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Mincéiri women and children and their decorated caravan on route to Cahirmee Horse Fair Elinor Wiltshire, Buttevant, Co. Cork, July 1954

A circle of chairs, a different one for each age (a highchair for Kfir, a preschool chair for Ariel, dining room chairs for the adults (there are still so many of them held hostage that to write their names would take up the majority of this post)), and on each chair is a book that the person likes or is relevant to their interests or what was going on in their lives before 7/10.

Irish lads, Main Street, Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, ca 1900. Detail from a photograph by Robert French. National Library of Ireland.

I don’t really understand why do people have to hate other people because of what they like. I mean Just think about it You are hating a person for a cartoon, anime, game or anything. I am fan of many thing and of course I ship, I’ve seen to characters and think. Hey, they’re cute together. But just, How can you hate a person for not liking the same thing as you. If an anime has the majority of his cast as boys and suddenly in the wide hole that’s internet pops someone that thinks, I think boy x girl looks cute together you don’t have to throw yourself at his/her throat. Everyone is different and like different things and that should be okay, I don’t quite understand why is that a problem. Even that it’s not the worst part. The worst part comes when people start atacking the author because he made x pairing canon. Just why would you ever do that? Do you realize that you are atacking the person that made your otp come to life don’t you he/she created it, put a part of his life in it. And you rejecting it for one thing. You still have fanfiction, amvs, meps, and anything a fandom can offer. So don’t make the fandoms a world of hate. Made them a word of love. Ship and let ship. Create and let create. This was everything I had to say (for now) thank you for reading me.

A young man diving into the sea, County Galway, Ireland, 1890-1900. Details from original photos, via NLI.

“Irish Studies: Irish Colleens and Boy Driving Sheep” (detail). Undated. Source: NLI.

Irish kids outside a candy shop in Dundalk, County Louth, late 19th-early 20th century. Detail from a photograph by Robert French. Source: NLI