@Ireland Curator: Rick O'Shea

Thanks to @worldirish for having me this week, your curator from tomorrow morning is @mrcbehan :-) I'm off out to wander in the sunshine x

Tomorrow I'll be back to being normal old @rickoshea. We'll be live from 2 on @RTE2fm from the studios of @magic1067 here in Boston...

5. Harvard pic.twitter.com/yZhYLNuiEC

4. @JFKLibrary pic.twitter.com/7B61q08Yfc

3. The view from the bar @REALTopoftheHub pic.twitter.com/PL2qtGvWYy

2. Mike's Diner pic.twitter.com/e9UUFlDfsl

1. @brattlebookshop pic.twitter.com/CTjDwbRK2c

My time as curator here is pretty much done, but before I leave you - 5 things you should do in Boston if you ever @VisitMA ...

@MDRN1 @LinehanBill @VisitMA It's been huge fun, genuinely. Would definitely recommend as a city to visit.

I did show you @BCECNav earlier, didn't I? pic.twitter.com/gAmw2yrLLP

And more South Boston... pic.twitter.com/cAhE8TqS9z

More South Boston pic.twitter.com/EZQtNsuKRs

Snapping you, snapping me with @cormacbattle pic.twitter.com/O2111JEH6r

No-one is going to ask this guy to get out of the way... pic.twitter.com/QZBNyjqnCw

South Boston... pic.twitter.com/aogMOaTR08

Back from the South Boston parade. A few pics? Firstly, @michaelc2fm asks a few locals will they play 9 Lives pic.twitter.com/hrUAzHsEU6

Right. Next TV break we're off to the Southie parade. Pics later on ;-) Thanks @LinehanBill, @VisitMA #stpatricksday

RT @tim_brannigan: President Obama shares a pint with the runner-up and the winner of America's Most Irish-Looking Men. http://t.co/nVMH ...

RT @darraghdoyle: President Michael D Higgins and Sabina Higgins at the Dublin Parade today #spf13 pic.twitter.com/b24OhKV5BE

RT @colmtobin: I am in a cab approaching Dublin City centre on St. Patrick's Day after 4pm. I would wager that the Normandy landings wer ...

RT @Cmdr_Hadfield: Donegal, one of the many famous places I've only seen from space. pic.twitter.com/Sz1bCFEDge

RT @BostonAttitude: In Boston today is also know as Evacuation Day!! In 1776, British Troops left Boston after 8 long years of occupatio ...

RT @worldirish: In tweets: celebrities around the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day: bit.ly/WPLSLn

RT @ndshewonderswhy: Paddy's Day pandemonium in downtown Sveden. pic.twitter.com/qjL7Pt6tJp

@tnwhiskeywoman Pretty much everywhere...

@mickmuldoon The lack of celebrity interaction with @ireland has been disappointing alright... ;-)

RT @razi971: @ireland #prade #galway pic.twitter.com/P9vvQqcNZi

My last day curating here - normally you can catch me over @rickoshea :-) Any last day questions for @ireland?

The ex-governor here is singing parody songs onstage #onlyinboston

@nikkiharte @NECN, are you guys streaming the parade too?

RT @Maria_Shannon: Getting ready for #celbridge #parade pic.twitter.com/8Y4RxlBfBM

And to you @whitehouse :-)

RT @whitehouse: Happy St. Patrick's Day! pic.twitter.com/22bTL5LuWU

And to you @MiaFarrow ;-)

RT @MiaFarrow: If you cant make it to Dublin, Trinity College has put the entire Book of Kells online! digitalcollections.tcd.ie/home/index.php… #HappySt ...

RT @AineKerr: Oram, Monaghan today attempted to break record for the world's 'shortest parade' (mere 55m). See Big Tom. cc @rte http://t ...

RT @colmtobin: Grand Slam Champions! Amazing stuff from Ireland. Now that's what I call a Saint Patrick's Day celebration. Woohoo!

Still breakfasting @BCECNav thanks to @VisitMA. @cormacbattle has rarely enjoyed himself so much... pic.twitter.com/7AFC0HkrHb

RT @PeopleofLdnOnt: @ireland Those of us with Irish heritage get to shine (my ginger hair helps verify!) And everyone else is Irish in s ...

RT @PeopleofLdnOnt: @ireland Lots of Guinness and whiskey! We usually head to pubs or have house parties. Lots of green and shamrocks

RT @lisa_pereira: My local shopkeeper told me lots of people were coming in with the Ivory Coast flag on their cheeks. He didn't have th ...

It is @chloeagnew and @susiemc1983 onstage at the Southie St. Paddy's Day breakfast. 2 points to @cormacbattle... #stpatricksday

. @Celtic_Woman are onstage. Is that Twink's daughter and Brian McFadden's sister?????? #stpatricksday

World step dancing championships coming to Boston this month. They seem very excited... #stpatricksday

The guy in the centre of the trad band onstage looks just like Liam Brady with a moustache necn.com/pages/necn_str…

@PeopleofLdnOnt Ontario??? What do you guys do?

RT @PeopleofLdnOnt: Happy St Patrick's Day, @ireland, from the revellers here in London, Ontario! It's snowing here but we work around it

RT @Cmdr_Hadfield: Wearing the green - Happy St. Patrick's Day from the International Space Station! pic.twitter.com/v0Kr9gpmsB

RT @FAIreland: Happy St Patrick's Day all!Trap celebrates his 74th bday today too!Here he is celebrating with the squad! #COYBIG http:// ...

If you're interested in what's going on where I am in Boston, @alisonkingNECN is also tweeting from the room... #stpatricksday

Finally figured it out! @LinehanBill looks like a young Eli Wallach! #stpatricksday

.@ctpaycc Thanks, Josh. All thanks to @VisitMA actually. Doing my @RTE2fm show from here tomorrow... #stpatricksday

RT @ConorMinchin: @ireland @ireland @RTEDigital Happy St Patricks Day to everyone at home from NYC #paddysday pic.twitter.com/OkWBQyjXMV

RT @joeyblogs88: @ireland Don't know why but watching on tv. Mother in law watches every year. It is all sorts of bizarre. Sen Warrens b ...

RT @TWkUSA: Full Irish breakfast, South of Boston. This was last summer. Wish I had it today. pic.twitter.com/qSGRQ3ydXm

.@LarryPDonnelly @lynchforsenate is onstage now... Also getting the laughs :-)

@yvonnejudge Later on when they do The Boys Of Fairhill.

@joeyblogs88 I am... Bizarre, no?

...stage taking the piss out of each other, singing folk songs. Mental... #stpatricksday

.@SenWarren is very, very funny. This is a political roast! I can't imagine this happening back home. Politicians from all creeds on one...

RT @eamonambrose: @ireland In casualty. Guy just came in wearing a huge novelty tie with his finger cut off.

RT @nettlebum77: @ireland just heading towards Kilburn #littleireland #paddysdaylondonstyle

The senior state senator @SenWarren is onstage doing the chat now...

Our host here in Boston this morning is @LinehanBill. Working the crowd like a pro... #stpatricksday

RT @MacDaraME: @StephenEamonn @ireland happy #stpatricksday from #MiddleEast pic.twitter.com/9QWB2Td5rh

RT @StephenEamonn: @ireland I'm in Bratislava. Going to The Dubliner Irish pub later for live music and craic. There shall be pics!

They also celebrate Evacuation Day here today. The day they finally kicked the British out of Boston... #stpatricksday

Anyone else anywhere outside Ireland at #stpatricksday events? What's going on...? Pics even? Will RT the best...

First TV segment of TEN has just finished @BCECNav. They do politics differently here. It's almost a roast... #stpatricksday

@LarryPDonnelly It's *some* spectacle, Larry...

RT @LarryPDonnelly: @ireland @NECN @VisitMA Wish I was home for it! Watch for my Congressman, Steve Lynch, proud Irish American! #Boston ...

Fancy gawking at where we are this morning? @NECN are live streaming our breakfast!!! necn.com/pages/necn_str… @VisitMA

@Cmdr_Hadfield Morning, commander from the South Boston St. Patrick's Day breakfast ;-)

RT @Cmdr_Hadfield: Maidin mhaith from the International Space Station! Happy Saint Patrick's Day to the Irish all around the globe. Good ...

Seems like this whole thing goes out live on @NECN. Must not eat messily on American tv... #stpatricksday Morning too to @VistMA ;-)

RT @fhayesmccoy: @ireland FB photo album just up. The Most Westerly St. Patrick's Day Parade in Ireland. facebook.com/media/set/?set… … … http ...

