On this day in 1671, John Leslie died at 100 years of age. The Journals give a translation of the Latin inscription on his gravestone at Glaslough Church, Donagh, Co. Monaghan: https://bit.ly/leslie1671

Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com

#OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #MastoDaoine #Monaghan @genealogy@chirp.social @genealogy@a.gup.pe @histodons

Few snaps from the recent trip home. St Peter’s Tin Church, Laragh, Co. Monaghan. Now deconsecrated and a really wonderful locally run venue. #SilentSunday #Ireland #Monaghan

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Drumlins comrades, drumlins.
#SilentSunday #Monaghan #Ireland

On this day in 1666, Oliver Ancketill was buried at Monaghan where an elaborate monument was erected to his memory. Find out more about the Ancketill family in the Journals: https://bit.ly/ancketill

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On this day in 1772, Margaret McGinn Brine died aged 62. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Mullandoy graveyard, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/brine1772

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#OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #MastoDaoine #Monaghan @genealogy@chirp.social @genealogy@a.gup.pe @histodons

On 1 January 1923, Monaghan's Cinema started the New Year well by offering His Pirate Gold (AKA The Grouch; US: World, 1918), with Montagu Love, and (probably) the Monty Banks comedy Bride and Gloom (US: Warner, 1921). Images: Northern Standard & Wikipedia. #EarlyIrishCinema1923 #Monaghan #OTD #HappyNewYear

Castleblayney. Today's evening #painting is the #Monaghan town. It was raining when I got there. And beautiful. The sky lit up the rain. Everything sparkled and gleamed. I stopped cycling and looked around at Muckno Street. This is nice, I said to the rain. And when I got home I painted it.
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Castleblayney-County-Monaghan-Ireland-by-eolai/31730672.1G4ZT
#Ireland #MastoDaoine #art #MastoArt #IrishArt

Castleblayney. Today's evening #painting is the #Monaghan town. It was raining when I got there. And beautiful. The sky lit up the rain. Everything sparkled and gleamed. I stopped cycling and looked around at Muckno Street. This is nice, I said to the rain. And when I got home I painted it.
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Castleblayney-County-Monaghan-Ireland-by-eolai/31730672.1G4ZT
#Ireland #MastoDaoine #art #MastoArt #IrishArt

On 22 November 1922, Monaghan's Chadwick's Cinema offered comedians Buster Keaton in Neighbours (US: Schenk, 1920) and Harold Lloyd in I Do (US: Rolin, 1921), with the circus film The Four Dare-Devils (AKA Die Benefiz-Vorstellung der vier Teufel; Germany: Primus, 1920). Images: Northern Standard, IMDb & Bioscope. #EarlyIrishCinema1922 #SilentFilm #BusterKeaton #OTD #monaghan #haroldlloyd