@Ireland Curator: Catherine McGuinness

I'm back to @CatsInTheMuseum & making sure @SpotticusNH behaves himself! Next up is Patricia MacBride (@patriciamacb)- be kind! Bye!

Right that's me done peoples!! Thanks for the chats- it's been a bit like have a work experience student 24/7, but in a good way :-)

@collumbo @Dave98FM you can suggest/vote for new curators on the @worldirish website!

I'm doing #Ignite10 at the @ScienceGallery in March- this is my favourite Ignite talk by @Ingeniouise m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=vzVs…

Whatever happens will be watching E! @redcarpet- love @Joan_Rivers & crew #Oscars

Oooh!! Forgot, #Oscars tonight! Not working tomorrow so to stay up or not to? Love @SethMacFarlane, don't love excessive ad breaks...

That's so beautiful, love Co. Clare MT @clarevirtually 2 different historic eras in 40 seconds youtu.be/XP10Jsxmauo Round tower to Dolmen

@StoneHuts lol I'll have to cover my tracks!

@PaulClancyNL try the nearest shrub... :-D

My greatgrandfather lived at the edge of the bog. To learn about the bog visit Kate Flood's website meathecotours.com

@drgoretex thanks!

@wholesomeIE yep thanks, bit dodgy in places, still very wet from last week. My walking shoes are more like peat briquette than shoes :-)

And half way round you get a poem! pic.twitter.com/pN8UxfOQy9

Lots of cup fungus in the ditches pic.twitter.com/3kYPweIk2m

And lots of Sphagnum moss pic.twitter.com/JMrRO3ibWH

The colours are amazing- lots of greens, reds & browns! pic.twitter.com/NgSbSfkPD6

You're looking at Ireland's most endangered habitat- untouched Raised Bog pic.twitter.com/Av8MxiuSOh

@wholesomeIE yep!! My Dad & sister live 10mins away :-)

Can I just point out the name Girley comes from the Irish word for marsh #stopgigglingattheback pic.twitter.com/U10YpQPb0d

Good evening from Girley Bog, Co. Meath! pic.twitter.com/I1Pijgr4TL

. @waterfallfarm yups, we had 88% possession!!! #outclassed

Going for a brisk walk, get rid of some aggression :-) back soon

Hamilton gets @rbs_6_nations #manofthematch

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #finalwhistle Sco wins 12 - 8 #6nations

ARGH IRISH PENALTY!!!!!!

@thebraininjane @achillgooner less than a minute- Scots game

FECK. #Scotscrum #6nations

Oh lordyloon #6nations

5mins, Sco 12 - 8 Irl #6nations

@lochgarman1798 #bringJacksonback

BUGGER #6nations

@gra5105 :-D

@hellofrmSG love Blur- Parklife is a great album, lyrics very satirical of 'everyday' life & middle class malease

I can't tweet what I just said!!!! #AhROG #6nations

@thebraininjane He's on and it's still not going well #6nations

Another needless penalty #givingthemaway #6nations

*CINGE* #6nations

Sco now ahead by 9 - 8 #6nations #panic

ROG doin his streches #6nations

@ghook warning at half time to come true???!?!?? #6nations

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!! #6nations

Right, 20mins, get yerselves together!!! #6nations

WHYEEEE???? #penalty #6nations

Double Frick... Sco 6 - Irl 8 #6nations

Oh lord... Frick... Bring on ROG methinks #6nations

@hellofrmSG classic tune!

Meh. Sco 3 - Irl 8 #6nations

PLEASE MISS PLEASE MISS PLEASE MISS PLEASE MISS PLEASE MISS #6NATIONS

@rigsy aaah don't be like that! He's going to be grounded when he gets home #doesyerMamknowyerout #6nations

@MDRN1 He says thanks :-)

AH FECKIN FALOOLAH!!!! #Jackson #6nations

AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaGgggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!! Gilroy #6nations #TRY

#Lookinatthisnotmatch :-D RT @BashBranagan #6nations the view from #skerriesrfc at half time. Worth a look. Not bad! pic.twitter.com/Rxmw9LoH5Y

MEANWHILE my Dad keeps pointing out kicks & catches that a GAA player would have no problem taking #6nations

You tell it like it is @ghook 'Scotland could win it with a rickerty old try' #6nations

@PatMcClay @BabyJane1211 :-D a few are faces only a mother could love. Rugby & GAA are real sports, not like soccer #OhyeahIwentthere

@DohertyRA @ScotVoices lol!!! Frustrating isn't it??

@rbs_6_nations Meh.

LOL #Someniceguns RT @BabyJane1211 Is it just me or are the whole Scottish team really unattractive? #6nations

@ScotVoices how are u enjoying #ScoIrl #6nations?

Good man Jackson #6nations

@DamianMorrissey *covers eyes with fingers*

OHHOLYMARYMOTHEROFGOD #6nations

Grumble grumble grumble #6nations

HEAVE!!! #6nations

Aw make it count lads!! #6nations

@thebraininjane shoulda passed, didn't pass...

@thebraininjane Keith Earls got a gap but was taken down :-/

Aaaaah!!!!! #6nations

RUN!!!!!!

ECK RT @RTEsport: 17 mins: Jackson's first penalty kick is wide: Scotland 0-0 Ireland #rterugby bit.ly/UX6iA1

Aw lads 15mins in & I'm nervous already!!! #BringOnTheGreen #ScoIrl #6nations

More knit bombing by @LoretInStitches students in @loretonavan pic.twitter.com/mRCgzNnKQA

@doogarry @LoretInStitches yep, they've just got permission from @meathcoco to knit bomb in Navan town centre!!

@susankilkenny :-D

@gra5105 'clear run at the day' as D'unbelieveables would say!! :-)

I was wondering why he ask me to teach him to knit last year... #itallmakessensenow

My brother's students have started knit- bombing their school RT @LoretInStitches #InStitches pic.twitter.com/WFuRqC0h7j

@gra5105 I'm from a farming background so we have dinner at 1pm at the latest :-) Christmas dinner is at 2pm!!!

Cutting up turnip for dinner- my niece call this the 'owl's face' :-) pic.twitter.com/beJhLcyyc2

@fhayesmccoy @darraghdoyle it has changed so much! Less animals, bigger enclosures- it's one of the best zoos in Europe

@TinaDreaminStar :-) he chased everyone else out of the way before having a feed!

@gra5105 lol that would be a very dirty pond! Lots of wildlife out there- we have newts, who scare the life out of the cats!

@ribe6760 she's an old girl now- 15yrs!!

@Msjuly31 @TheDublinDiary LOL *paw high 4*

My Dad has birdfeeders out the back, we get a lot of birds- I counted 7 different birds when I went out just now!! pic.twitter.com/exjUF1nI6A

@AinoRuikka there was a plan to take down the statues while they worked on the LUAS tram but that's not happening now. Street hasn't changed

@AoibheannNiD lol he invited him on the suggestion of his former Maths tutor!

Bitsey the cat would also like to say hi :-) pic.twitter.com/7R1wT06DJc

Good morning from Co. Meath!! Home for a bit of Sunday dinner :-D pic.twitter.com/QiTjFGEfip

Well last day tomorrow! See ye here then- keep up with the #LadaJokes!!

