Dr. David Clare
@davidclareabu.bsky.social
Irish Studies Scholar // English and Drama Lecturer // Musician (and occasional Theatremaker!)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9617-6294
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9617-6294
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A big thanks to Dr. Connal Parr (Northumbria U.) for launching my monograph IRELAND IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.S. LEWIS at the wonderful The Linen Hall Library in Lewis’s native city of Belfast yesterday! And many thanks to all who attended and made it such a warm, lovely occasion. 😊
For anyone interested in my first two monographs - BERNARD SHAW'S IRISH OUTLOOK and IRISH ANGLICAN LITERATURE AND DRAMA - the publishers are selling them for only €23.99 between now and 31/12/25. Perfect stocking stuffers! ;-)
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
December 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
For anyone interested in my first two monographs - BERNARD SHAW'S IRISH OUTLOOK and IRISH ANGLICAN LITERATURE AND DRAMA - the publishers are selling them for only €23.99 between now and 31/12/25. Perfect stocking stuffers! ;-)
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:
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More happy publication news! The first of a two-part special issue on 'Irish Women's Genre Fiction' is out. Thanks to our fantastic contributors and to the editorial team at LIT! Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory: Vol 36, No 3 www.tandfonline.com/toc/glit20/3...
Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory
Volume 36, Issue 3 of Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory
www.tandfonline.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
More happy publication news! The first of a two-part special issue on 'Irish Women's Genre Fiction' is out. Thanks to our fantastic contributors and to the editorial team at LIT! Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory: Vol 36, No 3 www.tandfonline.com/toc/glit20/3...
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The second issue of The Beckett Review is live! Very happy with the combination of reviews in this one and even happier it’s all readily available online. Please get in touch if you would like to review anything Beckett adjacent for the Spring 2026 issue ✍️ beckettreview.org/2025/12/06/t...
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The second issue of The Beckett Review is live! Very happy with the combination of reviews in this one and even happier it’s all readily available online. Please get in touch if you would like to review anything Beckett adjacent for the Spring 2026 issue ✍️ beckettreview.org/2025/12/06/t...
A big thanks to Dr. Connal Parr (Northumbria U.) for launching my monograph IRELAND IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.S. LEWIS at the wonderful The Linen Hall Library in Lewis’s native city of Belfast yesterday! And many thanks to all who attended and made it such a warm, lovely occasion. 😊
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A big thanks to Dr. Connal Parr (Northumbria U.) for launching my monograph IRELAND IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.S. LEWIS at the wonderful The Linen Hall Library in Lewis’s native city of Belfast yesterday! And many thanks to all who attended and made it such a warm, lovely occasion. 😊
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Contact us if you have been affected by the policy changes of Girl Guiding or the Women's Institute. This could be as an individual, or because you lead a local Brownie group who don't want this policy change. We want to help protect trans inclusion.
goodlawproject.org/about/contact/
goodlawproject.org/about/contact/
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Contact us if you have been affected by the policy changes of Girl Guiding or the Women's Institute. This could be as an individual, or because you lead a local Brownie group who don't want this policy change. We want to help protect trans inclusion.
goodlawproject.org/about/contact/
goodlawproject.org/about/contact/
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November 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Always the perfect track to listen to at this time of year...:
"December" by @waterboysmusic.bsky.social
"December" by @waterboysmusic.bsky.social
December (2002 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Waterboys - Topic
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December 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Always the perfect track to listen to at this time of year...:
"December" by @waterboysmusic.bsky.social
"December" by @waterboysmusic.bsky.social
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Delighted to see this out! Thanks to @bruceholsinger.bsky.social for all his support and to @uccresearch.bsky.social Future Humanities Institute too #IrishKeywords
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
New Literary History
Vol. 56, N0. 2, Spring 2025
Special Issue: Irish Keywords
tinyurl.com/bdcrw9cm
CONTRIBUTORS
Claire Connolly, James Chandler, Joe Cleary, Aileen Dillane, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Clara Tuite, Paige Reynolds, Jane Ohlmeyer, Barry McCrea, Clair Wills, and more
New Literary History
Vol. 56, N0. 2, Spring 2025
Special Issue: Irish Keywords
tinyurl.com/bdcrw9cm
CONTRIBUTORS
Claire Connolly, James Chandler, Joe Cleary, Aileen Dillane, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Clara Tuite, Paige Reynolds, Jane Ohlmeyer, Barry McCrea, Clair Wills, and more
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Delighted to see this out! Thanks to @bruceholsinger.bsky.social for all his support and to @uccresearch.bsky.social Future Humanities Institute too #IrishKeywords
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Also a category that includes his mother, paternal grandparents, and two of his three wives. But of course that's different, because neither he nor de facto President Miller actually care about immigration as such. They care about racism, and it's a farce to concede the pretense it's anything else.
Trump makes the outrageous claim that “most” immigrants, which include over 25 million U.S. citizens, “are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Also a category that includes his mother, paternal grandparents, and two of his three wives. But of course that's different, because neither he nor de facto President Miller actually care about immigration as such. They care about racism, and it's a farce to concede the pretense it's anything else.
