Felix M. Larkin
@felixmlarkin
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Historian (FRHistS) & former public servant
Dublin, Ireland
Joined October 2011
Launching Confluences of Law and History in Belfast at the AGM of @IrLegalHist: the editors, Niamh Howlin and Felix Larkin, with the Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Dame Siobhan Keegan, who spoke at the launch. @QUBelfast
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#Otd 1951: Ernest Walton presented @NobelPrize in Physics in Stockholm, with John Cockcroft. For "atom-smashing" experiments @DeptofPhysics 1932! 1st to split the atom! Born #Abbeyside #Dungarvan #Waterford.👨🎓 @wesleycollege @mcbformerpupils @tcdalumni. Later Prof @TCD_physics
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Martyn Turner @turnercartoons on #Trump #EuropeanUnion - political cartoon gallery in London https://t.co/dePcTdnXF6
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Historian in me knows the Trump national security strategy document will go down as one of the great betrayals of the free world and all those responsible for it remembered in shameful ignominy.
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Incredibly beautiful Finlandia anthem performed by the Guards Band and the Finnish National Opera Choir at the Presidential Palace during the Independence Day celebrations yesterday. Powerful experience 🇫🇮
Did you know that russia banned the public performance of Jean Sibelius's composition Finlandia in russian-occupied Finland because it was seen as nationalist and "anti-russian protest" against russian oppression? IMO, Finlandia represents Finland in the best possible ways.
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World-renowned Dutch conductor and violinist André Rieu @andrerieu, together with Ukrainian-born singer Anna Reker, performed the legendary Ukrainian Christmas carol Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells). It was performed live during the Johann Strauss Orchestra concert in Maastricht,
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The 1996 film Michael Collins played fast and loose with historical facts, but one thing no one disputes is the extraordinary achievement of its production design and the Dublin secrets unearthed during its making. For the shoot, an enormous set was constructed in Grangegorman
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Irish fretting about the triple lock seems faintly ridiculous in light of Russia threat https://t.co/i2P7aopu70
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Ireland’s neutrality doesn’t bother EU allies. Our inability to defend ourselves does
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Today is Small Business Saturday. Let's celebrate and support the great small businesses in Portstewart and beyond. Take a walk along the Promenade today and in the run up to Christmas! #smallbizsaturday
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The lack of a formal briefing/press conference on recent drone events in the Irish Sea is unacceptable. The silence from the Opposition benches is even more bewildering 🤷🏼♂️ “That would be an ecumenical matter” is simply not good enough. @NiallJournal_ie @rtenews @defenceforces
Clear, concise & candid messaging from the House of Commons today👇 The Yantar is a regular visitor to Irish waters too… @defenceforces @naval_service @IrishAirCorps @dfreserve @roy_kinsella @NiallJournal_ie @mickthehack @RTENewsPaulC @UKDefenceDublin @JohnMooneyIRL
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A few bukes for the Indo Christmas Gift Guide Elizabeth Shaw - How I Came to Berlin Ireland: Mapping the Island Christina Wade- Filthy Queens David Caron - Dublin’s Stained Glass Wrote this a while ago, would include the new study on H Simms which I’ve just finished and adored.
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At no point during the five-year span that Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on the BBC, from October 1969 to December 1974, could the greatest comedic minds of their time come up with a skit more grotesquely absurd than Trump placing a fake peace-prize medal over his own head.
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Edmund Dwyer-Gray (2 April 1870 #Dublin-6 Dec 1945 Hobart). 29th Premier of Tasmania. Visited Australia since suffering from rheumatism & hoped the climate might improve his health. Worked in newspapers📰& was farmer👨🌾🚜 for 10 years before politics. https://t.co/pN8rUNW6sI
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All of us who knew and loved David can appreciate this great tribute. On A Friends Death And Dying With Dignity - By Shashi Tharoor
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Last Wednesday, I received an email that turned me inside out. It came from a friend of thirty-five years. His message began warmly, praising my latest essay, but then turned devastating. "If all...
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Finally, I can share my news! I’m thrilled to say I’m joining the brilliant team at Morning Ireland, the country’s biggest current affairs show, alongside Audrey Carville, Gavin Jennings and Justin McCarthy. Now, I’m off to buy three more alarm clocks…@RTERadio1 @rtenews
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After he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, Albert Camus wrote a letter of thanks to his favorite childhood teacher, whom he'd never forgotten. It's beautiful.
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