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Dr. David Clare

@davidclareabu.bsky.social
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Irish Studies Scholar // English and Drama Lecturer // Musician (and occasional Theatremaker!) orcid.org/0000-0001-9617-6294

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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 20h
For those interested in my book on C.S. Lewis's Irish identity (but who understandably find it's usual price tag too dear), Palgrave/Springer are running a 50% off "Flash Sale" until 3 October 2026!: lnkd.in/euRXKBdt (Discount code FLS50 if the books aren't appearing at the reduced price for you.)
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olgacronin.bsky.social @olgacronin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Really enjoyed timely and excellent talk by Connal Parr this morning about his book Solidarity and Pressure: the story of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement as part of the Dublin History Festival
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Clíona Ó Gallchoir @clionaog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This article was very much a labour of love, and it took even longer than usual to be published, so I really mean it when I say I am DELIGHTED to see it in print. I have free prints if anyone needs one! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VXW3P...
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Growing up as a Girl in Edgeworthstown House, c.1782–1807: the Experiences of Elizabeth and Charlotte Edgeworth
Maria and Richard Lovell Edgeworth are hailed as educational pioneers whose jointly-authored work, Practical Education (1798), outlines methods that are grounded in and illustrated by accounts of t...
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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?
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The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows
The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows.
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Limerick Literary Festival @limericklitfest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
College Players in association with Limerick Literary Festival present a reading of Kate O’Brien’s ‘Distinguished Villa’ on Friday 18/09/26 at 7.30-8.30pm at Limerick Protestant Young Men’s Association (LPYMA) for Culture Night 2026. Free event. Tickets: www.limerickliteraryfestival.com
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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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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Come along to our Research Seminar this week. Dr Connal Parr (Northumbria) will be speaking on 'Irish Strike or International Struggle? The Dunnes Stores Strike Revisited' Wednesday 16 Sept at 4pm in the Hardiman, G010. All welcome! Contact Prof. Pól Ó Dochartaigh for queries.
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Connal Parr @parrconnal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm speaking at the Dublin Festival of History on the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement. Saturday 26th September at 11am, Richmond Barracks. Free attendance, register here: richmondbarracks.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly
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Dolly Parton - Just Because I'm a Woman (Official Audio)
YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
For the record, the proportion of professors at Cambridge who are Black is 0.4%. The number of Black people in the UK population is 4%. So the number of Black professors at Cambridge is ONE TENTH of what you would expect in a meritocracy.
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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The continental European launch of my book IRELAND IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.S. LEWIS (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) will be taking place today in Budapest, as part of IASIL 2026. Big thanks to Dr. Sonja Lawrenson for leading the launch session! Here’s a recent review of the book from THE IRISH TIMES.
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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
It was great to be back behind the drums for my wife Deirdre Clare’s powerful storytelling/music piece, SHOW SOME EMOTION, live at The International Bar, Dublin. This is our take on the Joan Armatrading classic, “Like Fire”. Shout-out to Eoin O’Halloran on bass & Deirdre herself on piano and vocals!
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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
6 women, 65 men
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WestScot @westscot.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This says it all, really
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Julian Girdham @sccenglish.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
My review of this convincing study.
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British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @bairishstudies.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Highly commended is Dr Connal Parr's 'Solidarity and Pressure: The Story of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement' @academic.oup.com
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Eamonn Sweeney @sweeneyagonistes.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Today's Substack Piece. Bertie Ahern Tells Us Who He Is open.substack.com/pub/saturday...
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Bertie Ahern Tells Us Who He Is
Things fall apart as the rough beast of Irish politics attempts his second coming
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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I’m delighted by the review of my recent book (Ireland in the Life and Work of C.S. Lewis) in this weekend’s Irish Times. 😊 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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CS Lewis’s rich Irishness gives the lie to the ‘buttoned-up Englishman’ stereotype
As an ‘alternative’ Ulster Protestant with parents from Cork, his Irishness has been marginalised and reduced
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Mary M. Burke @maryburke.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
A review of @davidclareabu.bsky.social wonderful book
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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Springer is running a Flash Sale until 2 May 2026, so, if you act fast, you can get my latest book IRELAND IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.S. LEWIS for 50% off, using the code: FLASH50 Here is the link: link.springer.com/book/9783031...
