Aoife Granville
@aoifeg.bsky.social
Lecturer in Folklore/Béaloideas UCC. Musician/Singer. Knitter & GAA enthusiast! Board member Arts Council Ireland. From Dingle/Daingean Uí Chúis❤️🤍
Chomh deas buaileadh le Carrie Crowley is í i mbun scannánú i gCorca Dhuibhne ar maidin! Duine uasail
August 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Chomh deas buaileadh le Carrie Crowley is í i mbun scannánú i gCorca Dhuibhne ar maidin! Duine uasail
The excitement is building 💚💛
July 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The excitement is building 💚💛
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Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: @aoifeg.bsky.social @ucc.ie on why 'Willie Week' in Miltown Malbay is the highlight of the trad music calendar thanks to Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why Willie Clancy Week is the highlight of trad music calendar
All roads lead to Miltown Malbay as hundreds of musicians head to this year's Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy
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July 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: @aoifeg.bsky.social @ucc.ie on why 'Willie Week' in Miltown Malbay is the highlight of the trad music calendar thanks to Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Got to write about my favourite week of the year for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social - Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy!
Why 'Willie Week' in Miltown Malbay is the highlight of the trad music calendar. All roads lead to Co Clare as hundreds of musicians head to this year's Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, including @aoifeg.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why 'Willie Week' is the highlight of the trad music calendar
All roads lead to Miltown Malbay as hundreds of musicians head to this year's Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy
www.rte.ie
July 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Got to write about my favourite week of the year for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social - Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy!
Thanks Yvonne & Andrew for a lovely evening back in the Phoenix again!
June 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Thanks Yvonne & Andrew for a lovely evening back in the Phoenix again!
A privilege to be at Dublin Castle for the #SharedIsland Forum with ITMA performing & chatting about fifing & fluting traditions with some of my favourite people & musicians. Deas labhairt leis an Taoiseach Ina dhiaidh! Ócáid speisialta
April 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A privilege to be at Dublin Castle for the #SharedIsland Forum with ITMA performing & chatting about fifing & fluting traditions with some of my favourite people & musicians. Deas labhairt leis an Taoiseach Ina dhiaidh! Ócáid speisialta
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Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: Why St Patrick's Day early morning parades rule the roost in Achill and Dingle. By @aoifeg.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why Patrick's Day early morning parades rule in Achill & Dingle
These pre-dawn parades on St Patrick's Day show how important and integreal the bands and traditions are to both communities
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March 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: Why St Patrick's Day early morning parades rule the roost in Achill and Dingle. By @aoifeg.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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#VoiceActors: We want to hear your auditions!
Love seeing the variety still coming in. All shares are appreciated and welcome!
#CastingCall
#VA #Ireland
Love seeing the variety still coming in. All shares are appreciated and welcome!
#CastingCall
#VA #Ireland
Open Audition for Eyes of Hellfire
Eyes of Hellfire: Open Audition Invitation for Voice Actors Please ensure that you read the below carefully. We are Gambrinous, a small indie studio based in Ireland, and we’re excited to invite vo...
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March 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#VoiceActors: We want to hear your auditions!
Love seeing the variety still coming in. All shares are appreciated and welcome!
#CastingCall
#VA #Ireland
Love seeing the variety still coming in. All shares are appreciated and welcome!
#CastingCall
#VA #Ireland
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In 1970 a group of art students visited Dingle & painted portraits of local fishermen; this is my grandad Paddy Brosnan, by R. O’Connell. Anyone any idea where the artist might be now?
#speirgorm @aoifeg.bsky.social @dinglelit.bsky.social @ciaraioch.bsky.social
#speirgorm @aoifeg.bsky.social @dinglelit.bsky.social @ciaraioch.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In 1970 a group of art students visited Dingle & painted portraits of local fishermen; this is my grandad Paddy Brosnan, by R. O’Connell. Anyone any idea where the artist might be now?
#speirgorm @aoifeg.bsky.social @dinglelit.bsky.social @ciaraioch.bsky.social
#speirgorm @aoifeg.bsky.social @dinglelit.bsky.social @ciaraioch.bsky.social
A great opportunity to work with Traditional Arts at the Arts Council. Please apply!!
February 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A great opportunity to work with Traditional Arts at the Arts Council. Please apply!!
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Dithered about this and looked into Patreon etc. but prefer to keep things un-paywalled, so there's a no-obligation, totally voluntary tip jar on my site if you like my doodles or newsletter, solely to allow the people who asked for it tide me over until I kidnap a Medici www.ciaraioch.com/tip-jar
February 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Dithered about this and looked into Patreon etc. but prefer to keep things un-paywalled, so there's a no-obligation, totally voluntary tip jar on my site if you like my doodles or newsletter, solely to allow the people who asked for it tide me over until I kidnap a Medici www.ciaraioch.com/tip-jar
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Happy Imbolc 🌱
February 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Happy Imbolc 🌱
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The Biddy is an Irish folk tradition linked to Brigid’s Day and Imbolc, where groups wear white and handmade straw headpieces to travel around playing music while carrying a Brídeóg (a model Brigid in child form), warding off evil and bringing luck. It's still strong in parts of Kerry.
