Neil Hegarty
@neilhegarty.bsky.social
Writer, Dublin & Derry. Worlds, words.
Novels: The Jewel•Inch Levels.
Essays (ed.): Impermanence.
Dublin Review•Stinging Fly•Banshee•PVA•
Tangerine•Cyphers•Irish Times
📖 & 🌿 & 🏳️🌈 & 🎂
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Novels: The Jewel•Inch Levels.
Essays (ed.): Impermanence.
Dublin Review•Stinging Fly•Banshee•PVA•
Tangerine•Cyphers•Irish Times
📖 & 🌿 & 🏳️🌈 & 🎂
neilhegarty.com
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Neil Hegarty
@neilhegarty.bsky.social
· Jun 1
Very glad to have first glimpse of my essay 'Beach Trip to Gaza', in the latest issue of @bansheepress.bsky.social.
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Well done Mike Kane MP for raising the two
Royal Irish Academy reports on the need for an independent North West university at the Commons Select Committee this morning.
UU clearly very rattled - but their attempts to rubbish the island's top academics and Derry civic society aren't fooling anyone.
Royal Irish Academy reports on the need for an independent North West university at the Commons Select Committee this morning.
UU clearly very rattled - but their attempts to rubbish the island's top academics and Derry civic society aren't fooling anyone.
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Well done Mike Kane MP for raising the two
Royal Irish Academy reports on the need for an independent North West university at the Commons Select Committee this morning.
UU clearly very rattled - but their attempts to rubbish the island's top academics and Derry civic society aren't fooling anyone.
Royal Irish Academy reports on the need for an independent North West university at the Commons Select Committee this morning.
UU clearly very rattled - but their attempts to rubbish the island's top academics and Derry civic society aren't fooling anyone.
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Ulster University attempted to tell the British government today that Derry - a city more than twice the size of Dundalk - wasn’t fit to run its own university.
It is time to end UU’s tenure in Derry so we can develop honest and open partnerships with reputable institutions.
It is time to end UU’s tenure in Derry so we can develop honest and open partnerships with reputable institutions.
Dundalk IT to get university college status after agreeing merger with Queen’s of Belfast
Dundalk IT to get university college status after agreeing merger with Queen’s of Belfast
Students enrolling at the Louth campus in September 2026 will graduate with a Queen’s degree
www.irishtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Ulster University attempted to tell the British government today that Derry - a city more than twice the size of Dundalk - wasn’t fit to run its own university.
It is time to end UU’s tenure in Derry so we can develop honest and open partnerships with reputable institutions.
It is time to end UU’s tenure in Derry so we can develop honest and open partnerships with reputable institutions.
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Yup it is.
The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year
The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yup it is.
Late light (at Doolin pier).
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Late light (at Doolin pier).
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"while a handful of puffins on a tiny island may seem small, this moment is huge – it proves that seabird restoration works"
A fantastic success story for puffins in Antrim!
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
A fantastic success story for puffins in Antrim!
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Myth is becoming a reality’: Puffins make a comeback at Isle of Muck after 25 years
Recovery project at Co Antrim reserve saw removal of invasive brown rats, the biggest threat to seabird eggs and chicks
www.irishtimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"while a handful of puffins on a tiny island may seem small, this moment is huge – it proves that seabird restoration works"
A fantastic success story for puffins in Antrim!
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
A fantastic success story for puffins in Antrim!
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Good news in nature - keep telling the changes nature restoration and conservation makes #Spéirghorm
Puffins were discovered nesting on the Isle of Muck Nature Reserve, off Islandmagee, this summer for the first time in Ulster Wildlife’s 25-year history of managing this seabird sanctuary.
