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Aidan Curran

@aidancurran17.bsky.social
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Runner. Bookeater. Francophone. Kerryperson. Presentable (He/him) #SpéirGhorm Writing about every song to top the Irish charts at irishnumberones.com and @irishnumberones.bsky.social

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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 8h
Never too early for a Halloween tune set to classic horror movies: youtu.be/l2PoSljk8cE?...
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Monster Mash
YouTube video by Tamara Baum
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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 18h
Ireland's official singles chart began this week in October 1962. Our first number one? 'She's Not You' by Elvis Presley, who in 1962 was being a sort of American Daniel O'Donnell: irishnumberones.com/2023/06/12/e...
irishnumberones.com
Elvis Presley – ‘She’s Not You’
5 October 1962 Here’s the very first official Irish number one single, sitting on an Irish top ten—no Top 30 Hits on the fledgling RTÉ in its first year of service—compiled by future sports c…
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Italy looked decent against France tonight, and their jerseys are still absolute class #Analysis #FRAITA
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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🌟 NEW POST 🌟 15 May 2020 DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch - 'Rockstar': BLM irishnumberones.com/2026/09/30/d...
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DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch – ‘Rockstar’
15 May 2020 Neither of the two acts here are easy to like. Roddy Ricch faced charges of domestic violence earlier in 2020, though the charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence. In 2018 DaBa…
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As you could probably have guessed, I got the good biscuits out for this one:
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Discourse for the cool kids is here:
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You know the new U2 single is bad when they have to do other stuff and play the oldies to distract from it: www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
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U2 play to packed Grafton Street crowd from Bewley's
U2 have played a surprise gig from the balcony of Bewley's on Dublin's Grafton Street as the band marked 50 years together.
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Big news for a chemist's shop in Clonmel:
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They're showing the Foster & Allen leprechaun episode again, I guess #totp
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not that I'm a football hipster, but I'm watching Italy v Belgium with a matching Italian wine:
Two footballers in a tackle
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another new U2 single passes unnoticed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mCN...
youtube.com
U2 - Silencio
YouTube video by U2VEVO
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Checks out 👍
Sneaky Snake from Wanderly Wagon
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
[Cold open] - Captain! Suspect spotted 40 yards away in a slight crosswind with a suspicious device shaped like a Golden Delicious balanced on their head! - Christ! [looks wearily to camera] Get Tell. Now.
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Remember the William Tell TV series? Every episode they had to contrive the plot so that at the end he had to shoot an apple off someone's head: www.imdb.com/title/tt0140...
TV series Crossbow: The Legend of William Tell
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ah, just heard Catherine Ringer has died. One for all the francophiles and francophones: youtu.be/1zWlnzFXcKY?...
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Les Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Baïla (Clip Officiel)
YouTube video by Les Rita Mitsouko
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Things I was frightened of as a child: Electricity pylons The intro to Scooby Doo & Scrappy Doo The chance of a car bomb exploding and blowing my legs off as I walked past a random parked car Cap guns
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oh well. Still looking forward to Tiafoe v Shelton, though. #USOpen
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I doubt anyone is surprised by which Irish TV pundit decided to try this on: www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
irishtimes.com
Kenny Cunningham: ‘It would be a good thing to see the Israeli team come on to the pitch in Dublin’
‘It would be a good thing to see the Israeli anthem respected inside the Aviva, it would send a signal from the Irish people to the Israeli people who have suffered as well in this conflict’
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Tiafoe v Medvedev: what a match! Looks like a possible Tiafoe v Alcaraz semi-final on Friday: can't wait! #USOpen
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Literally the same government on the same day:
Collage of newspaper articles:
Government cannot 'fund everything together': Bus and rail fare hikes of up to 35% confirmed
Ryder Cup spectator transport ‘could cost €1m a day’
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Is the 1985 Wham! tour of China the last time George Michael has no facial hair?
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Taylor Parkes's review of ITV's World Cup coverage is always a highlight of every When Saturday Comes post-tournament edition: "Roy Keane, Gary Neville and Ian Wright, in slacks and short-sleeved leisure tops, like a child's painting of Sean Connery."
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I was about to say I hope we get another one this week, but you know what I mean.
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A total legend holding up a Kerry jersey
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The Weeknd concert at Croke Park can be heard here on the southside. Must be some kind of echoing effect from a half-empty stadium.
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I like to think at least one person's going to see and hear this for the very first time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq1C...
youtube.com
Body's In Trouble - Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
YouTube video by clotho98
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Topical:
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Especially after the last week in Britain, this surely won't end well.
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Demise of the monoculture: why so many have never heard UK’s record-breaking No 1 single www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOnP...
youtube.com
Paul Shane - You've Lost That Loving Feeling
YouTube video by GMa84
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Streaming has broken the charts. Let's go back to when they were done by opinion poll:
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Call My Bluff is BACK, baby! #BBCFour
A man wearing a pink bow tie
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I wanted a fun, kitschy '50s sci-fi film for a bank holiday afternoon, so I watched The Incredible Shrinking Man. Big mistake. Jesus. Not fun. Bleak.
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It's a bank holiday Monday and Irish Bluesky has its main character for the day. Feet up 🍿🍿 #SpéirGhorm
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Campaign in t-shirt, govern in tie: www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Burnham pledges to be 'relentless' in curbing small boat crossings
The PM says enforcement is being increased but there also need to be more safe routes into the UK.
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Come on in! The water's lovely! www.rte.ie/news/busines...
rte.ie
OpenAI to create 250 jobs in Dublin in new EU HQ
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said it plans to create 250 jobs in Dublin over the next two years in order to meet rapidly growing demand from users, customers and developers across the European region.
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It's Monday morning. You'll take "Disco-ntinue" and you'll like it.
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Me being magnanimous:
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
For vague research purposes I have the BBC Four prog rock thing on, but it has me dyin' for a bit of T. Rex, y'know? #NotTOTP #TOTP
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
'Sun Street' may be one of the worse singles ever. #totp
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Seeing stuff like the Jesus and Mary Chain on the same Top Of The Pops as Madonna is how I became a pop kid and an indie kid. The algorithm today has a lot to answer for. #totp
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#TOTP bsky.app/profile/iris...
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A lot of metaphorical bottles of piss already flying towards Daphne and Celeste here #totp
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A spoilt vote is a vote for 'Una Paloma Blanca' by The Dixies
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Good thing I'm WFH tomorrow because I'm having to finish off the second bottle without penalties and instead with Beethoven's Fifth on BBC Four.
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Right; what channels in the UK and Ireland are showing WAFCON next weekend?
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ah, I love Messi. Best since Diego.
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
For once, Tr*mp can justifiably claim that maybe they're booing the other wanker #WorldCup2026 #WorldCup26 #WorldCup
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Right, see you all for WAFCON next Sunday!
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
You're all acting like you don't love the shithousery, but I have the receipts #ESPARG #SPAARG #WorldCup #WorldCup2026 #WorldCup26
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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
It would be an outrage AND I would love it because I love the shithousery.
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