Hello to all the guys at @NECN. They took our picture here! #stpatricksday pic.twitter.com/CzlRWiKnhr

Breakfast is starting @BCECNav in Boston :-) #stpatricksday pic.twitter.com/ZnXF9vjtnI

Seated at the Southie Paddy's Day breakfast in @BCECNav. If you're on Twitter come over to say hello. I'm seat G23 #stpatricksday

RT @mollie5555: @ireland hope they have the Parade from Dublin on a big screen. It's a damp but happy day in Dublin :)

@garethoconnor And to you!

RT @Donal_OKeeffe: @anniewestdotcom Disturbing admission from the Artist Fomerly Known As @Ireland. Next you'll be disavowing public dru ...

RT @WeAreHindustan: Happy Saint Patrick's Day to @ireland and all the people. How are you all celebrating.

I am the only person in the room not wearing green... #stpatricksday

#stpatricksday in Boston pic.twitter.com/aCkwZC3EaM

This is the official South Boston St. Patrick's Day breakfast. Hundreds of the Boston great and good and politicians everywhere... Bizarre..

We have wi-fi! Morning and welcome to @BCECNav in Boston. For breakfast...

Jaysus, what time must it be in actual Ireland? Night all. Manana, from here in Boston x

@Mojoflicks @rickoshea Very pleasant and comfortable and, dare I say it, turbulence free...

@RositaBoland You went there? *sigh* Not everyone sees it but I adore his architecture...

Also, the bar at @REALTopoftheHub has one of the most incredible views I've seen anywhere... pic.twitter.com/2s4YtfUGVL

OK. Had dinner in @ICOBar tonight. Don't know if I have ever eaten as well anywhere EVER at that price... pic.twitter.com/IFZSxSi5op

Have to run. Hungry! Chat tomorrow after @ParadeBoston. Be careful out there xxx

@TWkUSA And thanks to yourself and @VisitMA for having us!

@JohnMoynes Yuh huh...

.@BarryPierce It's the first US edition of 1984. 4 dollars...

@mcculld @JFKLibrary It was your idea, buddy...

RT @karolinabadz: @ireland @mcculld myself & @eoinkernan visited @jfklibrary and loved the place, exhibitions & stunning views!

@smsbrk Some people have no taste... :-)

@FredDred Tis, and not at the moment...

RT @michaelc2fm: Inside the JFK library in Boston....cool spot. pic.twitter.com/zRPVwSzptY

Boston is a pretty, calm, quiet city. Maybe the quietest major one I've ever been in... Cambridge a bit more level. Harvard is beautiful...

Did I rave about @JFKLibrary enough? :-) The building was designed by IM Pei... pic.twitter.com/AgQbLVdNJK

And @JFKLibrary has the capsule that Alan Shepard became the first American in space with... pic.twitter.com/v0979Wn8yb

Inside the @JFKLibrary was impressive too... pic.twitter.com/O7Txiniqsf

Mike's City Diner. Just go. Ignore the queue... pic.twitter.com/K48sgz69ob

Went out to Harvard too. This? The only building in North America designed by Le Corbusier... pic.twitter.com/VE2089Tn9A

The @JFKLibrary is, indeed a top notch experience @mcculld and everyone else who suggested pic.twitter.com/ei7Ypf1GW4

Went for a wander... Any Boston Legal fans? pic.twitter.com/L4NAQc3CVu

Oh, by the way all of these pics are thanks to @VisitMA who brought the radio show here for Monday. I'm piggybacking on that for this :-)

First thing first. Went a little mental @brattlebookshop yesterday... pic.twitter.com/Et909gmJHc

@catherinedanahr You'd have to ask @michaelc2fm and @cormacbattle about that...

RT @jasonrapert: Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of my friends with Irish Cultural Society of Arkansas!!! @coryallencox @ireland

@CamilleLoftus @kencurtin @rickoshea We were playing rugby today?

RT @Johnglennon5: @ireland Ireland's most unique St Patrick's day parade? Duncannon in Wexford have ours on the beach @12 noon! Surely w ...

@alice1059 Hello Denver. This is @Ireland. In Boston. Confused?

@lyricmoviemusic @rickoshea I almost *almost* bought tickets to see Zachary Quito in the ART here. Too expensive...

@DaithiKelleher @rickoshea @cormacbattle He did, in fact he's in great form :-)

@silverchicken1 Have already spent all my book allowance...

Afternoon all, well, at least where I am :-) Back from the day around glorious beautiful Boston. How's things back home? Pics loading too...

RT @michaelc2fm: So, we're here in Boston!! Show live on @RTE2fm, Monday at 2 with @rickoshea and @cormacbattle! But first, why am I a ...

Oh, and this is where we're going tomorrow morning. It seems to be a big deal... pic.twitter.com/9NsK2UnUXR

In other related jet lag news, there I was, bolt awake at 3.30 this morning, just as my body told me it was time to go to work...

Today it's off to @JFKLibrary and Harvard itself later on. Pics when I get back this evening when you'll be asleep. Bloody time zones.

Morning all from the stunningly sunny and blue-skied Boston. You know, the one in America. It's just awake time here...

The amount of people who use the @Ireland name when simply blaming booze for their heads this morning is bizarre... Not my fault!

@garethoconnor @HSMIreland Not a drop since Feb. Next few days will be hard. Will be eating out and I *love* wine with dinner...

And, before I head, a good question from @damienmulley - why is green food green? doodlecook.com/blogs/doodle-b… :-) #stpatricksday

And for everyone telling me not to drink too much, I won't be drinking any at all @HSMIreland hellosundaymorning.org/rickoshea

Right. That was a day and 5/8ths. Next time I tweet you I shall be telling you of the delights of Boston, MA. Wish me luck...

@Det13Maria @accesshollywood Starting an Ireland show with Scotland The Brave? Sure what would they know. They're only Canadians 😉

@VisitMA @rickoshea Thank you kindly good friends ;-)

RT @VisitMA: Hey Massachusetts & friends! #FF #FollowFriday: @rickoshea & @ireland as he explores #Boston this weekend for St. P ...

Right. Into it. Today is going to be head spinning round territory. Live on @RTE2fm at 2 and thence to Boston!!!

RT @myrac: I want to go to @Scotland @ireland & @Greece of course @Spain

@KilcullenTown Shucks now stop, thanks a million :-)

Thanks, all. Not Gone yet! Don't forget we're still on the radio tomorrow from 2. Day will be mad though, chat in the morning ;-)

RT @babaduck71: @whatshewears @rickoshea @ireland @VisitMA You'll love it - we had a lovely honeymoon there. I think you'd like the Sci ...

RT @AllanCavanagh: @ireland woohoo! Send us a, you know, those small rectangular pieces of cardboard with Instagrams of check-in places ...

RT @whatshewears: @rickoshea @ireland @visitma Boston !!! How exciting, have never been but it reminds me of yer man in the liberty insu ...

@KBoyler12 I hope so... ;-)

@mariaheffernan Thanks, Maria.

RT @mrs_bopp: @rickoshea Say *hi* to my sis. Maryanne. Concierge at Liberty Hotel Boston @ireland @VisitMA

@AllanCavanagh Packed!

Knew the very funny @paddyccourtney was in @neildelamere's tv show. Didn't realize he was actually *playing* St. Patrick. No better man :-)

@usembassydublin Thanks for the follow, guys. About time ;-)

RT @conorobyrne: @ireland @JFKLibrary was there last year. the hand written notes on his "we go to the moon not because it is easy" spee ...

@southstreetdine Awesome... Will try and swing by this weekend :-)

There's @neildelamere on d'telly :-) Genuinely one of the smartest standups I've ever seen live...

Seems this account follows @JFKLibrary. excellent. Will definitely be visiting this weekend. They have Freedom 7 *goes weak at the knees*

@VisitMA I'm honored, thanks :-) See you at the weekend!

RT @VisitMA: @rickoshea (@ireland), we snuck in a quick mention for you in our latest St. Patrick’s Day-themed blog post: http://t.co/1G ...

@scrabalisios Can I introduce you to this year's @1city1book... :-)

RT @damienmulley: The history of the shamrock and Paddy's Day in the White House: youtube.com/watch?v=tB9U-Y… cc @rickoshea @ireland via @use ...

Righty ho. That's it for the radio for today. Off home to check the weather in Boston and see what I need to pack :-) Chat later.

@damien_omeara @FrontLineHRD ...one of the world's leading intellectuals.

@damien_omeara @FrontLineHRD Just not an @LFC top. I remember it as being entirely inconsistent with the complexity of your question to...

