Marc Creighton :verified: · @marc_creighton
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A lovely walk at #Greencastle #Donegal still #Sunny and #Warm but for how much longer? #Lighthouse #Beach #Saturday #Ireland
#greencastle #donegal #sunny #warm #lighthouse #beach #saturday #ireland
Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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President Biden was pictured at the castle in #Carlingford - but this photo is Carlingford Friary, founded c.1305 by Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster. 30 years later, the Dominican friars played a part in an intriguing story, involving the earl's daughter-in-law the #LadyOfClare, a marriage planned by King #EdwardII to his, ahem, favourite, & an abduction... 🐦 🧵 on the #Greencastle Letter: https://twitter.com/ClaireFromClare/status/1475358804329918468
#manuscript #mystery #romance #14thCentury #medieval #medievodons @medievodons
#carlingford #LadyofClare #edwardii #greencastle #manuscript #mystery #romance #14thcentury #medieval #medievodons
Claire Barnes · @ClaireFromClare
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@Tony_Meredith Just stumbled across this article by Ronald Dunning on a Burgh-Darcy marriage, back in 1329: https://janeausteninvermont.blog/2013/03/13/what-jane-knew-a-1329-darcy-de-bourgh-marriage-in-jane-austens-family-tree/
Elizabeth #LadyofClare probably attended the first wedding of her husband's sister Joan de #Burgh at #Greencastle in 1312, but left Ireland in 1316 so would not have been at the second.
I think the #PrideAndPrejudice #CharacterNames allude to #UKpolitics in #JaneAusten's day, but a lot of #genealogical info was available to her: more at https://historians.social/@kawulf/109627062228137872
#LadyofClare #burgh #greencastle #prideandprejudice #characternames #ukpolitics #JaneAusten #Genealogical
Dermot Devlin · @castledd
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Save Our Sperrins and Cooperate Against Mining in Omagh (CAMIO) anti-goldmining protest outside the courthouse in Omagh this morning. Our land and resources should be protected for future generations.
#SaveOurSperrins #Tyrone #Derry #Greencastle #Omagh #Sperrin #SperrinMountain #GoldMining #Ireland #ProtectOmagh #Dalradian #Cyanide
https://wearetyrone.com/news/anti-mining-groups-to-stage-24-hour-protest-in-omagh/
#saveoursperrins #tyrone #derry #greencastle #omagh #sperrin #sperrinmountain #goldmining #ireland #protectomagh #dalradian #cyanide