Amy @thecraftycailleach
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As lovely and all as the #LateLateToyShow appeal is, it shouldn't be the responsibility of charities to ensure that there is no child homelessness or poverty (or adult for that matter) in Ireland. That's the government's job.
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In our new journal article, @tomhulme.bsky.social and I chart the biographies of three queer men who lived in N. Ireland between the 1900s and the 1970s. We show how their lives and sexual subjectivities were shaped by knowledge from beyond Ireland. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
Project MUSE - Queer Men and Networks of Communication in Northern Ireland Before the 1970s
muse.jhu.edu
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In our new journal article, @tomhulme.bsky.social and I chart the biographies of three queer men who lived in N. Ireland between the 1900s and the 1970s. We show how their lives and sexual subjectivities were shaped by knowledge from beyond Ireland. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
A lovely lady (in her 70s) sat next to me on the bus transfer from Heuston to Athy today. We were both really annoyed about the entire ordeal.
She excused herself in advance for any coughing, reassuring me she didn't have COVID, she was recovering from esophageal cancer. We chatted on and off. 1/3
She excused herself in advance for any coughing, reassuring me she didn't have COVID, she was recovering from esophageal cancer. We chatted on and off. 1/3
November 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A lovely lady (in her 70s) sat next to me on the bus transfer from Heuston to Athy today. We were both really annoyed about the entire ordeal.
She excused herself in advance for any coughing, reassuring me she didn't have COVID, she was recovering from esophageal cancer. We chatted on and off. 1/3
She excused herself in advance for any coughing, reassuring me she didn't have COVID, she was recovering from esophageal cancer. We chatted on and off. 1/3
Chualathas de thimpiste:
"... Agus mé sa leithreas, ag smaoineamh ar an mbriathar saor..."
#OverheardAgAnOireachtas #OnaS25
"... Agus mé sa leithreas, ag smaoineamh ar an mbriathar saor..."
#OverheardAgAnOireachtas #OnaS25
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Chualathas de thimpiste:
"... Agus mé sa leithreas, ag smaoineamh ar an mbriathar saor..."
#OverheardAgAnOireachtas #OnaS25
"... Agus mé sa leithreas, ag smaoineamh ar an mbriathar saor..."
#OverheardAgAnOireachtas #OnaS25
Ag #Gradaim25 @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social agus tá ár nUachtarán tofa anseo, d'éirigh daoine ina seasamh chun bualadh bos a thabhairt di
#OnaS25
#OnaS25
October 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Ag #Gradaim25 @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social agus tá ár nUachtarán tofa anseo, d'éirigh daoine ina seasamh chun bualadh bos a thabhairt di
#OnaS25
#OnaS25
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Ok. Ag obair anois don ríomhaire agus don fón - is féidir pdf de d'amchlár pearsanta le haghaidh Oireachtas na Samhna a íoslódáil. Níos fusa é a léamh ar an bhfón má chastar ar a thaobh é - scríbhneoireacht sách bheag.
fintanhegarty.com/oireachtas/oireachtas.html
@oirnagaeilge.bsky.social #OnaS25
fintanhegarty.com/oireachtas/oireachtas.html
@oirnagaeilge.bsky.social #OnaS25
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Ok. Ag obair anois don ríomhaire agus don fón - is féidir pdf de d'amchlár pearsanta le haghaidh Oireachtas na Samhna a íoslódáil. Níos fusa é a léamh ar an bhfón má chastar ar a thaobh é - scríbhneoireacht sách bheag.
fintanhegarty.com/oireachtas/oireachtas.html
@oirnagaeilge.bsky.social #OnaS25
fintanhegarty.com/oireachtas/oireachtas.html
@oirnagaeilge.bsky.social #OnaS25
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Early tallies in the presidential election point to an overwhelming victory by Catherine Connolly but also reveal a sharp increase in spoiled ballots.