@MDRN1 Oh we are well briefed by all the lads at @VisitMA :-) You in Boston yourself?

RT @MDRN1: @ireland..... South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade, the 2nd largest in the country, starts at 1pm on Sunday. Info: http://t. ...

.@FrontLineHRD It would be! Saw him a few years back with @damien_omeara who asked him about exit strategies from Iraq. In an @LFC top.

RT @FrontLineHRD: @ireland This might be of interest - Professor Noam Chomsky to speak in Dublin on Wed 5 April 2013 in the RDS: http:// ...

@ScotVoices ...a train carriage n Glenfinnan. Seemed like a rational thing to do at the time.

@ScotVoices Have to be honest, the only time I was ever in Scotland was in a people carrier with a group to see @DaveGorman play a gig in...

RT @IrishTimesLaura: Massive ratings for RTÉ's Vatican coverage: a 723,000 average and 992,000 peak for yesterday's extended Six-One whi ...

RT @armelleskitchen: @ireland wagon !!!

RT @DarrenCrilly: @ireland Wembley Stadium

RT @JohnMoynes: @ireland Village, pronounced by a German.

Sorry. Huge "duh"... Cormac spies with his impossible eye something beginning with "W". Can be anything, ever. Guess away #impossibleispy

RT @whendowelive: @ireland The musical Wicked #ImpossibleISpy

RT @Shrednek: @ireland Is it 'Witness Protection Program' I'll understand if you cant read this out wink wink. The Canary is in the toas ...

Time to play Impossible ISpy - unlike real ISpy, it can be anything anywhere in the history of humanity. Ever. Go! #impossibleispy

Got our itinerary for Sunday in Boston from the lovely @VisitMA. Invite to the legendary breakfast @MassConvention before @ParadeBoston

RT @ScotVoices: Having a wander around Aberdeen Art Gallery before heading home to tweet to y'all about hopes as an artist http://t.co/H ...

@ScotVoices Ooooohhhhh... That's awfully pretty...

RT @dionsis: Hey @Ireland could you help me find a band in the locality of Moneygall for our charity drive. Perhaps one of your good fol ...

@ticketfriend With the skeletons in my closet? Probably not... :-(

@AoifeDevine @lenadunham How great would it be if that were the outcome? :-)

@EyeBlinks @damienmulley It would. He turns the crank that makes the Irish internet work ;-)

Perfecto. It would be weird if @ireland wasn't following @damienmulley...

This account has not been following @lenadunham up until now. Again, extremely remiss... Remedied.

You should be reading @WeAreUkraine from today. Some brilliant pictures.

@GavinCCullen That's what I'm hearing alright...

RT @CiHarb: @ireland Hubby got new glasses whem 1st baby arrived. She broke them weekly, they cost €25 to fix each time. Got stronger gl ...

@AllanCavanagh No, exact same age, exact same day. Mad, Ted...

RT @Jamme90: @ireland I am the kid. Crashed into dads car, mine had a small bump, completely took off the bumper and headlight of his car

@AllanCavanagh Mental. Mine too. Exact same day...

RT @eamonambrose: @ireland My 6 year old hacked in to my Xbox live account and bought €50 of games. Also my Xbox avatar now looks like a ...

@AllanCavanagh Question. Is your eldest 15 today?

RT @CarolJordanCNN: @ireland Rick! £40 in dry cleaning last week after my 11 month son vomited over me three times and weed on me once - ...

RT @beatingblog: @ireland My nieces let a cat into house. It peed everywhere, destroyed beds and carpets. Brother pretty peed off!

On the radio show right now - when did your kids cost you? The bigger the better. You know the sort of thing. Hitting a 50" TV with a ball..

Ah yes, rare that playing Fiesta by @poguesofficial doesn't mean the speakers get turned up to ear-splitting levels...

@JohnSmyth3D @Debretts I was thinking more of namedropping the lads at @astonmartin actually ;-)

I *LOVE* getting books in the post I haven't been expecting. Possibly more than anything else.

In other news, mentioned @Debretts new guide to entertaining etiquette on radio last week. In the post this morning? pic.twitter.com/5xRfKP2ShZ

Right. Tickets to @MumfordAndSons to be won on the show today. Have a listen if that interests you... rte.ie/radioplayer

@JohnMoynes @RTE2fm @DundrumTC I normally do, but not today :-) Sorry for confusing you ;-)

Right all. Live on the ole @RTE2fm from @DundrumTC until 4.30 this afternoon. You can listen live - rte.ie/radioplayer

RT @cathyby: @ireland Introduction to Phenomenology by Dermot Moran (UCD). Very very slowly. #irelandisreading

RT @StanCarey: @ireland "Idoru" by William Gibson, and "Mazes and Labyrinths" (an illustrated history) by W H Matthews. Both good so far ...

RT @EleanorFitz: @ireland Just interviewed Catherine Dunne so last book I read was her 'the things we know now' - Powerful exploration o ...

RT @irishstu: @ireland Reading The Mongoliad - fantasy novel goodreads.com/book/show/1285… about Genghis Khan and wizards and whatnot

RT @ClairMcEvoy: @ireland Funnily enough, an Irish author in a genre not my usual. Blood Red Turns Dollar Green by Paul O'Brien.

RT @diabeto1201: @ireland strumpet city only 25 pages in but good so far

RT @cdayzee: @ireland apart from tweets (lol), the book I'm reading is kinda self-help I guess to improve intimacy in my marriage

RT @fhayesmccoy: .@ireland The Otherworld: Music & Song from Irish Tradition. Eds Ríonach uí Ógain/Tom Sherlock. Comes with 2 CDs. # ...

RT @achillgooner: @ireland City of Bones by @cassieclare Movie is coming out soon #irelandisreading

RT @Noelette_ie: @ireland something wicked this way comes. Ray Bradbury. only a few chapters in but I like the way the story is setting ...

RT @alan_maguire: @ireland In The Shadow Of The Sword by Tom Holland. It's about the period just before the rise of Islam and is excelle ...

RT @adnhnrt: @ireland i'm reading the kingdom and the power by gay talese, an inside look at the new york times. it's great, if weighty ...

RT @KathOMeara: @ireland Kate Mosse's 'Citadel', which makes me want to go to S.France.Just finished Miller's 'Snow Drops',which had me ...

@yvonneredmond I do. That and @hughhowey's Wool...

RT @BeeNiBee: @ireland Bringing Up The Bodies Hilary Mantel..great read and Carol Ann Duffy Jubilee Lines poetry anthology...also superb..

RT @brenstrong: @ireland I'm re-reading Will Self's Grey Area, and really liking it. Although this could be nostalgia :)

RT @dazlo3500: @ireland Ben Collins' (AKA The Stig) autobiography. Excellent read, if a little pretentious #irelandisreading

I'm currently reading Iain M Banks - The Player Of Games. Brilliant. Can't understand how I hadn't read his sci-fi before #irelandisreading

Maybe hashtag it #irelandisreading and I'll RT a few

This is usually a Friday thing done elsewhere but maybe this lunchtime (where I am anyway), tell me what you're reading and is it any good?

RT @MigrantRightsIR: @Ireland We're linking with Boston's @iiicenter today showing solidarity between undocumented in Irl & the US- ...

RT @ealabbassi: @ireland unpredictable weather! 4 seasons in 1 day, people are friendly and nice! But not the teenagers! It’s my 3rd yea ...

@ScotVoices To be fair (and I'd never been before last year) I thoroughly enjoyed the Guinness Storehouse tour. Thought it top notch.

RT @Navifax: @ireland @_Tshock Generalisations are what come to mind first. I'm from the windmills, tulips, bicycles, drugs, Amsterdam c ...

RT @ggnell: @rgahan @ribe6760 @ireland Around half of even British young people I meet believe that all of Ireland is part of the UK!

RT @adib__ali: Potatoes RT @ireland: So again, non-Irish followers, I ask - what's the first things you think of when I say Ireland and ...

@PeopleOfCanada There y'are now, ken ;-)

RT @VisitTheIrish: @ireland Asked some American friends this a few years ago and the very first answer was Sinead O'Connor... followed b ...

RT @brittanyhardin: @FeargalOC @ireland I thought of Joyce and Wilde; it's a rich history. Must be difficult to regard yourselves as old ...

RT @sportygirl04: @ireland all my opinions on Ireland come from the movie Leap Year :) I see everything being green and the locals being ...

RT @lilyunadreamer: @ireland great people, lots of funny moments but a country with no summer!!!! I was there for a year and just saw th ...

RT @Navifax: @ireland Great literature. Great music. Great whiskeys. Fascinating though troubled history. And beautiful landscapes. And ...

