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Martha Fanning @marthafanning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was delighted to attend the launch of Stillorgan Library 📚 A fantastic resource for the community, well done to all involved in getting this over the line!

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🍐This beautiful pear-shaped porcelain bottle from Japan is covered in a distinctive green flambé glaze. It was made by Ishiguro Kōkō of the Sumida Pottery in Tokyo, named after the nearby Sumida River.

Pear-shaped bottle with a green 'flambé' glaze

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have another wonderful #buyastrangerabook day offer for you. @ultrasteve.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of any book by Ronan Hession. So, if there's one in particular you'd like, get in touch. UK only

three books by Ronan.

Leonard & Hungry Paul
Panenka
Ghost Mountain

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The soundtrack for the Leonard and Hungry Paul TV show is now available. I loved the music in the show so I'm delighted this is out. By the hugely talented Oli Julian. open.spotify.com/album/4twL7m...

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Leonard and Hungry Paul (Music from the Programme) - Compilation by Oli Julian | Spotify

Oli Julian · compilation · 2026 · 14 songs

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 29/09/2026

This former golf course has been turned into a nature reserve 💚 Sandilands is designed to help nature thrive. The reserve is expected to provide important habitat for birds and forms part of the internationally important East Coast Flyway, one of Europe's major migration routes.

Two long-legged avocets with white chests and black heads and beaks at the edge of water, with four tiny white fluffy chicks following in their wake

An aerial view of a former golf course at the edge of the coast, with a strip of beige sand on one side, and many ponds, pathways, wetland and marshes within it under a cloudy sky

A view of long thistley grass under a hazy blue sky surrounding a vast pond

An adult avocet with long legs, a white body, black head and beak leading three fluffy grey chicks behind it along the water's edge with a scrubby bank rising behind them

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Four matching postcards for our four latest books. I pop a hand-written card in each book order placed via our website - my small way way of saying a huge thank you for supporting our indie press 💌

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And now for some good news: "Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that almost 16 million visits were made to Ireland's libraries in 2025, compared with nearly 14 million in 2023." www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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Public library visits increased by two million nationwide

Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years, new figures show as National Public Libraries Open Day takes place nationwide.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 26/09/2026

Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that almost 16 million visits were made to Ireland's libraries in 2025, compared with nearly 14 million in 2023

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Public library visits increased by two million nationwide

Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years, new figures show as National Public Libraries Open Day takes place nationwide.

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As I'm explaining it to new staff, a reminder that we're on @libro.fm⤵️

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A request! We can't grow this account fast enough. So please follow us if you aren't already, and please share this post to spread the word. Help us do our bit to share positive solutions to the nature & climate emergencies, and bring more nature into people's lives. Thank you 😊🐝

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E @elaineedwards.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

If you would ever consider giving blood, please do it. Blood donations save and extend people’s lives every day. #Speirgorm #SpéirGhorm www.giveblood.ie

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Give Blood

Give Blood, Save Lives. We count on you.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Patrick Ness came in & signed a stack of books - we are trying to behave normally about it! Ness is one of that small but vital cadre of writers that gets & keeps boys reading through the difficult period when they are easily lost - a vital weapon!

Patrick Ness stands beneath the Chapters Bookstore sign holding Piper at the Gates of Dusk. A second photo shows signed Patrick Ness books on display, including Monsters of Men, The Knife of Never Letting Go and Piper at the Gates of Dusk.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

These are gorgeous - I am struggling show them to you! Folio Society editions in Secondhand as well as Asa Briggs’s A Victorian Trilogy, Nicholas and Alexandra, Catherine the Great & Gibbon’s 8-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Search “folio” at chaptersbookstore.com.

A shelf of richly bound Folio Society editions in Chapters Secondhand. Visible titles include Asa Briggs’s three-volume A Victorian Trilogy in burgundy and gold, Robert K. Massie’s Nicholas and Alexandra in a blue slipcase, Catherine the Great in red and Edward Gibbon’s eight-volume The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in a large red slipcase.

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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is wonderful news, to be sure, but don’t wait for the TV series: this is book is a fascinating study in psychology and social history, a masterclass in storytelling, and just deliciously well-written.

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Eleanor Fitzsimons @eleanorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I loved her books as a young ‘un! Great adventure stories!

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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Have added 30 more paintings to the new print shop I'm trying, including 12 that have never been available previously. That brings the total there now to 140, a touch unwieldy but there are 6 Categories to help you sift. I'll eventually stop, I promise. fineartamerica.com/profiles/4-l... #SpéirGhorm

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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A Dublin #painting "Ormond Quay" came from a time when I would spend hours walking the streets of the city centre and then paint them in my sleep. And they were all like this. In reality this was the only one that I actually painted; the rest are still sitting in my head. #SpéirGhorm #ArtYear

Landscape format in acrylics painted very loosely in bold colours on mat board. Frontal view of a row of 5 buildings of different heights all joined together. The one on the left edge has five storeys, the rest have four. They are greys, oranges, and greens, with dark blue roofs looking like hats and punctuate by chimneys of pale pink. In front of the buildings is the granite river wall across the road rendered in orange, with the white/grey railings of the boardwalk attached and its support bars in the maroon shadows of the river wall underneath above the grey-green river. One building has a red door with a white fantail, the rest of the buildings all have shopfronts. Windows and doors are mostly light and sketchy with some parts having dark outlines. Second storey above red door with fantail has balconies. Two buildings have contrasting corner bricks, red on pale orange on the left-most building, and white on pale green on the second from right building. Sky is a canary yellow. I took this photo of the painting before I added my signature.

