Reposted by Sharon SlaterJohn Creedon @johncreedon.bsky.social · 29/09/20261970s & 80s Ireland is the setting for my new memoir - This Boy's Voice - as I negotiate Boarding School, Boot Boys, Broadcasting, Babies, Relationships & Rathmines! A story of failure & frolics on the journey home to me. Now available to pre-order. I hope you enjoy. Thank you. 2268
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 23/09/2026Tell people whose work has helped you that it has done so, as receiving these kinds of messages can be a huge boost. I was getting very jaded. 082
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 21/09/2026Today would have been my brother Con's birthday so I've bought myself a kaleidoscope and am going stare through that for awhile. 040
Reposted by Sharon SlaterMatthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Job in 20th-century Irish history at Mary Immaculate in Limerick www.mic.ul.ie/sites/defaul...mic.ul.ie 012
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 14/09/2026Night terrors, so much fun! I get them but it's the person who sleeps with me who suffers. 030
Reposted by Sharon SlaterGavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 10/09/2026Only 71,850 people have registered to vote in the new Higher Education constituency for the Seanad, despite a potential electorate of between 800,000 and 1,000,000 graduates. The unified 6-seater is open to graduates of over 80 higher level institutions, not just the historic TCD and NUI. 237170
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 10/09/2026I find it very amusing when someone I follow on socials posts 3 anti Ai stories and follows it up with a very clearly Ai generated video of something "cute". 151
Reposted by Sharon SlaterWomen's Collective Limerick @wci-limerick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Safety And The City Research Project: The launch of a new publication on public (un)safety in Limerick City takes place on Wednesday 16th of Sept. in Wickham Way at 6:30pm. Join us and discuss how we can better use urban space and create a Limerick for us all. Catering provided by the Lilac Bakery. 001
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 08/09/2026Feel like putting my out of office on. Not going anywhere but have a lot of catching up to do. 000
Reposted by Sharon SlaterAoife 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 Sharon SlaterNiamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026In 1860, a local landowner tried to interfere with public access to a ruined church & graveyard on his land in Killone, Co Clare. Letters to the paper give us a sense of the local reaction - ‘for he who wars with the handful of dust at his feet is no friend to the living’ (Munster News, 14 Jan) 66519
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 28/08/2026Going to be up at 4am for a 6am flight, check in on the other side isn't until 3pm, it's going to be a long day 😆 110
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 24/08/2026Trying to find an image of one man with an unusual name but his uncle with the same unusual name happened to be more famous! 130
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 23/08/2026I've so many different social media accounts with various levels of privacy, yet there is so much I want to yell into the world that I don't put on any of them or if I do it gets deleted very quickly. 161
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 20/08/2026I've an electrician in and he's pulled up a load of my floorboards. It's been a fun night! 140
Reposted by Sharon SlaterOrmston House @ormstonhouse.com · 19/08/2026Ormston House is 15! On 16 August 2011, Ormston House launched its very first exhibition. Since then we have developed and delivered 125 exhibitions and projects, both on and off-site. We have produced over 520 multi-disciplinary events and collaborated with over 500 artists and practitioners. 101
Reposted by Sharon SlaterClodagh 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
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 06/08/2026Suggestions please. I've been contacted by someone with a collection of 1920s/1930s academic books, maths, woodwork, Irish, poetry. Looking for a new home for them. 025
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 26/07/2026Why do we still need Pride they ask. www.bbc.com/news/live/c3...bbc.comOne dead, 16 injured at Berlin Pride event, police say, after vehicle driven into crowdPolice launch an intensive manhunt in the German capital and tell people to avoid the area. 2155
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 24/07/2026What period of history do you find most interesting? For me it is the Victorians who have somehow laundered their reputation into being the pinnacle of prim and proper but the records beg to differ! 120
Reposted by Sharon SlaterClaire Bradley @cbgenealogy.ie · 19/07/2026News today that the National Archives has taken their genealogy site offline indefinitely. Find where to get the collections elsewhere here: cbgenealogy.ie/nai-collecti... #IrishGenealogy #AncestryHour #GenHour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory 42823
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 20/07/2026Headstone in Quin Abbey, Co. Clare to two sisters who died during the sinking of RMS Leinster in 1918. 062
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 16/07/2026The other day I accidentally said "Love You" instead of thank you the person who dropped down my coffee in a cafe. That's it, I've done life now. 130
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 11/07/2026Got my Pride on in Limerick today. Yesterday a stranger sat beside me on a bench and told me about the hate crime he committed against a Trans Woman, and people wonder why we still need Pride! 020
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 09/07/2026Apparently this is going to be way more popular than anticipated. Also, there will be people dressed as clowns at it 😆 250
