@Ireland Curator: Patricia MacBride

The helicopter is here to take me off to retirement in Castel Gandolfi now..Peace out. Px

...tonight I pass on the mantel to Cork's own @kencurtin who I've been following for a while. He's great craic, you'll enjoy I promise.

...I've fallen out of love with Apple iPad and in love with Microsoft Surface and I've visited a third of the counties in Ireland...

This week, I've made lots of friends around the world, eaten some of the best food this country has to offer, learned lots of new things...

Like my fellow #rotationcuration retiree this week @pontifex, I shall be taking on the title of Ireland Emeritus. I'm keeping the shoes tho'

@aidan_walsh you're dead right!

There's no one quite like an Irish mammy. You must simply accept your soup and stew won't ever be better than hers.

Nana Nora as she is universally known has 6 children, 17 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, as well as a hand in rearing half the street.

I'm in the traditional Irish Sunday evening spot - visiting your Mammy. She has grandchildren gathered about her and the kettle's going.

Has anyone got any "Free Willie" jokes? Seems like I've missed them all.

@wholesomeIE you're a star, thanks so much. This will get an outing during the week x

Easter 1916: "Our part to murmur name upon name, As a mother names her child..." A timely reminder to wear your Easter lily.

Finishing up my Yeats reading with Easter 1916 and feel like my week on @ireland is coming full circle on the matter of #remembrance

I can see homage to Yeats too in poets like Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley, two of my favourites.

I enjoyed catching up on Yeats' poetry today on my travels. Reminding me how beautiful the landscape is reflected in the words of poems.

@jlfxa St Canice's well in Dungiven has such properties in County Derry folklore. The surrounding trees are festooned with rags (2/2)

@jlfxa a well believed to have the magical property to cure warts by dipping in a rag in the water and rubbing the affected area (1/2)

@marloft it's a wonderful day, really enjoying remembering poems from schooldays. I love Yeats.

@ccferrie it's the eye infection I swear: I do not make those type of mistakes. I own a copy of the AP Stylebook for goodness sake!

Can anyone tell me why these rags are tied up at Glencar? A wart well, maybe? pic.twitter.com/GXkkcd8WAd

"Where the wandering water rushes from the hills above Glencar...we seek for slumbering trout." Glencar Waterfall pic.twitter.com/yHSf2QnSF0

@CrDoire cramming it in there

@SeanMulkerrin @thegrammargarda yes me too. The sign looked like this on Monday last, though: pic.twitter.com/fHjOdlPIHF

I'm out of mobile coverage for an hour and all hell breaks loose over an apostrophe? My left eye is swollen shut so I'm blaming being blind!

@BiddyEarly @ccferrie thanks, so unlike me!

"I hear lake water lapping with slow sounds by the shore..." Glencar Lake, angry sky, Co. Leitrim pic.twitter.com/3G18CV4QUC

Yeat's county this morning - Leitrim and Sligo. It's grey and overcast but pretty nonetheless :-)

Come away oh human child to the waters and the wild with the fairy hand in hand for the world's more full of weeping than you can understand

I'm on Sunday Sequence on BBC Radio Ulster this morning talking about commemorating victims of the conflict.

@TourguideStan that's the one, yep.

Wow! Just found out one of my dinner companions was the "cast" for the Annie Moore statue in Cobh. Wow again to be immortalised in bronze.

@_dmurphy_ @nevenmaguire Dave, it's uncanny how you can see into my soul :-)

Meet the chef! A fabulous night at MacNean House and a big thanks to @nevenmaguire pic.twitter.com/9U9wUZuilq

@Eimearmc1 forget Glastonbury and go for @glasgowbury #smallbutmassive

The cheese board comes with 5 choices. I went for double Époisses :-D #foodporn

Piña colada sorbet. How the heck do you get the pop rocks in there @nevenmaguire ? #foodporn pic.twitter.com/7j3MO7KpXr

@rmcclain54 thank you for the link, I must listen tomorrow.