February 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The Biddy is an Irish folk tradition linked to Brigid’s Day and Imbolc, where groups wear white and handmade straw headpieces to travel around playing music while carrying a Brídeóg (a model Brigid in child form), warding off evil and bringing luck. It's still strong in parts of Kerry.
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"February-isn't-Spring" people, remove the coloniser from your mind
February 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"February-isn't-Spring" people, remove the coloniser from your mind
For those interested in Brigid, an article i wrote for the Conversation last year! Lá (weekend!) Fhéile Bríde Shona! theconversation.com/brigids-day-...
Brigid’s Day: how a festival of fire and fertility connects Christian Ireland with its pagan past
The traditional start of spring in Ireland on February 1 is now marked with celebrations of women, empowerment, food, sustainability and craft.
theconversation.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
For those interested in Brigid, an article i wrote for the Conversation last year! Lá (weekend!) Fhéile Bríde Shona! theconversation.com/brigids-day-...
Essay marking finished & settling into the snooker! Ó Murchú Abú ❤️ #masterssnooker
January 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Essay marking finished & settling into the snooker! Ó Murchú Abú ❤️ #masterssnooker
Annual reminder that I need my head examined 🤣 Collecting rushes today for our students to make Brigid’s Crosses!
January 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Annual reminder that I need my head examined 🤣 Collecting rushes today for our students to make Brigid’s Crosses!
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On Friday, January 31st, Ruth Negga, Lisa Hannigan and I talk music and what it means to us with @sweetoblivion.bsky.social as part of Limerick festival All We Have Are Days.
Join us at St. Mary’s Cathedral from 7.30pm. Lisa is also performing some songs.
🎟️: limetreebelltable.ie/events/ruth-...
Join us at St. Mary’s Cathedral from 7.30pm. Lisa is also performing some songs.
🎟️: limetreebelltable.ie/events/ruth-...
January 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
On Friday, January 31st, Ruth Negga, Lisa Hannigan and I talk music and what it means to us with @sweetoblivion.bsky.social as part of Limerick festival All We Have Are Days.
Join us at St. Mary’s Cathedral from 7.30pm. Lisa is also performing some songs.
🎟️: limetreebelltable.ie/events/ruth-...
Join us at St. Mary’s Cathedral from 7.30pm. Lisa is also performing some songs.
🎟️: limetreebelltable.ie/events/ruth-...
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It wouldn’t be a Folklore lecture about St. Brigid without the lecturer including a work from (and very honourable mention) to that of @ciaraioch.bsky.social!
January 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It wouldn’t be a Folklore lecture about St. Brigid without the lecturer including a work from (and very honourable mention) to that of @ciaraioch.bsky.social!
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In the last half hour of the day that’s in it, watch Oonagh Kearney’s glorious Oíche Nollaig na mBan x
www.tyrellapictures.com/oiche-nollai...
www.tyrellapictures.com/oiche-nollai...
Oíche Nollaig na mBan — OONAGH KEARNEY
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January 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
In the last half hour of the day that’s in it, watch Oonagh Kearney’s glorious Oíche Nollaig na mBan x
www.tyrellapictures.com/oiche-nollai...
www.tyrellapictures.com/oiche-nollai...
Such an important programme with @katiehannon.bsky.social highlighting the epidemic of domestic abuse, coercive control & the horrific murders of women in Ireland. On #NollaignamBan particularly poignant. How do we change this problem? Education/policy? @upfrontrte.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Such an important programme with @katiehannon.bsky.social highlighting the epidemic of domestic abuse, coercive control & the horrific murders of women in Ireland. On #NollaignamBan particularly poignant. How do we change this problem? Education/policy? @upfrontrte.bsky.social
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Harry Clarke, who was once described as ‘Ireland’s strangest genius’, died on this day in 1931, the Feast of the Epiphany.
Twenty years previously and at the start of his career, Clarke had created this remarkable stained-glass panel as a competition piece for a national competition.
Twenty years previously and at the start of his career, Clarke had created this remarkable stained-glass panel as a competition piece for a national competition.
January 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Harry Clarke, who was once described as ‘Ireland’s strangest genius’, died on this day in 1931, the Feast of the Epiphany.
Twenty years previously and at the start of his career, Clarke had created this remarkable stained-glass panel as a competition piece for a national competition.
Twenty years previously and at the start of his career, Clarke had created this remarkable stained-glass panel as a competition piece for a national competition.