Kieran Glennon
@drnightdub.bsky.social
Researches the political/sectarian conflict in Belfast 1920-22. Author of "From Pogrom to Civil War - Tom Glennon & The Belfast IRA" and "Pogrom & Partition - Belfast's Market Area 1920-22." Blogs at www.thebelfastpogrom.com. Cooks fish, watches St Pats.
Construction began a few weeks ago on 1,100 apartments across the road from us, literally next door to Parkwest & Cherry Orchard Station. Access to a more frequent connection to Heuston than the current Irish Rail service was always gonna be a key selling feature. Ooops.
DART+ South West is shelved until 2030. It has full planning approval since 2024, no judicial reviews and is ready to go but construction won't start until after 2030. A lot of housing around Adamstown and Clonburris built in anticipation of this upgrade.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Construction began a few weeks ago on 1,100 apartments across the road from us, literally next door to Parkwest & Cherry Orchard Station. Access to a more frequent connection to Heuston than the current Irish Rail service was always gonna be a key selling feature. Ooops.
Wee bump for this. New blog post coming this Saturday, about a man who, in under a decade, uniquely went from the Western Front to the Easter Rising to the Pogrom to the anti-Treaty IRA to the National Army to the Argenta. Oh, and he also ran in an election. "The many armies of Patrick Barnes."
New blog post. Almost a thousand men from Belfast, former IRA and Fianna members as well as non-republicans, enlisted in the National Army during the Civil War. Who were they and what did they experience in that conflict?
thebelfastpogrom.com/2025/10/25/b...
thebelfastpogrom.com/2025/10/25/b...
Belfast men in the National Army during the Civil War
The outbreak of the Civil War on 28 June 1922 contributed to the diminishing of violence in Belfast. But it saw hundreds of men, former IRA and Fianna members as well as non-republicans, travelling…
thebelfastpogrom.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Wee bump for this. New blog post coming this Saturday, about a man who, in under a decade, uniquely went from the Western Front to the Easter Rising to the Pogrom to the anti-Treaty IRA to the National Army to the Argenta. Oh, and he also ran in an election. "The many armies of Patrick Barnes."
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The only reason to name an airport is if there’s more than one serving the same city. JFK, Gatwick, CDG etc.
Anything else is notions
Anything else is notions
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The only reason to name an airport is if there’s more than one serving the same city. JFK, Gatwick, CDG etc.
Anything else is notions
Anything else is notions
Signed up for the HSE Bowel Screening Programme a while back. Definitely recommend it: (a) it's free (b) realistically, who else in this world is gonna tell you, backed by the rigour of science and laboratory testing, "Your shite is squeaky-clean?"
Gentlemen of #Bluesky/#SpeirGorm!
Contacted a friend to go for a drink the other day, he couldn't as he had an operation for cancer a month ago and is undergoing chemo.
He went to the doctor for something different, and a test showed he had cancer.
Get yourselves checked out regularly.❤️
Contacted a friend to go for a drink the other day, he couldn't as he had an operation for cancer a month ago and is undergoing chemo.
He went to the doctor for something different, and a test showed he had cancer.
Get yourselves checked out regularly.❤️
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Signed up for the HSE Bowel Screening Programme a while back. Definitely recommend it: (a) it's free (b) realistically, who else in this world is gonna tell you, backed by the rigour of science and laboratory testing, "Your shite is squeaky-clean?"
Not quite "Being on ketamine with the Uachtarán" but worth a read
It's time for everyone's favorite chronologically unanchored holiday, The Story of the Lizard in the Leg.
Because people keep asking, the Story of The Lizard In That Dude's Leg. Some caveats:
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Not quite "Being on ketamine with the Uachtarán" but worth a read
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As well as the murder of 13 people on Bloody Sunday, Colum Eastwood raised the killing of Robert McKinney and Robert Johnston by members of the Parachute Regiment on the Shankill Road on September 7, 1972. The excerpt in the image if from Lost Lives.
www.derryjournal.com/news/courts/...
www.derryjournal.com/news/courts/...