@doalty :-D exactly

@KC_QP :-D not mad on the Jersey one- prefer Jersey Shore #IlikeREALLYloverealityTV

@doalty Gaaa beat me to it!!

@tony180lake @doalty @Sandra_Master How do you double the value of a Lada? Fill the petrol tank. #LadaJokes

@tony180lake @doalty @Sandra_Master What's the difference between a Lada & a golf ball? U can drive a golf ball 200m!! #LadaJokes

@tony180lake :-D HURRA!!

@IzzyKamikaze hehehehee that's a new one to me!

@enniskerry_hist @openplaques will do!

@paddyanglican HA!!! Love it! What did u do?? Were u on the road at the time?

@woulfie What do you call a Lada with a sun roof & twin exhaust? A wheelbarrow!!

@woulfie :-D

DEADLY will have to re-watch RT @MrTomBlake A Lada was used in the big car chase scene at the end of The Bourne Supremacy.

@Sandra_Master what to you call a convertible Lada? A skip!! #Ladajokes

@ouramma lol oh dear...

@paddyanglican really??? I remember the mum of a boy in school had one & he got an awful slagging

E.g. What do you call a Lada at the top of a hill? A miracle! #Ladajokes

Lads, what ever happened to Lada cars? When I was in primary school the jokes were so popular! #Ladajokes

#SnowWatch RT @MeteoTimesIRL Snow in Slate Cabin Lane, Sandyford, #Dublin. Image Josh Lavelle #irlsnow #sneachta twitpic.com/c68pdn

@rosielee73 @SweetenedVoices #durty

@conorjh Ah yep and yep- as kids we loved driving by the nudie guy outside the Irish Life building- always giggling from the back seat:-)

@conorjh What one did we get in 2010?

@donnchanuig @conorjh yep think so- it sat directly outside Lenister House, which was the home of the @theRDS

@rickoshea found ur @BigEggHunt egg in Trinners!! pic.twitter.com/Saz0wCFbvJ

@SweetenedVoices yups- would u have an auld biccie to go with it? Scone & jam maybe??

@donnchanuig @conorjh And then there's Prince Albert in the shrubbery to the side of Lenister Lawn

@KathOMeara they are a lovely bunch

@donnchanuig @conorjh DID THEY??? Well they are the rebel county

@conorjh Lol! How are u Conor?

FLIP!! How could I forget him? Thanks Brendan RT @irishmusiccentr: @ireland and John Tyndall

@GenLeeSpecific @DublinAirport :-D glad to help, quoting useless facts is what I'm best at!

@_Tshock I know he lead a very questionable personal life- lots of affairs, even allegedly had an affair with an underage girl!!

@EmilyAM aw I missed it- was busy that time with #ESOF & #DublinCityofScience- hectic but good time :-)

@unakavanagh seaweed! pic.twitter.com/9oztJcwcFU

An former lecturer of mine refered to them as 'relics of old decency' O_o pic.twitter.com/vJezUHLcgk

Some of the buildings in #Dublin still have the lion & the unicorn on them, like the Custom House pic.twitter.com/qOysVVvGQ0

Lovely building on City Quay in #Dublin- they regularly visit us in the museum pic.twitter.com/MJF9lTYha3

Gooood evening from #Dublin Docklands!! pic.twitter.com/ecylMCqpJd

@ZwartblesIE @tcddublin :-D

Schrödinger (he of the cat) lived on Merrion Sq with his wife & mistress! Invited to live in Ireland by DeValera.

We have lots of Famous Irish scientists Boyle, Hamilton, Beaufort, Mallet, Boole, BellBurnell...

Physics dept at @tcddublin- Ernest Walton was a fellow pic.twitter.com/zQcrhDSDrc

Short cutting thru @tcddublin- I once heard a student tell tourists this is The Trinity Ball!! pic.twitter.com/3S5Hj8Xx35

@FutureStateIRL why I chose it is because those in charge made a hames of things, but there are a few good people left :-)

@FutureStateIRL lol I must be a mind reader, eh @fhayesmccoy ????? :-D

@MariaMernagh @FutureStateIRL @SDCClibraries what a shameless plug! I LOVE IT :-D

@Evas_Tweets am heading to Meath now by bus so hopefully it's not too bad down there!

@FutureStateIRL what a question!!! "The Guard" I think O_o

Feeble attempt at snowing in #Dublin at the moment #SnowWatch

@PubInteriors @MaddockCarol #Dublin

@Coulstock1 @patriciamacb yub ABE! At least the women got the Triple Crown!!

HURRA!!! MT @ScrumQueens Ireland secure first ever Triple Crown with a hard fought 30-3 win over Scotland #wrugby #COMEONTHEGIRLSINGREEN

Yep few of ye got it- at @NLIreland loos!! Almost as amazing as the Reading Room :-D

@ctpaycc I LOVE that idea! I know a pub & the ladies has 2 bowls, no stall seperating, because as the owner says women pee in pairs!!

The floor isn't bad either #toilettour pic.twitter.com/C4TrvTj0hR

Stain glass doors close up #toilettour pic.twitter.com/KwWOA3ces2

You can have a sit down while u wait for a friend- or stall to come free! pic.twitter.com/YTjbO6rEwV

Back to more mirrors :-D #toilettour pic.twitter.com/8kZU6OAm0m

Short interruption to loo tour RT @ScrumQueens Try came from a great Briggs break - Ireland now leading 3-18 #wrugby

Beautiful mirror surrounds pic.twitter.com/tIjdMuw5wj

Best part is the painted tiles & glass pic.twitter.com/mzfFbOr2Vc

This place is bigger than my flat!! I believe the gents are just as fancy!

So here we are at my favourite loo! Anyone know where I am? (not you @MaddockCarol!) pic.twitter.com/tZfsVNdHPj

Gaaa! @gemmacrowley 2nd half under way here at Lasswade rfc with Scotland on the attack...penalty Scotland in Irish half #wrugby #irishrugby

Latest score from #wrugby Scotland 3 Ireland 8 35 mins in via @gemmacrowley #irishrugby

@CyberSafeAdvice @nuigalway ur welcome- very clear and useful info!

@NeatFreak_ *snort* ba dum tisch

@encephalartos stay in bed weather!! :-D

@KC_QP The OC once was my fav but Beverly Hills is now- all the screeching from Tamra & Gretchen in series 7 ruined the OC series for me!!

@alisonrocking :-D Celsius! Lordie if it was Fahrenheit.....

Lunch and then that toilet tour I promised you! #staytuned

Am back! Sorry not to see more of #cesi40, enjoyed keynotes @CyberSafeAdvice talk on CyberBullying. Students from @nuigalway were dotes!

Watching #cesi40 & then meeting students from @nuigalway. Back after lunch when I will bring you on a visit to my favorite toilet. #really

@domhnall_dods aaaah now, don't be that person :-) #itwillplayhavocwithDricoshair

@_dmurphy_ @mkconlon slightest bits of snowflakes in Swords & Kingscourt- snow anywhere else in #Ireland?? #SnowWatch

@rosielee73 :-D safely inside at desk with coffee

SNOWFLAKE!! SNOWFLAKE!!!! Oh, no, wait, was a bit of plastic foam #falsealarm #mybad

Hi there @AthyMensShed! My dad is in the one in Moynalty, Co. Meath- it's a great initiative

By the way- #Ireland ladies @irfurugby play today in Scotland- COME ON YOU GIRLS iN GREEN! #wrugby #Irishrugby #BringOnTheGreen

@llaane are we really?? Good to know! Regards to Gent, beautiful city

@deemillar ooh don't tell them that #upset

@decollery well done u! Leggings methinks for u!

