Reposted by Carol MaddockOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Asking for Ireland. Also, apply to any service where the customer is doing work to save the management the hassle of employing actual staff? 26427
Reposted by Carol MaddockRoyal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 23/09/2026To mark Dublin Festival of History, Dr Andrew McDiarmid and Adam Kane (PhD candidate at UCD) will explore how ordinary Dubliners engaged with systems of savings and commercial speculation in the nineteenth century. 📅 7 Oct 2026 🕐 1pm-2pm 📍 RIA Book your tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/investing-... 0104
Reposted by Carol MaddockMark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Was very happy to beam into QUB today to launch the Africans in Ireland website that I and a number of colleagues have been working on for years. Maps, database, & other resources documenting the African presence in Ireland from the late 16th to early 20th centuries. africansinireland.com 1015262
Reposted by Carol MaddockDean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Finn McRedmond thinks "Mary Antoinette" was one of Henry VIII's wives. aren't editors supposed to catch their columnists when they betray their ignorance so severely it damages the credibility of the newspaper for continuing to publish them? 2724158
Reposted by Carol MaddockOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026You can fuck right off with your soft neutrals. What the hell is wrong with you people? Take it from the dad of teenagers, you will mourn the day you lose the colours of your kids’ toys in your home. 8353
Reposted by Carol MaddockIrish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Can you join me in congratulating Sarah Maria Griffin @griffski.bsky.social on the release of her latest book, Strange Is the Light, today! 🎉📚 www.kennys.ie/shop/strange... 2219
Reposted by Carol MaddockAoife Bhreatnach @aoifeb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Are you desperate to read about dirty washing in the 19th century British army? Pre-order now to learn about how soldiers' wives kept everyone's undies clean. (and all the other contributors great pieces too) #SpéirGhorm 🗃️ #skystorians www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2026/t...fourcourtspress.ieFour Courts Press | The Irish SoldierIn Peacetime and at War, at Home and Abroad, from Earliest Times to the Present by Thomas Bartlett, editor 13916
Reposted by Carol MaddockRaven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026"Young people don't read any more" Post-lunchtime rush with maybe 20 browsers in the shop and I'd say no more than 2 were over twenty-five. One was a mid-teen who asked for my help and, once set on the right path, spent the guts of an hour choosing the right books. Does the heart good🖤 817418
Reposted by Carol MaddockSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 03/09/2026So about that Collison-funded think tank whose policies the Govt has been so receptive to… www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/1passwo... 35639
Reposted by Carol MaddockAnnika Bärwald @annikabaerwald.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Guests are very welcome to attend both in person or online. Please check out the program and send us a quick note to register 🗃️ 0147
Reposted by Carol Maddocklighthouse prince @historiancole.bsky.social · 23/05/2026tim curry keeping up the bit twenty years after the fact by writing in his memoir that he and miss piggy had an affair during the filming of muppet treasure island is just so good and funny 1564861317
Reposted by Carol MaddockSiobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I am looking for someone to go or who is planning to go to the Irish National Archives in Dublin and take a photograph of some records they hold in the outrage papers. Not urgent at all, and I will pay, of course. #spéirghorm #speirgorm 53234
Reposted by Carol MaddockAngus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This move towards tubeless loo rolls is devastating for kid’s art and craft projects and must be stopped. 3588
Reposted by Carol MaddockProf Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This “silence breaking” book, long in the making, is entering the world. Preorder here: www.routledge.com/Women-Violen... 107240
Reposted by Carol MaddockPaul O'Donovan @paulodonovan.eurosky.social · 20/08/2026The original gay rights and pride rainbow flag from 1978 has left San Francisco for the very first time and is in the sister city of Cork. Designed by Gilbert Baker. Very moving to see it. 429673
Reposted by Carol MaddockConor @ernekid.bsky.social · 20/08/2026‘Well me Da was a Dolphin and me Ma was a Protestant’ 3184
Reposted by Carol MaddockDublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 19/08/2026An online, and unfunded, encyclopaedia of Dublin's architectural history celebrates 30 years. Archiseek specialises in "unbuilt Irish architectural proposals and lost buildings, giving the public a rare look at 'the Ireland that almost was'", says founder Paul Clerkin.dublininquirer.comAn online, and unfunded, encyclopaedia of Dublin's architectural history celebrates 30 yearsStarted in 1996, the site – now known as Archiseek – specialises in "unbuilt Irish architectural proposals and lost buildings, giving the public a rare look at 'the Ireland that almost was'", says founder Paul Clerkin. 23616
Reposted by Carol MaddockClodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 19/08/2026If anyone's in Limerick tomorrow I'll be talking about hairy folklore at the Hunt Museum at 7! Come along to hear about hairy poets, mermaids and remedies for baldness. www.limerick.ie/discover/wha...limerick.ieHairy Stories: Hair Traditions in Irish FolkloreHunt Museum Nights programme is a series of evening events that invite audiences to engage with the museum’s collections through conversation, creativity and shared social experiences. 14015
Reposted by Carol MaddockRebecca O'Neill @rebeccanineill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026229/365 of an edit a day on @wikipedia.org A long overdue biography. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._M._A...en.wikipedia.orgP. M. Austin Bourke - Wikipedia 201
Reposted by Carol MaddockAlan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Am giving a talk re political ephemera in Walkinstown Library on November 11th... www.crumlinwalkinstownhistory.ie/event/politi...crumlinwalkinstownhistory.iePolitics, Posters and the Past – Crumlin & Walkinstown History Group 088
