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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 3d

“Hello there…”

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 5d

🤭

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 8d

“Hortus conclusus”

Photo of high red brick wall topped by a wire fence. behind the wall, the tops of trees can be seen.

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 13d

Trust Rathmines Library to have a cool portal 😄 #Dublin

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 13d

Every year, they leave it late to arrive. But are all the more welcome as the days grow darker 🙂

Close up of the vibrant pink curly petals of a spidery nerine flower atop a slender green stem with other nerines in the background ready to blossom

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 14d

That time of year again…

Evening sun shining on a small collection of gleaming chestnuts on the cement ground. Part of photo is in shadow.

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 14d

Your 'alternative media' will never deliver quality journalism like this.

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 16d

PatrickCollins always worth a goo 😀

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 17d

400 boxes of BandAid/Live Aid archive material - correspondence, images, artefacts etc - have been donated by @bobgeldoffans.bsky.social to @nlireland.bsky.social which has organised a photographic exhibition at the National Photographic Archive in Dublin

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John Creedon @johncreedon.bsky.social · 17d

Tonight we include American Roots music from Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie, and a short tune from Navajo cedar wood and eagle bone whistle player R.C. Nakai along with the usual fine blend of Roots, Rock, Reggae, Folk, Funk, Punk & all the rest. 8-10pm. rte.ie/johncreedon.

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 18d

One of THE great lines (lyric lines) 🙂

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Billy Mills @billymills.bsky.social · 18d

Review time, with two Shearsman titles:
ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/t...
#poetry
@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @disruptedblue.bsky.social

Two from Shearsman: A Review

Clio’s Ground: New and Selected Poems, Fergal Gaynor, Shearsman Books, 2025, ISBN: 9781848619654, £10.95 Buying the Farm (a georgics of sorts), Eliza O’Toole, Shearsman Books, 2025, ISB…

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 19d

Played a set of Johnny Craviotto drums in the studio recently. Single-ply solid shell tubs rocked like a dream. Made me feel like getting back in the groove 😁

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 19d

Neil’s Spirit Road just happens to be filling the kitchen right now ✌️😀

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · 19d

I’m delighted to be part of @itsthewritestuff.bsky.social event at @Chaptersbookstore.bsky.social Dublin with Cathy Shah, Steve O’Toole & @runwaylights.bsky.social on Thursday. Should be a buzz 🙂✌️Check it here
www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-write-...

The Write Stuff – An Evening of Poetry, Songs and Laughter

Chapters Bookstore presents The Write Stuff – An Evening of Poetry, Songs and Laughter Hosted By Steve O'Toole

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · Sep 6

I’m on the lookout for one of Fergie’s castoff pacemakers .. the stress has me wrecked. But I hope to be fit for the away leg 🙂

Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · Sep 6

I aged at least two league seasons during that match 🧛🏻‍♂️😳

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · Sep 4

Good morning! 😀

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · Sep 3

Fundraising Gig for Gaza .. Friday @whelanslive.bsky.social #Dublin

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · Sep 2

Memories of summer 🙂

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · Sep 1

I took this #Craviotto for a test drive on Saturday and wasn’t disappointed. #BoyRacer 😁 #BringTheBeatBack #HandCraftedSolidShell

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · Aug 31

Double-whammy, Angus! 😁 Thanks (again). (Did you notice Wayne Shelford gets a heads up?! Story for over a pint with Lombard 😉)

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · Aug 23

Haha. But, sadly, that wasn’t always the case Stan. Crimes against etc..

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · Aug 23

The past is a foreign country? No, it’s not. No escape 😂
www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

Horslips: ‘Eamon saw Cúchulainn as a superhero. It was a combination of Stan Lee and Lady Gregory’

Horslips’s Dearg Doom contains probably the most unforgettable riff in any song by an Irish band. And then, when that verse kicks in: “When you see me coming, you had better run, run, run... from Dear...

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Eamon Carr @carrport.bsky.social · Aug 17

Despite the ongoing genocide there has to be hope. Check this out.
The team at Reviving Gaza Volunteers across Europe have been fundraising and … The team of volunteers in Gaza allow for the successful delivery of all projects on the ground. #Dublin

www.whelanslive.com/event/revivi...

REVIVING GAZA BENEFIT - Whelan's

www.whelanslive.com

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