The front cover of IRELAND IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.S. LEWIS, by David Clare. It features a photo of Dunluce Castle in north Antrim.The back cover of IRELAND IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.S. LEWIS, by David Clare. It features an overview of the book and praise for it from Belfast-born writer Lucy Caldwell and Ulster University academic Dr. James Ward.
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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I am pleased to report that I have two pieces in the latest issue of the Eugene O'Neill Review (47.1). 😊 A journal article on O'Neill and Dennis Scott: muse.jhu.edu/pub/2/articl... And a review of last year's London revival of O'Neill's A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN: muse.jhu.edu/pub/2/articl...
Jamaican playwright Dennis ScottIrish-American playwright Eugene O'Neill
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English, University of Limerick @ulenglish.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We're recruiting a Teaching Assistant in #English at @unioflimerick.bsky.social! You can find the job description here: my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul... #jobsfairy #academicjobs #speirgorm
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University of Limerick Vacancies
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Jane Tynan @janeym.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Great article by Sally Rooney: Fragility of global fuel systems strengthens the case for rationing www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Sally Rooney: Fragility of global fuel systems strengthens the case for rationing
We cannot increase the amount of oil and gas available, but we can decide how to fairly distribute the supply
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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Temperature Change in Ireland since 1850 showyourstripes.info/c/europe/ire...
graphic of temperature change in Ireland
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Lucy Caldwell @lucycaldwell.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The FT Books pages looking good this morning… and the Irish Times not too shabby either 🙏
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emer mchugh’s the devils @emer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
hilariously i had to be reminded it was shakespeare’s birthday today. anyway it’s a good day as any to tell yous that my book IRISH SHAKESPEARES: GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND PERFORMANCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY has been sent into production at Routledge [pre-order link tbc!]
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Cllr Hazel Chu @hazelchu.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Data centres uses 32% of Ireland's total electricity supply but pay almost less than half of the residential rate. So we're effectively subsidizing tech giants during a cost of living & energy crisis. Meanwhile this Govt continues to cheerlead their expansion & continue to fail in their obligations.
_"The Government’s consistent cheerleading for data centre expansion has reached a point of reckless disconnect from the economic reality of Irish citizens... Irish families are paying nearly double the electricity rates of these industrial facilities, effectively subsidizing the massive energy consumption of global tech giants while struggling with a punishing cost-of-living crisis."

https://greenparty.ie/news/uncritical-expansion-data-centres-will-fuel-social-inequality-and-energy-crisis-cllr-hazel-chu
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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A connection between ABBA and Thin Lizzy (the Philo, Eric Bell, and Brian Downey lineup)!
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The reason Irish rock helped ABBA win Eurovision
ABBA winning Eurovision was a cultural touchstone never to be forgotten, but beneath the glittering surface, there was a hint of help from Irish rock icons.
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Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
So Fantasy grows out of Romance (medieval) but rejects Romance (contemporary) because for girls, so Romance (contemporary) develops into something increasingly un-Fantastical, and has to be portmanteued back into Fantasy (Romantasy), despite Fantasy being originally Romance...
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Paul Fagan @pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Hi all, my contract at LMU ends this month and I don't have any options lined up. I know that many of us are in the same situation, but if you hear of any opportunities or projects you think I might be suited to (doesn't have to be in academia) please send me a message or comment below. Thanks!
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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Good piece. While I am famous for my serenity, it can sometimes feel a little irritating to see male journalists and academics "discover" the manosphere, while very pointedly not referencing any of the research or writing, mostly by women, that goes back 10-15 years on this topic
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Ashok Dadhwal @ashokdadhwal196.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources, proving the transition is not theoretical but already operational. The barrier is no longer technology, but political will, investment priorities, and the courage to move faster.
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
have there been zero arrests after four days of road blockages? asking for that teenager who was arrested at Shannon Airport for sitting on an empty road in an industrial estate
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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I think one of my visceral reactions to the protesters is because they are bullies. Loud, boorish bullies. And I have no time for bullies. The irony is Trump caused the global crisis, and miniTrumps are causing the local one.