Three kinds of rare beef! #foodporn @nevenmaguire pic.twitter.com/qd33Eh8Hrg

Round 2 The Fish Course seared scallops, lobster sausage, pumpkin purée and carpaccio. #foodporn pic.twitter.com/mwiauqWym6

Ham hock spring roll and sweet potato velouté (and future photos will be better!) #foodporn pic.twitter.com/vLTxjw8eSJ

@mrcbehan at MacNean House in Blacklion, County Cavan.

I'm in one of Ireland's finest restaurants with 7 great friends. The remainder of tonight's tweets will be mostly food porn.

@catherinemack @nevenmaguire I'll check it out in the morning and let you know what I find up there Catherine :-)

I can see my dinner growing from here @nevenmaguire pic.twitter.com/DoCtscCi3G

I can see my dinner growing from here @nevenmaguire pic.twitter.com/F0OPRO8k7y

@brianhalligan sacrilege! Get to Ulster pronto!

@theianfella such a tease with your tomatillos!

@wholesomeIE yellow curry sounds worth trying so please do blog. Tonight for me is all about the food!

Much as I hate the expression "border town," if you're going to call it such, please have dual currency ATMs (that I can find).

Very civilised mode of transport - a male driver so my girlfriends and I can share a bottle of bubbly on the journey :-)

@paddycullivan swear t'il it? Now that's something I want to see. Do you know what road it's on?

Stopped off for tea in Enniskillen en route to Cavan. It's a great wee shopping town :-)

@brianhalligan @ancestrydotcom we're big into our family history in my house. If you come visit please let me know.

@mckenp it may not be, depending on the route taken to get to Cavan.

@ErisLovesMovies sorry!

@wasteofgoodskin oops I'm very sorry!

“@mickcreagh: Benedict's lucky he hasn't got a wife or he'd be straight up to B&Q today. #Pope” HaHa that's brilliant!

@audreygallagher how could I forget Antrim??? I'm a muppet!

And with a trip to Glencar waterfall in Sligo planned for tomorrow I'll manage to tweet from a third of the counties of Ireland.

Having covered a quarter of the island, I wonder would the people @ireland have me back to tweet from all 32 counties in 7 days this summer?

So far this week I've tweeted from Derry, Donegal, Tyrone, Armagh, Down, Louth, Meath and Dublin. Today I'll be adding Fermanagh and Cavan.

@Ryanofoto I'm not a taxidermist, but I've told some people to get stuffed.

For those of you saying the "rosery" on Monday, the sign has now been replaced @TheGrammarGarda pic.twitter.com/Wir9eQSoKJ

The ground is finally dry enough to let AJ the donkey out for a runabout. pic.twitter.com/1LdPC7xM20

Just heard Tony Bennett and Lady GaGa sing "The Lady is a Tramp" and I love it. How have I not heard this before?!

@jlfxa that's probably 04h00 GMT not 04h00 EST isn't it? :-p

Very annoyed daughter keeps using MY iTunes account to buy music. Rather chuffed it was for Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer." #hermotherschild

I ventured into Tyrone this morning and found this lovely lake near Stewartstown. Must exit county before I'm found! pic.twitter.com/asaNTLboG3

@i_amgermany I'm with @WeAreCzech on that one.

@kencurtin I'm going to get bedding and feed for horses and promising myself a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich on way back :-)

@patricktornado very Irish. The street sweeper was cleaning up wrappers from the Chinese.

Going out with the kids today? Can your face-painter do this? pic.twitter.com/gM6Ptl1Fm8

@mtobinod no meat better than horse meat!

Oh and me, on a fool's errand it seems!

Who's up at 5 in the morning? The driver from the dairy collecting milk, postal workers going in to work and the street sweeper cleaning up.

have to wait til Christmas to see how this pans out. Dowton Abbey Series 4 spoiler alert: telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandr…

@just_niamh yeah you do wanna kind of slap her and her annoying boyfriend!

I'm getting slowly hooked on "Nashville" You can't beat a bit of country music of a Friday night!

