Rita Larkin
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Rita Larkin
@bellitum.bsky.social
Retired teacher of English & French Onetime art historian. Books. Dogs. Gaeilge. Latin. Born 1948. From Tipperary. Lives in
Clontarf, Dublin. Used to blog at bellitumsblog.wordpress.com
From today's @irishtimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Best letter in today's @theirishtimestoday.bsky.social There is no hole. It's 'hallow' as in 'Hallowed be thy name' and 'All Hallows'. Meaning 'holy'. Get it?
October 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
October 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Still doing my bit for The Bard.
BTW saw Macbeth last night in the Gaiety, magnificent.
September 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Finn McRedmond champions the Bard on the curriculum in today's @theirishtimestoday.bsky.social
Good on ya Finn.
September 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
A rational letter from an @irishtimes.com reader in Stranorlar.
September 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Picked this up in the library the other day. Great insights into the Spanish Civil War & so well written.
August 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The joys of the Galway races.
August 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
July 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Honey had a great 13th birthday.
July 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
At last. An explanation for U.P. up.
June 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Áine Kenny speaking up against this outrageous custom in today's Irish Times.
May 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Tá an ceart ag Alan Titley san Irish Times inniu.
May 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I got a proper Mammy card today. Anyone who calls me 'Mum' will get a belt of a hurley.
March 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
In today's @theIrishTimes Justine at her best.
March 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Reading John Julius Norwich, Four Princes. Henry VIII & Wolsey.
Funny how nothing changes.
February 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
February 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
From Sally Hayden's interview with Omar El Akkad in today's @theirishtimestoday.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
TCD Book Fair today. 8 books. €20.
Fair continues until Friday.
February 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Guess who's just back from the groomers? Glam Honey.
February 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Annual tribute to the foreBrigids and Mary Brigid.
January 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Sorry Bard but there are times when there is an art to find the mind's construction in the face.
January 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Today's poem from @theirishtimestoday.bsky.social
How nice to see that someone remembers Madame Nora's.
January 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Just finished this. The best account yet of the way we were.
January 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The daughters are a couple of comedians. They are working on the Christmas décor. They tell me they are fixing my nice NOEL as befits the new global order.
😩
December 8, 2024 at 1:06 PM