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Howl’s moving castle | ハウルの動く城 (2004), dir. Hayao Miyazaki

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These unusual stone statues from Co. Armagh are thought by some to depict early Irish deities. For example, it has been suggested that the figure with the severed arm may represent the god Nuadha, whose arm was chopped off in battle & replaced with a silver one. 

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Sumu (by Milamai)

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This heart-shaped lead casket containing an embalmed human heart was discovered inside the medieval crypt of Christ Church, Cork city (now the Triskel Arts Centre) during the 19th century. An unusual find, it is not without parallel in Ireland, as a similar example is also known from Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. This contained the heart of the Archbishop and Saint, Laurence O’Toole, who died in AD 1180.

Further afield, the heart of king Richard I of England received comparable treatment on his death in AD 1199. It was removed from his body, embalmed and then placed in small lead casket, which was buried next to his brother at Notre Dame cathedral in Rouen, France. In a similar vein, when Robert the Bruce of Scotland died in AD 1329, his heart was placed within a lead casket, with the intention that it would be brought to the Holy Land.

Although the owner of the Cork heart is no longer known, these parallels do suggest that it most likely belonged to someone of high standing.

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I always get scared around this time of the year. Few years back, I experienced pain that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. It was a pain caused by lies, betrayal, and left me a broken individual. Since that time, I’ve always hated Valentine’s Day. Why? Because everyone tells their significant other that they love them. Something that I wish would happen to me. But I’ve come to learn something: how do you expect to feel love if you don’t love yourself? I’ve learned to cope with my hatred and my anger and, instead, turned them both into happiness and love. Love for my family. Love for my friends. Love for myself. Every year I would say that I was always alone on Valentine’s Day. I was never alone. I had everyone I needed right next to me this whole time. Happy Valentines Day, everyone.

#personal #valentinesday #loveyourself #loveeveryone

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 Art by mohamed saad

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That high quality Ed Edd n Eddy intro going around pissed me off, so here’s a good old low quality VHSrip direct from the first airing of the very last episode on domestic U.S. Cartoon Network in 2008 

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Yosemite National Park  Inst @edraderphotography

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A late 16th century townhouse in Galway city

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A 16th century depiction of a bishop from Kilkenny, Ireland 

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Inside the ruins of Kilmacduagh monastery, Co Galway

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Fucking done with everything

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“The quiet Irishman is about as harmless as a powder magazine built over a match factory.” ~ James Dunne