@trontsephore so glad it's not just me :-)

I will also be having a baby food dinner (when you mash your meat, gravy, spuds and veg up and mix them all together). Tonight - pot roast.

My friend @dianabells (of Happy Enchiladas fame) mentioned a show called "Nashville" and I intend watching 4 episodes tonight back to back.

I am #LegenDerry - here's a superb showcase of #Derry2013 Voices: youtu.be/RAdeXkZZLiU via @youtube

@LifeLoveLang by all means do!

@YddapArt yes, the MAC and it's very good. The Duke of York is sanitary but never clean :-p

Reflections of Ebrington barracks in the river Foyle. #Derry2013 #legenderry pic.twitter.com/Ao2ikSmTea

It's a beautiful sunny day in Derry #Derry2013 #legenderry pic.twitter.com/EVlBvIR0HS

@YddapArt the Cathedral Quarter as it's now known. Belfast is a city of 7 quarters now (just to be thran!)

@FPMcGoldrick the child is subject of a care order. Her care plan can stipulate she is not permitted Internet access and so stop her posting

@AmyRyanFTW @ucc see also Catherine O'Rourke at University of Ulster's writings on gender and transitional justice.

@Danny_McTurner dunno but it's very frustrating!

@powerian wow, first trip to Belfast? That's a momentus day alright.

Good to see university of Ulster Belfast City Campus get the go ahead. Hope there's due attention paid to the transport infrastructure!

@thelittlepakeha that connection to the land and sense of belonging is known in the Irish language as "dinnseanchas" - a state of being

@JustJimWillDo Gaelic Athletic Association - the governing body for Gaelic football and hurling and largest sporting organisation in Ireland

You can't get a more distinct social and cultural institution than your local GAA club. As tribal as it comes.

In library - indigenous people defined as groups with distinct culture and social institutions. Surely that's every rural parish in Ireland?

@mecca3ie I'll say another thing for @damodempsey he's a fine looking fella. I'd Instagram him without a filter. pic.twitter.com/OZtKUePMCW

@valleysboy you got it! Hope my translation is correct.

Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus! Happy St. David's Day to my fellow Celts in Wales today. X

This morning's commuting soundtrack -lashing out @damodempsey on the Glenshane Pass. Couldn't beat it wi' a big stick :-)

Heding in to Magee (University of Ulster campus in Derry) this morning. Hopefully the day will be bright enough for a a few photos.

There's a promise of spring out in the stables this morning. Birds singing earlier, sky lifting. Look forward to feeding in daylight again!

@_dmurphy_ you may as well ask them. I can't do it cos I'm not a man. or catholic.

Twitter's newest #rotationcuration account is @pontifex but it'll be all quiet til Monday week I hear.

@williamcrawley translation "hey William, we're taking the mickey."

MT @robyntmorton I have it on good authority Benedict will now use @ExPontif though @Pontifex

@robyntmorton @Pontifex ah that'd be a real handlin' - I'd have to update me lists n all.

I kinda thought @pontifex would be spending more time tweeting now he's retired. Odd that.

Shameless plug for #derry2013 - get on UTV now to watch Joe Mahon on Lesser Spotted Culture. Ah go on!

@donegalabu that's awful :-(

@londonisyours that's amazing!

@RudyHellzapop ahhhh the silent treatment - I like it.

I haggle in markets and for big ticket items like appliances but generally don't for things like clothes or services.

Watching a show called "Secret Shoppers" about haggling. Hoping for tips! Do you haggle?

@teresacovell romantic walk by the sea and push him in. Salt will kill the cooties :-)

@jlfxa Yes @RealRomaDowney does visit Derry once in a while. Last time I know of was for her brother's jubilee (he's a priest in my parish).

@jlfxa I was at Benone Strand/ Castlerock last week and it's gorgeous!

@jlfxa Austrian econ? Not familiar

@AmandaOwen8 evolution gave me pointy teeth for a reason. Doesn't mean I love my horses/dogs/goldfish any less!