RT @mrpjones: @ireland Every Irelander Ive ever met in London has represented with humour, personal humility and national pride. Cant re ...

Good question. @brittanyhardin asks "@ireland so how do the Irish want to be received?" Anyone?

.@FeargalOC Not a single one. Feargal.

RT @FeargalOC: @ireland Is anyone referencing our literature and scientific heritage? God this is depressing. Not #shootingthemessenger ...

@_Tshock See, that's why I was interested. People's one-line generalisations of you can tell you a lot in and of themselves.

RT @Muff_CF: @rgahan @ireland I've talked to a few Irish people who were surprised we weren't a part of UK too! Oh my! #Donegal

RT @_Tshock: @ireland It's offensive to offer a one line summary of any nation and its people so have little respect for responses.

RT @ncmono: @ireland I think they've been quite positive! I was expecting more "drunk tight arsed wife beaters"! lol

RT @CurlyBubble: .@Ireland For our confused friends. youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XD…

@MiaDaly *ignores* That work? ;-)

RT @MissTovah: @ireland jigs, fiddles, Guinness, leprachauns, red headed men named Sheamus, Enya

@ScotVoices Aw Alex, don't say that. Don't make me counter with "battered mars bars"... ;-)

RT @ScotVoices: @ireland guiness :)

RT @aolive2003: @ireland Ireland is green, her people are happy and funny.

RT @tnteacherTim: @ireland .... with a joy in language and escapism

RT @tnteacherTim: @ireland a self-defeating post-colonial popular consciousness of snobbery, begrudgery and shaddenfreude....

...at complete odds with our national view of ourselves, or what we'd like to thing other countries think of us #dontshootthemessenger

Some people tweeting that they're getting depressed by other people's perception of Ireland. I asked because it's all too frequently...

RT @danielsturman: @ireland Funny with a ready-made world-weary compassion. They are, although it is a controversial thought, the same a ...

RT @rgahan: @ireland Iv talked to many an American who think we are part of the UK and they get offended when I correct them!!

RT @KC_QP: @ireland Ireland is just Scotland with better PR and more courage (you took your independence, we haven't . . .yet.)

RT @cannyannie: @ireland love the iri sh people, so friendly , happy , must love the Irish about to visit on my 12th Dublin visited othe ...

RT @paddyccourtney: @gathering @ireland Tonight I own Irish TV At 9pm @TG4TV I'm in my own show #Paddywhackery then RTE1 @ 22.15 in #The ...

So again, non-Irish followers, I ask - what's the first things you think of when I say Ireland and Irish people...?

RT @thelovebing: @ireland Alcohol, humour and religious hypocrisy.

RT @WeAreCzech: @ireland place where the rainbow ends.

RT @NabilaZahra_: @ireland awesome accents! But maybe not as culturally diverse as other parts of Great Britain.

I'm going to ask you to be very gentle with the next one from @NabilaZahra_. It just shows how not everyone knows we're a country...

@PeopleOfUK James, speaking for every Irish person, we think that clip is feckin hilarious... Wonder what @Glinner thinks of that? :-)

RT @PeopleOfUK: @ireland My first thought was this Alan Partridge clip... youtube.com/watch?v=s1hcfK… Ireland is a place I really should have ...

RT @TWkUSA: @ireland Ireland is a green country with wild sea coast and historic cities like Dublin. Irish fiercely independent lovers o ...

RT @Altavistagoogle: @ireland A bunch of repressed Catholics who drink beer to survive the stupidity of their religion.

RT @Senor_FK: @ireland Potatoes. Good accent. Also good at hand-to-hand combat.

RT @weRIndonesian: @ireland :p good music, cold weather? nice accent for sure. what else :s i know the corrs comes from there :)

RT @JodiLilian: @ireland fun, trustworthy, easy to get along with. beautiful country, great people and fucking great accents. Often awkw ...

RT @elnathan: @ireland The Irish are rough and sexy. Sweet and scary. Dark and steamy. The Irish are whisky,Guinness& rum. The Irish ...

RT @Umang20294: @ireland Coffee, Castles, Clovers, Leprechauns, Pots of Gold, Rainbows, Green Panoramas, Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog !! ...

RT @huzanex: @ireland @elnathan Errr...IRA...crazy...pubs...crazy...pubfights...crazy...crazy accent...crazy...errr...have I said crazy???

RT @A_CREEP: @ireland y'all seem heartier but more conservative

RT @syafeeqKL: @ireland Guinness, Lephracauns and Liam Neeson

RT @defsmith: @ireland am biased by having a wonderful Irish friend. Never been to Ireland so sorry to say I think of damp green fields ...

So, earlier I asked all of this account's non-Irish followers, "what you think Irish people and Ireland are all about in a single tweet"...

Right. Say hello everyone to the RTE studios here @DundrumTC. It's where we'll be doing the radio show from today. pic.twitter.com/4gmKgUhYzK

@weRIndonesian @PeopleOfUganda @TWkUSA @sweden Friends, opinions? twitter.com/ireland/status…

@PeopleOfCanada @PeopleOfUK @Netherlanders @iam_pakistan @PeopleofNZ @CuratorsMexico Friends, opinions? twitter.com/ireland/status…

An experiment... Non-Irish followers - explain what you think Irish people and Ireland are all about in a single tweet. Be honest. RT?

The amount of suggestions that involve hardcore prescription drugs are mental...

@thumped @cormacbattle He's not that afraid...

RT @weRIndonesian: @ireland hahaha. it's 4.24 PM now in here. thank you family <3 I like the way you edit your avatar, Put green shad ...

@NiallOK Reason?

Also, @cormacbattle is afraid of flying. Given that we're heading to Boston, suggestions as to what he can do that don't involve alcohol...?

RT @NiallOK: Let's say one was heading west (N7) for the long weekend.. best route, if leaving Dublin City centre (say, Dame St. area) t ...

.@gillmac Irish artists please!

Anyway, morning all. We're doing people's favourite Irish songs on the radio show tomorrow. Yours? And tell me the reason why...

@matt_rupert Always wanted to meet President Robinson. Have nothing but respect for her and what she did/does.

RT @matt_rupert: Just finished watching lecture on Ethics in Leadership by former President of @ireland, Dr. Mary Robinson, at @penn_sta ...

.@weRIndonesian Well good morning (evening?) Indonesia, welcome to our bizarre family...

Have spent the evening scouring the web for diners and second hand bookstores for Boston this weekend #priorities

RT @ClearlyCrystalB: Thanks @ireland ! I feel much more informed...and got a few laughs out of it.

RT @suzybie: @ClearlyCrystalB @ireland 5% Attendance in many parishes in Dublin whatever the census might say

RT @6to5against: @ClearlyCrystalB @ireland it depends on which schools are available locally...

RT @barrymcgee: @ClearlyCrystalB @ireland A hell of a lot more baptised Catholics than practicing Catholics that's for sure!

RT @eilisnic: @ClearlyCrystalB @ireland Depends on the generation - lots of older gen still have strong faith. Those under... 40? much m ...

RT @NeatFreak_: @ClearlyCrystalB @ireland 84.2% proportion of the population – or 3,861,300 people – who said they were Catholic in the ...

RT @ClearlyCrystalB: @ireland - I ask as an admittedly not well informed American - how much less Catholic is Ireland now...percentage wise?

I have a religious question from an American follower to follow in a RT. Opinions?

RT @SimplyConor: @ireland the faith of the entire Catholic Church rests in his hands. It's make or break really.

RT @achillgooner: @ireland Don't really give a rat's ass about it but I still watch it

RT @Ladywholikesgaa: @ireland yip interested - amazing scenes from the square #excitement

RT @dazlo3500: @ireland we still are, rightly it wrongly, a hugely Catholic country. Would be remiss to suggest otherwise. Just saying.

RT @birdgehrl: @ireland I care because I'm a woman whose motto is "know thine enemy."

RT @dulpit27: @alanskerritt @ireland if you're a believer/etc then that makes sense. If not, then interest is more from curiosity than a ...

RT @BarbaraCurran: @ireland Not really - I very much doubt that anything will change unfortunately, same problems.

RT @fhayesmccoy: @OliviaFranceska @ireland I care. Because I fear the unreformed perpetuation of an influential institution that's gone ...

Have been asking so Irish people here care who the new pope is one way or the other... You?

RT @TheTweetOfGod: I know something you don't know.

I can sense cynical PR people everywhere readying their bad news press releases to bury them... #popewatch

RT @LeedsBookClub: @ireland hope for more liberal direction but think its unlikely. So, kinda keeping informed for the sake of it

RT @OliviaFranceska: @ireland Can I say as a member of the diaspora? Yes, I care. More than I thought I would.

