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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

OUT NOW: Ghosts of County Cork Forty stories of restless spirits, strange warnings, haunted houses, and ruined castles recovered from County Cork. Available now in paperback: ISBN 9781036958244 from mike-baldwin.net and bookstores #GhostsOfCountyCork #CountyCork #GhostStories #Folklore

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Cork has stories best read after dark. From the White Lady of Dunlough to a ghost ship off Galley Head. My new book, Ghosts of County Cork, gathers rescued folklore from across the county. Published Tuesday, 22 September. Where would you read it? www.mike-baldwin.net

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Cork, 1853. Stones strike a house beside the Friends’ Burial Ground night after night. Rumours of a ghost spread. Around 2,000 people turn up to see it. Then the police discover who - or what - is responsible. From Ghosts of County Cork, published 22/9/26 #CorkHistory #IrishFolklore #GhostStories

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Lanterns burned aboard the ship, but no crew could be seen. The Ghost Ship of Galley Head is one of the unsettling stories rescued in Ghosts of County Cork, published 22 September. Watch with the sound on. #IrishFolklore #CountyCork #GhostStories

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

--------- Ghosts of County Cork --------- Forty short stories from across the county My new book is available from 22 September 2026.

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Teach Duinn, the House of Donn, was said to be a gathering place for the souls of the dead before their final journey. Discover the story of the otherworldly island and its association with Bull Rock in Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September. #IrishMythology #Beara #IrishFolklore #GhostStories

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Dublin Review of Books @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Cf 'Flannan Isle', by WW Gibson.

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

High in the ruins of Coppinger’s Court, in an opening that had once belonged to a substantial chamber, there was a figure. “It remains in the walls. It remains, perhaps, in the ground.” From Ghosts of County Cork. Available 22 September. #Rosscarbery #WestCork #GhostStories

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In 1856, winter storms delayed the relief boat for weeks. Robert Reading, Fastnet’s first head keeper, died of pneumonia on the rock - yet he continued on watch. From Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September. #FastnetRock #WestCork #IrishFolklore

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

He was playing in Bantry when a string broke. At that same hour, many miles away in Goleen, his mother died. “The distance had not prevented whatever needed to reach him from reaching him.” “The Lights at Dough”, from Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September. #Goleen #WestCork #IrishFolklore

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

“The boats rowed. The island waited. And then, when the leading boats were perhaps half a mile from it, it began to go.” The strange tale of Ballycotton’s vanishing island appears in Ghosts of County Cork, available 22 September 2026. #Ballycotton #CountyCork #IrishFolklore #GhostStories

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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

@mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social thank you for finding us. Our stories can be read in any order but we think for you this might be a good place to start. Little Treasures. A Willerby Story. willerby.substack.com/p/little-tre...

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Little Treasures

A Willerby Story

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“In old places, the dead do not always vanish cleanly.” Weeks after his burial, an old man was seen standing at the upper window of his empty house in Crookhaven, watching the road below. From Ghosts of County Cork, available 22 September 2026. #IrishFolklore #GhostStories #WestCork

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

From Cork city to the remotest parts of its countryside, the county is alive with tales of the dead. Ghosts of County Cork gathers forty stories of haunted houses, phantom coaches, restless sailors and spirits that refuse to be forgotten. Published 22 September 2026. #CorkFolklore #IrishBooks

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Every story in Ghosts of County Cork begins with an older trace: a newspaper report, collected tradition, local account or remembered encounter. The stories are rewritten, but kept close to what was recorded. www.mike-baldwin.net #GhostsOfCountyCork #IrishGhostStories #Ireland #Folklore #NewBook

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Ghosts of County Cork is coming on 22 September. Forty stories, from Ballinascarthy to the Fastnet, rescued from folklore, newspapers and local memory. #GhostsOfCountyCork #CountyCork #IrishFolklore #GhostStories #CorkFolklore #Ireland #newbooks

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

INSTRUMENTAL PODCAST featuring Deborah Henson-Conant: How Imagination, Exploration, Vulnerablity and the Harp Led to Artistic Breakthroughs. Out today - open.spotify.com/episode/7eYt...

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Instrumental, a podcast about musical instruments and organology, is out now. Episode 1 features John Hoare with Penny Johnson and Tom Greaves of Pilgrim Harps, reflecting on John’s 59-year career, Pilgrim’s founding in 1980, and the company’s future. Listen on Apple, Amazon & Spotify.

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Join me & director Natacha Horn this Sunday November 9th at 6PM at BFI for the premiere of my documentary, at the closing night of @docnrollfilms.bsky.social. There will also be a Q&A hosted by Nikki Bedi, and you can get your tickets at the link in my bio or on the BFI website! See you there.