Cub won't open blinds as he has to close them at night again. Sez I "you still wash your face even tho it'll get dirty" Now refuses to wash.

@ScotVoices not the Duck 'n Pontiff then?

@SpotticusNH he's still growing - he'll get there :-)

Thabnks to @m_o_donnell for pointing me to this poem by Charlotte Delbo voiceseducation.org/content/charlo… #remembrance

@jlfxa no reason to have the yellow line there at all from what I can see. Sympathy too as ticket is £60 and weekly dole is about £70

@Chrisryder47 @bbctheview this may well be Mid Ulster's lowest ever turnout. It'll be doing well to get 50%. No enthusiasm here.

@shamroxann hopefully her owner handed her in rather than abandon her. And now she has a forever home so a happy ending.

@jlfxa there are great minds and lower overheads in India (for example). I agree we're smarteer than the average bear in these parts :-)

@m_o_donnell thanks Michelle, I'm going to look for it now and link it here.

@Chrisryder47 @bbctheview who was the other one to decline Chris?

@markdevenport @bbctheview he is not canvassing much in the constituency - well no-one I know has seen him.

@robertbabington if yu come up with a good enough anthem, I'll pitch the idea :-D

@robertbabington I think that's the problem, maybe - how to get people to unlearn what they know/grew up with. I don't think it can be done.

@robertbabington hmmm...I don't know can you "build" it if the influencers are already ingrained. Lemme think a minute...

@HearneAoife and yet problems arise when people of opposing views think that the dead of "the other" don't desrve respect #remembrance

@robertbabington I wouldn't be in favour of it as I don't think the six counties on their own is economically viable - no natural resources.

When we deal with victims of the conflict enduring personal grief is compunded by political arguments that are mostly sectarian #remembrance

The project began as an act of solidarity with those who had been bereaved, to show them their loss was not forgotten #remembrance

As that commemoration project concludes today, I want to ask you why you think we remember the dead? Is it important? Why? #remembrance

Each day since 29 February 2012 I've listed the names of those who died in the Troubles on that date on twitter #remembrance

@AdamPHoulihan I'm told the no parking dates back to the troubles when public buildings were car bomb targets hence the v. faded yellow line

@stephen_coyne drove back that way - on close inspection a VERY faded single yellow line exists for no apparent reason on a quiet road.

@unakavanagh @ggnell ah they're lovely but I'm too fraidy cat to ride them!

@ggnell well spotted! Western trail seat for comfort on long rides, English stirrups for better leg control. Sadly stolen in a break-in :-(

@katbitemusic rural community: I would have 4 mile walk to main road to catch school bus at 8 returning at 4 to get to town. Limited choice

@Warnermusicirl @reddit hey Johnny what's the penalty for David Cameron breaching your ban on listening to The Smiths? (And can I watch?)

“@Warnermusicirl: Johnny Marr taking part in @reddit's 'Ask Me Anything' today 4pm. Tune in to ask your questions reddit.com/r/IAmA”

Just saw a traffic warden ticketing cars outside the dole office. Sick.

@PeopleOfUK don't need credentials just a pair of red Prada shoes :-)

Where's the Pope's leaving do at?

@deemillar thanks Dee. I hate cruelty, whether to animals or humans.

@mecca3ie he's copying the horses, coming to the kitchen window looking for food when he's out in the yard. So sweet :-)

A namesake of @spotticusNH was fostered for a while and is now in his forever home :-) pic.twitter.com/tStDz1iBFU

@LalotteDesfois in fairness, those fairground goldfish is rather more of an adoption lottery than a competitive process :-)

@LalotteDesfois also three goldfish in the house - two were adopted when their owner died and one when owner grew weary of changing water!

@SecondCareers hey that's brilliant, I love the idea!

Unless you're an Irish Wolfhound because I really need one of them and I am sure there's one out there sometime, somewhere needing adopted!

All stray animals who see the invisible sign on my lane that says "bed and lodgings here" can I just say I'm kinda full up at the moment.

There's no shame seeking help if you're struggling to feed a pet but shame on you if you turn out a domesticated animal to fend for itself.

