dairebtc
Daire

Glen Beach, Wicklow 📍
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2026-03-19 14:53:07 UTC

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Harnessing stability

2026-03-17 17:44:14 UTC

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Thanks for the zap 😁

2026-03-14 19:37:45 UTC

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Up the Arse!

2026-03-13 13:15:28 UTC

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Real

2026-03-13 08:52:42 UTC

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😭
My roommates say the same
It’s steak and peppercorn sauce, it’s a fucking delight

2026-03-13 07:53:41 UTC

GM
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2026-03-12 05:06:52 UTC

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Do you’ve more info on these? Beautiful

2026-03-07 10:24:58 UTC

#GM
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2026-03-03 16:48:35 UTC

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It’s also narrative Saifedean Ammous and other Austrians 🤷‍♂️ which is where I came across it
You’re changing the frame too. You said it’s useless initially. I’m just saying it’s fundamental to adoption.
Ofc isn’t the “100% bitcoin lifestyle” lol

2026-03-03 11:00:47 UTC

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I wouldn’t say useless
Capital accumulation is fundamental

2026-03-02 22:32:01 UTC

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@nprofile…r3l7

2026-02-22 18:57:05 UTC

The Dublin Bitcoin meet up is back March 14th at 1pm in the International Bar
They will be on the second Saturday of every month at 1pm
There’ll be two presentations on the day
It’s a welcoming environment for people to learn about Bitcoin
See you there!
#Ireland
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2026-02-22 15:48:40 UTC

Touching grass 2.0
Luggala Trailhead and Guinness Lake
#Ireland
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2026-02-21 18:22:19 UTC

Touching grass
Powerscourt waterfall
#Ireland
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2026-02-21 08:37:44 UTC

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Let’s go

2026-02-20 14:30:21 UTC

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Shaun of the dead for comedic relief
Sats are for me otherwise

2026-02-20 09:37:28 UTC

GM
“The answer to this question is closely connected with that other question which arises here, that of who is to do the planning. It is about this question that all the dispute about “economic planning” centers. This is not a dispute about whether planning is to be done or not. It is a dispute as to whether planning is to be done centrally, by one authority for the whole economic system, or is to be divided among many individuals. Planning in the specific sense in which the term is used in contemporary controversy necessarily means central planning—direction of the whole economic system according to one unified plan. Competition, on the other hand, means decentralized planning by many separate persons. The halfway house between the two, about which many people talk but which few like when they see it, is the delegation of planning to organized industries, or, in other words, monopoly.”
~ Hayek, The Use of Knowledge in Society
#AustrianEconomics

2026-02-19 10:01:10 UTC

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It’s a great read
Really helped me cop that Trumps tariffs were bullshit from the start and got me off the MAGA train pretty quick

2026-02-18 09:41:20 UTC

I find it hard to build a social circle
Fiat slop and Fiat rubble
Luckily some people are waking up, slowly but surely
#BitcoinInYourTwenties

2026-02-17 22:30:43 UTC

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Farmers and butchers
Great people all together
And that’s fair enough to the rest

2026-02-17 19:09:09 UTC

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I don’t think the US will be much better off
I’m only convinced by El Salvador for now
Unrealised CGT in Netherlands in crazy though

2026-02-17 18:43:17 UTC

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Is it really cooked though compared to the US?
I don’t buy the Europoor rhetoric
We’re all poor
The only places im convinced by is El Salvador that seems to be on all grounds getting better
Other than that, any remote living anywhere should be fine

2026-02-17 18:20:32 UTC

#AskNOSTR
Do you think The Netherland’s tax plan comes to all of Europe or do you think Europe introduces its own wealth tax ?
I’m a young lad in Ireland
My doom prepping involves learning Spanish as some day I may need to flee Europe. Other than that I just look after myself and work hard to stack sats
Thoughts?