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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · 29/08/2025

"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷

Mural by JDL Street Art in Roubaix, Lille, France, depicting the Statue of Liberty covering her face with both hands in a gesture of shame. The figure is painted in shades of grey with teal accents on the torch and crown, set against a muted background with a golden halo-like circle. The artwork spans the side of a tall brick building, contrasting modern street art with historic European architecture in the surrounding cityscape.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Holy shit, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell corrected the orange felon’s lies on live television without hesitation. This is how you do it.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

The fairy tales illustrated by artist Eric Winter (all first published between 1964 - 1972)

Front covers of the 13 books, including Cinderella, Princess and the Pea, and sleeping beauty.
Winter‘s co-artist in the series was Robert Lumley who illustrated another 13 books, not shown here

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Shana The Harpy! @shanahipharpy.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Fun new @chaski85.bsky.social project! We’re working on a flute/lever harp transcription of Madame Dussek’s Cm harp sonata. Totally works & is So Much Fun! It’s for a concert that’s especially dear to our hearts. Once the date is finalized I won’t stop talking about it.😎

A screen shot of the cover of a musical score. The text reads: Three Sonatas for the Harp, with Scots Airs and Reels for the Adagios & Rondos, by Madame Dussek.
There is more text, but much of it is too faded and flowery to be readable by me.
There are ornate drawings top and bottom. They are mostly flowers and foliage, but the top one also includes a dove, a garden hoe, and a shepherd’s crook. The bottom drawing includes a small harp and pages of music manuscript.

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

My new book, Béara: Rescued Folklore - 4th in the Rescued Folklore series - is available from 31 March 2025. More here: www.mike-baldwin.net/folklore

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Really glad I asked for extra-long legs for my Pilgrim Skylark harp. So much easier to play standing up with a dodgy back.

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The hills of West Cork are as stunning in a late-night rainstorm as on a sunny day.

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Christopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Great to see one of Craxton's shepherds here. One of last year's highlights was the Craxton exhibition at Pallant House, to which we lent two items from Britten and Pears' collection (more details on the Pallant House blog at pallant.org.uk/perspectives...).

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Watching the Dancers: John Craxton's paintings from the collection of Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten

Perspectives Blog - Dr. Christopher Hilton from Britten Pears Arts explores the lives and art collection of couple Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears | John Craxton | LGBTQ History

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Dunbeacon stone circle and nearby Coolcoulaghta standing stones near Durrus, West Cork, Ireland. #standingstonesunday

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

advance copies have arrived and if it looks like i’m trying to hug it, that’s because i am 🥹

Selfie of a smiling woman holding a shiny book entitled Between Two Rivers. The bottom half of the book cover is slightly obscured by her hand. She wears a dark grey sweatshirt

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

This is such a wonderful book, I loved reading it, and you can soon hear @moudhy.bsky.social on an upcoming episode of You’re Dead To Me 👇📚😁

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Adam Z. Robinson @adamzed.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

This autumn/winter I'm going to be doing some solo ghost story shows. Just me, a single light and the darkness - a celebration of 10 years of @tbodal.bsky.social. I want to come to bookshops, libraries, chapels, halls, wherever. If that's your venue or space, please drop me a line and let's chat? 👻

A poster with a man sitting in darkness with a single bulb lighting him. The words 'Darkness & Light' bold at the top as a title.

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Mike Kegil @mikekegil.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I stand by this.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

All I want is a manor in the Scottish countryside, the ominous rumble of thunder in the distance, an Agatha Christie novel, a kettle on the stove, a vintage armchair, an emotional support owl, and a basket of freshly-baked pastries.

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

40 South Street, Dorchester, a listed building where Thomas Hardy apprenticed as an architect, has been lost to fire. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Thomas Hardy building lost in Dorchester fire - BBC News

The building, which was "important" in the novelist's history, has been gutted by fire and fallen.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

"The Dance of Death," German oil painting, 18th century. It depicts living people from all walks of life encountering skeletal figures who force them to engage in a deathly dance. I talk about funerary customs from "ye olden days" on R4's BEST MEDICINE. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

An ornate image showing people from all walks of life being danced to their graves by skeletons.

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Caroline Fiennes @carolinefiennes.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Notre Dame in Paris re-opens this wkd. I'm a cathedral nerd. Here are some things that you might not notice about it – just from that one photo. THREAD. 1. You can see straight down the nave to the apse. No medieval English cathedral has that.

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Order now in time for Christmas. My favourite story? On 27 November 1888 the Bull Rock lighthouse was destroyed in a storm with 5 men inside. Family and friends waked the men assuming all died. Spoilers: everyone survived. Rescue took weeks. #Folklore #Books #Irishbooks #Irishfolklore #christmasgift

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Prof Janina Ramirez @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I’m on a BIG filming adventure, bringing you something WONDERFUL soon!! Can’t say any more, but look what I’m seeing 👀👀👀

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Chris and Simon ring the changes on bell folklore in their latest #BoggartandBanshee episode, with 'Hells Bells: Polts, Underground Cities and Supernatural Disinfectant.' Ding-dong merrily on high (and low)! www.buzzsprout.com/admin/185964...

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Looking for a Christmas present? These are great... and I'm not biased. #Books #folklore #harps #WestCork #Ireland #Christmas

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

This is the stage I’m at with the next book… 😂

A photo of a man sitting at a huge table filled with notes, books, and files. He’s also surrounded my office clutter. It’s disorganised madness.

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