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Adrian Legg

@adrianlegg.bsky.social

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Artistically adjacent. I work with artists, archives & anarchic tech that bind us all. Live on Sherkin Island, in West Cork, Ireland. www.cultureark.com

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Marion McGarry @marionmcgarry.bsky.social · 11h

My piece @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
on the Bord na Móna peat briquette, a once popular fuel for Irish people & an Irish industrial design icon.
Their memory is the source of much nostalgia and their demise, while good for the environment, represents the end of an era.
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How Bord na Móna peat briquette became an icon of Irish design

The briquettes were not only once a convenient, inexpensive fuel for Irish people, they were also an industrial design icon

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Salty Bill @barranca.bsky.social · 1d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...

Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in California. Again.

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Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 1d

This is Rocket. I picked him up for the spin. He likes to look out the window, see who's on the road. He pulls his ears back like he does when running 💨
#Ireland #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #Doggo

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 4d

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Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 2d

The bigger the number, the smaller the hole.
#f-Stop

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Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 3d

Buy the T-Shirt

Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 6d

Aldi back...

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 6d

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Cake’
(Yes, it is a painting - from Third Picture Book, 1971)

Photo realistic close-up in watercolour of a large slice of cream filled Victoria sponge

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Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 7d

Let the Culchie meme wars begin.
#speirgorm

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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 8d

Since I started filing copyright infringement reports to get my paintings taken off Temu, a small industry of AI replacement paintings has sprung up, with dozens of brightly coloured paintings purporting to be by me. Here's a sample of what is supposedly Dublin's Poolbeg chimneys - painted by "me".

Screencap of 2 rows of 5 products, 8 of which are square cushions and one from each row is physical picture in portrait format. All of them have boldly coloured industrial chimneys, with some autumn foliage on trees or overhanging in the foreground. The blue water of a bay is visible in most, and the skies are blue or cloudy white. The number of chimneys is 3 or 4 in all but one which has 2. The chimneys are random blotchy areas of red and white, or just cream, rather than the red and white bands of the top halves and plain concrete bottom halves, of the actual poolbeg chimneys. Visible prices range from below €3 and €4 to one that is under €8.

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Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 10d

Hold a baby lamb, but on an island...
Dragons Den pitch sorted.

Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 11d

Worst things happen while doom scrolling at sea.

Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 12d

I just happened to come across them while on a walk up the hills, they were very zen cow vibin'.

Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 13d

The three ladies of Kilmoon, on the cud in the afternoon.

#Speirgorm #Ireland #SherkinIsland #Cows #Cud

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Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 13d

Full moon.
Big tide.

All aboard the Sherkin Disco Bus.
#speirgorm #ireland

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Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 18d

Sherkin Disco Bus
Storm Day Hits
#Speirgorm #Ireland #Storm #Disco

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 18d

What do the Naas Ball, Bertie Ahern & Elvis Costello have in common? All are beneficaries of Irish cultural policies announced on budget day, such as the Artists' Exemption, Aosdána and Percent-for-Art schemes, writes Connell Vaughan @tudublin.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

What do Naas Ball, Bertie Ahern & Elvis Costello have in common?

All are beneficaries of Irish cultural policies announced on budget day, such as the Artists' Exemption, Aosdána and Percent-for-Art schemes

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Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 18d

My cup overfloweth.
In 24 hours...

Adrian Legg @adrianlegg.bsky.social · 19d

David Lynch's current forecast for Cork & Kerry.

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Cape Clear Bird Observatory (CCBO) @ccbowarden.bsky.social · 21d

Yesterday morning's Marsh Warbler was relocated singing in Cotter's garden during the afternoon. Apparently this is the first one ever ringed in Ireland.