Here's my appeal - If you want a pet, adopt rather than buy. If you can't cope with an animal, animal charities will help - they understand.

Peig was given to me "no good" - illness meant no more 3 Day Eventing. She's a lovely mover with a big scopey jump! pic.twitter.com/U3lDmhhPAz

AJ the donkey was dumped up the mountain a mile away from me in December. I think he's happier here. pic.twitter.com/aq7Vms9diC

This house for sale ad is brilliant: worldirish.com/story/24148-gr…

@clarevirtually @ClareGathering ah that's lovely!

My lovely horse (in homage to Dermot Morgan). Here's Billy: pic.twitter.com/f5ViPyBcJ0

Want to meet some of my waifs n strays? First up, Charlie the springer spaniel who showed up one Friday 3 yrs ago. pic.twitter.com/fMVCCRKPQB

Today is the final day of a 12-month commemoration project of victims of the conflict on twitter. Talking about #remembrance at 1pm today.

...David Topping, John Dowd, Ivy Kelly, Trevor Harkness 1985

...1976 Charles Simpson 1978 Alexander Donaldson, Rosemary McGookin, Geoffrey Campbell, Denis Price, Paul McFerran, Sean McHenry...

February 28: William Jolliffe 1971 Kevin Heatley Alan Kennington 1973 Hugh Harvey 1974 Michael Convery Thomas Truesdale 1975 Harold Blair...

"Scúp" - clar nua ag tosú ar TG4 anocht ag a 10 - ag tit amach i mBeal Feirste. An bhfuil sin tusa @newbelfast ???

Join me tomorrow at 1pm for a tweet chat about remembering and commemorating victims of conflict. #remembrance

@TWkTO No but I did drive past Bram Stoker's house in Dublin today, that's why he was in my head.

@TWkTO if I say "all log in at midnight and discuss Bram Stoker" is that a twitchat or a tweetup or a tweetchat?

what do you call it when people log in to twitter at a specific time to discuss an issue/subject? Twitter illiterate!

@mariadkennedy he was in Derry last week - superb!

Here's the programme for #Derry2013 City of Culture events (with the correct hashtag this time!) cityofculture2013.com/events/

@NarcoDreamer You're dead right of course, though 2012 was a pretty damn fine year too.

@ScotVoices we will be kind again in this year as city of culture.

There is SO MUCH happening in #Derry2012 this year, no better time to visit. here's the programme: cityofculture2013.com/events/

@conorleeson as gaelige, though we're barely talking by the end of it :-)

I want to go to Shane O'Reilly's play "Follow" designed for both deaf and hearing audiences tomorrow in The Playhouse derryplayhouse.co.uk/events/details…

@conorleeson Iontach maith. We go to Gaoth Dobhair every Easter for a week of immersion to keep the family talking the rest of the year.

If you're a fan of dance, #trance , electronic music you should be coming to Celtronic in June #Derry2013 cityofculture2013.com/event/celtroni…

Some more #Derry2013 music for you: Filo & Peri feat. @audreygallagher - This Night #celtronic #trance : youtu.be/SYt5WDu6iJE via @youtube

@Ordinary_Times nope. The entire Moving Hearts catalogue had to be got through after we ran out of songs as Gaelige

@sharonmnewman oh aye, óró na buachaillí álainn :-)

@LuddLite there's always one (or two in this case!)

@Ordinary_Times I spent a month in Carna one weekend with An Cumann Gaelach from Queen's in Belfast. That was the last time I drank beer.

@ke4no He's for Loch an Iuir which seemed to be all ones from Newry, Dundalk, Drogheda and Derry when I was a teenager.

That's the cub booked to go to the Gaeltacht for two weeks in July now. Rite of passage! Did you go? Where?

@25jd1 @stephie08 if you don't know it, see Constitutional Court Judgement in South Africa V Jordan on this issue too.

@stephie08 what is TORL?

