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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 13h

It's been such a long, busy week that I can't believe this just happened at the start of it. I haven't been this proud of a piece of writing in a long time. I poured everything I had into it because Mícheál's piece deserved it.

Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 5d

I'm so pleased that my review of Mícheál Keating's Live Landscapes Video Excerpts from his exhibition at Spacecraft Studios in Limerick has been published in Void. It's a hugely powerful work that drew me in so much, I felt I had to respond to it.

void.ie/cahills-excu...

Cahill's excursion through Keating's 'Live Landscapes' Exhibition - VOID

Keating improvises with wordless vocals, producing languid, flowing phrases. He unobtrusively processes these on the tablet in his lap in real time, sending them through reverb and delays to produce a...

void.ie

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 16h

📣The Freedom Frogs are multiplying‼️

This is the way Portland 🫡❤️🐸
Video @oregonian.com

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 1d

"...time and again I was shown that change wasn’t possible. I voted to elect Labour - I got Fine Gael. I voted to elect the Greens - I got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. If I just stayed home, I still got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil."

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 1d

My partner's letter in today's Clare Champion. I'm very proud of her. Catherine Connolly's campaign is giving hope to people who have felt disenfranchised for so long. #spéirgorm ##Áras2025

Young people do have a future in Ireland

I’m not a very political person.

That’s a strange thing to admit as someone with two degrees in politics, but whatever enthusiasm I had for political engagement was quickly snuffed out as I graduated into an Ireland of austerity and dwindling opportunities. I knew change was needed and I was excited to vote for it, but time and again I was shown that change wasn’t possible. I voted to elect Labour - I got Fine Gael. I voted to elect the Greens - I got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. If I just stayed home, I still got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Time after time, Ireland’s youth begged for changes that would give us some hope for the future, but every time we were told that our lives mattered less than rising house prices. It was obvious there was no future for me in Ireland, so I took the same path as so many others before me and sought a better life in Australia. I had no intention of coming back. Ireland had turned her back on me long before I turned my back on her.

Covid forced me back home and I wasn’t happy about it. I met someone when I returned and we’ve done our best to build a life here, but always with one foot out the door. Melbourne has never stopped calling to me.

On September 22nd, my partner happened to be watching Catherine Connolly’s campaign launch and sitting beside him I felt something stir that I thought was long gone - hope. Catherine Connolly and the people she shared that stage with shared a vision for Ireland’s future that had a place for me in it. I heard Holly Cairns express that the presidency can be a role that highlights who we want to be, not just accepting the shortcomings of who we are right now. I heard Mary Lou McDonald speak of an Ireland where the aspirations and wellbeing of the people come first. I heard Paul Murphy reassure us that there is indeed hope that the 100 year rule of Fine Fáil and Fine Gael can be ended. Finally, when Catherine herself spoke, I saw why each of these le…

A photo of 4 women and a man canvassing for Catherine Connolly. It's a selfie style shot and most people are wearing Catherine Connolly badges or clothing.

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 3d

I love everything about this. The tape for Frankie's Plastering is so on-brand. It looks like it'd be a one-man operation but to contact them you have to ring Paul. Has he inherited his Dad's business or does Frankie not do phone calls? I have so many questions and that's just about one poster!

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 4d

I couldn't wait for the morning light to show off my extended @eolai.bsky.social wall, which has now taken in the hotpress door. I put them here so they'll catch my eye every time I go up and down the stairs. These colours and landscapes do something to me that I haven't yet figured out

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 5d

It's fascinating to see the way they behave.

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 5d

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 5d

Where’s your man with the Canada flag on here?

Need his take on it.

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 5d

You got further than me. I think I only lasted 10 minutes of the first episode before the gore turned me right off. That was the end of it for me.

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 5d

I'm so pleased that my review of Mícheál Keating's Live Landscapes Video Excerpts from his exhibition at Spacecraft Studios in Limerick has been published in Void. It's a hugely powerful work that drew me in so much, I felt I had to respond to it.

void.ie/cahills-excu...