RT @dulpit27: @ireland am I interested? Yes. Do I ultimately care? No. #Pope

RT @dermotcasey: @ireland only at the scale of the hypocrisy. What would the man who threw moneylenders out of the temple think of the r ...

RT @slatterg: @ireland only because I have money on the outcome, other than that couldn't care less

RT @beatingblog: @ireland I'd have,an interest as I go to Mass. Hoping for someone who will open his eyes to the real world. Will prob b ...

RT @froodie: Pope clearly chosen due to @ireland wanting to know who cared #deatachbán

RT @rtenews: White smoke seen from the Sistine Chapel, indicating a new pope has been elected

RT @graapples: @ireland fascinated by the whole old-men-in-robes-and-rings sworn to secrecy thing.

RT @OccupyIreland: @ireland no. Think we survived quite well without one!

RT @froodie: @ireland vaguely curious, and hoping the new guy loves the gays and the women and transparency and taking responsibility. L ...

RT @reverbstudios: @ireland People who care wont be on twitter..

RT @AislinnOC: @ireland yes! I frequently refresh my new favourite website! Istherewhitesmoke.com

So, Ireland, given that we were once a hugely catholic country and given that a new Pope is in the process of being elected, do you care?

That's it from Galway, tweet you on the road home ;-)

@foxkehs @Griffinsbakery A likely story...

@davidmccadden No comment...

RT @davidmccadden: @ireland you can get cozy in an Irish bar with Phil Hogan ;-)

@foxkehs @Griffinsbakery Would bring you back a slice of cake... but we ate it all.

#OnlyInGalway @Griffinsbakery came over and brought us cake. *drools*

Listening to the news of Ireland's representatives going round the world to promote the country. No mention of @ireland going to Boston :-(

If your company fancies making a bid for my egg or Cormac's, click here. All proceeds to the worthy @JackandJill1997 thebigegghunt.ie/auction/lots/

RT @Annb2: @ireland if you're there on Sat night you can catch The Saw Doctors play live in The House of Blues Boston- has the makings o ...

RT @eamonambrose: @ireland You really should try and park a car in the Harvard Yard.

And now @Ham_Sandwich live here in the @RTE2fm Roadcaster... rte.ie/radioplayer

RT @MDRN1: @ireland Harvard/Cambridge, Childrens Science Museum, Faneuil Hall, JFK museum. I'll think of more.

RT @conorobyrne: @ireland dicks last resort by fenuil hall is still one of the best dining experiences I’ve ever had

*ONE THOUSAND EURO* for @cormacbattle's @BigEggHunt egg!!! thebigegghunt.ie/auction/lots/c…

RT @suzietwinkie: @ireland Fanueil Hall is super. Like Cork's English Market. Try the chowda!

RT @Tillyteamaker: @ireland you want to go where everybody knows ur name #cheers

RT @misteil: @ireland Bring me back some salt water taffy. Thanks Rick.

RT @ciaragemmam: @ireland If the Purple Shamrock was there, I'd say that. Make sure you go to Newbury Comics, FYE, just explore.

We're doing the radio show from Boston next Monday. So, friends, what should we make sure we do / make sure we go to? Not pubs...

RT @Tennis_Ireland: @ireland Could you RT pls.Irish Davis Cup tennis team will play Finland 5-7 Apr in Dublin.Fans can get tickets here ...

Lady comes to the Roadcaster in Eyre Sq, asks if we fancy going to her restaurant at 4.30 for tapas and a nudey drawing class #OnlyInGalway

RT @gpshewan: @ireland Oh all sorts of plans and shenanigans! Which never really get past falling asleep on the sofa…undisturbed

RT @JTMoomin: @ireland I roam the garden and pull the ivy off sheds to fill a box with sticks for the fire #homealoneactivities

RT @eamonambrose: @ireland I remove this from it's metal case and brandish it about the place destroying anything in my path #homealone ...

@JohnMoynes Yer ma.

RT @foxkehs: @ireland I leave the immersion on. #guiltfree

RT @irishstu: @ireland well first I light some candles, then … oh wait, this is for daytime radio?

RT @Shrednek: @ireland I like to search the house SWAT team style. Complete with ninja rolls, mimed flash bangs, machine gun fire etc. # ...

My questions is - what unusual stuff do you indulge in when you are #homealone ? About to start this on the radio...

So. @michaelc2fm is home alone tonight as his wife and kids are out. He's going to be scouring the over trays and cleaning the kitchen...

RT @achillgooner: Weird listening to @ireland on the radio

Oh yeah, you can listen to us live from Galway here til 4.30 - rte.ie/radioplayer Just click on "2FM"...

@ByrnesBooks Was just chatting about you on the ray-jee-oh. Hope all is well ;-)

@sNarah Brill to hear that Sarah, I was getting tired of trying to translate your tweets ;-)

So here we are... Live in Eyre Square for the day on @RTE2fm with @Ham_Sandwich on later. pic.twitter.com/RSHZZxIPTt

@TraveleatloveMM Thanks Meghan, actually have a question for Boston types after 3 today. Check back.

RT @TraveleatloveMM: Charlie Byrne's is so great, a Galway treasure! Looking forward to having you in Boston this wknd! @ireland

RT @rickoshea: Live from Eyre Square in the @RTE2fm Roadcaster for the afternoon and tweeting on @ireland for the week. Come over and fo ...

RT @RyGuy4136: @sweden @PeopleOfUK @TWkUSA @Netherlanders @WeAreAustralia can we get a RT to welcome @We_are_Spain to #rotationcuration ?

@We_are_Spain Second hand bookstores :-)

@garethoconnor I have a @nokiaireland Lumia so I use the Twitter app for Windows 7.

@We_are_Spain Recommend any good ones in Barcelona?

RT @We_are_Spain: @ireland go on! Bookshops are very interesting, but 2nd hand bookshops UAUUh you can find wonderful books!

RT @eamonambrose: @ireland One place I miss most from Galway.Could never pass by without a saunter in! Still get the odd collector's edi ...

RT @Karenwq4: @ireland They're on Twitter! @ByrnesBooks

@ndshewonderswhy So they are. Hello @ByrnesBooks, thanks for the calming half hour...

I have 20 free minutes to visit one of my favorite second hand bookshops in Ireland :-) Charlie Byrne's...

RT @FriendsMerlinWD: @ireland while your here, you might fancy a breathe of fresh air in the #MerlinWoods #Galway youtube.com/watch?v=4Ay_af…

RT @barbarascully: @ireland was just thinking given the week (s) thats in it how many mammies have been converted to OneD fans. *lamha s ...

I wonder, given the week that's in it, would @niallofficial ask his 10 million followers to follow @ireland? Couldn't do any harm...

RT @a_byrne_: @ireland Welcome! We have the sun out for you and everything :)

RT @Karenwq4: @ireland Failte! Bain taitneamh as an la! #gaillimh

Thanks for giving us a spot to work in @MeyrickHotel ;-) pic.twitter.com/g9X0V2iDBQ

And afternoon to Galliamh :-) I genuinely *love* coming here when I'm off duty. If you're coming here on holidays ever it's a must-stop.

@patomahony1 Don't you mean @pattycullivan? :-) Someone needs to set that up...

@We_are_Spain Show off ;-)

RT @rickoshea: Right. We're live from 2 in Eyre Square with @discoverirl and @Ham_Sandwich playing live at 3.30 :-) Anyone coming down f ...

.@We_are_Spain Our pleasure. We love your wine, your food, your art, your footballers...

.@eilisnic It is. Hugely. For so many people with epilepsy it takes years, if at all...

@mryhrt They mailed me already! Will keep an eye out for them...

RT @mrs_bopp: @ireland We should all carry a bag of squishy patties everywhere with us to launch at ppl who greet us with that phrase #patty

@JacqGrogan If only :-) No, it moves quite slowly so it was down last night...

RT @JacqGrogan: @ireland @rte2fm Is the road caster coming to collect you?! So cool! #travelinstyle

@suzybie I did, oh, I did... ;-)

I've been patron of the lovely folks @epilepsyireland for the last 6 years for my sins ;-) They're well worth your follow today...

Another thing my curatorship was that I wanted to talk about epilepsy. Had it since I was 16 - that's medication every day for 24 years...

@Happy_PattysDay *sigh*

RT @Happy_PattysDay: @ireland Happy Patty's Day, Ireland! Top o' the morning to ya!