2026-02-17 10:58:34 UTC

The #Unabomber laughs
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2026-02-15 10:55:52 UTC

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Always has been 😉
#nevent1q…qnhn

2026-02-13 09:18:50 UTC

GM
Time to make life great again
#BitcoinInYourTwenties
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2026-02-12 22:55:13 UTC

📍The Gaitey
The Crucible - Arthur Miller 🎭
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2026-02-11 22:45:57 UTC

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"Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you."
It’s this that makes me feel I may some day retreat to El Salvador
I hope the grey markets and resistance comes sooner rather than later but I’m only human too and at some stage I’ll have to make a decision
Loneliness is a terrible thing and subsequently I am grateful for NOSTR
#nevent1q…t65f

2026-02-08 20:23:24 UTC

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I looked into it before
Tbh I don’t know where they really differ much generally
Jung much more symbolic whereas Frued v pointed

2026-02-08 20:22:49 UTC

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Subjective valuation ;)

2026-02-08 10:26:11 UTC

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Let’s just say
We’ve turned our attention to the soccer World Cup 😭😭😭
And we’ll join the English disliking the French

2026-02-08 10:19:54 UTC

Weekly touching grass event
#Ireland
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2026-02-08 10:18:43 UTC

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#Ireland
#nevent1q…69jg

2026-02-08 10:18:19 UTC

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To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual
~
Oscar Wilde

2026-02-08 10:10:30 UTC

GM
Irish Seanfhocail (old Irish wisdom)
Tús maith leath na hoibre
~
A good start is half the work
#Ireland

2026-02-08 08:04:27 UTC

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Freud’s favourite book was the Brothers Karamazov! He even wrote a review of it claiming Dostoevsky was likely bisexual from his reading of the book 😅 fascinating review to read
“Sigmund Freud's essay "Dostoevsky and Parricide" analyzes Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "The Brothers Karamazov," linking its themes of parricide to the author's personal struggles, including his epilepsy and gambling. Freud argues that the novel reflects deep psychological conflicts, particularly the Oedipus complex, and highlights the moral and existential dilemmas faced by its characters.”

2026-02-07 08:29:13 UTC

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From the countryside in Ireland
Can confirm

2026-02-06 19:50:50 UTC

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It’s all so undignifying

2026-02-06 17:28:23 UTC

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Bitcoin is hope

2026-02-06 16:28:17 UTC

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The economic reconquista
#nevent1q…4j7d

2026-02-06 16:28:02 UTC

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Congrats 🥳

2026-02-06 00:18:02 UTC

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Nique la France

2026-02-05 08:37:23 UTC

My Dad asked my Mam out 40 years ago today in his patient chair
My Dad and I work the same job, in the same place in our family practice today
Wish me luck 🤪😉

2026-02-04 23:02:25 UTC

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Your chemistry breakdown was 🤌
Our brains are made of saturated fats like wake the fuck up 😩
And awww 1 week of pure carnivore unquestionably proves that

2026-02-04 19:23:33 UTC

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Most “real men” aren’t on the internet
They’re too busy being men
Gurus and internet nerds are what these guys are
#nevent1q…0x8u

2026-02-04 19:19:30 UTC

Thankful for Bitcoin
I use to be in despair people couldn’t understand what I had learned
But I found contentment in knowing at least I have it
The people who’ll read about us a thousand years from now will have hoped we enjoyed our stack
#BitcoinInYourTwenties

2026-02-03 22:37:58 UTC

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The celebration 😭😭

2026-02-02 11:21:31 UTC

Defund the state ?
Mate
Defund whatever the fuck this noncery is
#BitcoinInYourTwenties

2026-02-02 11:16:52 UTC

Let’s goooooo
#Carnivore
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2026-02-02 11:16:28 UTC

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On the same path 🫡 luckily I already live in the country side

2026-02-02 11:15:47 UTC

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Not going near them, the drip feed will be enough