#UlsterWildlifeTrust
#SpéirGhorm
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#UlsterWildlifeTrust
#SpéirGhorm
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Puffins make a comeback to Isle of Muck thanks to decades of conservation effort | Ulster Wildlife
Puffins were discovered nesting on the Isle of Muck Nature Reserve, off Islandmagee, this summer for the first time in Ulster Wildlife’s 25-year history of managing this seabird sanctuary.
www.ulsterwildlife.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Good news in nature - keep telling the changes nature restoration and conservation makes #Spéirghorm
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Next month legislation to ban fox hunting in Ireland comes before the Dáil. TDs have an opportunity to ban this barbaric blood sport. Will the big parties allow their TDs to do the right thing? My Irish Independent column.
Fox hunting is a cruel 'pursuit' imported from Britain and it's time it was banned
Over the summer, a skinny young fox regularly entered our front garden in the evening to forage among flowerbeds for worms and other insects.
Sometimes, I'd spot him trotting along neighbourhood foo...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Next month legislation to ban fox hunting in Ireland comes before the Dáil. TDs have an opportunity to ban this barbaric blood sport. Will the big parties allow their TDs to do the right thing? My Irish Independent column.
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Scots pine was a major part of the prehistoric wildwood here on the Beara Peninsula, but died out as habitats were cleared for farming.
Now, it's back. #Rewilding
Now, it's back. #Rewilding
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Scots pine was a major part of the prehistoric wildwood here on the Beara Peninsula, but died out as habitats were cleared for farming.
Now, it's back. #Rewilding
Now, it's back. #Rewilding
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Read Palestine Week is coming up on 29 November-December 5.
A great way to support Palestinian writers is to read their work. Also, it's good to read it because of its quality.
Why not take part and perhaps discover a talented writer you haven't read before.
A great way to support Palestinian writers is to read their work. Also, it's good to read it because of its quality.
Why not take part and perhaps discover a talented writer you haven't read before.
Join READ PALESTINE WEEK November 29-December 5. This year, with a special focus on raising funds for Palestinian writers in Gaza.
publishersforpalestine.org/2025/11/11/j...
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Join READ PALESTINE WEEK 2025
Join us for this year’s READ PALESTINE WEEK, coming November 29-December 5.
publishersforpalestine.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Read Palestine Week is coming up on 29 November-December 5.
A great way to support Palestinian writers is to read their work. Also, it's good to read it because of its quality.
Why not take part and perhaps discover a talented writer you haven't read before.
A great way to support Palestinian writers is to read their work. Also, it's good to read it because of its quality.
Why not take part and perhaps discover a talented writer you haven't read before.
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On the left, goldenrod growing as an epiphyte on an oak in my place.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
On the left, goldenrod growing as an epiphyte on an oak in my place.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
All set to chair Out on the Page, discussing queer visibility in writing and publishing, as part of Dublin Book Festival.
With thanks to @eatthestorms.com for devising such an excellent event.
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
With thanks to @eatthestorms.com for devising such an excellent event.
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
All set to chair Out on the Page, discussing queer visibility in writing and publishing, as part of Dublin Book Festival.
With thanks to @eatthestorms.com for devising such an excellent event.
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
With thanks to @eatthestorms.com for devising such an excellent event.
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
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World: “This fellow is deathly pale!”
Ireland: “Hey, check out the tan on yer man!”
Ireland: “Hey, check out the tan on yer man!”
My favourite Hiberno-English-ism isn't any of the obvious ones, it's the fact that when we say "sallow" we mean the opposite of what everyone else means. It's not sickly yellow, it's healthy, positive
November 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
World: “This fellow is deathly pale!”
Ireland: “Hey, check out the tan on yer man!”
Ireland: “Hey, check out the tan on yer man!”
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Looking forward to @irishpen.bsky.social event @dublinbookfest.bsky.social It will be incredible to hear İlhan Sami Çomak read his poetry in person.
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Day of the Imprisoned Writer - LAST TICKETS REMAINING - Dublin Book Festival
İlhan Sami Çomak is an award-winning and internationally regarded Kurdish poet who was imprisoned in Istanbul for 30 years, before finally being released in 2024. This year, to mark the Day of the Imp...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Looking forward to @irishpen.bsky.social event @dublinbookfest.bsky.social It will be incredible to hear İlhan Sami Çomak read his poetry in person.
dublinbookfestival.com/event/day-of...
dublinbookfestival.com/event/day-of...