@KC_QP LOVE IT! We get it on ITV2. Just watched last 5 & 1st reunion. Wedding was amazing! I <3 Lisa's Ken, he reminds me of my uncle Paddy

@patriciamacb Thanks for the #FF yesterday!

@5intheface Thanks for the #FF yesterday!

@duckanddodge Thanks for the #FF yesterday!

@deemillar :-D swopsies??

@decollery Eeeek!! Do you *have* to? :-)

@badjerry thanks-will try! Defo have to rethink my wadrobe choice today

@lynn_zack how terrible for u! Remenber the sunscreen!! :-)

@daveCawesome #brrrr

This is what my weather app is telling me O_o pic.twitter.com/zenRcktXof

Yikes! Careful out there!! MT @MeteoTimesIRL ALERT for slippery or icy roads and local snow, freezing... fb.me/1rrcZgOPK

Good morning ya'll- Dublin is FREEZING!!! Wouldn't surprise me if it snowed. If u don't have to work stay in bed!! #Ihavetowork :-/

Ok then, I've got 5 eps of the Real House Wives of Beverly Hills recorded that won't watch themselves!! Nite nite peoples!

@MaddockCarol *clutches handbag* OOOOOOOH!!! :-D

@walsh_cm no, down the street opp. the Kildare Hotel

@LifeLoveLang yep- have u been to the Antrim coast? Just as wild & beautiful!! pic.twitter.com/RyyloXkaTd

@fhayesmccoy AND I know what you had for dinner... #mindreading

@billardon not in Victorian times dirty mind you!!!

@LifeLoveLang ur welcome! Love Dublin, living here since I was 18, people are lovely & city small enough to walk around!

Dark & #spooky pic.twitter.com/saYRl0Vcay

Up the road is Bram Stokers gaff, at 30 Kildare St.. opp @NMIreland - Archaeology

It used to be a Gentlemans' Club & there are animals on the sills- monkies playing pool! pic.twitter.com/JXwCOLf1BN

Ever have a look at the windowsills of No. 1 Kildare St? Home to Alliance Française & some of @NLIreland. pic.twitter.com/XDAgLLw6WL

@mollie5555 well if ur going to leave the lights on & curtains open, of course I'm going to climb the wall & have a look... :-D

@MsFrugalone it does! Be assured it's not tho!!

Provost's back garden in @tcddublin #nice pic.twitter.com/0dWSmzdCPa

Good evening from a gloomy @tcddublin (@Failte_Ireland look away now...) pic.twitter.com/PVq7onhF5b

@mediabite @broadsheet_ie Thanks for the #FF!

@jdarganward yep! here's my one pic.twitter.com/JQLAr4bLi9

Gotta go- last one of a Kelpie- this is upstairs in the office area so not visible to the public. Will be back 5ish! pic.twitter.com/X5cuyWkedh

One of sea monsters! On door into Viking Ireland exhibition. pic.twitter.com/2dESvehspP

Another strange one- I think it's a fox just after killing a lamb (!!) On door into Treasury exhibition #scary pic.twitter.com/vsSg69mGhz

Lots of lions as well pic.twitter.com/N4DKWu0WZO

Phoenix rising from the flames in the centre court pic.twitter.com/OSyZ6ycTcA

Fish everywhere in the museum! Bit strange, not sure why. This guy looks surprised to see the eel to his right :-) pic.twitter.com/KVPAmSNOnK

Not a history fan as such- I like the animal symbolism on the doors & floors! pic.twitter.com/BDlOPodavY

In @NMIreland Kildare St. at meetings- a Victorian purpose built museum opened in 1877 to house the "Arts & Science" division of the RDS

@LibrariNerd Aaaaaaah maybe! It has been the warmest month for the last two years

@kiretoce @sweden @PeopleOfUK @WeAreUkraine @weareFrance @WeareAustria @We_R_Russia @I_amGermany Thanks for the #FF!

@IrishCancerSoc Whey-hey!! Well done #ShaveorDye!!

@BridgetFitz they are VERY particular re: manners. I was once taught the correct way to accept a business card!

@BridgetFitz they are VERY particular re: manners. I was once thought the correct way to accept a business card!

@PeopleOfUganda :-D that happens here as well- we say that in Ireland you can all four seasons in one day!

@BridgetFitz Ask them if they do one for rudeness :-D

Lol g'luck!! RT @IrishCancerSoc The count has started.....will we makes the guinness book of records #ShaveorDye instagr.am/p/WCDaH_AUGC/

ARE YOU SERIOUS? #badcustomerservice RT ‏@BridgetFitz Hotel gave me this. Should I be offended? @ Toyoko Innhttp://instagr.am/p/WCDLTTFPCd/

@PeopleOfUganda and that heat can't be helping!

@PeopleOfUganda Are you in the part of Uganda that is in spring or autumn? Must be confusing having two seasons in one country #equatorial

@deemillar ooooh well done you!

Gawd 'elp me I love memes with cats... not sure who did this one... pic.twitter.com/hH1b6fflud

Just seen today's Google Doodle for Edward Gorey- I'm not a huge fan but he did illustrate one of my favourite books pic.twitter.com/rfTvSlepF0

@deemillar :-) did we have a mishap? I've put notes through the washing machine a few times #launderedmoney

@coleenschofield @mrcbehan mental gun stats there! With freedom comes responsbility...

@MichaelMDowling well the definitely use "toxy" in South Dublin eh @RossOCK?

@amhaincreations @IrishTimes @RTERadio1 ah don't have radio in work. Will try find the programme on the player

@PeopleOfUganda Oh lordy! When we get that heat in Ireland, everyone complains that it's too hot! :-)

@XPretzelX yep I'd agree, do get it at all.

You know it's cold when... The notes coming out of the ATM feel warm #toastyeuros

@AnseoAMuinteoir @SuperStyleSabby good luck!

@cuigcead it's ok once ur out (ish)!

@XPretzelX yup just what we were saying- where do you stand on the issue?

@PeopleOfUganda Morning!! How hot is it with you?

@mrcbehan You can't even shoot 4 guns at once! #silly

@defsmith @IrishTimes a-ha, but Clint Eastwood & pals will see it as an infringement on their rights

@mrcbehan I'd say they'll have an up hill struggle alright!

@amhaincreations @IrishTimes Really??? So they can spend the day at home playing shooting games? That's an immature reaction!

@DuckyMacDuck ooooh shiver-y!!!

By the way, those bullets are off the market for the last few years

@chrisrock is right let them have all the guns they want, but bullets are $5000 each! Kids in Columbine shot with bullets that cost 14c each

Are they changing the 2nd amendment- 'Right to keep & bear arms?' MT @IrishTimes US public have 'turned against guns' iti.ms/YfZ4XR

@JustJimWillDo I wouldn't be either! :-) #nanananana

@PurpleTravel @PeopleofLeeds @PeopleOfUK @sweden @TWkUSA Thanks for the #FF!

