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Published author & historian | Travel obsessed, 60+ countries | World Wonder weirdo | Love to share interesting history | Travel & writing | http://johncrottyauthor.com
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Ireland has millennia of symbology Some of our oldest symbols are over 5000 years old On #StPatricksDay what is the history & pedigree of Ireland's oldest symbols (1)

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I’d like to report a crime… #reading #writingcommunity

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We didn’t get a white one in Ireland this year Here’s a throwback of a snowfall at the beautiful port town of Cobh, Cork - Last departure point of Titanic - Emigration place to America for millions - Service town for Spike Island prison - Irelands 3rd largest cathedral #ireland #Cork

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If anyone needs a book recommendation for a history lover for Christmas, you won’t go wrong with this Brilliant read by Bettany Hughes - full of scope and insight delivered in a digestible fashion #history #christmas

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If anyone is wondering how many times you see your book on a bookshop shelf before it gets old Never It never gets old Keep writing - it’ll come (Eason’s #Dublin #Spikeisland)

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‘Let’s buy this tub of chocolates now and we won’t eat it until Christmas Day’ I said to my wife Oh how we laughed 🎄

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I live happily knowing Rome is just a 3 hour flight away

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I planned a BIG weekend of writing and boy oh boy my house has never looked cleaner I am a certified citizen of procrasti-Nation #amwriting #writingcommunity

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The military credentials of Spike Island are remarkable Winston Churchill would fight ferociously to retain the Irish island Yet most people don't know the monumental effort taken to secure the western approaches Here is the story of an island fortified to defend an Empire (1)

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#cute

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‘Spike Island’ is in the Bookshop.ie’s books of the year and can be found here Discover the island where Irelands remembers its storied past…thebookshop.ie/john-crotty-...w/

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Chuffed to see ‘Spike Island’ named in the Irish Examiners 35 ‘Cork books of the year’ An incredible Irish historical location in a county resplendent with stories Thanks @marjbrennan.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... #Cork #merrionpress

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Pentagon Fortresses are cool A thread

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