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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 5h

The asters never last long, but I’m always glad to see them, end of summer

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 14h

Exciting new finds on the English immigrants living in early 10th-c. Rome.

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Circling The Square @circlingpoetry.bsky.social · 8h

The full line-up for this year's Circling The Square. Book now or regret it when you hear how good it was! Tickets available @sourcearts.bsky.social

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 9h

“The profound moral question is not, 'Do they deserve to die?' but 'Do we deserve to kill them?'" - Sister Helen Prejean

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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 16h

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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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Harvest Moon night the weather in the northlands unpredictable meigetsu ya/ hokkoku biyori/ sadamenaki Autumn, 1689. Bashō Trans. Andrew Fitzsimons

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There was a golden moment this evening when the valley took on the contrast of Connemara, but for the string of mule deer, and the elk above.

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

‘The soil you see is not ordinary soil, it is the dust of the blood, the flesh and bones of our ancestors’ Wendy Redstar, The Soil You See Tippet Rise, MT

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Incredible photo by Rich Fury in the Irish Times of U2 on Grafton Street this evening

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

God of this mountain, May you be kind enough To show me your face Among the dawning blossoms? Bashō

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

new favourite Smaug dropped

the 1968 "pleasure in reading" edition of the hobbit featuring an adorable bright pink Smaug torching the inhabitants of lake town

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 25/09/2026

The RIA is pleased to announce the publication of 'Ireland: Why it matters to be an island', a new book by Michael Cronin MRIA: www.ria.ie/2026/09/25/r...

Stacks of the book “Ireland: Why It Matters to Be an Island” by Michael Cronin, featuring blue wave patterns and yellow circles.

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bidding farewell, Bidden good-bye, I walked into The autumn of Kiso. Bashō

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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pink-footed geese. An inverted V Over Holland Today #Papay #Orkney

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Thomas J. Kitson @thatiliazdguy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

scraps of dream make good patches Igor Terentyev

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I was at a university graduation in Ireland the other week, and the president spoke to the students of the confidence they should have in the transformation the country experienced from the 80s to today. it was a good speech, but I thought how hollow it must sound to young people…

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My souvenir from Edo Is the refreshingly cold wind Of Mount Fuji I brought home on my fan. Bashō

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honey i am a guy & i shrunk the kids @snowrespecter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

vivaldi implies the existence of vivlidl

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Excited to be talking translation of endangered & minoritised language poetry with Robin Munby & Alanna Offield this November at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social ! Thanks so much to Skein Press & my wonderful editors there for their support. dublinbookfestival.com/event/sound-...

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Sound and Silence: The Poetics of Lesser-Known Languages - Dublin Book Festival

Join us at Dublin Book Festival 2026 for a fascinating discussion around the art of translating from Indigenous and minoritised languages

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Grise l’Indécis @wildobliquities.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

One line to list them all

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Even with all the tawdry tourist garbage, and the lingering mess of the tiger years, the old Dublin lingers around corners and alleys

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The National Museum could badly do with an overhaul, in lighting and signage, but goodness what treasures, a gold lunula from Waterford, c 2000 BC, the sunlight of another century

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

No matter how often I see it, I marvel that this little dream ship has survived over two millennia

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Juno Baker @junobaker.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Love this from @londonist.com. An Anglo-Saxon map and it's fascinating. Who knew that Croydon means the Valley of the Crocuses. Not me and I live there! Here's the map: londonist.com/2014/01/angl... #history #myregion #London

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Anglo Saxon London Map: Updated

From Wemba Lea to Daccanhamm.

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Quite amazing, a hummingbird hawk moth, I think, in the ginger lilies

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is a beautiful read: ‘by revealing our entanglements with the non-human – grizzlies in this case – and the world that’s been made as a result, her multispecies visual history lets us see and ask, as she does, what are we doing? What kind of world do we want?’

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

bog meaning soft, the fall of windless rain Heaney

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Because it was working so silently the machine simply escaped one’s attention. Kafka, In the Penal Colony

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My brother-in-law was on the Great Blasket today

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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I met a man earlier who told me when he was young his gran would send him to the library in town to pick two books for her (Mills & Boon) and two for him, and when he came home she had dinner made and then they read together, each in an armchair. A lovely gift I thought, from a foresightful woman.

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