Connolly told reporters at her local count centre in Galway West that she is “absolutely delighted” with the results so far.
jrnl.ie/6855480
Connolly told reporters at her local count centre in Galway West that she is “absolutely delighted” with the results so far.
jrnl.ie/6855480
Early tallies point to comprehensive Connolly win but also show sharp increase in spoiled ballots
Connolly told reporters at her local count centre that she is ‘absolutely delighted’ with the results so far.
jrnl.ie
October 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Early tallies in the presidential election point to an overwhelming victory by Catherine Connolly but also reveal a sharp increase in spoiled ballots.
Connolly told reporters at her local count centre in Galway West that she is “absolutely delighted” with the results so far.
jrnl.ie/6855480
Connolly told reporters at her local count centre in Galway West that she is “absolutely delighted” with the results so far.
jrnl.ie/6855480
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Tá @wikimediaireland.bsky.social ag earcú. Táimid ag lorg Oifigeach Gaeilge (lánaimseartha) - is deis uathúil í seo chun tacú leis an nGaeilge sa spás digiteach agus le forbairt na Vicipéide! #SíógNabPost #AnGhaeilge
Tuilleadh eolais anseo:
wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
Tuilleadh eolais anseo:
wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
Job Opportunity: Oifigeach Gaeilge (Irish Language Officer) - Wikimedia Community Ireland
Is é Pobal Wikimedia Éireann, an eagraíocht náisiúnta chleamhnaithe de chuid Fhondúireacht Wikimedia in Éirinn, ag lorg Oifigeach Gaeilge. Is post lánaimseartha é seo agus deis iontach don iarrthóir c...
wikimedia.ie
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Tá @wikimediaireland.bsky.social ag earcú. Táimid ag lorg Oifigeach Gaeilge (lánaimseartha) - is deis uathúil í seo chun tacú leis an nGaeilge sa spás digiteach agus le forbairt na Vicipéide! #SíógNabPost #AnGhaeilge
Tuilleadh eolais anseo:
wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
Tuilleadh eolais anseo:
wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
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Muintir na Gaeilge i láthair na huaire #TraitorsIRL
bubbles from the powerpuff girls is standing in front of a wall of flames and says " i will not stand for this "
ALT: bubbles from the powerpuff girls is standing in front of a wall of flames and says " i will not stand for this "
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Muintir na Gaeilge i láthair na huaire #TraitorsIRL
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A history of the sexual liberation movement in Ireland. The road to marriage equality, and the seismic change of recent times, was built on foundations laid by feminist and queer activists in the 1970s, writes Mary McAuliffe of UCD www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
A history of the sexual liberation movement in Ireland
The road to marriage equality, and the seismic change of recent times, was built on foundations laid by feminist and queer activists in the 1970s
www.rte.ie
May 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A history of the sexual liberation movement in Ireland. The road to marriage equality, and the seismic change of recent times, was built on foundations laid by feminist and queer activists in the 1970s, writes Mary McAuliffe of UCD www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Today is #WorldBeeDay which is a great day to grab a copy of my book 'Telling the Bees and other Customs' which examines folklore and rural crafts. There's a whole chapter on bees and beekeeping.
You can grab a copy here
www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/p71/Te...
You can grab a copy here
www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/p71/Te...
Telling the Bees: Folklore and Rural Craft
Throughout the history of civilisation, traditional crafts have been passed down from hand to skilled hand. Blacksmithing, brewing, beekeeping, baking, milling, spinning, knitting and weaving: these s...
www.thefolklorepodcast.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Today is #WorldBeeDay which is a great day to grab a copy of my book 'Telling the Bees and other Customs' which examines folklore and rural crafts. There's a whole chapter on bees and beekeeping.
You can grab a copy here
www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/p71/Te...
You can grab a copy here
www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/p71/Te...
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"But let’s be clear: this 'burnout' that secure scholars are feeling is phantom pain where their colleagues should be . . . You are suffering from the effects of intentional systemic understaffing."