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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A County Waterford #painting "Bunmahon" came out of a day I was cycling along the Copper Coast when two small boats having a conversation in the mouth of the Mahon river insisted I stop and think about life for a while. #SpéirGhorm #Art #TidesOutTuesday #ArtYear

Landscape format in acrylics on canvas. Two rowing boats tied in water in the near centre of the picture. Grasses are in foreground in clumps reaching out into the water. Sand and dune grass is behind the boats and on the right. A grass-topped promontory of lilac sheer rock about 100 metres past stretching out from the left edge to the sea which is just visible behind the dunes by the right edge. The open sea is also visible in a small gap between the dune grass and right end of the rock face. The rock face has countless dark vertical lacerations, and several patches of grass on its side. Cloudless sky is pale blue, water is cobalt, grass green-grey with orange and yellow details, and sand is pink and lilac in sun, blue and purple in shade. Boat on left is white with red details, boat just behind on right is green with a wide red band along the top. Blue ropes stretch from boats to grass on either side. Signed bottom right in red, Liam Daly

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🌖 Celebrating a Century of A Vision | Completed in 1925 and published in Jan 1926, WB Yeats’ A Vision brought together a lifetime of his interest in magic, symbolism and philosophy. To mark its centenary, the NLI has digitised materials from the Yeats Occult Papers: ow.ly/Bb9350ZQ7iE

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Abbey Theatre - The National Theatre of Ireland @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Discover Late Nights at the Abbey this autumn and winter with #DublinByDusk 💫 We are delighted to launch a series of late night events full of music, chats, and maybe even some dancing... Join us on 24 September for Party ANIMALS, an immersive evening of theatre and music: bit.ly/4yesSIW

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Late Nights at the Abbey: Party ANIMALS - Abbey Theatre

In collaboration with Dublin by Dusk, the Abbey Theatre is delighted to launch a series of late night events full of music, chats, good fun and maybe even some dancing. Taking place the last Thursday ...

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Eva Pau arrived in Ireland at just one month old & grew up playing in the aisles of her family’s Asia Market in Dublin - now she has written her first cookbook, with 80 approachable recipes from across Asia. Preorder & you could win a hamper of Eva’s favourite Asian snacks and drinks!

Bright red promotional graphic for Eva Pau’s Asian Cookbook. The book cover, featuring Eva holding a bowl and chopsticks, is surrounded by colourful packets, bowls and cans of Asian snacks and drinks. Gold text reads: “Preorder & win a hamper of Eva’s favourite Asian snacks & drinks.”

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Joining in with #Wildflowerhour is easy! Look for wild & naturalised blooms from across Britain & Ireland during the week & then share Sunday 8-9pm!

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Eleanor Fitzsimons @eleanorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Great to see The Fly On The Wheel by Katherine Cecil Thurston here. A great book by a brilliant Irish writer.

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UCD Library @ucdlibrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Do you want to get your first book published, compile an edited collection or convert your PhD into a book? Hear from key editors Ben Doyle (Bloomsbury Publishing), Noelle Moran (UCD Press) & Sinead Neville (Cork University Press) at our virtual seminar on Wed, 28th Oct. Register bit.ly/ucdbookpub

Getting your first book published webinar on 28th October at 11am. Three headshots featuring the guest speakers.

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳

Mature oak trees with bare branches in an autumn woodland

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Eleanor Fitzsimons @eleanorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wonderful interview with my brother artist John Fitzsimons in @independent.ie this coming Sunday & online now (paywall) www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

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John Fitzsimons: ‘The idea dictates the structure and the structure dictates the colour’

Art: What Lies Beneath

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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Have added another 20 paintings to my new print shop, so now there's a total of 110 paintings in there. I've put them in categories to help people browse through the regions or types they might be more interested in. All are available in various sizes fineartamerica.com/profiles/4-l... #SpéirGhorm

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Eleanor Fitzsimons @eleanorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wonderful interview with my brother artist John Fitzsimons in @independent.ie this coming Sunday & online now (paywall) www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

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John Fitzsimons: ‘The idea dictates the structure and the structure dictates the colour’

Art: What Lies Beneath

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The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This Friday, we're excited to take part in @culturenightdub.bsky.social edition of We Love Markets Along with our books, mags and tote bags, the market features over 60 stalls of local Irish design, vintage clothing, crafts, food & live DJ 📍@thedigitalhub.bsky.social ♿️wheelchair accessible ⏰4-9PM

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Barbara Scully @barbarascully.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

THIS FRIDAY!! If you fancy a good laugh served with a dollop of positivity about getting older - grab some pals and some tickets. And see you in FERMOY this Friday 18/9. therichmondrevival.com/event/barbar...