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 05/07/2026Giving a tour for Limerick Pride next Friday. Made the poster, it may be rubbish but no Ai was used in its production. 24116
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 02/07/2026Hinge snapped on the front gate this evening. Going to be fun trying to figure out how to fix that tomorrow. Wish me luck! 320
Reposted by Sharon SlaterOrmston House @ormstonhouse.com · 24/06/2026As we near the deadline for the Graduate Artist Affiliate Scheme we are looking back at the various forms our artist residencies have taken over the years. #OrmstonHouseAt15 101
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 24/06/2026Got to represented EuroPride2028 in Áras an Uachtaráin yesterday. Bring out the gays! 070
Reposted by Sharon SlaterDictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 22/06/2026#DIBLives To celebrate #Pride 2026, this week we are featuring members of Ireland's LBGTQ+ community. In the 18th century Lady Eleanor Butler & diarist Sarah Ponsonby, better known as the 'Ladies of Llangollen' lived together as 'romantic friends' or 'damned Saphists'. www.dib.ie/biography/bu... 0188
Reposted by Sharon SlaterLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 15/06/2026oh permanent full-time pre-1800 job at Limerick! Deadline 14 August -- start of the job in January 2027. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRU993/a... #earlymodern #MedievalSky #Skystorians #Jobfairyjobs.ac.ukAssistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) at University of LimerickApply for the Assistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now. 16585
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 12/06/2026It makes me giggle when people think I'm earning money from the podcast (or any social media stuff), when in reality it costs me €160 a year to host it 😆 Anyway, if you like it, share an listen so all the time, effort and money we put into it isn't a complete waste 😅 shows.acast.com/limericks-li...shows.acast.comLimerick's Life Podcast 1104
Reposted by Sharon SlaterN16Breda Corish @n16breda.bsky.social · 04/06/2026In 1852, part of the Gort Estate at Oatlands in Roxborough, Limerick was bought by a local wine merchant & grocer, James Rowand of William Street, Limerick. A potent sign of the decline of the Ascendancy class and growth of the middle class in Ireland. The Gort estate in Galway was also sold. /2 121
Reposted by Sharon SlaterDr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Robbed from Insta, so very very true! 18020
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 02/06/2026Season 2 Episode 4 of the podcast is out now for your listening pleasure shows.acast.com/67d2b2474e9d...shows.acast.comThe Union is Forever - Part 1 | Limerick's Life Podcast 000
Reposted by Sharon SlaterCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Whatever about the impact on my own career, I am so sad and frustrated to see more and more artists I love struggling or considering leaving the field because of decreased sales, increased costs, and the impact of genAI. I don't want to lose the joy of seeing my favourite artists' beautiful work. 012228
Reposted by Sharon SlaterAidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026“Is this Ireland’s earliest hurley? A possible 7th century AD cammán from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick” Aidan O’Sullivan UCD School of Archaeology, & Cathy Moore, describe a carved wooden object from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick dated to 7th centuryearlymedievalarchaeologyproject.wordpress.comIs this Ireland’s earliest hurley? A possible 7th century AD cammán from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. LimerickProf Aidan O’Sullivan UCD School of Archaeology, and Cathy Moore, MA and Archaeological Wood Expert, describe a carved wooden object from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick. A stick dated to… 13913
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 25/05/2026How is your day going? Me... I sat in gum on the train while wearing black trousers. Then realised I had buttoned up my shirt wrong. Almost couldn't get out of the train station. Lost my water bottle. 😁 Time for lunch, hopefully the afternoon is better! 1120
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 20/05/2026*cough* Limerick Castle *cough* ... curses John Ferrar! 142
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 19/05/2026The guy who wanted me to explain racism to him emailed me after I blocked him on Facebook. 281
Reposted by Sharon SlaterClodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Interesting to see the majority of the Dáil still consider women to be hysterical creatures who can't be trusted to know their own minds. 27021
Reposted by Sharon SlaterŚéáń @fiercemilder.com · 13/05/2026This, after "very fine people on both sides"-ing the worst elements of the fuel protests last month, is just a very disappointing pattern to see form. 021
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 12/05/2026Posted this picture with the caption "The quays and Sarsfield Bridge c.1910" on Facebook and somehow a random dude managed to put a racist comment under it 🤷♀️ 371
Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 10/05/2026Lady Mary Heath's life story is so intense that people would call it too far fetched if it was fiction. 174
Reposted by Sharon SlaterSharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 15/03/2025The bells of St Mary's Cathedral plaque inside the building. As with everything in Limerick, the bells come with a legend limerickslife.com/bells-of-st-... #speirgorm #treatycity 073
Reposted by Sharon SlaterMargaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 02/05/2026"Art is food. You can't eat it but it feeds you." The wonderful Rat Project is in the Test Space at Limerick City Gallery for another couple of weeks. Go add some tape art or thoughts to the wall. A lovely bit of community building and sharing. www.instagram.com/theratprojec... 164