A Profession, If You Can Keep It
Imagined meritocracies mean little to extractive institutions.
contingentmagazine.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"But let’s be clear: this 'burnout' that secure scholars are feeling is phantom pain where their colleagues should be . . . You are suffering from the effects of intentional systemic understaffing."
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Ten years ago on the day marriage equality was passed in Ireland the waiting time for trans healthcare was about 8 weeks. Today, ten years later that waiting time is now 13 years. Hooray for gay marriage or whatever.
May 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Ten years ago on the day marriage equality was passed in Ireland the waiting time for trans healthcare was about 8 weeks. Today, ten years later that waiting time is now 13 years. Hooray for gay marriage or whatever.
I am in so many leftist spaces; the lack of nuance, care for context, + actually saying what you mean/meaning what you say is tiring + (lack of) accountability + the contradictions.
Is it sabotage/bad faith advocacy, or jut ego + performative allyship? I'm not sure, but it's certainly frustrating.
Is it sabotage/bad faith advocacy, or jut ego + performative allyship? I'm not sure, but it's certainly frustrating.
May 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I am in so many leftist spaces; the lack of nuance, care for context, + actually saying what you mean/meaning what you say is tiring + (lack of) accountability + the contradictions.
Is it sabotage/bad faith advocacy, or jut ego + performative allyship? I'm not sure, but it's certainly frustrating.
Is it sabotage/bad faith advocacy, or jut ego + performative allyship? I'm not sure, but it's certainly frustrating.
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Mar chuid de @risingvoices.bsky.social bhí Sophie agus Amy ó @wikimediaireland.bsky.social ag caint le Lucy Chinyeaka Iwuala ón ghrúpa pobail Igbo ag obair le Wikipedia i dteanga Igbo!
Éist anois tríd nasc thíos:
wikimedia.ie/2025/05/13/n...
Éist anois tríd nasc thíos:
wikimedia.ie/2025/05/13/n...
May 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Mar chuid de @risingvoices.bsky.social bhí Sophie agus Amy ó @wikimediaireland.bsky.social ag caint le Lucy Chinyeaka Iwuala ón ghrúpa pobail Igbo ag obair le Wikipedia i dteanga Igbo!
Éist anois tríd nasc thíos:
wikimedia.ie/2025/05/13/n...
Éist anois tríd nasc thíos:
wikimedia.ie/2025/05/13/n...
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Gníomhaíocht Dhigiteach & an Ghaeilge 🖥️📱
Tá muid @wikimediaireland.bsky.social ag obair ar cheardlanna samhraidh faoi conas #AnGhaeilge a chur chun cinn sa Ré Dhigiteach, mar chuid de thionscadal @risingvoices.bsky.social le @globalvoices.org
#SpeirGorm
Léigh tuilleadh 👇
Tá muid @wikimediaireland.bsky.social ag obair ar cheardlanna samhraidh faoi conas #AnGhaeilge a chur chun cinn sa Ré Dhigiteach, mar chuid de thionscadal @risingvoices.bsky.social le @globalvoices.org
#SpeirGorm
Léigh tuilleadh 👇
May 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Gníomhaíocht Dhigiteach & an Ghaeilge 🖥️📱
Tá muid @wikimediaireland.bsky.social ag obair ar cheardlanna samhraidh faoi conas #AnGhaeilge a chur chun cinn sa Ré Dhigiteach, mar chuid de thionscadal @risingvoices.bsky.social le @globalvoices.org
#SpeirGorm
Léigh tuilleadh 👇
Tá muid @wikimediaireland.bsky.social ag obair ar cheardlanna samhraidh faoi conas #AnGhaeilge a chur chun cinn sa Ré Dhigiteach, mar chuid de thionscadal @risingvoices.bsky.social le @globalvoices.org
#SpeirGorm
Léigh tuilleadh 👇
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Speaking to @eoghandalton.bsky.social for this article was a tough decision, I have friends and colleagues working in Sinn Féin and looking to bring meaningful change to Irish politics. But it was the only decision I felt I could make until the party takes this criticism on board
#spéirgorm
#spéirgorm
Sinn Féin members fear party is about to reverse course on trans rights
It is understood Sinn Féin now intends to hold a special conference on trans and gender issues before the Dáil rises this summer.