@amhaincreations you too!

@AineDvs21 @MetEireann I forgot- IT'S FRIDAY EVERYONE!! HURRA!!

@WilliamBean meh!!!

@JustJimWillDo lol no one likes a showoff :-D

@amhaincreations poor you- I'm afraid to have a shower (cold bathroom). We can do this together- warm thoughts & think of brave Tom Crean!!

For those of you in Belfast the weather is... RT @rosielee73: @ireland double vest and long johns ;-)

@LibrariNerd when? Soon? Pack your woolies!!! And maybe a pair of shorts #changeable

@AineDvs21 yeah I think we should burn him as a witch... Or give him a job in @MetEireann #undecided

@AnseoAMuinteoir my hairdresser did it for free! A year ago today- raised €1750- people were so generous #shaveordye pic.twitter.com/DbZYjuXmXI

@suzy_heff I've a head full of them, mainly about animals!

Good morning Twitterland, I'm clung to my coffee for warmth!! My kitchen is freezing!!!!! How's it outside? Double vest day????

Nite nite tweeties, chat in the morning! #zzzzzzz

@mol321 I'd say! I'm useless before 10am

@lynn_zack she was a dote- she had a girl, can't remember her name at the moment

@mol321 :-D I've only been up since 7.30

@TimForde @leoie make him do all the work now #therules

@leoie @TimForde lol

@leoie @TimForde I'll tell her to stay clear for the moment ;-)

@leoie @TimForde that sounds like the guy who chased my friend Niamh around Aran Mor asking her to marry him! Is he American?

@lynn_zack lol I'd say he did. Maggie died a few years ago, she had heart trouble :-(

@fhayesmccoy *reaches for purse*

@Louismasterson yep...that would be a crime!!

@lynn_zack yep he is, not a bother on him :-D

@fhayesmccoy *rushes off to amazon*

@fmacconghail *out*

@Louismasterson yep, just down from Toners pub. If I won the lotto I'd buy it outright & leave it as a permanent installation!

@fhayesmccoy never read any of her stuff- any good?

Gooood evening from.... my sofa! #feelinglazy pic.twitter.com/SOddiORU3b

@lynn_zack :-D I worked in DZ and the door into the education office still has that logo on it! Will tweet u a pic next time I'm out there

@fhayesmccoy well they knew what they were doing- it must be the longest running ad in the history of marketing!

@lynn_zack OMG we had DZ branded EVERYTHING as kids :-D

@lynn_zack was that the one with the cheetah on top of the words??

The animals you see in the poster were those sponsored by Guinness in the Zoo!! #uselessfacts

Guinness used to sponsor several of the animals in @DublinZoo. That's why they use animals & the keeper in their now famous poster adverts!

A Guinness toucan! Useless fact on the way... pic.twitter.com/VSz8CAT9ub

That must be the line to the President/Bat Cave/War Room pic.twitter.com/mHl38qbYRg

LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF!!! #Loveit pic.twitter.com/uQkiGFK7sH

This is my favourite shop front in Dublin- Brookes at 136 Baggot St (yes that is a ship wheel on the left) pic.twitter.com/kF82lks014

@LoganNZed they were pretty happy to see me- one landed on my arm! #cheeky

Lol did it meet EU regs? MT @ingeniousie The ancient Irish high kings killed and ate #horses at Tara. ow.ly/hVqFz

@FreeFromGuru lol A very important study if you're a puppet maker! :-)

@AnseoAMuinteoir I did a poll, if you sponsored you got a vote. The colour chosen was pink, but with my dark hair it went red/orange!

Back @ desk- too cold to b out there sitting on a bench! One last pic- the Victorian fountains with ceramic duck weed pic.twitter.com/V44KCZjvgn

@IrPsych @Lisa_Celtic there ya are...

I think in this one the robin is getting a bit sick of me... pic.twitter.com/75LxrqylWL

@Poormanatee @BirdWatchIE Hhmmm... even the gulls don't look impressed pic.twitter.com/F1sRwyuSJg

@Poormanatee @BirdWatchIE should there not be signs in St Stephen's Green then? Gulls, swans, pigeons, ducks getting fed from all angles!

@fhayesmccoy @DubCityCouncil Ger outta ma paaark!!

@Lisa_Celtic There are so many tweeting ducks and squirrels! Search twitter sometime- head melt!

Yup. #sendhelp pic.twitter.com/12BuL3YFil

A robin posed for several photos & chattered to me while I did it lol pic.twitter.com/G1Icd3JF78

Dear @BirdWatchIE, I have a confession to make. I've been feeding the mallards bread for years. Apologies etc. C.

@Poormanatee Really?? Well the pigeons got the most of it :-/

@oconnola if there's silt on the bottom of the river it's the perfect home for aquatic snails & worms, which the geese would love!

When Prince Albert died Queen Victoria wanted to re-name the Green "Albert Green". The Corpo told her no! (@DubCityCouncil yis mad yokes!)

I think the pigeons are onto us duckies... pic.twitter.com/MtDAUXvsNo

Mallard ducks!! I'm sure there's more here somdwhere! Well time to get the bread out #feedthebirds pic.twitter.com/MTpcm0wjD6

@sarahwhiteacre thanks! Brilliant nite- where else do you get to defend the Lord Mayor from a group of flappers while a trad band plays?

@FreeFromGuru sorry I missed ye, I was the one surrounded by kids :-D

@lynn_zack lol thanks for the updates- sounds mental!!!!

@AnseoAMuinteoir heya good luck with it, I did #shaveordye last year, great fun. What colour are you going?

@encephalartos I have my suspicions....

One of our heaters overheated and started to smoke, setting off the alarms, everyone ok and the museum is open again! Lunch methinks...

Right back and off for my stroll in the Green in a minute, rudely interrupted by a fire drill that turned out not to be a drill O_o

Off to educate some young minds! Back at 1pm for a stroll in Stephen's Green- if the rain holds off!! :-/

@deemillar :-D touch wood!!

@lynn_zack @barrybateman Oh wow... Will do catch up at lunch. I remember watching him last summer & was impressed- what a turnaround!

@TheDublinDiary @thejournal_ie lol I was thinking that- did no one notice that all the horses were gone?

@lynn_zack really? The one story I haven't been keeping up with

@shinyshona Double MEH!!! Poor u

@encephalartos oooh good luck with that!

@jellytreats Meh!!

@wholesomeIE I know it's shocking isn't it?

