September [--]. Private homes banks the Germans robbed everything. Liberated but almost without its inhabitants. Like my father's family. Liberated but almost without its inhabitants. Like my father's family"
X Link 2023-04-14T19:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"๐ช @roy_kinsella I was given a terrifying account of the first landings by the Dubs on V Beach by a veteran. Every single detail was corroborated years later by a Turkish battlefield guide at the scene. @dohville My Great grandfather fell on the first day fighting with the Royal Dublin Fusilers trying to land ashore there. Nothing here to remember his sacrifice. @dohville My Great grandfather fell on the first day fighting with the Royal Dublin Fusilers trying to land ashore there. Nothing here to remember his sacrifice"
X Link 2023-04-25T11:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@roy_kinsella V Beach cemetery. Most of the Dubs and Munsters who lie here died a few meters away just over the boundary wall. The cliff on the right is where the Turks concentrated their firepower"
X Link 2023-04-25T11:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@ragipsoylu @oryxspioenkop @ragipsoylu genuine question not statement: if HS is a mosque again what has happened to the mosaics have they been covered up again"
X Link 2023-05-13T17:44Z [----] followers, 24.8K engagements
"@Edward__Burke @Peter_Molloy_ To your right as you look into the lense lies the cemetery where all the dead of V Beach lie. One of the smallest of all Cwealth War Cemeteries the only one almost entirely occupied by Irish dead and the closest to where the dead were killed"
X Link 2023-05-16T16:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".@sinead_ryan my mother lost fifteen of her peak years as a teacher to that cursed ban. I don't even want to know what it cost the state in terms of lost potential and earning power across society. This is a good time to explain to your daughters what the Marriage Bar was. It required women to resign once they married and disqualified married women from applying for vacancies in public (and many private) sector jobs. They probably won't believe you. Because it's nuts. This is a good time to explain to your daughters what the Marriage Bar was. It required women to resign once they married and"
X Link 2023-07-31T16:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@davidfarrel Your Dad was a giant David in academia as well as the media. On my induction day in UCD many years ago I was directed to sit at a desk and wait for someone to brief me. Your Dad sat down. I was so gobsmacked I didn't take in a word of what he said"
X Link 2023-08-02T11:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
".@GCraughwell covering the Decade of Centenaries I get no sense that people realise how our freedom had to be fought for it was not handed to our grandparents. Now Total complacency and ignorance about defending hard-won freedom"
X Link 2023-08-26T18:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I trace it back to the Civil War. So many of the best men and women who fought the British to the negotiating table rejected the Treaty; the first act of the new Army was to fight those men and women. Freedom and sovereignty stained from the very beginning"
X Link 2023-08-26T18:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The state of so many of the memorials to the Revolutionary Decade speaks volumes about the complacency and amnesia about the cost of freedom. Image the Great War memorials across Britain or France in the same condition. Never"
X Link 2023-08-26T22:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".@frank_oconnor great bollards though. Welcome to the Georgian Quarter of Cork City #DerelictIreland https://t.co/0u29fBAbEf Welcome to the Georgian Quarter of Cork City #DerelictIreland https://t.co/0u29fBAbEf"
X Link 2023-08-27T12:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
".@GardaTraffic another way to put this is that the driver has gone on his merry way for three years without ever encountering a Garda check of any kind. Sorry if Im scared not reassured. Longford Garda received complaints of dangerous driving on Thursday. When the driver of this car was stopped by the Roads Policing Unit it was found that he was disqualified had no tax for over [--] years no insurance or NCT. He was arrested and the car seized. #SaferRoads https://t.co/hbKwYcXGmv Longford Garda received complaints of dangerous driving on Thursday. When the driver of this car was stopped by the"
X Link 2023-09-03T12:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
".@cathmartingreen @morningireland @rtenews I'll be hosting a live discussion on Morning Ireland and on the News Channel to mark the anniversary. Also a blog on saturday. With @redmondjennifer @DGannon2016 and Michael Kennedy @DIFP_RIA It's [---] years since Ireland arrived on the global stage as an independent state. The League of Nations was the first worldwide state-level political organisation after WW1 and on Sept 10th [----] Ireland joined. https://t.co/v3IUoEI3fm It's [---] years since Ireland arrived on the global stage as an independent state. The League of Nations was the first worldwide"