@ScotVoices so we're going to Bushmills? :-)

@ScotVoices @achillgooner I can do that! By the way, one of my fav songs is Silly Wizard "Queen of Argyll"

@dulpit27 not defending his behaviour at all but think one match ban sufficient for what I saw.

@ScotVoices @achillgooner I'm in Derry , I can lift you at the Stranraer - Belfast ferry!

Excellent news that @ProperChurch will be available for Irl v France #6nations Behave now, Cian!

@alsiewalsie Alan you're a dote!

I am a proud Ulster woman but I'm heading north on M1 with shades on, there is a dividing line of dark grey cloud at Ravensdale. #blacknorth

I'm usually very thrifty when it comes to buying stuff for myself. The splurge will make me feel guilty for about a week!

Last week was my birthday and I just spent some of my birthday money in Tiffany & Co @brownthomas My first Tiffany! pic.twitter.com/YJjgCD4OEn

@borogovedub Groundhog Day!

Morto. I got lost in #Arnotts #whencountrycomestotown

Here's a bunch of young wans from #Derry2013 to whet your appetite @wondervillians @damianmcginty et al youtu.be/Jzma4_Am3iw via @youtube

@PatMcClay babai bocht :-(

After sampling "Teenage Kicks" One Direction have had a fatwah issued aginst them in Derry. I wouldn't be venturing past Drumahoe, lads.

The second best Undertones song ever? #derry2013 The Undertones Get Over You: youtu.be/4PbRr2XHs9s via @youtube

@colmtobin oh Jeez, I bet you have to take 7 shades of sh*** from @RossOCK about being from Munster. Nearly better to be a Northsider.

@colmtobin southsiders would see that as fair punishment for living on da nort soide (says Über northsider from Derry).

Understandably I'm a fan of #Derry2013 and the opportunity to showcase the city's talent. So much great musical talent especially.

Loved the blitz when I was younger, getting the shins bate off you was no fun though! Still enjoy the craic when son is playing hurling.

Thanks for all the ideas. Porridge with brown sugar, boiled egg chopped up in a cup with butter and black pepper and a slice of wheaten!

Gimme some breakfast inspiration people. Can't be doing with fruit and yoghut today...

Scary and bizarre to be robbed for your hair: BBC News - The South African hair thieves targeting dreadlocks bbc.in/Y03MYr

@thejournal_ie keep 'er lit!

...Gabriel Mullaly 1989

February 27: Raymond Wylie, Ronald Macauley 1973 Wesley Black 1975 Kenneth Lenaghan 1976 James Cordner, Joseph Long, John Lee 1977...

@cllrmsheehan Very good! Think they can do some electoral damage, though...

I see the two former Ulster Unionist members who resigned last week are setting up a new political party. Will be interested to hear in a.m.

@gaeleoghain @am_flynn @conchobardob no I think it is supposed to be "owed" cos no-one pays cash for an Aston Martin!

@BirdseyeKite ah that's lovely, thanks a million :-)

@paudy67 how could you tell?

Took me 2.5 hours to update Phone software this evening and now all my apps are running really slowly. Hate when technology doesn't work!

@cuigcead I'd say they were thick as thieves before the row too.

@elainelarkin nice tonsils :-)

@TWkTO so do you mean Canadians are not really as polite as I thought, they just have a habit of apologising for nothing? :-P

Or "take your oil" - accept the inevitable and stop complaining (from Mammies making children take their cod liver oil despite complaints).

@TWkTO must be a Canadian thing, eh?

Claude defended many people arrested during the civil rights campaign. The expression "say nothin' til you see Claude" meant keep quiet!

What's your favourite local expression? Mine has to be "say nothin' til you see Claude." It refers to Claude Wilton, a solicitor in Derry.

Running into someone you met in #movember and taking 10 minutes to place him without the beard. Clean scundered as we say up our way!

Looking east towards the Irish Sea from Gravity Bar at the Guinness Storehouse. Wow! pic.twitter.com/HAUkVBxxNE

@homeofguinness still in training, hopefully we'll finish up early enough.