UH-OH... Who's bringing the horse to... Hong Kong?? MT @thejournal_ie Horsemeat scandal spreads to Asia... jrnl.to/YCTlJA

Child benefit in the news todax RT @thejournal_ie New child benefit will hurt poorer families, says Vincent de Paul jrnl.to/YaVEWj

I know it's changed now, but it took two fatal bus crashes (1 in Meath, 1 in Offaly) to put seatbelts on school buses

This makes me angry RT @Independent_ie Children noticed school bus 'tilting' days before fatal crash, court hears indo.ie/hUpUS

Sooooo watchyadoin? Might go look at the news feed

Good Morning Twitter! It's a cold one out there today- take a pair of gloves with you if ur heading out #Imeanit

Right "herd", as @SpotticusNH would say, that's me done for the day- don't go changing! Tweet you in the morrow

Right that's the Lord Mayor tucked up for the nite, all in a day's work. Read him his favourite story as well #Gruffalo

@trontsephore glad to be of assistance :-D

Flappers are back, must have found out I've got @naoiseomuiri #popularman pic.twitter.com/Be3Keu0H

EVERYONE CALM DOWN!! Have Lord Mayor @naoiseomuiri in my protection, returning him to the Mansion House now... pic.twitter.com/3k2bn95q

Might have a bit of an auld dance while I'm here! pic.twitter.com/emOe8PaB

@stpatricksfest Lord Mayor @naoiseomuiri is doing a 5km road race on March 16th?!???! And I was worried about the Peoples Parade! #SPF13

@RenatheS *waves*

I was tweeted this yesterday but forgot to RT: Gaeilge IN SPACE!!! irishtimes.com/newspaper/fron… via @IrishTimes

Oh good he escaped... and is now giving a speech... #hmmm #LordMayor pic.twitter.com/c758KOiY

@davemolloy see the green one? Next to that... #methinks...

Minister Jimmy Deenihan at @stpatricksfest- looking forward to the Peoples Parade!! Better get in training #unfit pic.twitter.com/Pp70DhAa

Met some lovely flappers :-D pic.twitter.com/2n7SpZ5o

@stpatricksfest Not sure if he's smiling or crying for help!! pic.twitter.com/pL6EkmwW

Band AND the Lord Mayor!! pic.twitter.com/w5G49QG6

I think I may have found the @stpatricksfest party... pic.twitter.com/fscI3ORs

Good evening from Merrion Sq! pic.twitter.com/VgHDM5VE

@achillgooner thanks, very kind!

See the child care/tax/services chat still going

@achillgooner were you watching Elev8? If so yep :-)

And I'm back! Missed you lots, onto the @stpatricksfest launch in Merrion Sq!

Right, off to @Trte, meet you back here 5ish?

@TinaDreaminStar I suppose you can have too much of a good thing... *pout*

Aaaaaaawwwwww No Toy Story 4, it's all a ruse... entertainment.ie/cinema/news/To…

Trending now- #Magdalene; #GeordieShore (!!); Arsenal/Bayern; #vinb (isn’t he always?); Toy Story 4 (there’s a Toy Story 4?? Really?!?!?)

Hello there, back for a short while the off to @Trte to talk about dinosaur extinction and asteroids on Elev8! What have ye been up to...

Right busy day today- school tours, TV appearance, festival launch- in that order. Keep chatting, I'll be back before lunch!

Snowy @sweden !! RT @RenatheS: @ireland Picture :) pic.twitter.com/hcE4QR2r

@Gaohooligan @CamilleLoftus LOL aaaaah... no, that's not going to work

@maryrose but you should SEE the potholes, you'd lose a child in them!! :-)

@EmilyFlump @CamilleLoftus It's hard to decide as I'm not a parent myself. I'd be a strong defender of children's rights & child protection

@EmilyFlump @CamilleLoftus @RTEDigital They didn't say, just they wanted their children to have a future & they couldn't see that in Ireland

@WeAreFilipinos well there's tax credits, tax relief bits, then it's 20% or 41%, plus 1%USC, then I pay 2 more taxes as I'm a public servant

@LoganNZed @thelittlepakeha expert opinion! Nice!

@gerrydoofer I've a north-facing office :-/

@maryrose yeps, back to my Dad's Household Charge rant

@Be_Chuille yep, make sure it gets to where it's needed!

@RenatheS oooh! Picture??

Merrion Sq West just now, blue sky! pic.twitter.com/PhjFza4T

Lads look at the time, ye'll have me late for work! Back in a bit!

@CSECBIO this is where my Dad would wade in with his Household Charge rant. He live in the countryside, no bins or guards, just potholes!

@RenatheS Good morning! How's the snow?

@CamilleLoftus @EmilyFlump :-) I was watching Truckers on @RTEDigital last Monday, one story about a family moving to Canada, very sad.

@EmilyFlump @LandersIE I know, I couldn't afford another pay cut/ tax hike

@WilliamBean because? We're a small nation/ not enough revenue from taxes/ the ECB has it all???

@CamilleLoftus but we do of bankers? Oh yeah, I went there...

@BellcomMary yup yup- enforced house wifes! Mustn't forget the stay at home Dads as well...

@PeopleofNZ :-D thanks, and good evening to ya!

@FraffieB Yep. I don't have kids myself, but after nearly 15 years of working full time I can't see how I could afford to have them!

A school friend lives in Sweden & they have great childcare, but they also pay higher income tax. Should we pay more tax for more services?

I know several women who left work because the cost of childcare was more than their income. Other countries have schemes- why don't we?

News today about childcare MT @thejournal_ie The cost of childcare is... barrier to getting more women into business jrnl.to/Yz0I4K

See, told ya so! RT @blathnaidhealy Pretty sunrise this morning, Dublin pic.twitter.com/Lf0ifG0b

Good morning and welcome to the middle of the week. Doesn't look *too* bad out there...

That's me for today, nite & thanks for the chats! Tweet ye tomorrow

@VainMann Man U fan *ducks*

@AntoinetteVict2 & those in authority failed them because of their prejustices & moral snobbery.

@VainMann what I mean is what happened, not why the institutions existed

@Not_So_Witty it's not healthy on either side. Not that long ago the authority of the guard, priest or school master was never questioned

The 1st question that comes to mind is how did this happen? I think the answer is simple- unquestioned authority breeds abuse #Magdalene

Be warned, it's not easy reading, despite critism that it's too soft. Examples of families putting girls in are particularly heart breaking

The McAleese report on #Magdalene laundries available here justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/…

Turn to @RTENewsNow if you have it for coverage of #Magdalene debate. Great coverage & comment on Twitter as well

@ireland the detail is amazing, she had a lodger as well who was studing theology in Trinity College

If u live in Ireland look up ur address in the 1901/1911 census. A piano teacher & her maid lived in my house in 1911 census.nationalarchives.ie

@steveodelta it didn't pasta the DNA test! #HURRA!!

@Sabsiny "looking well" Hamburg! :-)

Good evening from Leeson St Bridge! pic.twitter.com/aNpUXacc

Oh lordy... only saw this now. 'Nestlé finds horsemeat in beef meals' iti.ms/1378yUl via @IrishTimes

@shanda1701 LOL a definite "huh?"

@apitts711 thanks! *Waves*

@FreeFromGuru @NatGeo lots of science publishers out there!

@FreeFromGuru @NatGeo lol no better man! He'll have to be a proof reader when he's older!!

@FreeFromGuru @fhayesmccoy @syafeeqKL Megaloceros giganteus indeed!

@thisisnotme93 @DublinZoo :-D

@fhayesmccoy @syafeeqKL yep still there, staring at the shop! :-)

@thisisnotme93 @DublinZoo once you're submissive to the alpha male you're golden :-D

@WeAreCzech :-) but work gets in the way!

