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Mark Maguire

@markmaguireb.bsky.social
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Works #museum #education. Here for the #art, #comics, #SciFi, #news | Photos mine or otherwise credited. Followers with bio, activity, etc. more likely to become mutuals | ☘️ #SpeirGorm / #SpéirGhorm | 🐘 @MarkMaguire@mastodon.ie | 🧵 @markbmaguire

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nothing I like better than getting down to some funky grooves or, if time is tight, a single groof.
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
And on Wednesdays, we used to shoot small texts pinned to the wall in the living room. Those were the days...
A man shooting a pistol inside a room. It seems that he is shooting a small printed card (?) at the wall.
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
last four characters saved on your phone are your d&d party Things are gonna get interesting with this rag bag assortment …
A card saying “You just became Green Lantern Guy Gardner” Zoltan from G-Force Battle of the Planets wearing a high collared cloak and massive pointy eared maskA collectible figurine of the Marvel character Kingpin Wilson FiskMural of Superintendent Ted Hastings in the hit BBC crime drama Line of Duty. There is a written quote reading Now we’re sucking diesel
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I have this distinct early memory of my dad coming home from his barman job. Earlier, I must’ve climbed in beside my mother in their bed. I was about three. Some time very late in the wee small hours, my dad arrived home from work and woke me, as he got ready for bed. #ShiftWork #SpéirGhorm
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“GERRUP YA BOWSY AND CLEAN OUT YER CELL!”* *also, collect yer early riser support. But clean out yer cell first. #SpéirGhorm
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And we’re back to the “early risers.” Any budget support for those on the late shifts? Or the folks who are really surprisingly productive for intense bursts during the late morning? 😉😁 I suppose at least the parents of younger childer and the owners of pets will qualify. So there’s that. 👶🐈‍⬛🐕
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What stories do collections tell? "Only Time Will Tell" by artist Brendan Earley brings together art, science and natural history in the Dead Zoo Lab at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks. Discover a fresh perspective on how we interpret the natural world. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
A display of artefacts like sea glass
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Can't rn, child-rearin'
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
23 notifications … NOT. Psyche! Hahahaha
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Bigger Country
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Drop something METAL 🤖⚙️🖤🤘⛓️
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Daft Punk - Get Lucky (Music Video Snippet)
Alt: Daft Punk - Get Lucky (Music Video Snippet) showing the two robo-musicians riffing on a guitar and tapping a cymbal
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 19/08/2026
oh is prince harry returning to england? the same year we've got a tyrant beefing with the Pope? STOP MAKING MEDIEVALISTS RELEVANT
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If you see this, post a Star Trek
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Star Trek
Alt: Star Trek GIF with Riker breaking into a slow smile and text “2 Jigsaws, a poster AND a mug you say”
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Would’ve loved to be at the pitch meeting for this as campaign for chocolate back in the day. #SpéirGhorm
An old metal advertisement poster for Fry’s chocolate with a letterbox centre image of a sequence of a boy’s facial expressions changing from crying to laughing and several company slogans in the purple-blue borderA boy’s head and shoulders illustrating an expression of sadness with the word desperation underneathA boy’s head and shoulders illustrating an expression of slight concern with the word pacification underneathA boy’s head and shoulders illustrating an expression of laughter with the word acclamation underneath
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Drop some ANIMATED ANTAGONISTS 🎬🖤📺
Zoltar from TV’s Gatchaman/ Battle of the Planets with big pointy eared mask and lip gloss and fancy high collared cape
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Andrew Haglington @andrewhaglington.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
#Scifi #Spacecraft... 🚀 #Blakes7 #Liberator
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Lisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Random request for a running joke that has possibly gone too far: does anyone have/can anyone unearth the theme music to Going Strong, RTE's 80s show for the older viewer? All I can remember is "going strong ... is doing what you're able to do!"
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Post your favourite muppet. Wrong answers only.