www.thejournal.ie
May 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Speaking to @eoghandalton.bsky.social for this article was a tough decision, I have friends and colleagues working in Sinn Féin and looking to bring meaningful change to Irish politics. But it was the only decision I felt I could make until the party takes this criticism on board
#spéirgorm
#spéirgorm
Very proud to be a @social-democrats.bsky.social member with party members like Pádraig Rice who are bringing up questions in the Dáil about the (absolute) state of the NGS and the need to overhaul it and implement international best practice without delay #TransRightsAreHumanRights
May 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Very proud to be a @social-democrats.bsky.social member with party members like Pádraig Rice who are bringing up questions in the Dáil about the (absolute) state of the NGS and the need to overhaul it and implement international best practice without delay #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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"The British Medical Association (BMA) resident doctors conference has condemned the Supreme Court’s “scientifically illiterate” Supreme Court trans ruling."
www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/28/b...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/28/b...
BMA resident doctors condemn Supreme Court's 'scientifically illiterate' trans ruling
The British Medical Association (BMA) resident doctors conference has condemned the Supreme Court's “scientifically illiterate” Supreme Court trans ruling.
www.thepinknews.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"The British Medical Association (BMA) resident doctors conference has condemned the Supreme Court’s “scientifically illiterate” Supreme Court trans ruling."
www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/28/b...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/28/b...
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This week I wrote about vigilance, and how I'm less interested in litigating whether Garron Noone is a racist, than in whether what he said was true or not. It wasn't. And people are right to be alarmed that he said it, and to wonder why he did.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: I think anti-racists are right to be on high alert
I’m less concerned with why Garron Noone said what he said, than with whether it’s true or not
www.irishexaminer.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This week I wrote about vigilance, and how I'm less interested in litigating whether Garron Noone is a racist, than in whether what he said was true or not. It wasn't. And people are right to be alarmed that he said it, and to wonder why he did.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
This #StPatricksDay, let's stop giving men credit for stuff they never did.
I just dropped a new video busting the top myths perpetuated every March about Ireland’s Patron Saint.
youtu.be/fXiQmxGokIs?...
I just dropped a new video busting the top myths perpetuated every March about Ireland’s Patron Saint.
youtu.be/fXiQmxGokIs?...
🍀Saint Patrick: So Wait — Did He Actually Do Anything? 🤔 | Irish History and Folklore
YouTube video by @TheCraftyCailleach | Irish History & Folklore
youtu.be
March 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This #StPatricksDay, let's stop giving men credit for stuff they never did.
I just dropped a new video busting the top myths perpetuated every March about Ireland’s Patron Saint.
youtu.be/fXiQmxGokIs?...
I just dropped a new video busting the top myths perpetuated every March about Ireland’s Patron Saint.
youtu.be/fXiQmxGokIs?...
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MeithealWiki | Togra nua a gcuireann fáilte mhór roimh chách a bheith páriteach sa Ghluaiseacht Eolais Oscailte.
Imeacht do #SeachtainNaGaeilge
Ceardlann agus seoladh ar an 13ú Márta ar líne, cláraigh anois:
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Imeacht do #SeachtainNaGaeilge
Ceardlann agus seoladh ar an 13ú Márta ar líne, cláraigh anois:
vicipeid.kit.com/meithealwiki
March 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
MeithealWiki | Togra nua a gcuireann fáilte mhór roimh chách a bheith páriteach sa Ghluaiseacht Eolais Oscailte.
Imeacht do #SeachtainNaGaeilge
Ceardlann agus seoladh ar an 13ú Márta ar líne, cláraigh anois:
vicipeid.kit.com/meithealwiki
Imeacht do #SeachtainNaGaeilge
Ceardlann agus seoladh ar an 13ú Márta ar líne, cláraigh anois:
vicipeid.kit.com/meithealwiki