2026-02-02 08:40:00 UTC

GM and good news
Small farm in Limerick #Ireland now accepts Bitcoin
Tory Hill House and farm is run by three generations of women who are all passionate about agriculture, nature, wildlife and biodiversity. Between them, Catherine, Kate and Hannah have a lifetime of experience and bring a lot of care and attention to what they do.
Together, they've strived to create a farm that punches well above its weight and can showcase how we can work in harmony with nature while making an income from a small farm in rural Ireland.
They don’t deliver online sadly but everything looks so great
https://www.toryhillhouse.ie/
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2026-02-01 23:31:23 UTC

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@npub1pm5…xe07 resolve this once and for all !!!!!!!
:)

2026-02-01 22:42:17 UTC

I just want to post this while people in NPC world are shitting the load and I’m simply here, in my room, stacking
To all the bullshit
To all the malaise
To my mates who worked hard and are NGMI
To my mates who never could because of how things are
Make no mistake
Bitcoin is hope
#BitcoinInYourTwenties

2026-02-01 18:10:23 UTC

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I am a prophet of doom
I’m going on a date tomorrow
The autism MUST be ironed out
That cannot be unloaded on a poor young soul on date uno
#nevent1q…kasq

2026-02-01 18:08:06 UTC

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You’re only up the road from me Bertie !

2026-02-01 15:37:32 UTC

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That’s terrible to hear mate!
Ours didn’t shut down for money reasons either, but no one wants to take it over
We might be getting a replacement but it’s going to be small supermarket chain, it’s called Centra, not sure what the equivalent is in the UK
But it’ll be 2 years or so before that happens, if it even happens in my village…

2026-02-01 15:02:20 UTC

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Carrick is booming
Been told it’s good for a night out too

2026-02-01 14:52:32 UTC

Local shop in my village shutting down
The local community came out to thank them
There use to be 5 small grocers here 30 years ago
Now there’s not one
#Ireland
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2026-02-01 10:46:53 UTC

😳
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2026-02-01 09:37:23 UTC

My parents’ way of life was self evident, easy to access and much more rewarding
I envy it
A natural social scene use to brew and buzz in my local town
At least I have Bitcoin
#BitcoinInYourTwenties
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2026-02-01 09:11:31 UTC

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“A specter is haunting the modern world, the specter of crypto anarchy.”
~ Timothy C. May

2026-02-01 08:54:15 UTC

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It’s shameless

2026-01-31 18:10:01 UTC

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Is that a real thing?

2026-01-30 15:24:37 UTC

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You’re a poet Bert

2026-01-30 12:44:36 UTC

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Real
The best cope for when things go wrong, ever

2026-01-30 12:43:59 UTC

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Good luck mate

2026-01-29 23:23:46 UTC

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And what should be used instead ?

2026-01-29 22:09:00 UTC

Carnivores rejoice
Irish man in the 1970s said the introduction of sandwiches made men soft
#Ireland
https://youtu.be/9NKw_uGn59Q

2026-01-29 08:45:43 UTC

GM
#Ireland
The Electricity Supply Board, Ireland’s national energy grid supplier, once announced plans to build a nuclear power plant at Carnsore Point in Wexford.
It was believed Ireland's first nuclear power plant will be relatively small and would be located at Carnsore Point.
See the link below in which Sean Coakley, of the ESB Design and Production Development Department, discusses its plans
~ April 1974
https://www.rte.ie/archives/2013/0426/385795-plans-for-irelands-first-nuclear-power-station-1974/
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2026-01-28 17:51:26 UTC

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Nah I stopped
Take too much time
Just want to focus on my life outside of Bitcoin now
Will keep the meet ups going forever though, can’t beat them

2026-01-28 14:44:37 UTC

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@npub1hgj…3rd9 @npub1knv…n7yc @npub1kw6…msqx

2026-01-28 13:23:03 UTC

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Best of luck mate! It’s a great time to stack but after the next run (whenever it is), sounds like a plan to pack it in :)
PS I hope one of your side hustles is coming to a meet up….