@FreeFromGuru lol great Aedín!!

@NMIreland :-D thanks!

@jayajoven Will do, thanks for the recommendation!

@bintiness @DublinZoo from a distance...... :-D

@RichRennicks :-D rules is rules!! Blame the guy with the better telescope for finding the rest of the objects in the Kuiper Belt!!

@KathOMeara military police may be your best bet :-)

@jayajoven :-D haven't seen it yet, loved the book!

@Garthicus good, good!

@bintiness @DublinZoo lol they're just bad to the bone!

@LaurelHounslow @pinkwingred thanks, I'm lucky! You're both welcome!

@thisisnotme93 @DublinZoo and they should know! They really are treacherous animals, males are as dangerous as a lion or a tiger

@lobbybarbook please do!! :-)

@IrPsych Lots! include ducklings.... #wasntme

@syafeeqKL Here's a better one from our files, the antlers are 3m wide and the deer with plinth 2.5m to the shoulder pic.twitter.com/NsTe5L1l

@osullivan_helen and Seamus Heaney.... :-)

@mionloch Surgeon Major for the Stanley lead Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1886-1889) which also didn't go very well- lost 2/3 of their men.

@KathOMeara I've never seen it either- you'd need to get on the roof of Lenister House to see our back wall!

@RichRennicks ;-D it only changed 10 years ago! that's the problem with teaching science and nature, the subject updates constantly!

@BirinBeo yep- they are a hazard. But we're delighted to see them- bit like interactive exhibits :-D

@Garthicus you have no excuse then! But Merrion Sq. is a pretty amazing place- lots of hidden gems. Hopping to do a walk around there soon.

That's it!! Keep tweeting questions- I'll try answer them all- I love my work!! :-D Thanks to @NMIreland & @WorldIrish for indulging me!

This monkey uses it's proboscis attract mates- a male will have a harem of females. They're also excellent swimmers!

A "proboscis" is where the upper lip and nose fuses. Several animals have one- elephants (trunk), tapirs, butterflies, aardvarks!

The proboscis monkey!! The nose tends to give everyone a giggle. From the rainforest in Borneo, highly endangered pic.twitter.com/WWRh3bv4

Last animal! I'm not a fan of monkeys (I KNOW!!), but I worked in @DublinZoo and they are not the nicest animals- chimps are even worse!

Of course they are a highly endangered species now- 3 subspecies extinct, and 95% of the rest wiped out in the last 100 years. Very sad.

My fav- Bengal Tiger. Shot by George V on his holliers in India and given to us as a present in 1913. pic.twitter.com/kPYT4zdF

Onto my favourite case- the big cats!! Lions from Dublin Zoo, known as a lion factory last century because of their success in breeding them

Skipping onto the polar bear- shot when attacking the camp of explorer Leopold McClintock. 12 bullet holes in total! pic.twitter.com/SQX1SZRF

Scientifically significant collection as Barrington used the find locations to map the migration patterns of the birds all over Ireland.

The Barrington Collection of lighthouse strike birds (i.e. they all flew into lighthouses!). Donated in 1916. pic.twitter.com/3yVmpPFb

Can't leave out @SpotticusNH! He's just under 3m making him a short giraffe- adult males can get to 6m in the wild! pic.twitter.com/JRVvL0rU

A bullet hole on one of the ribs- but the bone growth around it is evidence of healing, so he/she survived the shot pic.twitter.com/KJcDZ2v7

Indian Rhino skeleton- the animal was shot once before but survived! How do we know? pic.twitter.com/CvFnqD8t

@PastorHansson you haven't seen our puma...

An extinct animal- the thylacine. Last one died in Hobart Zoo in 1930's. Our guy arrived in 1917. pic.twitter.com/5huh47st

The taxidermist wouldn't have seen a lot of the animals before- if they didn't have a pic to work from they had to guess facial expressions!

I love this fella's expression! The museum animals were mainly stuffed in Dublin- easier to transport just the skin! pic.twitter.com/pDkmb6DB

The last four numbers of the reg number is the year it entered the collection. A lot of the donations are by Mrs- widows having a clean out!

Right upstairs- reading the labels on the pillars! It goes name, where from, who gave it, reg number. pic.twitter.com/E60sIJyj

Use whelk shells, move into bigger ones are they grow. Best bit- the male has one claw bigger than the other he waves to attract the ladies!

Right need to move on- hermit crab! Without its shell- they occupy empty shells they find on the shore pic.twitter.com/iGFpqWJV

And it is real! They can weigh the same as a small elephant!

Oh this guy scares everyone- the Basking Shark. Once fished of teh west of Ireland, now a protected species pic.twitter.com/uvldw56m

@LaurelHounslow Yep, first floor, next to the giraffe!

I also like this one- a cuckoo nest-stealing a medow pippit's nest- the angry parents are hovering overhead pic.twitter.com/rKT6CbvT

The dioramas include fox, badger, otter and seal famalies, as well as lots of birds- my fav are the kingfishers pic.twitter.com/R1Rus0Oi

Dioramas! We have lots of them in the Irish Room (ground floor), all made to order! But from the early 1900's, kinda illegal to do that now!

@KathOMeara You can't see it anyome, but the back outside wall has Diana the hunter with an Irish wolfhound

An elk and a deer are two different animals. It was thought to be an elk beacuse of the antlers, but DNA testing proved it was deer not elk!

Giant Irish Deer! Fossil, extinct 10,000yrs ago, largest deer sp ever lived, we don't call it Irish Elk anymore pic.twitter.com/CxlevSJP

Trying to get a close-up of Nepture- he has a sea serpent to his left and a croc to his right pic.twitter.com/sCZwvz8Y

@PODglen Right outside the front door- most people say he's the man who shot all the animals in the #DeadZoo :-D

@aoiph :-D he even got a medal from Queen Victoria for it!

As you go in to the museum look up- Neptune & his dolphins are watching you! My favourite secret of the building! pic.twitter.com/wPOQMujM

He got a statue for saving a man's life by sucking poison from an arrow out of his heart- as shown on the plinth! pic.twitter.com/LD7wjbby

Thomas Heazle Parke- 1st Irish person to cross Africa! Born in Roscommon, died at 36, from what we think was malaria pic.twitter.com/nZXH14d1

Right outside to meet a man who's often left out- apologies in advance if the photos are dodgey! #badlensoncameraphone #DeadZoo

I love working at d Natural History museum- if you told me when I was a kid I'd get paid to come here every day I'd have gone mad!! #DeadZoo

Back again! I'm inside today, no seaside trip for me :-/ Instead I'm going to do some thing I don't often get to do, have a work walk about

@SpotticusNH yes you are, be nice! #ornotwitterforyou

Right back to work at the #DeadZoo. Speaking of- who wants a tour? Meet me back here at 1pm, bring your writing materials #pencilandpaper

@EmmaRWallace You want to escape the lovely hot Australian summer you say? Then you really should come back this year :-D

@dj_mckeown :-D

@dj_mckeown ah frickin faloolah, you've a better job than mine *sigh*

@EmmaRWallace Yes. (cc @gathering)

@darraghdoyle LOL they're all in school! Wait till lunch time :-D

@dj_mckeown Deadly!! I do indeed have the shells.... #Iloveitwhenaplancomestogether

@darraghdoyle lol prepare to be spammed by the beliebers- I mentioned him once yesterday & got several angry tweets!