X Link 2023-09-07T15:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Dropping today: my take on independent Irelands arrival on the international stage [---] years ago this weekend. @rtenews"
X Link 2023-09-08T23:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@AuschwitzMuseum Every one of these photos I examine to see how healthy the prisoner looked upon arrival. Most look fit and well considering their situation. Then I check how many weeks they lasted before being murdered. [--] weeks average many less time. [--] September [----] A Polish Jew Gidala Ferszter was born in Gowaczw. A shoemaker. In #Auschwitz from [--] January [----]. No. [-----] He perished in the camp on [--] March [----]. https://t.co/kGl7P9l90r [--] September [----] A Polish Jew Gidala Ferszter was born in Gowaczw. A shoemaker. In #Auschwitz from [--] January [----]. No. [-----] He perished in the camp on"
X Link 2023-09-15T11:45Z [----] followers, 72.7K engagements
".joining @morningireland tomorrow live from Kilmainham Gaol to mark [---] years since the mass hunger strikes by Republican men and women prisoners. [----] prisoners on strike across the country.@KilmainhamOPW"
X Link 2023-10-05T16:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@fergalrte Wow Fergal. That stuff was unstable a hundred years ago. Glad you didnt discover it the hard way"
X Link 2023-10-05T18:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"DROPPING TOMORROW: @rtenews online my take on the mass Republican hunger strikes [-----] men and women- [---] years ago this month. The Last Act of the Civil War"
X Link 2023-10-06T14:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@RomeInTheEast Panorama [----] is a 3D reconstruction of the siege that is a must-see for any visitor to Istanbul"
X Link 2023-10-06T16:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@gardainfo @gardainfo genuine question: this the end for the Peaked Cap symbol of AGS since the foundation of the state. Sad news. The current cap gives members instant authority. Can anything save Civilisation from the curse of the baseball cap"
X Link 2023-12-05T16:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@roy_kinsella do we think no one outside the country notices this stuff. British warship 'chases off' Russian sub from Irish harbour - A Russian submarine directly outside the entrance to Cork Harbour was "chased off" by a British warship because Ireland doesn't have the ability to do so itself. Click the image for more. https://t.co/FW2Df7Qwtc British warship 'chases off' Russian sub from Irish harbour - A Russian submarine directly outside the entrance to Cork Harbour was "chased off" by a British warship because Ireland doesn't have the ability to do so itself. Click the image for more."
X Link 2023-12-12T11:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Knightly_H Re Excalibur the chain mail was modern meat industry issue; the Armourer who made the harnesses is said to have received an initial order for five suits of armour and ended up making dozens of them"
X Link 2024-01-01T17:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"they'll need to move with un-Dept of Defence-like speed; word is that navies around the world are upgrading and tooling up all at the same time. Shipyards will be booked up. State moves closer to purchase of 200m multi-role vessel that will be largest in navy's history. Featuring medical facilities a heli pad as well as other facilities to manage large-scale incidents. Excellent report from @NiallJournal_ie https://t.co/etNnECPqn8 State moves closer to purchase of 200m multi-role vessel that will be largest in navy's history. Featuring medical facilities a heli pad as well as other facilities"
X Link 2024-01-18T12:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Msoe_Dublin Whats the best way to contribute to you"
X Link 2024-02-23T23:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Army mutiny of [----] threatens to ignite a new civil war via @RTENews https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0302/1435152-mutiny-one/ https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0302/1435152-mutiny-one/"
X Link 2024-03-02T09:03Z [----] followers, 33.4K engagements
"Pub raid heightens tensions amid [----] army mutiny via @RTENews https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0303/1435185-mutiny-two/ https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0303/1435185-mutiny-two/"
X Link 2024-03-03T14:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@neilojim1972 still buzzing from todays gripping tour of the Yellow Ford battlefield by Jim ONeill. A tough task-this is no battlefield park with gift shop its a prosperous densely quilted landscape of farms and agri-businesses - but Jim made it tell its epic story"