RT @1city1book: @osullivand @ireland Check out dublinonecityonebook.ie - there are lots of interesting events in April honouring Strumpet ...

.@61deirdre This weekend. The radio show is live from Boston this Monday.

@Clionam Let me rephrase that. I'm quite solitary and quiet most of the time. Find the night-time being "around" people strange :-)

RT @darraghdoyle: If you're a tourist in Ireland, with questions, looking for recommendations or just want to say hi, please tweet. Happ ...

@StoneHuts Snap. A little Starbucks filter coffee goes a long, long day on the road...

@trontsephore @travors ...like-minded heads could share what we're reading at the moment. I know people who like Goodreads...

@trontsephore @travors Not sure what I mean. Was thinking less book club (you should see my "to be read" pile!) and more space we and...

On the road to Galway as the radio show is live in Eyre Square in the @RTE2fm Roadcaster from 2. Waiting for my lift in Liffey Valley...

Morning all. Start of a long, long day... pic.twitter.com/kBQSEzM9RT

Honestly? I'd never take full time to this tweeting in the evenings lark. I need an uninterrupted block of time when I'm not "on"... Night x

RT @johnkellytweets: Not in Austin. Anywhere in Dublin do huevos rancheros?

@travors @trontsephore This is where we all start a book club...

RT @Shrednek: @ireland Just polishing up on my Boston accent in case you need a last minute runner for the show this weekend.... http:// ...

RT @travors: @ireland Also a great eye opener, God Delusion made me talk about being an atheist, the crow road made me realise it, back ...

RT @1city1book: As well as reading #StrumpetCity join us in April for over 60 events taking place in Dublin.Check out http://t.co/Xjsqyy ...

Tomorrow, @ireland comes to Galway. I'll be doing the radio show from Eyre Square, @Ham_Sandwich will be playing. Tweet you from the road ;)

@travors We almost started a strand on that yesterday here. For me, quite obviously, it was The God Delusion...

.@JacqGrogan Me too until now. 3/4 of the way through The Player Of Games. It's brilliant.

RT @alanskerritt: @ireland Rick, students who are entrepreneurial are those who make it to be Dragons on the den. So keep up the work la ...

@ERN_Malleyscrub Hello Sydney!

@osullivand I've already read it twice, Dave, most recently last year. I adore it... #1city1book

@eolai I've fallen over twice with the excitement, my friend...

And everyone posed for the awkward family photo... pic.twitter.com/kCqfcLTptx

Even the primary school kids seemed to have a good time... pic.twitter.com/FbMUcS7PwB

Gave some awards away to them... pic.twitter.com/xjuYUrhw8G

Met some nice kids at the Fingal Student Enterprise Awards... pic.twitter.com/80gNbt3INb

Coffee and the book I was reading was pretty good too... pic.twitter.com/qi2tg2xxlg

It was a beautiful morning in Dublin... pic.twitter.com/hJMwN13h47

To finish tonight, a pictorial history of day two of my curatorship...

.@MaureenKeenan I met a man today working on the sound at the event I was at who worked with me there. 18 years ago... #atlantic252

@ChameleonFood @epilepsyireland @DalkeyDispensar facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… Would LOVE to see you there Kev ;-)

RT @stevethewraith: @ireland @TheFollowingFOX Just keeps getting better and better. Rare a show can successfully reinvent itself every f ...

RT @ChameleonFood: @ireland @thefollowingfox @nbcsmash @nbcgo_on Gave up on the following weeks ago, complete tosh.

RT @sineadgleeson: At the Kaufman Astoria Studios, where many classic 1930s films were made. AND Sesame Street. pic.twitter.com/EWwWW2JGln

@sineadgleeson Wow. Genuine wow.

In tonight's telly Matthew, I shall be consuming @TheFollowingFOX, @NBCSmash and @NBCGo_On. Yes, even I have my brain candy side...

Just back from a menu meeting for @epilepsyireland's big celeb cook night in @DalkeyDispensar in April. Menu is stunning...

RT @m_o_donnell: @ireland Ya Strumpet City is a classic should be a must read for all school kids,I remember watching the series when I ...

RT @pumelamary: @ireland Was my Granda's favourite book too. He sadly passed away last Dec. I have his copy, will read it again in his m ...

Was talking earlier about Strumpet City as this year's @1city1book. Some of your thought to follow...

Particularly as this year is the centenary of the 1913 lockout @1city1book...

...to read together. Read Dorian Gray, Ghost Light, Dubliners in recent years. This year it's my favorite Irish book of all - Strumpet City.

A thought for followers outside Ireland - @1city1book is a *brilliant* idea every year. One Irish book the whole city is encouraged...

RT @FutureVoicesIre: @ireland We're a voluntary legal education initiative working with deis Dublin's students. Don't have nearly enough ...

@IsMiseDaniel Oh don't go getting used to that... :-)

RT @davidhasalife: I tell ya, @rickoshea becomes @ireland for a few days and he doesn’t even bother showing up for work…

Ceremony over. Say hi to @Colourful_L - one of the winning entries :-)

@IsMiseDaniel Let's call it quits, shall we? ;-)

@IsMiseDaniel And you don't know the difference between "your" and "you're"...

Kid here at ceremony tells a gag - who invented camping? King Henry The Tent... (needs to be said in a Dub accent) :-)

@Louismasterson *blushes* Thank you kind sir :-)

Am hosting the Fingal Student Enterprise Awards at the mo. Shouldn't be tweeting during the ceremony. Really shouldn't...

Where I am... pic.twitter.com/gfysRgEz6W

Again pics not loading but I'm at the Fingal final of the National Student Enterprise Awards with great, smart, talented kids here in Blanch

There's a turn up for the books. Also doing a voice on the ad I just did? @mssarahgreene. Ireland's most talented young actress. Follow her.

Right, "work" to be done. Someone needs my voice on an ad. How that ever came to be categorized as work...

RT @KinsaleNews: @ireland @hsmireland #Kinsale ! Fun for all the family from 1pm, Parade @ 4pm followed by magical Maritime Parade in th ...

RT @daveleavy1: @ireland am I in a minority thinking St. Patrick's day has been hijacked by breweries and publicans

RT @ccferrie: @ireland @HSMIreland Briing the kids in to see the parade passing Christchurch Cathedral then back to Rathmines for a nice ...

@GroryJohn No, John. They have high tax in other countries too. We have loads going for us. I think the grass always looks greener elsewhere

Also have remedied that this account doesn't follow @BrianODriscoll. What is wrong with the world???

I have 5 mins to walk in the freezing sunshine in Merrion Square. Glorious. If you come to Dublin on holiday seek it out...

RT @sarsbradley: @ireland This will be the 1st in about 9yrs I won't be going to my grandmothers with my extended family for the day. no ...

RT @RWinckworth: @ireland @hsmireland Singing in the States!

RT @NeatFreak_: @ireland @HSMIreland Watch the parade in #Carrick son is in the Scouts, back to their den for Family Day then home for a ...

RT @Louismasterson: @ireland @hsmireland Hide! I don't usually leave my house on Paddys. Avoid town like the plague

Got to run. Coffee break spent tweeting 😊 Off to do a voiceover, then to the Student Enterprise Awards in Blanchardstown.

Doing this because people from other countries have a perception that every Paddy spends their national day unconscious. Not everyone does..

RT @patriciamacb: @ireland @HSMIreland taking the grannies and aunties to "see the bands" and then a big afternoon tea of scones, sandwi ...

RT @fhayesmccoy: @ireland @HSMIreland This. Then and now. Just hoping it won't snow on my parade :) blog.discoverireland.com/2013/03/st-pat… #dingle #irel ...

RT @Shrednek: @ireland Lst year went to pub with friends. Full of families w/kids so we left & went to bowling alley/arcade - had it ...

RT @Clonrf: @ireland Dingle, Kerry for the weekend. Love that it's a long weekend. Will be spent walking, eating and a few drinkies ;-)

RT @i_love_mayo: @ireland Zilch. Keep our heads down until it's over. Used to have pub. Had to close. We don't drink. Parade same every ...

RT @Noel_Dennan: @ireland @HSMIreland threat it as just another day of the week but one where I don't have to work.

RT @travors: @ireland @hsmireland I usually hide from town and hit the cinema. My best paddys day was when I skipped off to Paris & ...

RT @AislingCahill: @ireland @HSMIreland Normally we bring the kids to a parade, this year they're *in* the local parade, supporting the ...

RT @WeAreAustralia: .@ireland @HSMIreland drink a Kilkenny or 4 anywhere I van get them while wearing my Boston Celtics gear!

@yvonneredmond Agreed 😊 Arctic but beautiful...

