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Dr. Barry Houlihan

@barryhoulihan.bsky.social
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Archivist at University of Galway. Research on Irish theatre, memory, conflict, and digital cultures. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-…

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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In studio for RTÉ Arena arts show talking on the new John McGahern exhibition, "Writer and Archive". Exhibition is free and open daily to view at University of Galway Library. Link to Audio below www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In studio for RTÉ Arena arts show talking on the new John McGahern exhibition, "Writer and Archive". Exhibition is free and open daily to view at University of Galway Library. Link to Audio below www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/new...
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How John McGahern wrote: ‘Everything begins in a copy book. Every draft would be by hand’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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How John McGahern wrote: ‘Everything begins in a copy book. Every draft would be by hand’
The author’s archive, going on show at Galway University, charts his working life and methods, beginning with copy books filled with his tiny writing
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How John McGahern wrote: ‘Everything begins in a copy book. Every draft would be by hand’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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How John McGahern wrote: ‘Everything begins in a copy book. Every draft would be by hand’
The author’s archive, going on show at Galway University, charts his working life and methods, beginning with copy books filled with his tiny writing
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Interview in today's Irish Times ahead of my new exhibition "John McGahern: Writer and Archive" opening event on Tues 22 Sept, 5.30pm, University of Galway Library. All welcome!
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Hard copies of our new book! Marking 20 years since the death of John McGahern, our volume includes 17 new essays and previously unpublished materials from the McGahern archive. Thanks to all contributors and super co-editors!
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
McGahern Country - Sunday Miscellany audio www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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McGahern Country, by Barry Houlihan
An archivist is transported into the imaginative world of John McGahern
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Hard copies of our new book! Marking 20 years since the death of John McGahern, our volume includes 17 new essays and previously unpublished materials from the McGahern archive. Thanks to all contributors and super co-editors!
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Tune into @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social this Sunday morning where I'll be building up to the All Ireland Hurling Final with hurling memories from my grandfather and the story of the first hurl my father gave to me. From 9am Sunday morning.
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Tune into @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social this Sunday morning where I'll be building up to the All Ireland Hurling Final with hurling memories from my grandfather and the story of the first hurl my father gave to me. From 9am Sunday morning.
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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A blind date in Kyiv, All-Ireland hurling hopes and dreams, the place names of West Limerick, and skipping the Galway Races…with Antonia Gunko Karelina, @barryhoulihan.bsky.social Ann Lane, Mike Mac Domhnaill, Anne Marie Kennedy and @bobkelly.bsky.social Sun 19 July, 9am, @rteradio1.bsky.social
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#Ronaldo #worldcup
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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A bookshop event begins with panic, chairs and someone saying, “Do we have enough room?” Then people arrive, the bookshelves become the backdrop, and the shop turns into a tiny republic of stories. This is culture at human scale. #Indiebookshopweek @booksaremybag.bsky.social
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
For Bloomsday - looking back on the life of artist, publisher, writer and Joycean - John Ryan. @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Meet John Ryan, the renaissance man behind the first Bloomsday
Ryan was a key mover and shaker in mid-20th century Bohemian Dublin alongside a host of notable writers, poets and artists
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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Meet John Ryan, the renaissance man behind the first Bloomsday in 1954. Profile of the key mover and shaker in mid-20th century Bohemian Dublin by @barryhoulihan.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Meet John Ryan, the renaissance man behind the first Bloomsday
Ryan was a key mover and shaker in mid-20th century Bohemian Dublin alongside a host of notable writers, poets and artists
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Some of the novels adapted for screen and discusses in this new article ...
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
With working link! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Theatre and Archival Memory
This book presents a new social history of Irish theatre told from the fringes of history and reanimated through archival memory.
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
In a rare occurrence, the ebook of this is at the sale price of sub 20e. (A mortgage still needed for print academic books) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Some of the novels adapted for screen and discusses in this new article ...