X Link 2024-03-23T23:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".@theirishstory Only one word to describe this map: Epic. Great maps made by Mike Murphy of UCC geography department for the CW fatality project. This is the master map. https://t.co/U9zQHFiFjK Great maps made by Mike Murphy of UCC geography department for the CW fatality project. This is the master map. https://t.co/U9zQHFiFjK"
X Link 2024-03-29T13:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"After [--] years and [---] days of service its time to retire the badge and begin a new chapter. So grateful to colleagues for the amazing sendoff"
X Link 2024-08-22T20:20Z [----] followers, 60.6K engagements
"@ErikaSolomon @FT Best of luck in the new post Erika. What areas will you be reporting on"
X Link 2022-04-11T11:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".@RTEsport The smile on Coughlan's face as he left the rest of the field choking on his dust and he knew it. One of the all-time top moments in Irish sport. Made up for the heartache of Montreal '76"
X Link 2023-08-17T11:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"โ the documentary 'Blood Red Roses' from the late 90's about the post-mortems on bodies found in a mass grave near #towton is one of the most haunting I've ever seen. Clear evidence of frenzied torture and maiming of defenceless prisoners"
X Link 2023-08-24T10:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The ignorance and complacency around our defence and security policy is not new; Sean Dublin Bay Loftus used to say that one of the hardest aspects of Irish people working in UK in the late 40s was getting grief over our neutrality in WW2"
X Link 2023-08-27T15:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"๐ช@rgpoulussen interviewed an Irish guy who had been an US infantry officer from the breakout in August [--] to the German surrender he said in those few days in late August they really believed the German war machine was about to collapse "Who wants to go first" ๐ (#OTD in [----] Vernon France. Seine River crossing point. #WW2 #HISTORY) https://t.co/8iUyCZSpvL "Who wants to go first" ๐ (#OTD in [----] Vernon France. Seine River crossing point. #WW2 #HISTORY) https://t.co/8iUyCZSpvL"
X Link 2023-08-27T16:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
".@AuschwitzMuseum again and again these individual horror stories from the Holocaust.it seems no one person in any of these cases posted here survived in Auschwitz for more than a few weeks.keep posting these accounts. Never forget. [--] August [----] A Pole Aleksander Spawiski was born in Krakow. A lawyer. In #Auschwitz from [--] January [----]. No. [-----] He perished in the camp on [--] March [----]. https://t.co/rLvnI62Pqa [--] August [----] A Pole Aleksander Spawiski was born in Krakow. A lawyer. In #Auschwitz from [--] January [----]. No. [-----] He perished in the camp on [--] March [----]. https://t.co/rLvnI62Pqa"
X Link 2023-08-31T11:00Z [----] followers, 96.6K engagements
"@roy_kinsella @GardaTraffic An American relative once wondered only half-joking if the entire Garda force was not a giant shell game with a few hundred actual Guards being moved around to make it look like a proper police force"
X Link 2023-09-03T14:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".@morningireland @rtenews after half eight hosting a live discussion on Morning Ireland and on the News Channel to mark [---] years since independent Irelands debut on the international stage. With @redmondjennifer @DGannon2016 and Michael Kennedy @DIFP_RIA Get Outlook for iOS"
X Link 2023-09-08T06:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@TheHubASCC when I watch the TV series 'Vienna Blood' set among the Jewish middle class in Vienna in the early years of the century I cannot help calculating how old the characters would have been by the mid-30's.the shadow of death hangs over them"
X Link 2023-09-15T17:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"๐ชwow. This could almost be a companion piece to the new @netflix Julia Roberts movie Leave the world behind which seems like a prequel to this movie"
X Link 2023-12-13T23:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".@AlisonFisk I remember the first time I saw this shield in the Yale Collection. The shock of seeing the original red colour and the -imperfect lets admit it- design was amazing. The quality of the design was what you'd expect in a frontier setting. Wow yesterday I saw this amazing piece of #Roman history at the British Museums Legion exhibition. Its the only known surviving example of a semi-cylindrical shield used by Roman legionaries This fabulously painted scutum shield from the early AD 200s is made of leather https://t.co/8Sn1A1ZTaC Wow yesterday I saw this amazing piece of #Roman"
X Link 2024-02-27T11:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".DROPPING THIS WEEKEND: my two-part take on how the Army Mutiny in March [----] threatened to plunge the country into a new civil war @rtenews"