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Mr Oizo Flat Beat
Alt: Mr Oizo puppet head banging to the Flat Beat song while holding up an old phone receiver
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A better Superman than Dean Cain
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Flying Puppet in Helmet and Cape
Alt: Flying in the sky Super Grover Muppet in Helmet and Cape
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Bit of gas today at the Dublin Comic Con. First one for me, I’ll be back. #SpéirGhorm
An overhead view of cosplayers standing in a convention hall. Shadows are cast by the glass and steel architecture. A shot of a crowded comic convention hall with various cos players moving around
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Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026
I am not at Dublin comic con this weekend, but if you are you should drop by the @octocon.bsky.social table and @limitbreakcomics.bsky.social #spéirgorm
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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
guys that's.... that's not the ira @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Labourer/ agricultural labourer/ Farmer/ Farm labourer/ Hunting Groom I’ve to go back to the late 1700s before there is a hint of a part-time tailor … after that, the records all fade away
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Sanditon Charlotte: I'm Merely a Laborer
Alt: TV’s Sanditon character Charlotte saying bashfully “I'm Merely a Laborer”
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Angela C @angelacoraccio.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
FYI Dubliners this free photo exhibition ends today at 6pm. smockalley.com/before-the-r...
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Temple Bar: Before The Renaissance - Smock Alley Theatre 1662
Featuring archive images displayed alongside contemporary photographs taken from the very same locations, Temple Bar: Before the Renaissance offers a unique visual journey through the streets, laneway...
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Kevin Costner’s Sailing to Byzantium
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The Euro notes are getting a do-over. Here’s a survey for your perusal. Personally I am for the birds over a pantheon of famous people. #euronotes #design #SpéirGhorm surveys.ecb.europa.eu/lng/en/pageT...
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🖌 Myandra sez: 🖍 Impeach the MF'er soon. We're waiting. @myandra.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Ex Nothing ~ Cecilia Vicuña (translated from the Spanish by Rosa Alcalá) Leave the womb Leave the fear Leave the nest Hit the road Hightail it Head the hell out Live hidden Without a sound Not seen Nor heard Be not From this earth But from nothing.
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What song did the Sirens sing in The Odyssey? Wrong answers only.
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The Killers: Brandon Flowers Sings 'Coming Out of My Cage'
Alt: The Killers: Brandon Flowers Singing lyrics from Mister Brightside 'I’m Coming Out of My Cage And I’ve Been Doing Just Fine'
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Quote with a female superhero you love
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Marvel Rising: Squirrel Girl & Ms. Marvel Cupcakes
Alt: Marvel Rising cartoon clip: Squirrel Girl offering Ms. Marvel some cupcakes
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Post one photo of a painting that you took with your very own hands.
Gerard Dillon (1916 to 1971), Clown with Bird Canvas, c. 1965. 
“Painted during a period of personal introspection, Clown with Bird Canvas is one of several works from Gerard Dillon’s later years in which the motif of the clown emerges as a haunting alter ego. Created as the artist approached the age at which his own brother died, this painting reflects Dillon’s growing preoccupation with mortality, identity, and unresolved inner conflict. The central figure, a Pierrot-like clown, holds a grinning theatrical mask over his shoulder. His own face is open-mouthed in an expression of surprise or revelation as if caught in the act of unmasking. At his feet there is a painting of a dark crow with bloodied claws. The insertion of a painting within a painting is a recurring device also seen in his other works.” www.imma.ie Collection database
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Community Curators Drop‑In | National Biodiversity Week 🗓 Sun 17 May 2026 ⏰ 2:00–3:30pm 👨‍👩‍👧 All ages 📍 Dead Zoo Lab, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7 Meet the community curators behind the "Our Irish Natural History" exhibit. 🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... #Biodiversity
Green promotional graphic with large text reading, “Last chance to discover Ireland’s natural history through local eyes.”Green promotional graphic for “Community Curators Drop‑In | National Biodiversity Week.” Text lists event details: Sunday 17 May 2026, 2:00–3:30pm, all ages welcome, at the Dead Zoo Lab, National Museum of Ireland – Collins Barracks, Dublin 7. Additional text invites visitors to meet the community curators behind the “Our Irish Natural History” exhibition and learn about the stories and specimens that shape it.
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Finally got to visit the interior of Fourknocks passage tomb on Sunday. Really amazing to get to spend some time with the various carvings inside the chamber. #TombTuesday #SpéirGhorm
A grassy hill is prominently featured in the background, surrounded by a lush green field. The sky is partly cloudy with a mix of blue and white clouds, while trees line the left side of the image.An ancient rock chamber featuring large stones with intricate geometric carvings. The image shows one prominent carved stone atop others, with a human shadow cast on the ground and stoneA narrow passageway leads to a bright exit, framed by rocky walls and illuminated by sunlight. The ground is covered with small, dark pebbles.A darkened chamber with stone walls and a textured, gravelly floor. Light illuminates part of the space, highlighting the natural stone features.
