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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 09/01/2026

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

Aoife Doyle @1adoyle.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

In Cary Elwes' book about making The Princess Bride, Rob Reiner is introduced with a hug. He then says: "It should be noted that all hugs from Rob are bear hugs." What lovely memories to leave behind, and what wonderful, meaningful stories to have helped tell. Ní fheicimid a leithéid arís 💔

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Thank you, Rob Reiner. Rest in peace.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Ireland should be doing more for Palestine, boycotting the genocidal state of Israel on every level: trade, sporting, and cultural links. But RTE's stand on the Eurovision is still cause to be proud. share.google/O7eDraWZmvyf...

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Ireland will not take part in next Eurovision Song Contest due to Israel’s inclusion

Meeting of European Broadcasting Union decided vote on Israel’s participation was not needed

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Aoife Doyle @1adoyle.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The passive language and obvious unsaid is infuriating. Still, STILL media spouts evasive crap like "despite disputes over its participation" rather than "due to their ongoing genocide and apartheid state criminality". #BoycottEurovision and throw a protesting Univision where Palestine headlines

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction

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Creatives4Sudan Fundraising Auction — Keep Eyes On Sudan

Creatives coming together to raise life-saving funds for the people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan

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Finn Longman is only here occasionally @finnlongman.com · 09/11/2025

17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 2 edition ("cróda", "ní fada", "damh")

ní fada but it's written with a numeral 2 at the end instead of da

damh but it's a numeral 2 with an m-suspension stroke and a spiritus asper to show lenition

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween!! 🎃

A group of multicoloured pumpkins of multiple shapes and size, some with carved expressions, black and white cats, crows, frogs, mushrooms, spiky grass and bushes

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Reject modernity, embrace tradition

Cartoon of two pumpkins screaming in terror beside the traditional Irish Samhain carved turnip

#Art #Samhain #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

“Are you wearing the-“ “The poorly but enthusiastically sculpted Samhain turnip earrings I made a few years ago? Yeah, I am.”

Photography of two little sculpted carved turnip head earrings

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #Samhain #Halloween

Yours truly wearing them (white woman with dark brown hair)

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Jennifer Schweppe @jschweppe.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

The PSA from our school on the presidential election was perfection #speirgorm #aras25

Written in the Irish language a poster titled “Election for President” describes Catherine Connolly as being from Galway, a great footballer, and someone who can speak the Irish language. Heather Humphries is described as being from Co Monaghan, a member of the Fine Gael party, and married to a farmer.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

1. "Rural Pursuits" sounds like a Jilly Cooper novel. 2. People (even rural ones) were giving out about fox hunting over a hundred years ago. 3. Cruelty-based sports aren't that popular, and people who live outside cities are crying out for good amenities. 4. What the actual fuck.

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Seeing as it's #IrishBookWeek, I've put together a Starter Pack of bricks 'n' mortar bookshops. Terrified I've forgotten someone obvious so please let me know of additions go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

👇Happening tomorrow!

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Aoife Doyle @1adoyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Cost-benefit analysis of the #BUIA scheme. More concrete evidence this should be embraced and expanded. Please, government, be sound. Obey the Data. Support artists*. It, we, you – deserve it *And apprentices, essential workers and, well, everyone but we can start small www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

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Basic Income for the Arts pilot produced over €100 million in Social and Economic Benefits

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

One of the more obvious signs of recent Cliff erosion - these fence posts were not dangling from the cliff less than two weeks ago. Just a reminder that the Cliffs are very much a "work in progress". County Clare, Ireland.

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Ola Majekodunmi @olamajekodunmi.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Nearly 1 week to go...for Off the Scéal: Multilingual Open Mic Night series! All welcome. Including (performances in English). #OpenMicNight #Multilingual

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Aoife Doyle @1adoyle.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I'm recovering from a lil surgery, please send recs for pleasant nonsense to entertain me in my couch potato era

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

This competition closes soon! Take your shot! #KidlitUk

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ART @art.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Italian photographer Valerio Minato spent six years planning a perfectly aligned shot of the Moon with Turin’s Basilica of Superga and Monviso. Weather delays thwarted annual chances until December 2023, when a crescent Moon with visible da Vinci glow completed his long-envisioned composition

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Aoife Doyle @1adoyle.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Five days left to add more data that the BIA is good, actually, and should stay and expand etc etc: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

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Basic Income for the Arts public consultation

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Read this thread 👇

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Aoife Doyle @1adoyle.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Techno gremlins tried to thwart me: if you tried filling the form in and it wouldn't let you pick multiple answers it is now fixed and shall behave 🙈😅 Same link, better manners

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Aoife Doyle @1adoyle.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I'm working on making a cosy home for all things KidLit from across the island of Ireland: think digital library meets Golden Pages with AO3 searchability. If that sounds cool ✨join my quest for world domination✨ (or just updates) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #IrishKidLit #UKKidLit #speirgorm

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Fireside Stories Contact Form

Thank you for your interest in Fireside Stories! We are a small startup working to bring all things Children's Literature from across the island of Ireland into one accessible, user-friendly space. Th...

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Aoife Doyle @1adoyle.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Truly unsettling number of interactions with spiders this week

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Always worry when people share photos of their kids publicly online on non-private platforms, due to both safety concerns and them being far, far too young to truly consent, but with AI and deepfakes now a reality... It's never worth the risk, or the lack of control they have over their own privacy.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

While a lot of writers joke that the best thing about writing is having written, that's just because pain is painful and making things can be painful. But without the making, having made isn't a thing.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Book publishing does not need genAI. Its only purpose will be to devalue the work of the people in the industry, making it all the more difficult for them to make a living, and lower the quality of the books produced. If any publisher uses it, that is their aim, and they should be shamed for it.

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Aoife Doyle @1adoyle.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

€9k raised for Palestine in 14 days by the Irish Children's Literature community, organised by just two people. A pure meitheal 🇵🇸 #speirgorm #CampaignForTheArts #UBIA @news.rte.ie

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Aoife Doyle @1adoyle.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

A pure meitheal ❤️🇵🇸

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Aoife Doyle @1adoyle.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Somebody feed this poor Muppet

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

If you're an artist based in Ireland, this survey relates directly to you. It'll take three or four minutes, if that (it's actually too short). Please check it out. ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

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Basic Income for the Arts public consultation

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Series of 3D art installations by Polish artists Przemek Podolski and Marta Basandowskaby using hundreds of miles of coloured yarn, based on 3D computer models to create complex geometric designs representing outer space. #WomensArt

3 dimensional geometric sculpture in green created with yarn

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Re last quote - fyi not just authors, booksellers, anyone publishing related!

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Open letter for authors, publishers and booksellers linked in this article 👍

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Earth at night viewed from space (watch fullscreen).

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I'll be talking rewilding with Cormac Hamil at Belfast's Féile an Phobail at 7.30 tomorrow evening (Wednesday the 6th). I've always found Belfast audiences especially engaged when it comes to rewilding, so I'm expecting this to be another lively, highly stimulating discussion! Join us if you can!!

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Aoife Doyle @1adoyle.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

What's better than getting cool signed books and author stuff? Getting cool signed books and author stuff while aiding Palestine 🇵🇸💃✨

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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Today we are launching the Irish KidLit for Palestine Fundraiser in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians (@medicalaidpal.bsky.social‬) Running from 4th August to 17th August 2025. You can check out the fundraiser at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine @sineadohart.bsky.social

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