Cahill's excursion through Keating's 'Live Landscapes' Exhibition - VOID

Keating improvises with wordless vocals, producing languid, flowing phrases. He unobtrusively processes these on the tablet in his lap in real time, sending them through reverb and delays to produce a...

void.ie

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 6d

I'd never heard of either of them before or how Michael died, which feels like it proves your earlier point of us thinking of the north like it's another planet. I can only imagine how it all impacted and formed you.

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 7d

I'm home in Offaly for the weekend and this young buck has appeared on the permanent altar in the sitting room. I did an image search and saw him described as the first millennial saint. They exhumed his body to put it on permanent display. Mad stuff.

www.radiomaria.ie/tomb-of-carl...

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 6d

I came home to Offaly to two deliveries of
@eolai.bsky.social's stunning work: a collection of postcards and an original painting. Can't wait to find frames and home for these around the house. I've already got a Liam wall and stickers on the fridge.

liamdaly.com

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 7d

It's really lovely to see the love, respect & fun between these two. I'm so glad to hear that our President wrote to Manchán recently to tell him how great he was. So often, I've been proud, grateful & relieved to have someone with such heart & humanity representing us as a country & people.

President of Ireland @president.ie · 7d

Statement by President Michael D. Higgins on the death of Manchán Magan president.ie/en/media-lib...

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 7d

I'm home in Offaly for the weekend and this young buck has appeared on the permanent altar in the sitting room. I did an image search and saw him described as the first millennial saint. They exhumed his body to put it on permanent display. Mad stuff.

www.radiomaria.ie/tomb-of-carl...

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 7d

I saw Manchán interview Dervla Murphy many years ago at an arts festival. She was a huge inspiration to him growing up. They had so much to talk about in terms of travel but it was her time in Gaza and her experience there that he was drawn to asking her about the most. Two of the best.
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Manchán Magan, brilliant writer, broadcaster, filmmaker and powerful advocate for the Irish language, nature and culture. He was a signatory to our Irish Artists' Pledge for Palestine, and a strong supporter of the Palestinian people. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 8d

I know I won't be the only one waking up in tears to this news today. So authentically himself that there really was no one like him. A beautiful man who intrigued, schooled and inspired us all. I'm heartbroken for him & for those who loved him. He will be so missed.

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

www.rte.ie

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 8d

That last line is a killer...

Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 8d

The Two-Headed Calf by Laura Gilpin crushes me every time.

The Two-Headed Calf
Tomorrow when the farm boys find this freak of nature, they will wrap his body in newspaper and carry him to the museum.
But tonight he is alive and in the north field with his mother. It is a perfect summer evening: the moon rising over the orchard, the wind in the grass. And as he stares into the sky, there are twice as many stars as usual.

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 10d

You can track all the boats here: flotilla-orpin.vercel.app

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 10d

The #GlobalSumudFlotilla on its way to Gaza is an incredible sight. Hopeful, inspiring and terrifying for what might come in equal measure. Israel has killed people on similar flotilla in international waters before. The Spectre is @sarahmaintains.bsky.social and Chris Andrews' boat. Amazing people.

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 10d

A few months ago my father's GP sent him to A&E in Offaly to get something checked out. He got a CT and bloods done that day and saw a doctor. He went home and was scheduled for an MRI the next morning. Diagnosis and prescription followed that afternoon. Such brilliant service compared to Limerick.

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Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 11d

This is how you know they just don't give a shit about the people suffering from the crisis. A Fine Gael TD since 2011 and she can't be bothered to come up with a better solution than "let's 3D print some houses"

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the karyn in the woods @karynmoy.bsky.social · 11d

girlies, apply for that job you want that you don’t think you meet the criteria for because the jim gavins of the world certainly aren’t letting that stop them

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Finn Callaghan Art @finncallaghanart.bsky.social · 12d

1. Only 4 (incredibly kind) people have donated, so I’m extending the competition deadline & sweetening the pot!

Donate to either one of the 2 fundraisers & if you win you get to choose which painting you get

Details below

Links to the comp on IG/FB/X in bio so please share
#SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm

DONATE €10 TO ONE OF TWO GAZA FUNDRAISERS

Photos of an apple painting, lemon painting, lemon painting and pear painting

TO WIN ONE OF THESE PAINTINGS!

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