X Link 2024-03-01T16:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@BrianCostello_ @rtenews One of the creepiest aspects of the raid on Devlins was the dum-dum ammo found on the roof. Those adapted bullets inflicted such ghastly wounds that in WW1 prisoners on either side found carrying them were shot out of hand. Who had them and why"
X Link 2024-03-03T19:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@gerry_shannon Its apartments hence we couldnt get in. That room behind the ground floor window to the right of the door as you look at it is I think where the iconic photos of the delegation were taken. We had to bring a mobile studio to set up outside"
X Link 2024-07-07T14:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@militaryhistori rubbish heap. These shards were recycled into concrete by building contractors who recognised how terracotta could add strength to their concrete. You see the shards poking out of ruins all over Rome. In Rome there's a hill that's made out of an estimated [--] m old amphorae; in their infinite love for olive oil ancient Romans ceated the world's most impressive rubbish heap Monte Testaccio. https://t.co/SYK2nL2D88 In Rome there's a hill that's made out of an estimated [--] m old amphorae; in their infinite love for olive oil ancient Romans ceated the world's most impressive"
X Link 2024-09-05T19:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I should have added that the terra-cotta added strength but not weight to the concrete. The pot shards were stacked according to the size of the original pots and the thickness of the terra-cotta"
X Link 2024-09-05T19:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".@mcgillmd921 yes. Literally five times I have read Vidals take on the life of Julian after discovering a 2nd-hand copy of the book in a San Francisco bookstore in [----]. Magnificent. Reading the book on the left to prepare myself for the book on the right. Ive heard good things and Im a huge fan of Roman historical fiction so Im really looking forward to reading it. Has anyone read Julian by Gore Vidal https://t.co/YhzqczVbDJ Reading the book on the left to prepare myself for the book on the right. Ive heard good things and Im a huge fan of Roman historical fiction so Im really looking"
X Link 2024-12-01T22:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"UK marks five years since leaving European Union via @RTENews https://www.rte.ie/news/brexit/2025/0131/1493953-brexit-five-years/ https://www.rte.ie/news/brexit/2025/0131/1493953-brexit-five-years/"
X Link 2025-01-31T09:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".๐ชI am reminded of Admiral Yamamotos diary entry after Pearl Harbor: I fear that all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. It truly makes my heart sing to read the contributions on my timeline today. Unlike the U.S. Europe and our coalition of the willing will truly seek peace through strength with vision. We DO NOT want to go to war with Russia we simply want them to withdraw from Ukraine. If they https://t.co/1K6cSXtgrH It truly makes my heart sing to read the contributions on my timeline today. Unlike the U.S. Europe and our coalition of the"
X Link 2025-03-08T21:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".@SoldiersWhisper Matterhorn Marlantes novelised memoir of his tour in Vietnam is the best book about men and war ever written. As a [--] year old officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Karl Marlantes came back from the battlefields of Vietnam with a chest full of medals for bravery a body ripped by shrapnel and a mind struggling to find some meaning in his searing experiences. Veterans featured by https://t.co/bsJcn3Raoy As a [--] year old officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Karl Marlantes came back from the battlefields of Vietnam with a chest full of medals for bravery a body"
X Link 2025-03-21T18:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@denvercunning whats the Finally bit. We in Ireland always recognised Finland as a Player on the European stage. A status earned not given. โ โ"
X Link 2025-08-18T23:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".@FightingOnFilm Back in the 80s a colleague asked Gene Hackman why he took on the role of General Sosabowski. For the money. It was ten days work. It was a holiday. ๐ฝGene Hackman's War Movie Roles๐ฝ With the sad news of the passing of #GeneHackman we thought we'd look back over some of his standout military roles some of which we've already covered on the show. Before he became an actor he served in the USMC from [--------]. 1/๐ https://t.co/RqJX8eyhuc ๐ฝGene Hackman's War Movie Roles๐ฝ With the sad news of the passing of #GeneHackman we thought we'd look back over some of his standout"
X Link 2025-02-27T21:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".@donwinslow Godless; his character in that amazing series was essentially The Judge from Cormac McCarthys Blood Meridian. .That time the legend JEFF DANIELS showed up at one of my book signings So many great roles over an incredible career. What's your favorite Jeff Daniels role https://t.co/QNMAO8lA8p .That time the legend JEFF DANIELS showed up at one of my book signings So many great roles over an incredible career. What's your favorite Jeff Daniels role https://t.co/QNMAO8lA8p"