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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This section of Gerald of Wales' The Conquest of Ireland in which he praises his own family is essentially the Theme from Shaft.
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This section of Gerald of Wales' The Conquest of Ireland in which he praises his own family is essentially the Theme from Shaft.
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Good thing we're still allowed to talk about the construction of race and identity in our classrooms, otherwise this would be hard to explain
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Good thing we're still allowed to talk about the construction of race and identity in our classrooms, otherwise this would be hard to explain
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Contributors to a collection on @tramppress.bsky.social I’m editing w/ Tara Harney-Mahajan discuss Tramp's fiction & Recovered Voices series @ #IrishStudies Seminar CUNY, NYC, Dec 5. Registration / full info: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Contributors to a collection on @tramppress.bsky.social I’m editing w/ Tara Harney-Mahajan discuss Tramp's fiction & Recovered Voices series @ #IrishStudies Seminar CUNY, NYC, Dec 5. Registration / full info: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
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I'm told this will be out in early to mid December. Please forgive coming episodes of shameless self-promotion and make a note of launch dates in your diaries!
UCC 19 February
Boston College 11 March
NYU Glucksman House 12 March
Royal Irish Academy 25 March
www.cambridge.org/ie/universit...
UCC 19 February
Boston College 11 March
NYU Glucksman House 12 March
Royal Irish Academy 25 March
www.cambridge.org/ie/universit...
Irish Romanticism | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm told this will be out in early to mid December. Please forgive coming episodes of shameless self-promotion and make a note of launch dates in your diaries!
UCC 19 February
Boston College 11 March
NYU Glucksman House 12 March
Royal Irish Academy 25 March
www.cambridge.org/ie/universit...
UCC 19 February
Boston College 11 March
NYU Glucksman House 12 March
Royal Irish Academy 25 March
www.cambridge.org/ie/universit...
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Less than a week to get your application in
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
📣 Job Vacancy 📣
Teaching Fellow in English Literature
(0.5 FTE, Fixed Term – Spring Semester 2026)
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
The appointee will have expertise in contemporary English Literature.
Full details: www.mic.ul.ie/about-mic/va...
Closing date: 2pm on Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Teaching Fellow in English Literature
(0.5 FTE, Fixed Term – Spring Semester 2026)
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
The appointee will have expertise in contemporary English Literature.
Full details: www.mic.ul.ie/about-mic/va...
Closing date: 2pm on Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Vacancies | Mary Immaculate College
Mary Immaculate College has a wide range of academic and professional services job opportunities on an ongoing basis. Learn more about our vacancies.
www.mic.ul.ie
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Less than a week to get your application in
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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🔴 #SarsfieldHomecoming Project News
Last April, as some of you may remember, the Sarsfield Homecoming Project found itself at a turning point… 1/
Last April, as some of you may remember, the Sarsfield Homecoming Project found itself at a turning point… 1/
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🔴 #SarsfieldHomecoming Project News
Last April, as some of you may remember, the Sarsfield Homecoming Project found itself at a turning point… 1/
Last April, as some of you may remember, the Sarsfield Homecoming Project found itself at a turning point… 1/
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President Catherine Connolly has called for action on war, genocide and climate change, saying the normalisation of war “has never been and will never be acceptable” to Ireland, a nation with a long tradition of neutrality and peacekeeping.
#VMNews
#VMNews
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
President Catherine Connolly has called for action on war, genocide and climate change, saying the normalisation of war “has never been and will never be acceptable” to Ireland, a nation with a long tradition of neutrality and peacekeeping.
#VMNews
#VMNews
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Can borrow to buy lashings of pew-pews we don't have the personal to operate or maintain.
Can't borrow to house the thousands of people officially homeless.
Clearly the welfare of the people of Ireland is not paramount.
Can't borrow to house the thousands of people officially homeless.
Clearly the welfare of the people of Ireland is not paramount.
That €150 BILLION EURO that @simonharrisireland.bsky.social and @micheal-martin.bsky.social want to spend on military would buy 300,000 houses at €500,000.
I wonder what armaments companies they are talking to already?
I wonder what armaments companies they are talking to already?
Harris promises to use EU loans if military funding is not forthcoming
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Can borrow to buy lashings of pew-pews we don't have the personal to operate or maintain.
Can't borrow to house the thousands of people officially homeless.
Clearly the welfare of the people of Ireland is not paramount.
Can't borrow to house the thousands of people officially homeless.
Clearly the welfare of the people of Ireland is not paramount.
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What bothers me is that impartiality and balance are two different and incompatible things. Impartiality means that you don't intervene to put your thumb on the scales. Balance necessarily requires that you intervene to artificially make every issue look like a 50/50.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
What bothers me is that impartiality and balance are two different and incompatible things. Impartiality means that you don't intervene to put your thumb on the scales. Balance necessarily requires that you intervene to artificially make every issue look like a 50/50.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.