John Crotty ✓
@itsjohncrotty · Read full articles @ ➡️ · joined 22 Jan 2017
Historian, Author & Speaker | Lead authority on Irish Tricolour | Irish Tricolour/symbols book & @spikeislandcork out now | 👀 highlights for top threads🇮🇪
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The joy this brought to me!
Nothing better than an Irish person doing well
On to Katie tomorrow night! ☘️🇮🇪🟢
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TROY PARROTT OFF THE BENCH TO GIVE BETIS THE LEAD OVER REAL MADRID!
SENSATIONAL!
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Huge thanks to Irish Central for publishing some findings from my new book - 'The Irish Tricolour'
We now know the symbol appeared 18 years before previously believed
It was a forgotten Dublin patriot - Emelia Hamilton - who first fused the colours
Read more here - https://t.
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The history of migration to Ireland:
Following recent research on historic migration to Ireland, I said I'd compare it to modern times
This revealed something remarkable -
Ireland is the fastest growing of all major* EU nations, at 1.72% annually (2021-2026)
It is so high, h
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Rabbi propaganda is one of the more frequent misinformers on this platform
Here he infers Ireland was unusual for rejecting immigrants in WW2, including Jews
He fails to mention how his own American government explicitly refused 20k Jewish kids, in 1 go
Let’s compare (1)
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Content form the Irish tricolour, on sale now - click here https://t.co/PfZS0eze53 https://t.co/4VHlAW9XTl
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@itsjohncrotty A recent addition to Ireland’s millennia of symbology. https://t.co/BaFYkwC98Q
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I hope you enjoyed this Irish history
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#StPatricksDay2025 #SaintPatricksDay https://t.co/LzASB3b9mS
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These are just some of the symbols of Ireland
A nation deeply in touch with its past
Irelands Neolithic tomb builders left an indelible mark, being absorbed by the bronze age & early Celts
Modern Irish see themselves in the craft, community & culture of the ancient Irish (12 h
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The sunburst:
Associated with the ancient ‘Fianna’, an Irish mythological band of warriors
The 1st image of it dates to 1731
It was adopted by Fenians around 1858
Similar devices appear in Japan & China (10) https://t.co/dUgcNpNgLU
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The Irish wolfhound:
Remarkably, the earliest description of large Irish dogs is a 391ad Roman reference
A gift of hounds were termed a 'wonder of Rome'
Their current impressive size is partly breeding with Great Danes
They became a symbol of Ireland in the 1800's (11) https:
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Round Tower:
The late 19th century saw Ireland rediscover its heritage
Alongside High Crosses the round tower was revered
Built from 7th century, they were bell houses, stored valuables or held Scriptorium on monastic sites
They demonstrated power & prestige (9) https://t.co/
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Irish stone High Cross:
They became popular in Christian Ireland from the 8th century
They combine the Cross with a circle to represent the sun, God or eternal life - a unique feature
They became a symbol of Ireland in the late 19th century (8) https://t.co/9wHRJT6nNH
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The Celtic Tree of Life:
6000 years ago Ireland had as much as 80% forest cover
Druids believed all things are connected - all are one
The tree symbolises the connection between heaven and earth
Oak trees were revered as sacred (7) https://t.co/usTvBOjVz8
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The Irish tricolour is a modern symbol
The 1st tricolour was the Netherlands in the 1500’s
Many nations adopted them following the French Revolution
Irelands emerged in the 1830’s & was adopted after 1916
Its colours stand for hoped for peace between Ireland's faiths (6) http
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The Harp:
Early references date to Egypt & Mesopotamia 5000 years ago
Harpists were revered in Gaelic Ireland, the Annals listing harpers in 630AD
They appear on High Crosses in the 8th century
It was used to denote Ireland by French heraldrists in the late 13th century (5) h
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The Celtic Trinity:
Almost certainly derived from the Megalithic Tri-spiral
The Celts used the symbol extensively from 2500 years ago
It appears in Irelands most priceless book - the Book of Kells
Most recently it forms the Irish - Choctaw sculpture ‘Eternal Hearts’ (4) https
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The Tri-spiral / Triskele
The symbol appears at 5000 year old Irish tomb Newgrange
The site is older than the pyramids & all modern religions
The device has no beginning or end, using 1 continuous line
It is perhaps Ireland’s oldest symbol (3) https://t.co/fBbbGs8FYe
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The shamrock was linked to St Patrick
It was 1st recorded in Irish association in the 1500’s
A recent link to the 1196 Topographia Hibernica implies much earlier use
The Irish wore them on St Patrick’s Day no later than the 1600’s
The symbolism has older Celtic roots (2) http
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Ireland has millennia of symbology
Some of our oldest symbols are over 5000 years old
On #StPatricksDay what is the history & pedigree of Ireland's oldest symbols (1) https://t.co/nKIdHyMvX2
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Against accounts of the same size
5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.
Median views2 346this account924median for 10K–100K
Reach, %20.47%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %2.89%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K
| Metric | This account | Median for 10K–100K | Ratio |
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| Median views per post | 2 346 | 924 | 2.54× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 20.47% | 3.62% | 5.66× |
| Engagement rate | 2.89% | 1.52% | 1.90× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
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Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
4.15%17 Mar
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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.
What the audience does
Likes83.0%6 001 in total
Reposts8.6%620 in total
Replies1.1%83 in total
Quotes0.5%33 in total
Bookmarks6.8%492 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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