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
As well as the murder of 13 people on Bloody Sunday, Colum Eastwood raised the killing of Robert McKinney and Robert Johnston by members of the Parachute Regiment on the Shankill Road on September 7, 1972. The excerpt in the image if from Lost Lives.
www.derryjournal.com/news/courts/...
www.derryjournal.com/news/courts/...
Still my favourite example of why AI may be artificial, but it's definitely not intelligent
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Still my favourite example of why AI may be artificial, but it's definitely not intelligent
Dermot Morgan's Father Trendy updated for the 2020s
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Dermot Morgan's Father Trendy updated for the 2020s
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It will cost you nothing to share my work but it could change my year!
Tis' the season for sales and corporate greed, I am just your friendly neighborhood LOI guy, a one man band making work about things we all love.
You know where I am if you need any seasonal gifts 😇
Tis' the season for sales and corporate greed, I am just your friendly neighborhood LOI guy, a one man band making work about things we all love.
You know where I am if you need any seasonal gifts 😇
Hi, I'm Barry an artist from Ireland ⚽☘️
I drew that thing you like. A life long League of Ireland truther and enjoyer of old stadiums. Available for commissions in 2025, Lets work together 🤝
Portfolio: barrymasterson.com
Shop: shop.barrymasterson.com
Email: [email protected]
I drew that thing you like. A life long League of Ireland truther and enjoyer of old stadiums. Available for commissions in 2025, Lets work together 🤝
Portfolio: barrymasterson.com
Shop: shop.barrymasterson.com
Email: [email protected]
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It will cost you nothing to share my work but it could change my year!
Tis' the season for sales and corporate greed, I am just your friendly neighborhood LOI guy, a one man band making work about things we all love.
You know where I am if you need any seasonal gifts 😇
Tis' the season for sales and corporate greed, I am just your friendly neighborhood LOI guy, a one man band making work about things we all love.
You know where I am if you need any seasonal gifts 😇
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hahaha. The guards calling to the house "Is Enoch there we need to take him to jail"
(muffled voice from inside pile of coats) "Enoch isn't here"
"Oh ok then, bye"
(muffled voice from inside pile of coats) "Enoch isn't here"
"Oh ok then, bye"
The purest example of white male privilege is the Guards allowing Enoch Burke to hide under his Mammy’s bed instead of hauling him off to prison.
www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
Gardaí believe Enoch Burke is hiding in family home – days after order by High Court returning him to prison for contempt
Enoch Burke remained at liberty last night despite multiple attempts by gardaí to execute an order by the High Court returning him to prison for contempt.
www.independent.ie
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
hahaha. The guards calling to the house "Is Enoch there we need to take him to jail"
(muffled voice from inside pile of coats) "Enoch isn't here"
"Oh ok then, bye"
(muffled voice from inside pile of coats) "Enoch isn't here"
"Oh ok then, bye"
Gardaí announce they can't find Burke but are still looking. Burke keeps hiding. Gardaí quietly stop looking but don't announce anything. Burke keeps hiding. Job done.
Gardaí have been unable to locate Enoch Burke after twice calling to his house yesterday to imprison him for contempt of court.
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
Gardaí can't find Enoch Burke after calling to his house to imprison him for contempt of court
Burke was ordered back to prison by the High Court on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Gardaí announce they can't find Burke but are still looking. Burke keeps hiding. Gardaí quietly stop looking but don't announce anything. Burke keeps hiding. Job done.
"Denied" her chance of going before the electorate, Steen announces she's found her electorate-avoiding groove and is sticking to it
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
Áras hopeful Maria Steen rules out contesting by-election to fill Paschal Donohoe's seat
Dublin Central by-election expected to take place in late spring next year and likely to be held on same date as by-election in Galway West triggered by Catherine Connolly’s election as president
www.irishexaminer.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"Denied" her chance of going before the electorate, Steen announces she's found her electorate-avoiding groove and is sticking to it
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
I'm guessing Tesco Newcastle has never heard of Dunnes Stores Henry Street, but they soon will
When a business doesn't know the history of the country they're in and picks a fight with the workers, it's not a great idea.