2026-01-28 07:48:49 UTC

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There’s also @nprofile…h68x and @nprofile…f0a3 if you’re looking for any more paddy’s there
Best of luck!

2026-01-27 11:40:49 UTC

The malaise
The malaise
The malaise
Fuck it all
I have Bitcoin
#BitcoinInYourTwenties
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2026-01-26 20:01:30 UTC

Sometimes it feels like we’re set up to fail
I know some smart lads doing dumb jobs
They think they’re on top of society, because that’s what they’ve been told
Outside of Bitcoin I hope I’m making the right decisions
#BitcoinInYourTwenties
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2026-01-26 17:02:52 UTC

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There’s a group of Irish guys building a hostel quite close to El Zonte beach on the bitcoin standard
Maybe you’d be interested in meeting them
They’re documenting it all on YouTube :)
https://youtu.be/k82wyvaErhk

2026-01-25 22:14:45 UTC

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😂
Ireland marks all its mountain peaks with rocks as such
In this instance it’s mirroring Prince William’s chair !
And I use the term mountain lightly, to people seriously into hiking, they’re just large hills !
Ireland isn’t the most mountainous but it has some gorgeous hill walking as shown :)

2026-01-25 21:23:39 UTC

📍 Prince William’s Seat
#Hiking #Ireland
Weekly touching grass event
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2026-01-23 23:45:36 UTC

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Can’t go wrong with a classic
I like to say
99% of them are worth your time
Whereas books nowadays
99% are not

2026-01-23 23:24:45 UTC

📍 Chai Yo restaurant (Dublin)
I just ate at the lovely Teppanyaki restaurant that accepts Bitcoin in the heart of Dublin City
I spent some great money with even greater people!
(I wish I took more photos but here we are)
#Ireland
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2026-01-23 08:30:22 UTC

I don’t have any other advice for people my age but to study Bitcoin before deciding what to do with the rest of your life
#BitcoinInYourTwenties
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2026-01-22 21:16:51 UTC

After a hard’s day 😮‍💨
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2026-01-22 08:45:48 UTC

Oscar Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s.
He is regarded by many as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era and is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
I picked out some of my favourite quotes of his after reading “Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast” which is a collection of witty quotes and observations by Oscar Wilde
“The most terrible thing about imprisonment is not that it breaks one's heart - hearts are made to be broken - but that it turns one's heart to stone.”
“Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion”
“What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing”
“In art, as in politics, there is but one origin for all revolutions, a desire on the part of man for a nobler form of life, for a freer method and opportunity of expression.”
#Ireland
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2026-01-21 20:47:19 UTC

The Dublin Bitcoin meet up is back February 14th at 1pm in the International Bar
They will be on the second Saturday of every month at 1pm
There’ll be two presentations on the day
It’s a welcoming environment for people to learn about Bitcoin
See you there!
#Ireland
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2026-01-19 19:55:48 UTC

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@nprofile…hqt6 legend !

2026-01-19 19:52:53 UTC

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Congrats !

2026-01-19 19:52:14 UTC

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As Ted K said
The one thing the system hates is violence
They don’t care how loud you scream about the most violent ideas
Just keep screaming
Luckily
With bitcoin
No screaming
No violence

2026-01-19 10:46:02 UTC

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Lamb shank slow roasted 🤌
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2026-01-19 10:10:18 UTC

GM
(Got fucking soaked yesterday 😝)
Not only is Ireland’s food underrated
So are our hikes
#HikingInIreland
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2026-01-19 09:55:32 UTC

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A psy op I fell for
They’re all the same
Statists

2026-01-18 11:29:39 UTC

Spending less time on fiat slop social media
Spending more time on NOSTR and the real world
Spending time with Bitcoiners and forging connections in person is unmatched
#BitcoinInYourTwenties
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2026-01-17 12:03:34 UTC

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It was in effect from pre-Christian times until its complete suppression in the 17th century
The Flight of the Earls in 1607, which saw the departure of the last of the great Gaelic lords, effectively removed the primary patrons and enforcers of the Brehon legal tradition from the country.