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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Let's not forget classics like this, big part of the problem was the constant minimising of it "You've overreacting, you're overreacting, you've overreacting, you're overreacting, you've overreacting, you're overreacting, you've overreacting, you're overreacting, OH SHIT WAIT YOU WERE ALL RIGHT!"
Mick Clifford: Does Ireland have a problem with right-wing extremism?
Ireland is not immune to racism or bigotry but the GPAHE report is inflating niche groups well above their true stature
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 08/04/2026
Michael Patrick, pioneering Irish actor, dies from motor neuron disease at 35
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Michael Patrick, pioneering Irish actor, dies from motor neuron disease at 35
Actor was first with a disability to play Shakespeare’s Richard III on the island of Ireland, at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast in 2024
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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Incredible lack of imagination to still see billionaires as the solution to anything, given the current state of the world
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
As a Jewish historian who works at a university, I think it’s great that an administration committed to destroying “the internal globalist enemy” which is staffed by groyper antisemites is collecting lists of Jews. Can’t see any potential downside here at all.
Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Extract List of Jews From Penn
The decision to allow the government to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus could allow the government to pursue similar tactics elsewhere.
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🏁 Daniel 🏁 @danielsexton.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Irony was killed stone dead ages ago. But I suppose they can still piss on its grave.
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Thomas Wright @tomgatto.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Delighted ’The Brussels Review’ has just printed ‘Anglo-Irish’, my first-person story which explores the complex relationships between 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-generation Irish immigrants on a building site in 80s England. Thanks to the editors for their input. thebrusselsreview.com/admin/tbr-sp...
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"TBR Spring 26: Grief. Reminiscence. Trauma. Watermelons." By The Brussels Review
Read the latest issue with authors from around the world.
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Super Saiga @supersaiga.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
You don't run them for a profit you run them because people who live places need to be able to get places 😭 www.rte.ie/news/ireland... how do people in #waterford get to #DublinAirport now? #speirghorm
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Bus Éireann withdraws three regional Expressway services
Bus Éireann is to cease operating three of its Expressway services from Sunday, 24 May.
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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Doing more than most universities.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
A billionaire can get what they want with one donation to a political party. The rest of us must fight for years to get even the most basic rights recognised. Money destroys democracy, more than any other cause. The first step towards a better world is to stop the rich buying political outcomes.
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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 25/03/2026
#DIBLives In 2021 Mary Lavin (d. #OTD 1996) became the first female Irish writer honoured with a public space named after her. She wrote about the ‘vagaries and contrarieties’ of the human heart, and lives not of quiet desperation but of evasion and wish-fulfillment. www.dib.ie/biography/la...
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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The arson in London of the ambulances run by a Jewish community organisation is morally repugnant. There's no contextualisation or qualification possible of this hate crime. Just call it what it is- antisemitic violence.
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Thomas Wright @tomgatto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Chuffed 'Piker Press' has published ‘England Expected’, my coming-of-age story set in 80s England, dramatising family conflict between 3 generations - an ex-army, countryman grandfather; a Thatcherite, urbanite father; & a leftish, bookish, teen-narrator son. www.pikerpress.com/article/1174...
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England Expected by Thomas Wright
Personal experience and two generations can be a chasm that's hard to cross...
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Lucy Caldwell @lucycaldwell.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I'm happy to have contributed an essay to @efacis.bsky.social Kaleidoscope project on Irish spirituality - honouring my RE teacher Miss Williams, who, like Miss Jean Brodie, led us out rather than shutting us in… kaleidoscope3.efacis.eu/publications...
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The Prime of Miss Joan Williams
The Prime of Miss Joan Williams I was born in Belfast in 1981, the eldest child of what was then called a “mixed marriage” – one parent Protestant, one Catholic. My father had been a Church of Ireland...
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
It’s hard to blame woke DEI when the military is losing a war because of the straits.
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Sickening but no surprise Isn't this what Landlord Minister Michael Healy-Rae has been lobbying for Clearly he doesn't want the people of Kerry or Ireland to have their own home #speirgorm
Sickening but no surprise 
Isn't this what Landlord Minister Michael Healy-Rae has been lobbying for
Clearly he doesn't want the people of Kerry or Ireland to have their own home
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