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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · 28d

Beautiful show

Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · Sep 10

This Sunday, a re-broadcast of our 2024 Culture Night special from Áras an Uachtaráin-great writing &music. 14 Sept, 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social with @manchanmagan.bsky.social @timcarey1.bsky.social Mia Döring, Rita Ann Higgins, Donal Ryan, @president.ie www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/sunday-miscellany/

President Michael D Higgins reads 'Stardust'

Rita Ann Higgins reads her poems 'Hermit of Glendalough' and 'Edict'

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Aug 24

Great show as always

Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · Aug 21

#LeavingCert result jitters, seeing fox cubs by night + the magic of the circus: Denise Blake, Emma Prunty, Kathy Donaghy, Denis Tuohy, John MacKenna... plus a new poem from Paul Muldoon... Sunday Miscellany is coming up 9am
@rteradio1.bsky.social
RTÉ Radio 1 Sunday 24 August 2025. Tune in!

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Jul 24

Was in early to get my seat at the opening lectures for @yeatssocietysligo.bsky.social #YeatsSummerSchool in Sligo, now in its 66th year - I’ve spent the last 50 wanting to attend! So excited. And two excellent talks kicked us off this morning

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Jul 23

Love this

Denise Carver @sligogirl.bsky.social · Jul 22

This artwork is in the style of a vintage poster, I love the curvy lines of Benbulbin #Sligo. By John Carver @carverphotography.com @tourismireland.bsky.social @bernibee.bsky.social

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Reposted by Bernadette Fallon

Denise Carver @sligogirl.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Denise Carver @sligogirl.bsky.social · Jul 22

A little picture John did of Benbulbin . @carverphotography.com

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Jul 22

His Land of Heart’s Desire - how lucky are we all who get to spend time here…

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Jul 22

Will do. Are you heading to all of the lectures?

Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Jul 22

And I’m soooo looking forward to attending - my first one

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · May 23

Though in a slightly weird turn of events, am being forced to eat butternut squash soup…

Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · May 23

Staying at Iveagh Garden hotel for @ilfdublin.bsky.social - first time here - nice vibe, outdoor terrace, library entrance to dining room, tub chairs & the like

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · May 22

A moment’s silence for Paul Durcan RIP at the ceremony for the Dublin Literary Award, which has just been won by Michael Crummy’s The Adversary @ilfdublin.bsky.social

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Apr 8

Happy 40th Birthday Cuirt Festival of Literature, kicking off today in Galway - I'm looking forward to getting over there on Friday, my first time back since 1999! www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Cúirt literature festival at 40: ‘There is a sense of an Irish writing culture exploding around the world’

When I was an impoverished student sustained by Pot Noodles, the Cúirt International Festival of Literature introduced me to literature I would not have encountered otherwise

www.irishtimes.com

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Apr 2

Two suns this morning on John Osbourne’s river @arvonfoundation.bsky.social #TheHurst #Shropshire

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Apr 1

Bring an angry young man was clearly lucrative if John Osbourne’s former home is anything to go be - now an @arvonfoundation.bsky.social writing retreat

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Apr 1

Woke up in John Osborne’s house, The Hurst in Shropshire, now an @arvonfoundation.bsky.social writing retreat #writing #nature

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Mar 31

Really enjoyed the first @forthwrite.bsky.social festival (and my first trip to Crawley!). @kitdewaal.bsky.social kicked things off with an insightful, relatable & funny keynote address

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Mar 30

Looking forward to it - nice treat when I get back home at Easter

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Mar 30

Ordering @thedublinreview.bsky.social now - on the strength of the first few lines of this essay & the cover

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Mar 30

Nice bit of blue sky placing @martindoyle.bsky.social @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Mar 30

Interesting conversation with a panel of very inspiring women at the inaugural @forthwrite.bsky.social festival @kitdewaal.bsky.social @abirfellows.bsky.social @britisharts.bsky.social

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Mar 30

I love books’ events - from the huddles of conversations to the books on sale - with the possibility of having the authors sign them forthwrite.bsky.social

Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Mar 30

Loved this - am a big fan of the power of letters to instantly bring us back to the past in the way that a text or email can never do - and also have a stash of treasured letters from the '80s and '90s

Barbara Scully @barbarascully.bsky.social · Mar 29

Delighted to have a script on tomorrows @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social. Called Letters From The Past, it describes the joy of finding a bag of letters from 1983, written by my Ma to me who was working as a rep in Gran Canaria for JWT. I hope you enjoy. 9am
@rteradio1.bsky.social tnrw

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Mar 29

Setting the clock! (Taking the extra hour into consideration)

Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · Mar 29

The delight of a handwritten letter, the beauty of Ireland's South-West, and a mother-daughter rite of passage. #sundaymiscellany is on the way
@barbarascully.bsky.social Jamie O'Connell Brian Daly James Harpur Joanne Hynes @conalcreedon.bsky.social Amenazeb Khan 9.10am Sun @rteradio1.bsky.social 📻

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Mar 29

Looking forward to this

Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Mar 29

See you all tomorrow:)

Forthwrite @forthwrite.bsky.social · Mar 18

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Bernadette Fallon @bernibee.bsky.social · Mar 8

Missing the blue skies of #Lahinch this week but they’ve been replaced with misty #Sligo webs

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