Bríd McGrath
@bridmcgrath.bsky.social
Historian of #earlyModern #Irish #parliaments and towns & palaeography. #Gaeilge agus fáilte. #Cyclist. Fellow Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.bsky.social
ORCID ID 0000-0003-0636-0499
ORCID ID 0000-0003-0636-0499
Working my way around Hamburg one Gräuer Burgunder at a time. Reliving my youth.
May 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Working my way around Hamburg one Gräuer Burgunder at a time. Reliving my youth.
My Acts of the Corporation of Coleraine was entirely due to Kenneth. He was the only one who knew is survived & arranged for me to borrow the MS. He put his reputation on the line for me. I could not be more grateful.
May 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My Acts of the Corporation of Coleraine was entirely due to Kenneth. He was the only one who knew is survived & arranged for me to borrow the MS. He put his reputation on the line for me. I could not be more grateful.
For the supreme example, see the #CorkLetterBook.
May 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
For the supreme example, see the #CorkLetterBook.
May 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Thank you for this. In my ignorance I did not know about his stained glass, only his drawings. Looking forward to discovering lots of beautiful glass. #RichardKing
April 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Thank you for this. In my ignorance I did not know about his stained glass, only his drawings. Looking forward to discovering lots of beautiful glass. #RichardKing
I just can’t imagine any modern cookbook featuring sago on its cover. Ironically, it doesn’t contain any recipes for sago.
April 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I just can’t imagine any modern cookbook featuring sago on its cover. Ironically, it doesn’t contain any recipes for sago.
Hot off the presses! I’m Delighted to have had the chance to discuss the use of #Gaeilge in #EarlyModern #Irish #towns and #parliaments. Míle buíochas @brendankanect.bsky.social for starting me on this path.
April 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hot off the presses! I’m Delighted to have had the chance to discuss the use of #Gaeilge in #EarlyModern #Irish #towns and #parliaments. Míle buíochas @brendankanect.bsky.social for starting me on this path.
Connemara flowers for Easter
April 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Connemara flowers for Easter
Church was full to the gills today for Easter service. An rud is anamh is íontach.
April 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Church was full to the gills today for Easter service. An rud is anamh is íontach.
From our book launch. From right to left John Morrill who launched the volume, Dave Edwards my fellow editor & Dave Heffernan whose meticulous work made ours so much easier.
April 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
From our book launch. From right to left John Morrill who launched the volume, Dave Edwards my fellow editor & Dave Heffernan whose meticulous work made ours so much easier.
My local church in Connemara was open for quiet reflection today. It was a very special chance to be able to step outside of one’s daily life just to think on the Easter story.
April 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My local church in Connemara was open for quiet reflection today. It was a very special chance to be able to step outside of one’s daily life just to think on the Easter story.
For the day that is in it, here are Imogen Stuart’s stunning stations of the cross from Ballintubber Abbey. So simple, spare & telling.
April 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
For the day that is in it, here are Imogen Stuart’s stunning stations of the cross from Ballintubber Abbey. So simple, spare & telling.
A new shelfie, incorporating the latest book. That’s it folks!
March 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A new shelfie, incorporating the latest book. That’s it folks!
Thanks for all the lovely feedback on the publication of our #CorkLetterBook! So many thanks to my fellow editors Dave Edwards & the late Aidan Clarke and to David Heffernan for his invaluable help.
March 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Thanks for all the lovely feedback on the publication of our #CorkLetterBook! So many thanks to my fellow editors Dave Edwards & the late Aidan Clarke and to David Heffernan for his invaluable help.
At the Chapel of Ease, Lurganboy, Leitrim. Lovely service in this tin church, followed by home made tea brack with coffee afterwards.
March 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
At the Chapel of Ease, Lurganboy, Leitrim. Lovely service in this tin church, followed by home made tea brack with coffee afterwards.
Sceitimíní orm! réamhchóip! Ár fáil go luath. #CorkLetterBook
March 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Sceitimíní orm! réamhchóip! Ár fáil go luath. #CorkLetterBook
Exceptional concert to mark International Women’s day by Diva Voces for Women’s Aid.
March 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Exceptional concert to mark International Women’s day by Diva Voces for Women’s Aid.
Excellent wine with a good cauliflower & chickpea curry. Decent English wine is worth seeking out. We should drink more of it in Ireland, & fewer awful English crisps. Courtesy of @plymprivateer.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Excellent wine with a good cauliflower & chickpea curry. Decent English wine is worth seeking out. We should drink more of it in Ireland, & fewer awful English crisps. Courtesy of @plymprivateer.bsky.social
A friend asked me to suggest a poem for her mother’s funeral, about birds. The Ringer from @janeclarke.bsky.social ’s collection The River seems apposite.
February 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A friend asked me to suggest a poem for her mother’s funeral, about birds. The Ringer from @janeclarke.bsky.social ’s collection The River seems apposite.
My first book, Acts of the Corporation of #Clonmel was held in Ballintray for many years what stunning setting www.irishexaminer.com/property/res...
January 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My first book, Acts of the Corporation of #Clonmel was held in Ballintray for many years what stunning setting www.irishexaminer.com/property/res...
The earl of Cork sending whiskey to Lord Manchester, 1632. Morning is not the time I’d be drinking it. #CorkLetterBook
December 31, 2024 at 7:56 PM
The earl of Cork sending whiskey to Lord Manchester, 1632. Morning is not the time I’d be drinking it. #CorkLetterBook
Máirtín Ó Direáin’s beautiful Cuireadh do Mhuire, Invitation to Mary, inviting the refugee Mary and her son to stay in his house on Inis Mór. Written at the height of WWII, when so many people were displaced, it has a deep resonance today. We should all make space in our hearts for those in need
December 24, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Máirtín Ó Direáin’s beautiful Cuireadh do Mhuire, Invitation to Mary, inviting the refugee Mary and her son to stay in his house on Inis Mór. Written at the height of WWII, when so many people were displaced, it has a deep resonance today. We should all make space in our hearts for those in need
Delighted to read another positive review of my book, this time in the Irish Jurist.
December 10, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Delighted to read another positive review of my book, this time in the Irish Jurist.