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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Depending on lifestyle that move made it easier to attend & more inclusive & in some areas it moved to community/school halls where a later billing suited. I think the practice was so ingrained the variations were many. I wonder too if later times took a bit from the holiday feel of the older style

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thanks for that detail @marcscully.bsky.social I came across that too but word count! I think changes in time arrangements related in part to the arrival of electricity which in time gave more flexibility to indoor events. Plus changing lifestyle patterns but the evening dimension always important

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Ah, no bother. The pie is like a little capsule of history, as many dishes are.

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

@neiljackman.bsky.social some v nice ones available in Cork from the Pie Guys but still not really mainstream. But strange too given relative enduring popularity of sweet pies but not savoury ones-except the mince pie as a sweet/savoury survival. So now a little potted history of pies in Ireland!

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

@neiljackman.bsky.social some commerical production around late 19th century + that survives eg Mogerley pies. But not like pies in Eng imagination-I think largely cultural but also practical esp in domestic contexts-pastry/culinary skills esp for raised pies, access to ovens,+ wheat to some extent.

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

@neiljackman.bsky.social big/interesting question. There were there Norman + English remnant influences. Limited availibilty in cities in specialist shops, esp Dublin + some on-street ones. Some local/regional- Kerry/Dingle mutton pies in fair/market/agri context but v different form to English ones

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

NEW COURSE LAUNCH @ucc.ie Food Heritage in Action:Turning Tradition into Sustainable Enterprise with Dr Bill Schindler. This timely course will be of interest to those working in food tourism, food production + food business development. Full details ace.open.ucc.ie/courses/ace2...

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

It was a lovely pleasure to take part in the BBC Food Programme’s Butter is Back. Thank you to food writer, Felicity Cloake, and producer Robin Markwell. You can listen here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

And long may your Irish childhood last!

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Writing this piece about blackberries brought back memories, memories that many of us remember almost as a collective, but alongside the familiar are the less well-known worlds of the blackberry. See link below 👇🔻

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

All you need to know about the blackberry season. The blackberry is a plant of notable cultural significance in Ireland, not least in its ability to evoke all sorts of emotional memories and nostalgia, writes @culinaryireland.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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All you need to know about the blackberry season

The blackberry is a plant of notable cultural significance in Ireland, not least in its ability to evoke emotional memories and nostalgia

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Starting again this September UCC’s MA & Postgraduate Diploma in Food Studies & Irish Foodways. For contact details & full info. ucc.ie/en/ace-pdfif/ & ucc.ie/en/ace-mafif/ With a special thank you to our funding partner, Taste4Success Skillnet for their generous support.

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Northern counties here often call/called them blaeberries too. Obviously, traditions not confined to Ireland but widespread in areas of Europe. Scotland and moor and heath lands in England also have some fine traditions.

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: why the last Sunday in July was celebrated in Ireland of old. @marionmcgarry.bsky.social looks at the history of and traditions around the day known as Garland Sunday, Bilberry Sunday or Reek Sunday www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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Why the last Sunday in July was celebrated in Ireland of old

Known as Garland Sunday, Bilberry Sunday or Reek Sunday, it was a day to mark the end of Hungry July and anticipate the harvest to come

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Today is Bilberry Sunday a day that traditionally celebrated the (near) end of the bilberry season & the beginning of the new potato season. My piece is over on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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It's Bilberry Sunday this weekend but have you ever eaten one?

The bilberry was an important feature of activities, games, food and entertainments associated with the festival of Lughnasa

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: it's Bilberry Sunday tomorrow, but have you ever eaten one? @culinaryireland.bsky.social @ucc.ie delves into the history of why the fruit was an important feature of activities, games and entertainments associated with the festival of Lughnasa www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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It's Bilberry Sunday this weekend but have you ever eaten one?

The bilberry was an important feature of activities, games, food and entertainments associated with the festival of Lughnasa

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

After almost 25 years at the Cork Butter Museum Peter Foynes retired this weekend. He was an intrinsic part of the museum-his work there elevated its reputation & popularised our understanding of Ireland’s butter heritage. Peter was the soul & spirit of the museum & he will be missed.

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

For anyone interested in Irish food culture now + in the recent past, health, wellbeing + how we might design approaches to consumption + dietary behaviours, this event is not to be missed eventbrite.ie/e/university-c…

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

This year's memorial lecture is by Prof Jens Walter School of Microbiology + Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) UCC. His lecture is ‘Can Food Be Both Tasty & Healthy? A Scientific Take on Myrtle Allen’s Food Philosophy’ All welcome but booking essential eventbrite.ie/e/university-c…

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Thanks @paulmcs.bsky.social (And those miracles with cheese, curds and milk.)

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Thanks Paul. (And those miracles with cheese, curds and milk!)

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Food on Saint Patrick’s Day, a liturgical feast day and the national holiday, is a multilayered topic. Some further detail here in a little piece I wrote for RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I’m over on @newstalkfm.bsky.social later this morning, c. 10.50 talking about the topic of food and its interesting profile on Saint Patrick’s Day.

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Very happy to have contributed this piece to @theconversation.com It takes a speculative look at what the saint may have eaten based on evidence from early + later medieval sources. And no it's not corned beef and cabbage but as it's food, it's always complicated theconversation.com/what-food-di...

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

She was the quintessential granny. And those are great photos. Happy Christmas Jerry.

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

No sorry. I’m in now and happy to be there. Thanks Joanne and thanks too for the time you’ve given to putting together this great resource.

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Hi Joanne, add me too when you get a chance. Thanks.

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We had a brief encounter some time ago about jello over in the other place! Very much liked your tweets so glad to be in touch here.

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I’m new here, so a little bit of what I do. I’m a food and culinary historian concentrating mainly on Ireland at @ucc.bsky.social where I manage the MA in Food Studies and Irish Foodways- see here 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐔𝐂𝐂: ucc.ie/en/ace-pdfif/

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Food Studies and Irish Foodways | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Thank you Annie for taking the time to compile this great list. If you get time, do please add me in and thanks.

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Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Thank you Marion. Seems like a very pleasant place!

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