2026-01-17 08:24:18 UTC

#Ireland
Troscud in Brehon Law
Troscud (also spelled "troscud" or "troscudh") was a significant legal practice in ancient Irish Brehon Law that involved a form of hunger strike or fasting against someone who had committed a wrongdoing or refused to pay a debt. This practice was a recognized method of compelling justice or settlement of disputes within the Brehon legal system.
The Practice of Troscud
Under Brehon Law, a person who had been wronged could initiate a troscud by fasting at the door of the wrongdoer's home. This wasn't merely a protest but a legally recognized action that placed specific obligations on both parties. The person fasting would typically announce their intention and the reason for their action, often with witnesses present.
Legal Implications
The troscud created a powerful social and legal pressure on the person against whom it was directed. To ignore someone fasting at your door was considered a serious offense and could result in:
* Loss of honor and status within the community
* Legal penalties for failing to respect the fast
* The wrongdoer becoming liable for double the original debt or compensation
* Social ostracism
The person against whom the troscud was directed had several options:
1. Pay the debt or make amends
2. Enter into arbitration or negotiation
3. Begin a counter-fast (though this was rare)
Cultural Significance
Troscud reflects several important aspects of Irish legal culture:
* The emphasis on honor and reputation
* The power of social pressure in maintaining legal order
* The non-violent but firm approach to dispute resolution
* The recognition of personal agency in seeking justice
This practice demonstrates how Brehon Law operated differently from modern legal systems, incorporating personal honor and social dynamics into formal legal processes. The troscud was particularly effective in a society where personal reputation and standing in the community were crucial for one's social and economic well-being.
(Hunger strikes also played a role as a form of protest in Ireland against British rule from the 1920s)
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2026-01-16 14:45:20 UTC

