Neil Jackman

20% off everything in the shop over on Etsy (prayforpatrick.etsy.com) all this week and a flash sale starting over on Instagram with loads of out of stock and rare bits

Given the time of year, I thought for this week's edition of our Monument Monday newsletter we might visit one of the places that always comes to mind when we think of haunted and cursed places in Ireland – the infamous Hellfire Club on Montpelier Hill in the Dublin Mountains.
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Today it’s magic mushrooms! But not THAT kind. Together with @janetahlberg.bsky.social I have started experimenting with the strange alchemical art of mushroom dyeing and we are beginning to get exciting results. Have a look at this little fellow! This is Cortinarius semisanguineus.

I could spend the rest of my life analysing this feedback sign in the local Home Bargains. Did 'not happy' break from overuse? Was it taped over to ensure 100% positive feedback? Is the green 'b' in 'feedback' some kind of subliminal nudge? Is the duck tape indent because people still keep pressing?

This is one of a number of stone crosses hidden away amongst the trees near the Upper Lake at Glendalough. The crosses once marked the route of a stone causeway that was illustrated on early maps. It is another echo of the extensive pilgrimage landscape that surrounds Glendalough. #Ireland

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The calm before the storm. Lovely morning here in South Tipperary! 🍂

It makes me deeply uncomfortable that the Minister for Justice has used his Twitter account to create an online pile on of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. It also appears to me a dangerous precedent that this minister, and his dept. have instructed the DRCC to remove content that he disapproved of.

St Patricks Graveyard • Mayo Not far from Kilmovee in the east of Mayo near the Roscommon border you can find the remains of a medieval church, set within a historic graveyard that has been in use for centuries. I always find it to be an atmospheric place, where you can feel a deep well of time.

One of the Bronze Age boats discovered at Must Farm quarry near Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire. Affectionately called ‘Alan’ by the excavation team, the boat is currently on display at Flag Fen Archaeology Park. 📸 My own #Woodensday #BronzeAge #FlagFen

When it comes to archaeological landscapes, there are few places in Ireland that can compare to Rathcroghan, County Roscommon, the ancient royal capital of Connacht. At the centre of this image you can see the enormous earthwork enclosure known as Relignaree (Reilig na Rí – the graveyard of Kings).

Know Your Environmental Rights: Great webinar to help you navigate local authority planning portals & understand more of how the planning system works, plus tips on engaging more effectively with An Coimisiún Pleanála. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziCE... #EnvironmentalRights #EnvironmentalJustice

#OTD 1966 • Aberfan Disaster 🥀 On Friday the 21st of October 1966, a wave of coal waste slid down the Aberfan Valley, taking the lives of 116 children and 28 adults with it. #Wales #History

A beluga whale, normally found in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, has been spotted in Donegal Bay

Monasterboice • Louth The round tower at Monasterboice served as a bell tower, as well as housing the monastery’s library and other valued objects. Disaster struck in 1097 when the Annals of the Four Masters recorded that the tower, along with all its books and treasures, were burned. #Ireland

The @dias.ie @scs-dias.bsky.social 'Samhain agus Science' Lecture takes place on October 29 at 7pm. Tickets below: Grisly tales from the Anglo-Norman advance: horrors of the twelfth century Tickets, Thursday 29 October  •  7 PM - 8 PM | Eventbrite share.google/UiHzUNyMP4fa...

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Explore a medieval marvel in County Laois in today's edition of our free #MonumentMonday newsletter! #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #IrishHistory #Medieval

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Shantemon Stone Row • Cavan This Bronze Age stone row is particularly associated with tales of the legendary warrior Fionn MacCumhaill. It is said that the four tall stones are Fionn’s fingers and the low stone his thumb (the site is signposted today as ‘Finn’s Fingers’). #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

The Aghadoe Crozier • 12th Century This head of a bishop's crozier is beautifully decorated in the Urnes style and intricately carved from walrus ivory. It was found in the 19th century, in the ruins of Aghadoe Cathedral not far from Killarney, County Kerry. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #FindsFriday

23 October 2026 Mícheál Ó Cleirigh seminar w/ the Locating Loss project: Prof Deborah Hayden: ‘Textual amulets and women’s medicine in medieval Ireland'. Dr Róisín Donohue: ‘Devotion and Deliverance: Childbirth Practices in Late Medieval England'. K114, School of History, UCD, 4pm. All welcome!

recommend Irish followers to watch this clip. look at a map of our infrastructure - all roads lead to Dublin. we still have a colonial extractive economy #speirgorm

An Chathair Mhór • Cahermore Stone Fort When it comes to early medieval landscapes, there are few places in Ireland, or indeed anywhere, that can compete with the Burren of County Clare. The relatively low-impact agriculture practised here for centuries has preserved a wealth of monuments.