First question of the day for you is connected to me not drinking for the month for @HSMIreland. What do you do on Paddy's Day? Where? Tell.

Dublin is *stunning* looking this morning. one of those days I am reminded why I love living in Ireland so very, very much...

Right. Attempting to tweet photos but not working on my phone or my @surface for some reason. Coffee in @FixxCoffeehouse working very much..

May take some pics in the city centre if my fingers don't fall off with the cold...

Morning all. Long day ahead. Am at the Fingal Student Enterprise Awards in Blanch, so you will be too :-) In to @FixxCoffeehouse first...

RT @Alan_199: @unakavanagh YES! @ireland pic.twitter.com/4SRjwTU2kq

@JohnMcMahonIrl Sadly I am in no way representative of this country of ours, as well you know :-)

@JohnMcMahonIrl Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaage!!!!! *ahem*

...the Book Of Kells @tcddublin. High bid is €1200. If your company fancied making a better one thebigegghunt.ie/auction/lots/r… It's a great cause.

Leave you with this. @JackandJill1997 are the beneficiaries of @BigEggHunt. They asked me to paint a giant egg that's currently outside...

...hardworking and entheusiastic young kids. Will tweet, pic and the like.

Right, time to log off for day 1. Tomorrow I won't be on the radio, I'm MCing the Fingal Student Enterprise Awards. They're incredibly...

@smsbrk It depends on where you work and what sort of show you do. I'm at my desk 9 to 5. Wed we're in Galway so I won't be home til 8...?

RT @eimearocarroll: @ireland Weird (but nice) to hear from you at night Rick. Reminds me of the Dusty, Rick & Ruth days...my formati ...

*ahem* Squee!!!!!!! There was a special @OnlyConnectQuiz on BBC4 tonight with @VictoriaCoren. That has genuinely made my night...

@fitzyrichard @sweden They're talking about us at #sxsw? Lovely... Give them all a wave from us.

RT @fitzyrichard: Great to hear about how the @sweden twitter handle started a trend, it's called 'Rotation Curation' - @ireland followe ...

@kcourtney8 Genuinely the sort of personal abuse I wouldn't get on my own account in a million years...

RT @kcourtney8: @ireland you have a face for radio.

In case you missed it earlier, evening. I'm Rick. I'll be your culural avatar for this week. Evening to our US followers just logging on...

RT @Shrednek: @ireland I could see you presenting an Irish version of QI. @cormacbattle could be your @alandavies1

.@niamhzie I have *always* wanted to present an Irish version of University Challenge. Anyone remember Challenging Times with Kevin Myers?

@JacqGrogan A few... :-)

@BeeNiBee It's 3 courses with wine and all the proceeds are going to charity.

@garethoconnor :-P

@johnmadden78 Weekday afternoons on BBC1 :-)

Monday night involves TV. Classic Mastermind, little University Challenge, little @girlsHBO, little @WalkingDead_AMC. I may be some time.

A favour - @GavinDuffy, @davidmcw and I would like to cook you dinner. Want to come? :-) Even a RT would be great. pic.twitter.com/M56uHKPskY

There's @iamsineadkennedy. I'll be on @twotubetv at 6.30 giving a kid the chance to be on my show. pic.twitter.com/zPuC2PhDKM

@JeremyTaxman Just out of shot to the left along with the spray paint gun.

It takes 2 more hours of this to make me look acceptable for telly... pic.twitter.com/rfFbCEH3uF

RT @theeney: Oh has @ireland turned into an account just promoting RTE Radio and TV? *Unfollows*

@theeney No, this week @ireland is someone who presents an RTE show and tweets what they do. Same as every other week...

RT @WillSliney: @rickoshea Love the @ireland twitter idea. Just applied to curate.

RT @madeinhollywood: @ireland #letshangouttogether pic.twitter.com/YipB0PgwBl

Right so. That's the radio show done for today. Off over to telly to chat on RTE Two's @TwoTubeTV after 6... More later.

Sadly, on this list, my @rickoshea a/c is even beaten by a FAKE @NiallOfficial account... labs.sociable.co/twitter/

On the show right now? A caption competition for charity. It's worth a grand for @JackandJill1997 facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…

@86thLeinster @rickoshea Thank you kind sir ;-)

@Edel_Schultz I wanted one - chose a chunk of a monologue from Enda Walsh's New Electric Ballroom.

RT @Edel_Schultz: @ireland I'm looking for a non-religious Irish wedding reading. Can anyone help? #wedding #reading #irish

@AccessibleJoe Yup. You pretty much have the national appetite for talk nailed right there.

@SwearyLady And @RichardDawkins fault that I'm one.

Also this account appears not to be following @Cmdr_Hadfield. Remedied that too! *waves up* Afternoon, good sir...

Forgot to tell you, I'm a lifelong Liverpool fan. Yes, I'm pretty happy today and this made me squee a little express.co.uk/sport/football… #YNWA

On the radio show - about to talk to our @TCDJailbreak friend @elaine_foran... in Warsaw...

@Ryanofoto It's luck. Forgot I'd met him until I was rereading the book many many years later...

Why oh why is this account not following the gentlemanly and lovely @stephenfry ??? Rectified.

Douglas Adams would have been 61 today. I have an autographed copy of the Guide at home. I must have been 13 when I queued in @easons :-)

RT @TWkLGBTQ: @ireland stockard channing.

RT @unakavanagh: @ireland And incidentally: Myth-buster: Why it's Paddy's Day not 'Patty's Day' :O worldirish.com/story/25232-my…

RT @CTVoter: @ireland Jude Law #genderneutralcelebritynames

I'm conscious that I have many responsibilities here on St. Patrick's Day. Can I introduce our American friends to @paddynotpatty?

RT @eamonambrose: @ireland Robin Wright, also MacGyver's first name was originally Stacey but they changed it! #GenderNeutralCelebNames

RT @saoili: @Shrednek @ireland I said in my German homework for school 'Marilyn Mason is my favourite <male> singer'. My teacher ' ...

RT @CTVoter: "@ireland . Want to contribute one? #GenderNeutralCelebNames" Glenn Close

RT @IsMiseDaniel: @ireland Pat Cash #GenderNeutralCelebNames

RT @ccferrie: @ireland Edna Kenny #GenderNeutralCelebNames

RT @Shrednek: @ireland Does Marilyn Manson or Alice Cooper count? #GenderNeutralCelebNames

Lyndsey Buckingham #GenderNeutralCelebNames

RT @Shrednek: @ireland Gene Hackman

RT @ccferrie: @ireland Taylor Swift #GenderNeutralCelebNames

RT @KennellyStephen: @ireland Blake Lively #GenderNeutralCelebNames

RT @Wafflewaitress: @ireland #GenderNeutralCelebNames Bo Derek.

@travi44 Morning, Alicia :-)

Kelly Jones #GenderNeutralCelebNames

He even admitted to thinking, for years, that Ang Lee was a woman. Want to contribute one? #GenderNeutralCelebNames

This morning, Cormac was thinking about gender neutral celebrity names. You know - Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Pat Benatar...

@springsteen is now playing all over @ireland. It has a certain ring when I type it like that...

@ScabbiAbi2 Done!

@FricknFrack1 Nope, working fine for me - have you clicked on "2FM" button when it loads?

@FricknFrack1 I was about to say "No, don't be silly!" and then realised our first thing is about bird poo...

RT @FricknFrack1: @ireland I will be listening from Georgia, U.S.A Do you and your guys make fart jokes on the air? We in Georgia like f ...

RT @Roisin_Sullivan: @ireland @cormacbattle Holy Jesus, he could be on to something! My car is blue and in our old carpark mine would be ...

RT @mrs_bopp: @ireland Rick, I'm guessing @cormacbattle 's friend with the blue Corsa just has a persecution complex. All birds poop on ...

RT @ExerciseUrDemon: @ireland @cormacbattle yea the birds a Liverpool fan!

RT @eamonambrose: @ireland @cormacbattle Has he tested this theory correctly by using cars parked in the same spot? May just be in their ...

RT @EleanorFitz: @ireland @cormacbattle Once on hols we parked our blue car in seaside carpark for a week - returned to something more c ...

On the show - @cormacbattle's mate has a question. His car is blue, birds poop on it and no other coloured car where he lives. Thoughts?

Righty ho so. Bilocating here and on @RTE2fm on the radio for the next couple of hours rte.ie/radioplayer to listen!