#Ireland
Grosse Île, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Quebec, Canada, acted as a quarantine station for Irish people fleeing the Great Hunger between 1845 and 1849. It is believed that over 3,000 Irish people died on the island and over 5,000 are buried in the cemetery there. On May 31, 1847, 40 ships lay off Grosse Île with 12,500 passengers packed as human ballast.
Memorial erected in 1909 in commemoration of the death of Irish immigrants of 1849 (see photo)
On the memorial is “Children of the Gael died in their thousands on this island having fled from the laws of foreign tyrants and an artificial famine in the years 1847-48. God’s blessing on them. Let this monument be a token and honor from the Gaels of America. God Save Ireland”
It was stated that there was nothing more terrible than the sheds. Most of the patients were attacked with dysentery and the smell was dreadful, as there was no ventilation.
“Frs Moylan and O'Reilly saw the emigrants in the sheds lying on the bare boards and ground for whole nights and days without either bed or bedding. Two, and sometimes three, were in a berth. No distinction was made as to sex, age or nature of illness. Food was insufficient and the bread not baked. Patients were supplied three times a day with tea, gruel or broth. How any of them ever recovered is a wonder. Fr O'Reilly visited two ships, the Avon and the Triton. The former lost 136 passengers on the voyage and latter 93. All these were thrown overboard and buried in the Atlantic. He administered the last rites to over 200 sick on board these ships. Fr Moylan's description of the condition of the holds of these vessels is simply most revolting and horrible.
As for the dead, who were not buried at sea, it has been already seen how they were taken from the pest ships and corded like firewood on the beach to await burial. In many instances the corpses were carried out of the foul smelling holds or they were dragged with boat-hooks out of them by sailors and others who had to be paid a sovereign for each.
A word more as to the removal of the corpses from the vessels. They were brought from the hold, where they darkness was, as it were, rendered more visible by the miserable untrimmed oil lamp that showed light in some places sufficient to distinguish a form, but not a face. It was more by touch than by sight that the passengers knew each other. First came the touch and then the question, who is it? Even in the bunks many a loved one asked the same question to one by his or her side, for in the darkness that reigned their eyesight was failing them.
The priest, leaving daylight and sunlight behind, as each step from deck led him down the narrow ladder into the hold of the vessels of those days, as wanting in ventilation as the Black Hole of Calcutta, had to make himself known and your poor Irish emigrant with the love and reverence he had for his clergy, who stuck to him through thick and thin, endeavoured to raise himself and warmly greet him with the little strength that remained.”
The following reminded me of the Killing fields I visited in Cambodia
“Another death announced, orders were given by the captain for the removal of the body. Kind hands in many cases attended to this. In other cases, as we have seen, it was left to strangers. Up the little narrow ladder to the deck, were the corpses borne in the same condition in which they had died, victims among other things of filth, uncleanliness and bed sores and with hardly any clothing on them. There was no pretence of decency or the slightest humanity shown.
On deck a rope was placed around the emaciated form of the Irish peasant, father, mother, wife and husband, sister and brother. The rope was hoisted and with their heads and naked limbs dangling for a moment in mid-air, with the wealth of hair of the Irish maiden, or young Irish matron, or the silvered locks of the poor old Irish grandmother floating in the breeze, they were finally lowered over the ship's side into the boats, rowed to the island and left on the rocks until such time as they were coffined. Well might His Grace the Archbishop of Quebec, in his letter to the Bishops of Ireland, say that the details he received of the scenes of horror and desolation at the island almost staggered belief and baffled description.
There was no delay in burying the dead. The spot selected for their last resting place was a lonely one at the western end of the island at about 10 acres from the landing. At first the graves were not dug a sufficient depth. The rough coffins were piled one over the other and the earth covering the upper row, in some instances, was not more than a foot deep and generally speaking about a foot and a half. The cemetery was about 6 acres in extent. Later huge trenches were dug in it about 5 or 6 deep and in these the bodies were laid often uncoffined. Six men were kept constantly employed at this work.
Béchard, in his history of the island, adds a new horror to the ghoulish scene. He states that an army of rats, which had come ashore from the fever ships, invaded the field of death, took possession of it and pierced it with innumerable holes to get at and gnaw the bodies buried in the shallow graves until hundreds of loads of earth had to be carted and placed upon them.”
And as if this terrible almost incredible state of affairs were not sufficient, outside the hospitals no order was observed. The very police, who were appointed to maintain order, were the first to set an example of drunkenness and immorality. Is it to be wondered at then that great difficulty was experienced in retaining honest nurses or attendants who had a reputation to sustain? On those days of the week, when the opportunity of leaving the island was offered by the arrival of the steamer from Quebec, a great number of servants insisted upon their discharge but such applications were firmly refused, unless the applicants could produce a substitute. It is hardly necessary to say that many, so retained against their will, neglected their duty to the sick and sought by every means to provoke their dismissal.
Nurses were obliged to occupy a bed in the midst of the sick and had no private apartment where they could change their clothing. Their food was the same as was given to the emigrant and had to be taken in haste amid the effluvia of the sheds and in this way they were frequently infected with fever. When they fell sick they were left to themselves.
The report of these melancholy events magnified by rumour, circulated in Quebec to such an extend that none were willing to expose themselves to a fate which seemed to wait on those who had the care of the sick. What happened? The door of the common jail was thrown open and its loathsome inmates were sent to Grosse Isle to nurse the pure, helpless Irish youth.
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http://www.irishhistorian.com/IrishHistoryLinks/Historical_Documents/Grosse_Ile_Tragedy.html
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2026-01-14 23:15:06 UTC

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I spent the last 4 years cocooned as a doomer
And only recently I understood the importance of hope and abundance
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2026-01-14 23:08:49 UTC

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Honestly just my extended family going back a generation each time
Suck that lore in
Historical figures are overrated, never meet your idols and all that
Saying that my great grand uncle did get put in prison for refusing to pay tax imposed by the newly arrived British on the people of Breffni
So probably count him in
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