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Dr. David Clare

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Irish Studies Scholar // English and Drama Lecturer // Musician (and occasional Theatremaker!) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9617-6294

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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm very excited that my new book, IRELAND IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.S. LEWIS, has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan! The book is quite dear (!) but there is a 25% discount going till tomorrow (21/8). Just use the discount code SNB2S25 at the following site:
link.springer.com/book/9783031...

Front cover of IRELAND IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.S. LEWIS, by David Clare, which features a picture of Dunluce Castle in Co. Antrim (said to be the model for Cair Paravel from Lewis's THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA).

Back cover of IRELAND IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.S. LEWIS, by David Clare, which features a summary of the book's content, the author's bio, and the following two endorsements:

“A gloriously profound engagement with CS Lewis. David Clare has researched meticulously and written a deeply nuanced and insightful book, scholarly, heartening and humane, illuminating of the man and of his work, and restoring him to the fullness of his Irishness in all its complexity.”
-Lucy Caldwell, award-winning, Belfast-born author

“In this uniquely sophisticated study, Clare shows the centrality of Ireland to C.S. Lewis’s thought and writing while refusing monolithic conceptions of national identity: Ireland was for Lewis a topological and linguistic mosaic whose lineaments his writing endlessly redrew and reconfigured. This book breaks new ground by examining Lewis’s afterlives on stage and screen and by tracing a thread of religious transcendence which Lewis shares with fellow Northern visionaries like Van Morrison, Stewart Parker, and Christina Reid. Tolerant of difference and opposed to all forms of jingoism and colonialism, the figure that emerges from this important and nuanced study is a salutary one for our times.”
-Dr. James Ward, University of Ulster-Coleraine

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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 20h

every day that Heather Humphreys is not asked why she refused to meet with disability activists during the Scrap the Green Paper campaign is another day of ignominy for the Irish press. she's running on her record, yet she's not questioned on it any substantive way

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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 2d

As someone raised in the diaspora and a past member of various bands, 🎸 I’m delighted to see my latest journal article (“Key Preoccupations in the Work of English Rock Artists of Irish Descent”) out in the latest issue of STUDIES: AN IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW!:
www.studiesirishreview.ie/product/key-...

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Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 3d

The wonderful @sarahmaintains.bsky.social #speirgorm

Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 3d

Sarah Clancy: Flotillas show that ordinary people must be the antidote to toxic world powers

After arrest, imprisonment, and deportation from Israel, Sarah Clancy, an Irish Gaza flotilla participant, reflects on solidarity, conscience, and the power of ordinary people

dlvr.it

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 5d

rehabilitation of prisoners and legal representation without prejudice are principles without which our entire justice system would immediately and completely collapse vs no they’re not

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 5d

I think if we have reached the stage where people are pretending not to understand what a "lawyer" is in order to attack Catherine Connolly, that they really do have very little on her

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Saw a man trying to fix a flat bicycle tire in the street today, a teenage boy stopped in front of him and sang a note perfect rendition of Elvis Costello’s “Pump It Up” and this is probably the best thing I’ll witness this week.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 6d

A special afternoon talking about activism, compliant, feminism & movements that continue to shape us

Thanks to hosts Dublin Theatre Festival & Abbey Theatre, panel chair Emma Dabiri & panelists Sarah Durcan Lian Bell Sara Ahmad & Catriona Crowe

WTF Happened is available in bookshops nationwide

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Staging Beckett @stagingbeckett.bsky.social · 6d

www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

Delighted to announce this open access book on Staging Beckett in London by Matt McFrederick - fascinating look at Beckett’s London Theatre homes Congrats Matt!

Staging Beckett in London

www.bloomsburycollections.com

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 6d

Maria Steen Turning Up At Gates Of The Áras Refusing To Leave Until She's Made President http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/08/maria-steen-turning-up-at-gates-of-the-aras-refusing-to-leave-until-shes-made-president/

Maria Steen Turning Up At Gates Of The Áras Refusing To Leave Until She’s Made President

A WOMAN who has never been a presidential candidate or appeared on a ballot paper has taken up residence outside the gates of Leinster House, vowing never to leave until she is made president of …

waterfordwhispersnews.com

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 6d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 6d

Special day @abbeytheatre.bsky.social Complaining for Good to launch WTF HAPPENED: #WakingTheFeminists & the Movement that Changed Irish Theatre by SarahDurcan with Lian Bell as part of Dublin Theatre Festival

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Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 7d

My sincere thanks to everyone who has supported the Global Sumud Flotilla. I'm home safe & will be followed by the other Irish people today. I'm just catching up and have much more to share but for now I am so so grateful for everyone's attempts to free us. Remember that Gaza is the story not us.

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · Sep 19

Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.

Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.

Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors

The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).

www.thebookseller.com

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Katy Hayes @katyhayze.bsky.social · 10d

Also, my review of Waking The Feminists book from @ucdpress.bsky.social in today's Irish Independent @independent.ie . Lovely stormy day to go out to Coffee Shop and #buyapaper

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 9d

Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.

No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.

Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 9d

The police will tell you they have 'no choice' because PA are a proscribed organisation but come to Belfast and you learn very quickly that is a lie.

This is absolutely a choice.

Son of Eric @spiritof44.bsky.social · 9d

A BLIND ELDERLY man using a mobility cane is ARRESTED for holding a sign which read "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

#PalestineAction #GazaGenocide

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 10d

Our friend, poet and activist @sarahmaintains.bsky.social has been illegally detained by the IDF and is being held in an Israeli jail. There are reports of mistreatment and human rights violations. Please keep pressure on the Irish government and embassy to secure the release of Sarah and others. 🇵🇸🇮🇪

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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 10d

Lovely to speak at the Padraic Colum Gathering in Granard, Co. Longford this morning! A very engaged and welcoming crowd, with deep love for great local writers like Columb, Edgeworth, Goldsmith, etc.!

Programme for the Padraig Colum Gathering in Granard, Co. Longford on 4/10/25, including talks by Dr. David Clare and Dr. Katherine MacGloin, a celebration of arts competition winners, and some music and dance.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked about the Home Secretarys comments that yesterdays protests about Israels actions were dishonourable (she also said they were unBritish).

Zack is spot on.

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 11d

"Getting on a boat to Gaza is performative nonsense, you should be pressuring politicians at home to change policy"

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"Holding a protest to pressure politicians at home does nothing to directly help! You should be on a boat to Gaza"

Beginning to think this commentary might not be in good faith

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

The Irish language is a joy not a burden: in what other tongue is a penis a wild carrot? | Una Mullally

Record numbers of pupils are seeking opt-outs from compulsory learning. This is misguided – Irish is a portal to a world of imagination, says journalist Una Mullally

www.theguardian.com

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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 12d

Regardless of one's views of the wider conflict, it is astounding that there are talking heads - including former TDs - that are claiming that the arrest of Irish citizens, including elected politicians, by a foreign military is simply not worthy of discussion

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 12d

Thinking of @sarahmaintains.bsky.social and the other Irish citizens who are part of the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social, and have been detained by the IDF who illegally intercepted them in international waters.

Here is Sarah’s poem, ‘If I had any other thing’:

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