@KC_QP diligence is of course important but I'm concerned about over regulation that prevents people engaging.

“@thejournal_ie: The European Commission wants €625,000 back from Ireland jrnl.to/Yz74mI” V good considering what north has to pay!

@culabula DM me details LDT!

@Sabsiny have promised myself a glass when training is over!

People #volunteer because they are passionate about an issue. Are you put off by having to jump through hoops?

Good governance for charities and voluntary groups important but maybe a balance to be struck that doesn't serve to hamper altruism?

I'm not generally a fan of piercings but think this may be the worst I've seen. Just RONG with a capital 'R'. pic.twitter.com/Eim7FftzsU

@IrishBinka maybe I should've said I #volunteer so I don't get hit by the bad karma bus!

The view east from The Guinness Storehouse. A new perspective of Dublin for me. pic.twitter.com/R2TfXkAllW

@IrishBinka that sums up my attitude well - life is a cycle of giving and getting. Hopefully the more I give the better quality I'll get!

What motivates you to #volunteer ? Or what stops you from volunteering?

I #volunteer with a victims charity and am trustee of a school. I do it because I feel I have a responsibility to do something positive.

Interesting fact: there are 288k registered companies in Ireland, 10,000 are charities.

@AthyMensShed I was thinking just a quick nosy, make sure the place is clean, drop in a pot of stew and a six pack - wasn't going to stay!

Another two great sites to #volunteer or find volunteers are @voluntireland and activelink.ie

“@blacbloc: Police in Britian have been warned not to volunteer for #G8 policing in Ireland because of security fears” Here's me, wha?!

Check out boardmatchireland.ie and think about volunteering in your community.

@eoinmadden true - needs immense sensitivity. An opt-out would require a cultural shift but I think it would only take a generation (10 yrs)

Training run by boardmatch.ie Are you interested in joining a charitable board? Do you need "new blood" on your board?

@AthyMensShed are women allowed in a shed?

@eoinmadden I'm a firm supporter of opt-out organ donation where everyone is a donor by default. Could it work in Ireland?

@eoinmadden what is IKA Eoin?

I'm at training today for Board Members in charitable/voluntary groups. Do you volunteer?

Anna Livia at dawn pic.twitter.com/5cebOKGGl4

@WiseMona Training due to finish at 4 so I may indulge then!

@Peter_Hegarty will bear that in mind, though drinking Guiness whilst not watching rugby will be strange!

Visiting the Guinness Storehouse for the first time today. Funny, I've never even brought American visitors to see it. Training day for me.

Philippines martial law victims receive reparations ictj.org/news/philippin…

@98FM I am @ireland and I'm awake and not feeding horses - someone else is doing that for me this morning!

@TWkUSA @I_amGermany @iam_pakistan @I_am_Italy @I_am_Antartica Good morning Laura - have a great day!

@shamroxann I was beginning to feel like a voice crying in the wilderness there...phew!

...Joseph Fenton 1989

February 26: Cecil Patterson, Robert Buckley 1971 Stephen Tibble 1975 Joseph McCullough 1976 Robert Mitchell 1977 Paul Duffy 1978...

@PatMcClay @katia75014 they're all yours then, so ;-p

Thank you #oscars for a lovely evening. Now can we just call 2013 the year of the beard and all please shave before next year's ceremony?

@PatMcClay Didn't know that, must be ingrained in my Ulster psyche.

@TheDublinDiary yes indeed he is :-)

@TheDublinDiary Don't diss Captain Von Trapp, please!

@irlbinky missed it would you believe. Jeez!

@andgoseek good woman! As the saying goes, a real woman can do it by herself, but a real man wouldn't let her.

@conorleeson @Frank11Guinness Malvinas anyone?

being pass-remarkable about the #oscars - does Richard Gere look old to you?!

@SimonHarrisTD I'm reliably informed 028 area code is Skibbereen!

Time to get the dinner on. Bake at 120 degrees... pic.twitter.com/IQZKdncCuf

@FraffieB Are they the ones being "promoted" by Kerry Katonah? Sounds about her level.