And now, just before 2pm, I sit here and.... play for the next 2 and a half hours pic.twitter.com/fEkZ2zFYMN

Pic two - then I walk into this pretty little.... bunker. pic.twitter.com/mjHtzTHGtg

My day in work in three pics. Pic one - I arrive here around 9 - pic.twitter.com/NX6mjp3Hfv

Ahhhhhhhh.... Larry Gogan is playing Nina Simone on the Golden Hour on @RTE2fm Everyone, stop what you're doing...

RT @BashBranagan: @Ireland a year and 52 curators on - WorldIrish worldirish.com/story/25244-ir…

@JacqGrogan @rickoshea I think it deserves more followers, yes :) I said it earlier, if I can get @ireland to 15,000 by Sunday I'll be happy

@jennih666 Ah, that's OK so :-) I am better than you ;-)

@topgold They're tic-tacs! It was a benevolent gift...

@Maxliam No, no. This one you get for free you pedantic fecker :-P (I should point out that @maxliam and I have been friends since college).

This is where it gets multimedia - I'm live on @RTE2fm from 2 to 4.30. Listen if you want the full effect rte.ie/radioplayer

@Maxliam @country Scroll back in the timeline, there are quite a few...

RT @LoretInStitches: Hey @ireland we're the TY art class in #LoretoNavan. This is part of our #knitbombing project, what do you think? h ...

@jennih666 Again, why anyone presumes that means "better" I don't know. Just different is all...

RT @SpunOut: @ireland Not the being elected pope bit mind, going to mass like.

RT @SpunOut: @ireland It's funny, but those three things were symbiotic activities for men in this country a couple of decades ago. How ...

@ruppy99 @TCDJailbreak We had out favourite team on the show last week before this all blew up - @elaine_foran in Warsaw!

@ScabbiAbi2 *bows*

Right. These 2 feckers are my radio show team - @cormacbattle and @michaelc2fm. Dragging me off to a "meeting" pic.twitter.com/cJV1WLHl6u

...elected, I am not religious at all and it's St. Patrick's Day and I'm not drinking for the month at the request of @SpunOut. Mad, Ted.

Am conscious this is an interesting week for me to be curator. It's Cheltenham week, I know nothing about horseracing, a new Pope will be...

Fair play to everyone involved in @TCDJailbreak. They were everywhere on the Twitter machine over the weekend, all for great causes too...

@nmcgivney The last place you'll look.

@boucherhayes Little from column A...

RT @Umang20294: I didn't know we had a rotating curator account here in India just like @ireland! Hello @WeAreMumbai :-D

RT @Shrednek: If @rickoshea is @ireland for the next week does that make @cormacbattle The Aran Islands?

@agquarx My wife and I have a cat we've sort of adopted. She doesn't have a name as she's never told us.

RT @_dmurphy_: Is the @ireland account like jury duty? Are we all going to have to do it at some stage?

@agquarx @ScotVoices I am :-) Afternoon Scotland!

I have a question @boucherhayes. If President Higgins were to "retire" this week (lot of it going round), does that mean I'm in charge?

RT @TWkUSA: Good day @ireland!

@mrsims82 Tweeting at night or them being foolish enough to give me the reins this week? :-)

RT @eamonambrose: @ireland Morning Squire. About time we got some geeks in here. #geekweek

Seems I left out @TWkUSA too. Morning, Stacey. @ireland is coming to Boston this weekend for St. Patrick's Day...

Fair point @AlanRiain. A huge good morning to the first ever curator, a year ago this week, @topgold.

Ah, morning @iam_pakistan. Or is that evening where you are?

@boucherhayes Are you kidding? @anniewestdotcom is my consigliore for the week...

@WeAreCzech Morning Anton. Am ashamed to say my only words of Czech are "pivo prosim" :-)

RT @unakavanagh: @ireland Full list of curated accounts here ;) twitter.com/unakavanagh/ro…

Am also operating an AMA policy this week so if you have any questions about me or Ireland, ask away. If I don't know, I know people who do.

@JayCoyle That's the edited highlights, Jay ;-)

Huge hello @sweden, @WeAreCzech, @WeAreAustralia, @weareFrance, @Netherlanders, @PeopleOfUK, @PeopleOfCanada, @PeopleofNZ. Who am I missing?

This week I shall be on radio, kids telly, MCing a student enterprise ceremony, in Galway and in Boston for Paddy's Day. Stick around.

@Ryanofoto I.... Eh..... Free sweets! Free sweets for everyone that follows!

RT @Ryanofoto: @ireland Here Rick, I was following you before you became the twoice of Ireland.What can you offer me now that I wasn't a ...

Weird. I almost *never* get people taking potshots at me for working in RTE on Twitter. Ever. I'm here 5 minutes and someone has. Strange.

RT @bigrig480: @ireland Howya Rick!! So you're the boss this week? Any chance of a few extra Bank Holidays? Can we roof the place?

Bizarre. @TwBirthday infoms me I've been on Twitter for 5 years today as @rickoshea. When I started it was all green fields around here...

@fahadaliG I use quotes around "job" because I've never considered what I do actual work. I've done actual work in the past...

@ciaranbradley @NarcoDreamer And a Dan Francisco and a Beverley Hills and an Annette Curtain... *sigh*

@nycinews Glad to! *waves*

RT @nycinews: @rickoshea @ireland *waves from #euyouth13 * be nice to get a wave from Ireland :)

@minus1cjb @NarcoDreamer You should. I started working there when I was 20. 19 years ago...

@LeojjKelly Because the only decent people on twitter are those who live here every waking moment? Strange idea...

@ideasasylum @carrigman I always work from the base assumption no-one knows who I am. It's usually the right assumption :-)

...as well as @NGIreland

Part of this week will be me suggesting Irish accounts you might follow if you're coming to vist, so hello @NLIreland @NMIreland and...

For all the regular tweeters to the radio show saying hello, hello back! Too many to tweet individually! But I sees you all :-)

RT @emfmcc: @ireland ah look everyone reading...you eould never see that on public transport here in Rome..explians a lot..

RT @irishstu: @ireland @worldirish will it be a sexier spin on a daytime favourite, like Baywatch: Nights?

@aoiferigney @worldirish Cheat! Cheat! Never!!

@NarcoDreamer Long story short? It's a gag name I got lumbered with in a job (Atlantic252) when I was 19. TWENTY years ago...

@IanConnolly I do! And soft jazz and a good bottle of red wine...

@ElaineHanley72 @chrisjhorn @blathnaidhealy @NeatFreak_ Thanks guys ;-)

RT @butcherjo: When I saw the picture I thought it was Damien Rice curating the @ireland account, turns out it's @rickoshea!

@Maxliam Ha! Who's in charge now??? Huh? Huh? You should see the constitutional powers that come with this thing.

@boucherhayes My writing staff didn't sleep all weekend...

RT @boucherhayes: MT "My name is @rickoshea. Come tweet with me, I am @ireland." <<< Bet you were up hours working on that?

@JohnMoynes Hey, at least I'm not going to get into a row with @uriminzok and almost get us vapourised. Not like some curators...

RT @JohnMoynes: Looks like @ireland's lost the run of itself again.

@von25ki Thanks Yvonne, not so sure about the coffee. Drank so much over the weekend I think I poisoned myself...

Well, @mrcbehan it seems they have the whole spiel about me up here worldirish.com/ireland

@JillianvT @kencurtin Thanks Jillian and congratulations on a long week well done to Ken ;-)

RT @BeastyBoy_: @LiveNaasWeather @ireland sweater I'm just home from work in Dublin & they have nothing compared to here. http://t.c ...

The DART? Unusually quiet this morning. Possibly because it's snowing outside. In MARCH. pic.twitter.com/siYneHvpFw

I'll be using this account too during my radio show on @RTE2fm weekdays from 2. Now. Let's get started...

However, for this week, I've been asked by @worldirish to tweet at night. It'll be an interesting experiment :-)

And finally, unlike many online types I'm usually only ever online 9 to 5, never at night or the weekends. I like real life too much...

I live not so far from Dun Laoghaire by the coast in South County Dublin. Watch a lot or movies, read a *lot* of books, like the theatre...

I turn 40 in May, I've been doing this bizarre "job" since I was 19. I'm divorced and remarried, I have 3 kids from my first marriage...

However, they ask you to keep this account as personal as possible for the week so here's the non-public bio bit:

My name is @rickoshea, I'm a radio presenter with @RTE2fm in Dublin, We're part of RTE, the national broadcaster here in Ireland...

So here we go. First stop, I've been told on this, is to give you a quick 25 words or less on who I am. So...

Will do the whole "getting to know you" when I get to work, but for the moment... My name is @rickoshea. Come tweet with me, I am @ireland.