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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How more Irish novels are finding a new home on the small screen
The reasons for this rise in adaptation for television and major streamers reflect how we as audiences are consuming culture differently
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 11/05/2026
Colin Murphy: Online platforms are engines of outrage, but theatre is one of empathy
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Colin Murphy: Online platforms are engines of outrage, but theatre is one of empathy
All of the playwright’s work is grounded in public life - mainly dramatisations of political events featuring real-life characters
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A trip into McGahern Country www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
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Sunday Miscellany on a trip to John McGahern Country
An archivist is transported into the imaginative world of John McGahern
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
A pleasure to be among the @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social cohort this morning - talking about journeying into the writing and archive of John McGahern 20 years since his passing. Link here to listen back to audio of 'McGahern Country': www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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McGahern Country, by Barry Houlihan
An archivist is transported into the imaginative world of John McGahern
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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
All the pieces on today's programme (April 19) available any time on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... Featuring John Egan, Carol Taaffe, Joe Hayes, Colin Regan, @antoniahart.bsky.social Barry Houlihan @uniofgalway.bsky.social ..with a trip into McGahern Country (pic courtesy University of Galway Archive)
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
A pleasure to be among the @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social cohort this morning - talking about journeying into the writing and archive of John McGahern 20 years since his passing. Link here to listen back to audio of 'McGahern Country': www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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McGahern Country, by Barry Houlihan
An archivist is transported into the imaginative world of John McGahern
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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A short history of Irish nightclub culture. The story of Ireland's nightlife is an important history of the spaces young people sought out for socialising, experimenting and dancing, writes @barryhoulihan.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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A short history of Irish nightclub culture
The story of Ireland's nightlife is an important history of the spaces young people sought out for socialising, experimenting and dancing
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
New John Minihan photography exhibition at @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
John McGahern - 20 years passed away today. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
With thanks to the Irish studies programme at Bridgewater State University for hosting me this week for talks and panel discussions - events today about Archives and Silence from Northern Ireland and the Troubles.
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Coalition for Networked Information @cni-org.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
A new report explores how #AI can address the challenge and support the accessibility of born-digital government records. "Sifting the Digital Heap: A scoping study of AI for government archives–access, backlogs, and responsible practice” draws on workshops and interviews across the UK and the US.
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Sifting the Digital Heap: A scoping study of AI for government archives – access, backlogs, and responsible practice
AI can play a decisive role in making digital government records more accessible and manageable, provided that its use is grounded in responsibility and clear purpose. Work is already underway across…
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
In between the showers (& the hail & the sleet 😬)
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Material culture and archives of protest and activism from today's lecture. Northern Ireland Civil Rights pamphlets, Long Kesh prisoner magazines, to South African political zines and European Anti-nuclear campaigns.
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Writing about what athletes memoirs can tell us about their life in and outside of high- performance sport. On @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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How the sports memoir has become more than just a life story
Besides the highs and lows of the subject's personal journey, good sports memoirs can also highlight issues away from the pitch, track or court
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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
How the humble sports memoir has become more than just a life story. Besides the highs & lows of the subject's journey, good sports memoirs can also highlight issues away from the pitch, track or court, writes @barryhoulihan.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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How the sports memoir has become more than just a life story
Besides the highs and lows of the subject's personal journey, good sports memoirs can also highlight issues away from the pitch, track or court
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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Clodagh Finn: The Irish woman who made ‘Cabaret’ a hit in Ireland long before the Broadway musical
Why was the work of one of the few female co-founders of a theatre company, the Globe Theatre Company, not included in the histories of the stage that have been written since?
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
South Korea’s City of Books www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/b...
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South Korea’s City of Books (Published 2023)
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
What happens when a university closes its library? (Spoiler: it's bad) www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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What happens when a university closes its library?
Greece Letter: As physical books give way to ‘multipurpose spaces,’ students and academics fear the loss of the university’s intellectual heart
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I reviewed Chris Morash's excellent "Dublin: A Writer's City" for Irish Studies Review - all now published online here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/G77YU...
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I reviewed Chris Morash's excellent "Dublin: A Writer's City" for Irish Studies Review - all now published online here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/G77YU...
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
A short history of mummers, straw boys and Wren Boys at Christmas in Ireland. Via @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #laandreolin #wren #ststephensday
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A short history of mummers, straw boys and Wren Boys
From mummers to wren boys, the practice of rambling from house to house in rural Ireland lifted isolation for many communities at Christmas
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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
A short history of mummers, straw boys and Wren Boys. From mummers to wren boys, the practice of rambling from house to house in rural Ireland lifted isolation for many communities at Christmas, writes @barryhoulihan.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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A short history of mummers, straw boys and Wren Boys
From mummers to wren boys, the practice of rambling from house to house in rural Ireland lifted isolation for many communities at Christmas
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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Meet the characters from the golden age of children's TV in Ireland. From Daithi Lacha and Wanderly Wagon to The Den and Bosco, here are the Irish children's shows that have shaped us. By @barryhoulihan.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Meet the characters from a golden age of children's TV in Ireland
From Daithi Lacha and Wanderly Wagon to The Den and Bosco, here are the Irish children's shows that have shaped us
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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: meet the characters from the golden age of children's TV. @barryhoulihan.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social on the Irish children's shows, rrom Daithi Lacha & Wanderly Wagon to The Den & Bosco that have shaped us www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Archivist @barryhoulihan.bsky.social reflects on one of the most epic Christmas songs to date: www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #fairytaleofnewyork #thepogues #storytelling #christmassongs #skybrarians
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The story behind The Pogues' beloved 'Fairytale of New York'
The Pogues' Christmas classic owes its iconic name to the work of Irish-American writer J.P. Donleavy.
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The story behind The Pogues' beloved 'Fairytale of New York' www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Max as always the most popular visitor to @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social - he's kind of a big deal.
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