Lorraine Leeson

@leesonl.bsky.social

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Linguist, interpreter, swimmer, lover of the sea & stained glass windows. First gen university student/academic. Associate Vice Provost for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Trinity College Dublin.

View towards Dublin from Portrane beach. Sky is blue with little clouds swimming across it!
The @tcddublin.bsky.social magnolia tree in magnificent bloom yesterday (background) with an array of spring flowers including wonderfully aromatic hyacinths in the foreground. Image includes a view towards the Old Library and the Campanile.
Two swans glide towards the middle of a small suburban pond.
A Westmalle Tripel beer (bottle and glass) sits on a wooden table in a beautiful Art Deco traditional Belgian Pub - Falstaff, Brussels.
Davis siblings including Sr Lawrence, circa 1945.
Screen shot of a piece in today’s Sunday Independent on “Sport can still cross the great social divide”.
A Belgian waffle held up against the backdrop of a ceiling with lighting that is in small squares - reminiscent of the waffle pan indentations.
View of people watching a sign language interpreter in the Long Room at TCD.
Cherry blossom tree beginning to bloom
Tommy Tiernan and Aaron Sunderland Carey sit facing each other on a stage.
Some daffodils in flower adjacent to a tree. In the background, a corner of the red pavilion housing the Book of Kells experience is visible.
A hard bound thesis that says “Polish Complementary Schools in Ireland: Language, Heritage, Capital”
Two tables filled with coloured glass vase like awards.
Mary Harris known as Mother Jones , campaigner for workers rights, opponent of child labour, champion of American mine workers, was born on the Northside of Cork and baptised at the nearby North Cathedral on 1 August 1837. “Pray for the dead and fight like hell For the living.”
Plaque remembering Frederick Douglass says - the Maryland born former ave and campaigner for human rights was honoured here in 1845 by the Cork Anti-Slavery Societies and the people of Cork.
At Anne’s Church, Shandon, Cork
A full arc rainbow in the distance above Cork city, viewed from UCC.