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Joe Culley

@therealculls.bsky.social
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Writer, editor (ex Irish Times, ex History Ireland - nearly ex altogether). History, Golf, Italia. Now doing private walking tours of Dublin - General, Literary, Rebellion - with info@walkingtours.ie.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A I, Shmay I
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I enjoy that Cheap Irish Homes programme, but the first thing I think of with each house is "Jaysus ye'd be feckin' FREEZIN'".
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 29/09/2026
Today in "decisions in kerning"
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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well, why don't we run a test. Hand me that chainsaw.
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Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An Atlantic Drive by Jack B. Yeats, seen at the excellent Hunt Museum, Limerick
Driver and three passengers on a sidecar, with a rough sea and a stormy sky in the background.
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ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m so fucking sick of the pretending these are rational agents with free will
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is excellent: who, and why, were the Normans?
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Brian O'Halloran @playingwithdust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Should those who keep backpacks on their back while using crowded LUAS services be taken off and summarily executed? This reporter says..yes."
Kent Brockman
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How is Indonesia just one country? It makes no sense in any common criteria, eg, geography, language, or religion.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Afraid I just have to hit the mute button when Barry Lenihan shows up now. #speakEnglish
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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
22 September 1964. Man From UNCLE was broadcast for the 1st time on NBC-TV-USA. It follows 2 secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for the spy agency UNCLE. There were 4 series and 105 episodes until 15 January 1968. youtube.com/watch?v=tM5g...
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"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." TV Intro
YouTube video by The Rap Sheet
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why don't you love it already?
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@iaincartergolf.bsky.social Hello Iain Could you please tell all of your broadcast colleagues that Filippo Celli's name is pronounced CHAY-lee. NOT Celli, like a cello. It's CHAY-lee. Many thanks
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@skysportstr.bsky.social Dear Golf team Filippo Celli's name is pronounced CHAY-lee. NOT Celli, like a cello. It's CHAY-lee
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
WHY CAN'T BARRY LENIHAN SPEAK IN SENTENCES @news.rte.ie
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 19/09/2026
The council has approved a new apart-hotel in Blackpitts, which will add to the 9,600 hotel beds within walking distance. "There is just a ridiculous overconcentration of short-term accommodation," in Blackpitts and Newmarket, says Sinn Féin Councillor Ciaran Ó Meachair.
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Council gives nod to new apart-hotel in Blackpitts, to add to the 9,600 hotel beds within walking distance
"There is just a ridiculous overconcentration of short-term accommodation," in the Blackpitts and Newmarket Square area, says Sinn Féin Councillor Ciaran Ó Meachair.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The best thing about #culturenight Pens (biros)
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Underrated
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
An Cathach, at the @ria.ie #culturenight
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A perfectly reasonable position to hold.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I found a Rarity-68 word worth 88 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 838 points · 10 rare words. No one else in Outlier has ever found it. 8 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/4TSNRY
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OUTLIER · Day 120
player-8430 scored 838 on Day 120. Can you beat them?
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
. @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Hello Patrick, I bought your book yesterday and am looking forward to it. But I spent some time and no little expense on a copy "signed by the author", only to discover some vandal/charlatan had scribbled the letters "C Z" in the space where your signature should be.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Remarkably, matched my recent PB. I mean, look at those scores: it's not an easy game to play on a phone screen. www.maptap.gg September 17 97🔥 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 91👑 Final score: 970
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Last week's manuscript was a gorgeously illuminated psalter from the 11th century, basically a miniature Book of Kells. I brought my clients in for a look, and to see the rear library. With the Long Room being refurbished, this is the better option. (And it's free - though you can donate.)
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I think this is a PB. (And no, I don't cheat) www.maptap.gg September 14 92🏆 99🎯 100🎯 100🎯 93🏆 Final score: 970
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@gcooney93.bsky.social Hi Gavin. Just read your colour piece on Shane's win. Really well done.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Almond Brothers
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I once flew in a helicopter from Dublin Airport to Doonbeg Golf Club to play the course a couple of months before it was open. Just sayin'.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Well, The Beetles
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anne Street, Dublin
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"well worn"
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Do watch the start (and, of course, stay for the tunes)
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@iaincartergolf.bsky.social
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 08/09/2026
Among LIV Golf's creditors, upon its filing for bankruptcy: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (with an address in Riyadh), who is owed US$1.717 million.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The opening sentence of that Sport report in today's newspaper is 95 words. No one cares anymore, which is one of the reasons I left.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
New game thanks to @ickletayto.bsky.social I found a Rarity-83 word worth 94 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 801 points · 10 rare words. Only 3 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 3 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where rarest words win. playoutlier.com/s/HMS8Z2
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OUTLIER · Day 109
player-4062 scored 801 on Day 109. Can you beat them?
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I thought about going to the pub to watch Katie fight because it would be "fun". Then I remembered from my previous life that it would be packed with loud obnoxious drunks who understood the idea of personal space even less than they understand boxing.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Has she never been to New York?
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I really admired Brian for his clear prose. A lot of Art critics indulge in esoteric bullshit. He was a fascinating man, and a, um, character. His likes will not....
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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In times of trouble and lousy strife, When no rashers grease your pan, You still can look to a brighter life, Rob some pints from the back of a van.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A propos of nothing, can we take a minute to mention just how feckin huge Kazakhstan is?
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Increasing bus fares while passing € 1 billion in fuel subsidies is a conscious decision. Cancelling public transport infrastructure projects while approving new roads is a conscious decision. Underpaying solicitors & public servants while the country has a massive budget surplus is a....
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Bus and train fares for adults to increase by average of 15% from January, NTA confirms
The move has been criticised by opposition parties.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I wanted to kill Laura before they got out of the cars.
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
*cough*
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I'm not happy that Magnus Magnusson looks 10 years younger than me.
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William Sheehan @willsheehan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/irish-warshi...
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Irish warships open fire with main guns
Irish Naval Service patrol ships LÉ Samuel Beckett and LÉ George Bernard Shaw have taken part in a Ship Training Period involving live-fire gunnery, manoeuvring, maritime interdiction and replenishmen...
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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A "devout agnostic" I have - honestly - made this "joke" about myself.
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