@dancetotipp thank you, I intend to :-)

Thanks @owengaffney for sharing. No pressure, then! Swedes’ Twitter Voice: Anyone, Saying (Blush) Almost Anything nyti.ms/KmeplD

@Ryanofoto I wager not, but then again they probably are too preoccupied to look at the architecture.

@SimonHarrisTD it's a northern number. Instead of calling back key in 00 44 28 then the last 8 digits. Hope that works!

The Criminal Courts of Justice is a beautiful building I think. pic.twitter.com/xdHF1z4BSb

@cuigcead whereabouts? That's gorgeous!

@glenburnbootboy @thejungleni you mean people generally rather than me specifically of course!

@newbelfast @loughshore @ajstream great idea!

@Dickensonfarms pfft! As if the yanks could really play hockey!

Bracing myself for the text from O2 when I get to Ballymascanlon "welcome to IRELAND" (in caps). Hey O2 I ALREADY WAS IN IRELAND (all caps).

@pnedotie thank you.

Wee stop in Newry - my fourth county of the day. Derry, Tyrone, Armagh, Down #rockyroadtoDublin

@irishabroad thanks. Stay tuned!

@RosieJosie76 asked her would she mind keeping my place, then I sat down and waited til she was at the front and went in front of her #Iwin

@IrishHillwalker by all means do! #sperrins

@ingeniousie @cuigcead @thegrammargarda I know...class!

@sashatarr BOO!

@tanlogadas sorry I can't click that link from my phone. Try google translate as it has an audio function too.

@psneeze amoebic dysentery anyone? Brilliant!

@wabbster eh no...

@theleggalamb that's the one "Farewell to old Ireland, the land of my dreams. To the parish of Lissan and the cross of Ballinascreen..."

Feel like doing the Patrick Swayze "this is my dance space, this is your dance space" scene from Dirty Dancing for her.

I'm in a queue and every time it moves the woman behind me gets so close she's touching me. Now standing sideways casting glances at her.

Slieve Gallion, County Derry - not a cloud in the sky! #derry2013 #sperrins pic.twitter.com/j4p5WBOc8Y

@ceilichick @thegrammargarda we could put a portakabin in the car park :-)

@tanlogadas a new one from foras na Gaelige is focloir.ie Let me know which you prefer!

@hornerhead @derryphotos will come back to you on that one during the week for sure

Oh holy moley! Someone call @TheGrammarGarda pic.twitter.com/6GFDtg7gAB

There is no coffee in this house therefore I must leave! I shall pull over and tweet y'all when the inspiration (or traffic) strikes.

February 25: Gordon Gallagher 1973 Sean Fox, David McConkey 1975 Joseph Campbell 1977 Cecil McNeill 1983 Johnathan Reid 1993

@hornerhead oh yes please but how?!

@CatsInTheMuseum George Hook needs to brush up the punditry :-)

@tanlogadas "mora duit" - any gaelgoirí care to elaborate? GRMA

@adhddoyle ha ha :-)

@lynn_zack for me it was just too clear cut to be exciting. DDL, Hathaway, Argo, Lee - all big categories - were evident in advance.

@wholesomeIE thank you I will do my best!

@adhddoyle ah Laois looks lovely today. Well known by many northerners for not the best of reasons. But sure the past is another country.

@dermotcasey to increase revenue from the anoraks like me, no doubt, who try and see them all (and fail usually!)

Tried to see all best picture nominees but there were just too many this year and I'm not sure why. Anyone know?

So, the #Oscars - what did you make of that? I didn't manage to stay awake, does that say it all?

@MartyOPrey it is quite stunning. Pics later when I venture out in the chill.

@josephdelaney yep, stretched across Derry and Tyrone. Ice age formations I'm told. Loads of drumlins.

@danhanley thank you Dan. I will if that sun is anything to go by.

Maidín maith. I'm Patricia, your curator for the week. It's a chilly -3C in the Sperrins this morning yet I can feel your warmth already :-)

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