Reposted by Carol MaddockBrad Houston, Cardboard Relocation Maestro @herodotusjr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026"Brad, why are we keeping the film of all of those permits you digitized, I thought you hated microfilm" Me: *gestures at below story* 0133
Reposted by Carol MaddockDawn Balmer @debalmer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Job opportunity: Irish Bird Atlas Project Manager BirdWatch Ireland is seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to lead organisation of the upcoming Bird Atlas 2027-31 across the Republic of Ireland. Closing date 11th Sept. Find out more: birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved...birdwatchireland.ie 11323
Reposted by Carol MaddockNeil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026There's lots of actual people who would do a much better job. Unbelievable how local authorities, LEOs are absolutely blasting us with AI. Never seen the like of it for anything else 1011929
Reposted by Carol MaddockGwedLid (Fisto to my mates) @gwedlid.bsky.social · 27/07/2026RIP Bill Oddie. Legend. 191413381
Reposted by Carol MaddockCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Prepping myself for downloading dating apps in Kerry again 51063
Reposted by Carol MaddockPaul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I'm teaching (for the third time!) my 10-week course on how to work on your ideas BEFORE you start the grind of writing, it's been a huge amount of fun the last 2 times we did it, with all kinds of surprising & amazing stories coming out of people. Starts Sept. irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...irishwriterscentre.ieGrowing Your Idea from Thought to Script with Paul Duane - Irish Writers Centre10-week in-person course for screenwriters with writer and director Paul Duane. Starts Wednesday 23 September 2026, 6.30pm - 8.30pm. 68856
Reposted by Carol MaddockNigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Great opportunity for a librarian in Dublin amongst tens of thousands of volumes and a lot of other works, amazing colleagues and interesting job #librarian #library #jobs #museums www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...museum.ieVacancies | National Museum of IrelandWelcome to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin & Castlebar covering Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Folk & Country Life, & Natural History.FREE Exhibitions 014
Reposted by Carol MaddockCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Kinda do want to see a film adaptation of some Irish mythology after The Odyssey but with someone to flesh out the women characters properly and a Reddit thread complaining that the actors' heads aren't big and Irish enough, locked after 38299 responses 2238659
Reposted by Carol Maddockkaryn @karynmoy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026diligently deselecting all the vendors in a website’s cookie preferences pop up window, only to hit accept all by mistake at the end 1254
Reposted by Carol MaddockAnnie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Squeeeeeeee! (again) thanks @fotoole.bsky.social #TheYeatsTest 1125
Reposted by Carol MaddockMatthías Aron Ólafsson @matthiasaolafsson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Best Goodreads review of all time. 1254
Reposted by Carol MaddockGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I have seen Sam Neill in the flesh. He was in my bookshop. It was a huge department store size shop so we phoned down a floor to say he was browsing. There was a fight to who got to serve him. I lost. This was about 20 years ago. I’m completely fucking over it. 1777
Reposted by Carol MaddockMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 12/07/2026Someone posted a photo of the Top Cat voice actors and their characters and well see for yourself... 77117
Reposted by Carol MaddockAidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Some guy once left a negative review of Makeshop, criticising me for paying more attention to the group of kids I was teaching to solder, rather than to him, a paying customer. Absolutely spot on pal, that's pretty much my entire thing. 091
Reposted by Carol MaddockHannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The fine art of looking away and whistling, in cat form 0172
Reposted by Carol MaddockDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Booking a flight in South America and thinking something was lost in translation here 3848936
Reposted by Carol MaddockTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents. 753691597
Reposted by Carol MaddockBrónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026The sunset tonight is just beautiful. Actually breathtaking. 334736
Reposted by Carol MaddockSusan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026New cover, who dis? 🙂 0205
Reposted by Carol MaddockDr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The Irish Labour History Society and the Women’s History Association of Ireland are hosting a conference, 24/25 July, Lissadell, Sligo to mark the centenary of the death of Eva Gore-Booth. Early booking is advised for what will be a gathering of historians & feminists to consider Eva’s legacy. 👇🏼 01715
Reposted by Carol MaddockTaryn de Vere @taryndevere.bsky.social · 07/07/2026We need way more art in education! 011
Reposted by Carol MaddockTaryn de Vere @taryndevere.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I devised a project called Museum of Self and N.S students made mini-museums about their lives. The story behind this one (The Museum of Emmet) was one of my favourites. #BeLikeEmmet 2132
Reposted by Carol MaddockNational Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 07/07/2026📣 We're hiring: Conservator (AKII) 2-year fixed-term contract Join the National Library of Ireland to help conserve nationally significant collections, including parchment, manuscripts and early printed works relating to the Normans in Ireland. ⭐ Info + #apply by 31 July: ow.ly/X9Op50ZkZKj 01010
Carol Maddock @carolmaddock.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I don't want to worry anyone, but the conkers are appearing already 000
Reposted by Carol MaddockMiriam D. @miriamdevitt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026🌈Happy Pride Everyone🌈 25817