Do it in Ireland, lads?
You're fucked.
#GrapefruitLadies
Do it in Ireland, lads?
You're fucked.
#GrapefruitLadies
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I'm guessing Tesco Newcastle has never heard of Dunnes Stores Henry Street, but they soon will
Really really long shot: does anyone have access to a 1921/1922 Belfast Street Directory? Looking for a business named Emersons, maybe a shop or pub, in Clonard/Cupar St/Springfield Rd area.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Really really long shot: does anyone have access to a 1921/1922 Belfast Street Directory? Looking for a business named Emersons, maybe a shop or pub, in Clonard/Cupar St/Springfield Rd area.
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17 November 1988 'Cinema Paradiso' (in Italy 'Nuovo Cinema Paradiso') goes on general release in Italy. It is a total flop everywhere, except in one cinema in Messina and, maybe, it only goes on to win an Oscar due to the determination of Giovanni Parlagreco, owner of that cinema [Thread] >> 1
November 16, 2024 at 8:21 PM
17 November 1988 'Cinema Paradiso' (in Italy 'Nuovo Cinema Paradiso') goes on general release in Italy. It is a total flop everywhere, except in one cinema in Messina and, maybe, it only goes on to win an Oscar due to the determination of Giovanni Parlagreco, owner of that cinema [Thread] >> 1
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
I win.
I win.
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
I win.
I win.
Just finished watching "Trespasses" on Channel 4, loved it. Loved Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast" movie even more, as it spoke to Belfast when I was a kid there. But by the time that "Trespasses" depicts, we'd left Belfast, cos my da had been ran out of it. Here's why...(thread)
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Just finished watching "Trespasses" on Channel 4, loved it. Loved Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast" movie even more, as it spoke to Belfast when I was a kid there. But by the time that "Trespasses" depicts, we'd left Belfast, cos my da had been ran out of it. Here's why...(thread)
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I would love Ireland to qualify for the World Cup for all the usual reasons. But it would also be fantastic to have the whole country festooned in tricolours that haven't been put up by the "Ireland is Full" lot.
November 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I would love Ireland to qualify for the World Cup for all the usual reasons. But it would also be fantastic to have the whole country festooned in tricolours that haven't been put up by the "Ireland is Full" lot.
Parrot just knew to tap that down with his studs
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Parrot just knew to tap that down with his studs
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I realise it's an architectural term but "Brutalism in Cavan" just sounds so apt
My latest piece for my 100 Buildings series for @rte.ie Culture is Cavan Hospital designed by Andy Devane and team for RKD Architects and built by Sisk. You can read about a piece of Brutalism in Cavan here:
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I realise it's an architectural term but "Brutalism in Cavan" just sounds so apt
Don't anyone go quoting Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues"
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Don't anyone go quoting Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues"
Éamon Phoenix
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Éamon Phoenix
In Portlaoise. Only days after two men appear in court in Portlaoise accused of planning bomb attacks on mosques.
‘We call on all peaceful and compassionate people across Ireland to come together in unity and reject hatred in every form. Let us not allow fear or division to take root in our communities. Together, we are stronger and together, we will stand for peace, respect, and justice.’
The only place that Ireland's Muslim population pose any kind of threat to society is in online spaces like The Liberal dot ie, Gript and the far-right accounts on FB and X:
Violent attack on Muslims in Portlaoise
#speirgorm
www.laois-nationalist.ie/news/violent...
Violent attack on Muslims in Portlaoise
#speirgorm
www.laois-nationalist.ie/news/violent...
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In Portlaoise. Only days after two men appear in court in Portlaoise accused of planning bomb attacks on mosques.