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Róisín 🏳️‍🌈 @rdisc0mb0bulate.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Diesel is 187.9 in Newline Oil on the Old Dublin Road, Enniscorthy Pass it on! #SpeirGorm
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity
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A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity
Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Listening to an Acast podcast … just now, of all times, running an ad for that Irish golf hotel owned by TACO. They insist on saying his surname multiple times in the space of a few seconds, with a little burst of Gaeilge at the end.
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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Yay! It's TACO Tuesday- until we do it all again in 2 weeks time. ffs #Iran
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Denise Breen 🖖 @denisebreen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I'm glad it's TACO Tuesday
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
If you see this, post a rabbit.
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a black and white photo of a group of people sitting in a theater with a rabbit mask on .
Alt: A black and white GOF of a group of people sitting in a cinema with one wearing a creepy rabbit mask. From the movie “Donnie Darko”
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Sticker from the cafe in Raheny this afternoon: hope you’re all not too jet lagged today as we make the great spring forward, especially those of you with young kids and pets. #SpéirGhorm
A colourful sticker featuring three cartoon characters in a school setting. One character holds books while two others stand nearby, and another character is curled up on the floor in a fetal position. The text reads: "In case of emotions, assume the FETAL POSITION” and “coping mechanism.”
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Denise Breen 🖖 @denisebreen.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Just a reminder 👇
Guide to putting your clocks forward
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
My Straits? Dire.
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
PSA for grown-ups to clean out those lunchboxes this weekend if you’ve kids going on school break at this time of year. #SpéirGhorm
A transparent storage lunch container labeled "Sistema to go" with a teal lock, featuring a divided interior. The background shows a blurred kitchen setting.
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Six years ago today, this post-it still would’ve made no sense to me … yet … #Covid19 #13March2020
A yellow post-it stuck on a black door reading “zooming”
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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Time for a #painting. From a few years ago, "Mayo Shed" came out of an idyllic day in the west of Ireland where I cycled from County Galway north and around the back of Croagh Patrick. This was an outbuilding I enjoyed seeing before coming in Louisburgh as I headed towards Clew Bay. #art #SpeirGhorm
Landscape format in acrylic on canvas. In a field of long yellow grass a large outbuilding with rusted corrugated roof occupies left half of painting with very dark shadow side facing viewer. It extends beyond the left edge of the painting. Wooden posts holding a wire fence run diagonally through foreground. Tall yellow-flowered weeds stand out against the dark shadow side of the outbuilding while bright grey gable end with small windows is in sun. Behind into the right half of the picture is a smaller outbuilding and in the top left corner above the corrugated roof is green foliage of a tree-top. At the far end of the field, visible by the right edge, is a hedgerow of very dark green with brighter uneven top. Beyond it are pale turquoise and purple hills in front of pale blue mountains, the furthest one with a distinctive conical peak reaching up to near the top of the painting. Sky is light blue with large white soft clouds. Signed bottom right in dark blue on the long yellow grass, Liam Daly
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The office desktop PC has had it with me
A blank computer tab window with the words GET HELP twice and a cursor hovering near by.
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IrishPhilosophy @irishphilosophy.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
"Upon 1 February, when the Irish, Hebrideans, and Manx were (presumably) feasting in honour of Brigid, the British were expected to eat only bread and drink only water. Then the next day dawned and (in the words of a fourteenthcentury Shropshire monk, John Mirk) churches ‘made great melody’"
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Lookit, I’m not saying my little offering last night, clipped from my garden’s heather and berries, and placed on the liminal doormat, is what brought this break in the bad weather. But I’m not *not* saying that either, like. #Imbolc #LáFheileBríde #SpéirGhorm
Sprig of berries and heather flowers bound with bright lemon coloured wool on a wiry grey doormat
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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Got 2 walks in today, between showers! Woohoo 😏
Plymouth Sound under a massive grey cloud
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💀💀 Guy Le Mort 💀💀 @guylejeune.eurosky.social · 28/01/2026
Yourself but as a cartoon
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a cartoon chicken is standing in a tornado with its feet in the air .
ALT: a cartoon chicken is standing in a tornado with its feet in the air .
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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Yourself, but as a cartoon
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a cartoon dog is standing in the grass and smiling in front of a sign that says rootbart .
Alt: GIF clip of the title sequence for 1970s Roobarb. A yellow cartoon dog is running and smiling in front of a blank background and a title logo that says Roobarb .
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