@dj_mckeown @SciHackDay_Dub what are you doing for it? I'd love to build a robotic clam- that shouldn't be too difficult? #famouslastwords

@dj_mckeown Hiya, yep I'm really looking forward to @SciHackDay_Dub- it's like creativity & invention meeting arseing about :-D #needanidea

@ouramma Point taken :-)

@ouramma I'm not disagreeing, I'm listing statistics as given by UNESCO- other Ulster sites should be listed e.g. Eamain Macha in Co. Armagh

@DialForHelp Shocking isn't it? I know they're bigger than us but we've so much heritage of world importance. Just declare the whole island!

@steveodelta Yep- please see previous post in reply to Emma!

@ouramma Oh it is, 100%, Tweeters Without Borders, but UNESCO sees it differently, have a look at their Ireland page whc.unesco.org/en/statesparti…

@RightExpression Do ghost estates exist in any other country I wonder? Anyone? Ghost Holiday Home complexes maybe? #ghostestatefairy

@ouramma Comes under the UK Emma!

In comparison, our nearest neighbours in the UK have 28! #WorldHeritageSites

7 are on a waiting list, including The Burren, The Céide Fields, Clonmacnoise Cashel and the Tara Complex #madness

This is so important- unbelievably in Ireland we have only 2 (2!!!) UNESCO World Heritage Sites- Brú na Bóinne & Sceilg Mhichíl

Ok so I'm suppose to be working but- Michael D while on his official visit to France will address address UNESCO rte.ie/news/2013/0219…

Right I gotta go earn some money now- bit of dinosaur research. Ah I love being me... see ye in a bit!

Got 5 minutes? Want to do a bit of science? You can help colleagues of mine with their survey on deer ien.ie/2013/research-…

Have we seen the Google Doodle yet today? Happy 540th Birthday, Nicolaus Copernicus! Doesn't look a day over 500 google.ie

Great pic MT ‏@MeteoTimesIRL Lenticular (Pancake) Clouds in Clonmel, #Tipperary, yesterday. Image Jonathan Ryan twitpic.com/c5173d

@gingereejit @gathering @TWkUSA Did someone say whiskey?

@gathering @gingereejit @TWkUSA No. *hangs head*

@gathering @gingereejit @TWkUSA HURRA! You can borrow my calculator if you like- it does graphs and everything #fancy

@psneeze @DonnellyStephen Thanks Jim- I know people give out about them, but it's not a job description that’d tempt me!

What do TD's actually do? Glad u asked- lets check the online schedule for the Houses of the Oireachtas! oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?Do…

@LifeLoveLang other way round, white one is the cockle, blue/black one the mussel

@WeAreCzech Hi there- first day flew- what day are you on?

@CrumlinFuels *double guns*

@gingereejit @TWkUSA that said, @gathering is getting lots of Irish rural communities going with @gathering events

@gingereejit @TWkUSA Hmm I'd like to see how much @gathering is costing the state v's the extra revenve it may generate by end 2013 #maths

@shamroxann @TWkUSA I'm afraid you're in direct violation of the @gathering Ann, please book a flight to Dublin now #gottalovemarketingploys

There ye are, right where I left ya. Just putting the kettle on, back in a sec. #GoodMorning!!

Well that was a quick 12hours!! Nite nite tweeters, see ya in morning, I'm off to make my tea & watch new #Dallas #RIPLarryHagman

@barbarascully I'll see what I can do...

Whelk shells- bottom one u can see the chambers inside where the animal would have lived- the shell grows with them pic.twitter.com/9Ao5oTMl

Barnacles on some red algae with a side off bladder wrack :-D pic.twitter.com/LcqSv1Rm

Empty razor clam- so called because it looks like the old cut-throat razors pic.twitter.com/sSoG5PdI

KELP!! pic.twitter.com/DS6GZlk5

Limpets among the seaweed (cc @unakavanagh ) pic.twitter.com/w8Mqy9f3

A cockle and a mussel #seewhatIdidthere? pic.twitter.com/WnnXot2i

Martello tower at Seapoint, Co. Dublin- u can just see the swimmers' changing shealter on the side pic.twitter.com/W9DhX7oh

Got a few more pics from my beach walk today. Anyone want to see them? Tough here they are anyway...

@jimjredmond OH YOU!!!!! Go ON with ur bad self!! *girlish giggle* Ahem...

@londonisyours @iam_pakistan @sweden @thisisiceland @WeAreAustralia @curatingturkey nite nite ya'll

@ccferrie @iPhel74 a taxi driver told me the O'Casey bridge is called the 'Maggie Thatcher' because "it's not for turning" #bridgefairy

@ccferrie @iPhel74 gotta get me to a google streetview

@jimjredmond thanks- the clouds did all the work :-D

@rosielee73 @SweetenedVoices Fish are friends not food #nemo

@ccferrie @iPhel74 that'd be an interesting blog- bridges of Dublin #bridgefairy

@TWkUSA @gathering a compulsary visitation order on all ex-pats & their decendants to visit Ireland in 2013. You have to it's (not) the law.

@paulaannryan @kevin_dublin @iPhel74 ah now we're all bridge experts #bridgefairy

@kevin_dublin @iPhel74 ooh tweets like a ninja that Kev #bridgefairy

@TWkUSA surely 2013 is the year! Have you not heard about @gathering ??

@TWkUSA @RegNom *double guns*

Oooh Dunno!! Anyone? RT @iPhel74: @ireland Is there a bridge to commemorate Luke Kelly? Or is this just a rumour?"

@aDublinLuas :-D

@SkyNewsLucie Sorry! *hugs*

Gooooood evening from O'Connell Bridge! #Dublin pic.twitter.com/ZU1RJxaU

At Stephen's Green- so ends another #LUASLookalikes. If ur on ur way home be sure to tweet! No pics tho, they don't like that #rude

@cspelsor ur welcome :-D where are u at the moment?

Ok not a #LUASLookalikes but at Charlemont there was a guy who REALLY looked like my friend Jonathan

Oh!Oh! No, sorry false alarm thought I had a Lady Gaga #LUASLookalikes. Stand down team

Ah it's getting a bit full now, hard to spot any #LUASLookalikes

@NLIreland yes mammy!! pic.twitter.com/3jsixqSt

Bit of a Peter Sellars #LUASLookalikes at Balally, but he didn't get on so I'm not sure if that counts...

@Evas_Tweets you're welcome, hope it works out for u!

AND A GARY LIGHTBODY!!! Yep two #LUASLookalikes at Sandyford #justgotinteresting

Ah no way, Sandyford just gave us a young Al Pacino #LUASLookalikes #backinthegame!

@aDublinLuas are you working the red line today? Any #LUASLookalikes??

@omegar24 nope pretty sure it wasn't Robert Sheehan, he's much taller than the guy I saw #LUASLookalikes

AND WE'RE BACK WITH #LUASLookalikes!!! Just on at the Gallops, nothing yet...

@oisincotter a look-a-like! Playing #LUASLookalikes again in a minute, feel free to join in!