X Link 2025-10-31T12:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".@robloosecannon am I having false memory syndrome or did the government ask the producers of the Tom Cruise/ Nicole Kidman movie Far and Away to open their amazing recreation of 19th century Boston in Temple Bar to the public each evening after filming Temple Bar was supposed to be demolished and turned in to a giant brutalist bus station The 1970s and 80s was the age of the wrecking ball. Dublins streets and archaeological heritage were butchered on the altar of modernisation a word that in practice often meant https://t.co/jYzooDt3y0 Temple Bar was supposed to be demolished and turned in"
X Link 2025-11-12T11:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".@BrendanKelly33 @AkaPaulHoward at least it means were not being subjected to his other regular tweet lads Liverpool FC. @AkaPaulHoward A traditional like no other https://t.co/OI7Ul9Rb4w @AkaPaulHoward A traditional like no other https://t.co/OI7Ul9Rb4w"
X Link 2025-12-23T14:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".easy to see why the US Army retired the camo suits out of the Normandy theatre. The guy to the right in the camo trousers could easily have been mistaken for an SS man. Tropas estadounidenses con un can antitanque M1 de 57mm. Parapetados para un posible ataque alemn sobre su posicin. Junio de [----]. Francia. Frente Occidental. https://t.co/RSBOUTQEC8 Tropas estadounidenses con un can antitanque M1 de 57mm. Parapetados para un posible ataque alemn sobre su posicin. Junio de [----]. Francia. Frente Occidental. https://t.co/RSBOUTQEC8"
X Link 2025-12-31T16:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".@CatImperator the shape of the boundary is interesting could it have started as an army camp. What s particulary interesting the villa may have been the home of a local aristocrat. Traditionally Wales was considered to be a borderland the edge of empire. Yet this fresh discovery suggests that this was area with sophisticated building similar to those found in the https://t.co/BFpg5g6W8s What s particulary interesting the villa may have been the home of a local aristocrat. Traditionally Wales was considered to be a borderland the edge of empire. Yet this fresh discovery suggests that this was"
X Link 2026-01-18T19:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".โฝwhoever is getting the beers on the top tray should ask for a refund. A Fiver for less than half a pint. And by the time you get the beer its too close to kickoff to fight your way to the bar for a refill. [--] Pints of Grolsch at FC Twente. What a hero ๐ [------] for the lot [--] each ๐ป https://t.co/0G5UL1iec1 [--] Pints of Grolsch at FC Twente. What a hero ๐ [------] for the lot [--] each ๐ป https://t.co/0G5UL1iec1"
X Link 2026-01-27T11:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".@RobCross247 the electricity to power U2s gigs at the Dandelion came via a cable strung from the College of Surgeons by persons unknown. There was an unspoken agreement: you paid in (was it [--] pence) but if they couldnt get the cable to reach the stage The Dandelion Market on South King Street was a popular Dublin market that operated from [----] to [----]. The market was significant in U2's early career featuring [--] performances by the band including [--] shows in [----]. According to Larry Mullen from U2 these performances were https://t.co/7JBRKPjd5s The Dandelion Market on South King Street was a"
X Link 2026-01-29T14:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
".@tomdoorley the riverboat comparison was popular. From the photo it looks like the old Dandelion Market has already been cleared. The vast empty site lined with the ragged remnants of Georgian buildings was typical of late 70s/early 80s Dublin. This is the site of the Stephen's Green Centre a monstrosity that my late father used to compare unfavourably to a Mississipi riverboat This is the site of the Stephen's Green Centre a monstrosity that my late father used to compare unfavourably to a Mississipi riverboat"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".@battlefieldexpl Read the book All Souls Day by Joseph Pereira and John Wilson for the definitive telling of the catastrophe of Hrtgen forest and the post-war search for the bodies of missing American soldiers abandoned during the panicked retreat. This is the location where Robert Cahow 311th Infantry Regiment of the 78th Infantry Division was found in the Hrtgen Forest after having been missing for [--] years. https://t.co/kuZBMG2aS6 This is the location where Robert Cahow 311th Infantry Regiment of the 78th Infantry Division was found in the Hrtgen Forest after having been missing for 46"
X Link 2026-02-01T17:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
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