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My slacker gardening approach vindicated at last.
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
My slacker gardening approach vindicated at last.
Ready, steady...
Gearing up for last night's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at @molimuseum.bsky.social:
'Writing the Unspeakable', with Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee, in partnership with @literatureireland.bsky.social.
With thanks to great audience.
Gearing up for last night's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at @molimuseum.bsky.social:
'Writing the Unspeakable', with Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee, in partnership with @literatureireland.bsky.social.
With thanks to great audience.
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Ready, steady...
Gearing up for last night's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at @molimuseum.bsky.social:
'Writing the Unspeakable', with Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee, in partnership with @literatureireland.bsky.social.
With thanks to great audience.
Gearing up for last night's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at @molimuseum.bsky.social:
'Writing the Unspeakable', with Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee, in partnership with @literatureireland.bsky.social.
With thanks to great audience.
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Just popping in here to formally acknowledge the great news that I got some funding through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland towards promotion of my next novel, Runaway Road, in 2026.
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Just popping in here to formally acknowledge the great news that I got some funding through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland towards promotion of my next novel, Runaway Road, in 2026.
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drb.ie/articles/mak... Grateful as always to Dublin Review of Books for featuring my review essay on The Great Gatsby marking its centenary year.
Making It, Faking It - DRB
Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby, and the American Dream
drb.ie
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
drb.ie/articles/mak... Grateful as always to Dublin Review of Books for featuring my review essay on The Great Gatsby marking its centenary year.
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In fairness, it is pretty authentic for Streeting.
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In fairness, it is pretty authentic for Streeting.
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Records of great spotted woodpecker, extinct in Ireland for centuries, but which reintroduced itself naturally to the east coast and has been moving west ever since.
Still waiting for them to make it down to my place in Beara, but looks like it's only a matter of time!
Nature CAN come back!!
Still waiting for them to make it down to my place in Beara, but looks like it's only a matter of time!
Nature CAN come back!!
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Records of great spotted woodpecker, extinct in Ireland for centuries, but which reintroduced itself naturally to the east coast and has been moving west ever since.
Still waiting for them to make it down to my place in Beara, but looks like it's only a matter of time!
Nature CAN come back!!
Still waiting for them to make it down to my place in Beara, but looks like it's only a matter of time!
Nature CAN come back!!
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Super opening night of @dublinbookfest.bsky.social with a celebration of 100 issues of
@thedublinreview.bsky.social broadcast live on RTE Arena. Brilliant job by @rickoshea.bsky.social and guests @mrkocnnll.bsky.social @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Sara Baume and Brendan Barrington
@thedublinreview.bsky.social broadcast live on RTE Arena. Brilliant job by @rickoshea.bsky.social and guests @mrkocnnll.bsky.social @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Sara Baume and Brendan Barrington
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Super opening night of @dublinbookfest.bsky.social with a celebration of 100 issues of
@thedublinreview.bsky.social broadcast live on RTE Arena. Brilliant job by @rickoshea.bsky.social and guests @mrkocnnll.bsky.social @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Sara Baume and Brendan Barrington
@thedublinreview.bsky.social broadcast live on RTE Arena. Brilliant job by @rickoshea.bsky.social and guests @mrkocnnll.bsky.social @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Sara Baume and Brendan Barrington
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“Sea Libraries” (yes, in a wonderful plural) will be forthcoming from @facetpublishing.bsky.social. I’m still pinching myself.
Book deal finally signed. Thank you, Sea Library. Thank you, a room full of books. And thank you, dear sea. Can’t wait to share more but I’ll have to finish the book first.
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“Sea Libraries” (yes, in a wonderful plural) will be forthcoming from @facetpublishing.bsky.social. I’m still pinching myself.
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Honestly reckon #BlueLights is up there with The Wire
November 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Honestly reckon #BlueLights is up there with The Wire