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What about the cost of NOT investing in public transports? Air quality, missed climate targets, traffic congestion - there’s more to public transport that ticket sales. It doesn’t make sense to treat it as an enterprise that needs to break even.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

'Evening, Killarney.' (1941) Speaking to an art critic in the 1930s, Paul Henry said: 'What always strikes me about the Irish landscape is its otherworldliness. There's an air of mystery about it ... you feel that anything may happen round the corner.'

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Eleanor Fitzsimons @eleanorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Such a brilliant book! (Pictured with another brilliant book from SC!)

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dublinbookfest.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

As we mark our 20 years, join us for this year’s special opening night as we celebrate the extraordinary rise, diversity and influence of Irish women’s writing, both at home and around the world, over the past two decades. Book your spot and launch our festival week with us ➡️ bit.ly/3SNy7jk

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We love Winifred! She was Penelope Fitzgerald's auntie! Her crime novels set in Edinburgh fascinate me because so much about this city remains unchanged. Sociologically speaking, as well as physically.

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Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

❗️WE’RE HIRING❗️ Crawford Art Gallery is seeking a Head of Public Engagement! Closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 23 September. For more information, visit crawfordartgallery.ie/vacancies/ #CrawfordArtGallery #JobFairy #PublicJobs #hiring

TÁIMID AG EARCU: Tá Gailearaí Ealaíne Crawford ag lorg Ceannasaí Rannpháirtíochta Pobail!

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 12/09/2026

‘When Oscar Wilde heard of his brother Willie’s death in March 1899, he wrote to his informant, Robbie Ross, that “between him and me there had been as you know, wide chasms for many years. Requiescat in Pace.”‘ Tom Crewe on the Wilde brothers: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Tom Crewe · Boozing and Lounging: Unsuccessful Siblings

One of Willie Wilde’s favourite acts was making jokes at the expense of his famous brother: ‘Oscar was NOT a man of...

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Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit; We all assume that Oscar said it." - Dorothy Parker

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This autumn, please consider leaving dead plants in your garden rather than 'tidying' them up. Over the winter they will provide sheltered spots for hibernating ladybirds and lots of other insects, beetles and bugs 🐞

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Eleanor Fitzsimons @eleanorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This caught my eye in Dublin yesterday. I love it but he almost certainly never said it, especially since, according to WB Yeats, Oscar Wilde absolutely hated pubs 😊

A colourful picture of Oscar Wilde with the slogan “When it’s raining look for rainbows. When it’s dark look for the pub

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On the show today: Henry McKean on getting up early; Emily Hourican on British royals trapped in an Irish house; Sarah Keogh on unhealthy baby food; Declan Buckley & Barbara Scully polish their fingernails; Rick Reilly on Trump’s golfing skills; Bob Hendrikx on the coffin made from mushrooms

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Winter Papers @winterpapers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We're really pleased to be sponsoring an artist residency at Drumnadubber Studios in Co Leitrim. It's an admin-light application process - closing date 30 Sept 26, do encourage interested artists to apply. Details on applications here: winterpapers.com/submissions

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Winter Papers Submissions

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 09/09/2026

‘One of Willie Wilde’s favourite acts was making jokes at the expense of his famous brother: “Oscar was NOT a man of bad character: you could have trusted him with a woman anywhere”; “Thank God my vices were decent.”’ Tom Crewe on Victorian celebrity siblings. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Tom Crewe · Boozing and Lounging: Unsuccessful Siblings

One of Willie Wilde’s favourite acts was making jokes at the expense of his famous brother: ‘Oscar was NOT a man of...

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Two John McGahern arrivals today: Frank Shovlin's landmark biography (out October 8th) Amongst Women (foreword by me, out now). The other reissues are That They May Face the Rising Sun (Kevin Barry), Memoir (Yiyun Li) and The Dark (Colin Walsh) @faberbooks.bsky.social www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🔎 Advanced Sources in Genealogy Take your family history research further with professional genealogist Seán Murphy in this 8-week course 📅 16 Sept–4 Nov | Wednesdays | 2–4.15pm ow.ly/Mr7w50ZKnRN Explore wills, deeds, estate papers, prison records, memorial inscriptions, manuscripts & more

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Course | Advanced Sources in Genealogy

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Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

📕Whoosh....what was that? I think that's September, doing its usual thing (taking ages to get here, then arriving in running shoes). Want to know what books are out this month? Look no further! Check out our fully searchable data base📕 booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/

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New First Flush - Books Ireland

Search our database for all upcoming Irish published, Irish author-ed, and Irish-interest books every month.

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