DEADLY!!! Michael Caine just as I get off the LUAS. Return journey in 2 hours ;-) #LUASLookalikes

@Danno375 that might be it... *backs slowly away*

@dj_mckeown easily done...

Meanwhile... "@AoibheannNiD: @NLIreland @ireland Oommm, Hard to render it as a spelling actually but without the 'H' and one syllable."

@TheDublinDiary ooh lad in front of me just got done for not having a ticket #crimedoesntpay

@TheDublinDiary nooooo :-D

@Danno375 Aaaaah... window?

Oh, Darren from Love/Hate- how did I miss him #LUASLookalikes

Cowper to Dundrum has been dissapointing #LUASLookalikes

@CreativeDynamix @Evas_Tweets Thanks Roisin! #granitefairy

HARRY POTTER IN RANELAGH!! This is getting serious #LUASLookalikes

Oooh Barney from How I Met Your Mother just got on at Charlemont- suit and all #LUASLookalikes

Ever play look-a-likes on the LUAS? Look around to see if anyone looks like a famous person. Have a Craig David so far #LUASLookalikes

@CatalinaLefler nice & warm again now, thanks!

@Raisin_Girl @DarraghMc ah there ya go

Don't know- anyone? Reply to @Evas_Tweets "Does anyone know someone who sells granite tops (incl fitting)"

RIGHT!! Bye from Seapoint, back in an hour or so. #needtowarmup pic.twitter.com/dJbbIAAl

When walking on any shore take ur time- stand still for a few minutes- you'll see so much more! And please check tide times & be safe!!

@davemolloy @unakavanagh :-D

@idealireland Seapoint, Co. Dublin

@k_santhi yep but they aren't spines, they're fleshy, very flexible. Urchins are the guys with the spines

One last pic of seaweed for @unakavanagh !! Why did the crab blush? Because the seaweed!! HURRA!! pic.twitter.com/qVdw3k58

Lovely selection of birds here as well, camera not good enought get any pics :-/

Oooh tide coming in- better move!! #soggysocks pic.twitter.com/a2agFKs2

@fhayesmccoy thanks!! :-D

Fucus is also known as bladder wrack- because of the air bladders it has to keep it afloat at high tide pic.twitter.com/LyjNu5HN

@unakavanagh lol here's some Fucus spp. for you then! pic.twitter.com/VKvvmmP1

More limpets, mussels and sea anemones pic.twitter.com/O84zCvKz

@unakavanagh they'll eat whatever they can get their beaks on. They're opportunistic feeders- it has been going through the seaweed as well!

This guy has been following me the whole time, eating mussels & warning me off his patch- a hooded crow pic.twitter.com/LNtLN0dU

@StanCarey :-D HURRA!!! Possibly my favourite movie quote #nemo

Found an open anemone- not sure if u can see the fronds there pic.twitter.com/LraMe3Mi

Lugworm cast!! Marine cousin of the earthworm. Spent my childhood trying to catch one #difficult pic.twitter.com/AF0YTij6

These red/brown blobs are sea anenomes- when the tide comes in they'll unfurl their fronds to eat pic.twitter.com/XPngEUnj

And old limpet shells with holes make great wind chimes #anothertipforutherenow pic.twitter.com/K38vkVpZ

I collect a lot of this when I'm here- broken glass polished by the sea- great for decorative purposes #washbeforeuse pic.twitter.com/YQEyiVys

Right, not the cellular organism I was expecting to find- anyone missing a phone??? pic.twitter.com/9lv9Bbl7

That's why u want to head to the rock pools- oasis of the low tide, full of life

A shore habitat has to be one of the most extraordinary places to live- u have to endure drought & flood twice a day #tides

Right class- today's lesson is biodiversity- the diversity of living things! Case study 1- rocky shore ecology

@dianalostdog holding out for the return journey #ep2

@AntoinetteVict2 thanks! :-D

@AntoinetteVict2 hehehe I'll be on it later #IcantgotodepubIvegotcourtnow

@dianalostdog :-D got off just after 19!

You know the saying 'body of Baywatch, face off Crimewatch'? Well this is 'looks like tropic, feels like arctic' #brr pic.twitter.com/ljTcmaVA

@chattynige not sure... Possibly... O_o

Hello from Seapoint! #Ifoundsomesun pic.twitter.com/r99UnYC1

@mionloch Don't judge me :-P

17 "scumbags" so far... #DART #conversation

Conversation on the DART beside me very Love/Hate, would love to tweet some of it but don't want to be sent to twitter jail by @worldirish

@SweetenedVoices it's SPRING!!! (allegedly)

@BellcomMary coffee in hand... See blue sky in the distance #nobucketandspadetoday

@mionloch :-D happens to the best of us- I remember being partial to a bit of New Kids On The Block #hangtough

Yeahy #lovebooks RT @mrcbehan: @Ireland The brand new Ballyroan Library in Rathfarnham, Dublin opens today southdublinlibraries.ie/find-library/b…

Justin Bieber was in town- I live a few doors up from the Merrion Hotel- we had this all weekend O_o pic.twitter.com/c2WBk6G4

All wrapped up, off to the seaside! pic.twitter.com/ywOd9Xvb

@encephalartos lovely, just as I remember it! :-)

Slow-ish news morning, this caught my eye "Croke Park talks to continue as frontline workers to hold rally jrnl.to/XVTutg"

@unakavanagh the spider story is 100% true, by the way :-)

Right, an hour in, that's broke the back on it- cup of tea now methinks #lovely

@NLIreland I'm no expert but my @NMIreland colleagues would say o-am. Anyone???

@encephalartos hello! How's Belgium this morning?

@abzbyrne I'm not sure- I hear conflicting reports that it's a different dolphin down there now. Bit like the Dread Pirate Roberts #asuwish

@mrcbehan *waves back* lookin well!

@NLIreland by the by, this week for ur photo uploads- any nice landscape or animal photos? #ahgoon #forme #plureeeease

@NLIreland *waves back* try using one hand to do each #multitasking

@MarketsAlive @worldirish they are really beautiful things, and tiny! You need a hand lens to see them. That's a great pic btw

Then there's just Fungi, but that was a dolphin #confusing

Cup fungi! We also get ear fungi *shiver* RT @worldirish Photo: What is this unusual orange thing growing in Donegal? bit.ly/Y1BWdm

@RenatheS Being Irish I'm genetically disposed to yelp "IT'S SNOWING! YEAHY!!" then 12 hrs later moan about everything coming to a halt :-)

@muddyruns once ya can trot a mouse across it, it'll do me. #strongtae

@Raisin_Girl @DarraghMc :-) I know a village near Kells called Clonmellon, one Irish version of the name is Raisin- any link there to u?

@RenatheS just google mapped you- 0C at the moment- have you snow? We missed out on proper snow this year #nationbreathesasighofrelief

@muddyruns culabula put the kettle on then m'dear, milk no sugar

Oh and that pigeon is back- that's what I get for feeding the city's wildlife- a pushy pigeon knocking on my window at 8am #avianalarmclock

@muddyruns Morning! No pressure then :-) *pulls duvet back over head*

Good morning from an overcast Dublin! Where's the sun my weather app promised me? #appy #Monday pic.twitter.com/pYz9h3eT