Status Updates From A Short History of Ireland

Can't remember the last time I enjoyed a mandatory book this much honest--Always nice seeing a couple of your ancestors coming up in the book haha.

"The bata scóir, which Irish-speaking children wore around their necks, as a crude disciplinary measure. National school teachers adopted the bata scóir to help them end Gaelic: everytime a child was heard speaking it, a notch was cut in the stick; at the end of the day the notches were counted and the child was punished (beaten) for each offense."

argh

Quote from the last chapter I read reminded me of this:

"...that in truth Henry's great weakness lay in the fact that he was too sensitive and irritable. His letters are a long series of complaints, and he continually talks of resigning his office..."

relatable tbh

Really interesting blurb on stories and myth:

"Withthe Milesians came the great poet Cir, who went to the northern
kingdom, and the great harpist Cennfinn, who went to the south. In
this way the sagas explained why in later centuries northern Ireland
was known for its poetry and southern Ireland for its music."