Mark O’Brien
@obrienpmark.bsky.social
Executive / Co-Director of the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s National Theatre. Like a bit of Theatre, Music, Books, Film, TV, Football, Hurling, Man Utd and a bit of whatever you’re having yourself.
All views my own… I think.
All views my own… I think.
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Mark O’Brien
@obrienpmark.bsky.social
· Apr 23
Some words from a couple of weeks ago
#SharedIsland summit in Dublin Castle. Great to share a stage and a brilliant conversation about theatre, arts, their role on this island, @abbeytheatre.bsky.social as Ireland's National Theatre.
#SharedIsland summit in Dublin Castle. Great to share a stage and a brilliant conversation about theatre, arts, their role on this island, @abbeytheatre.bsky.social as Ireland's National Theatre.
Ye ye we were awful, shocking, lethargic not good enough etc….
But still only 3 points off champions league positions after 12 games. Would have bitten your arm off for that at the start of the season. #MUFC
But still only 3 points off champions league positions after 12 games. Would have bitten your arm off for that at the start of the season. #MUFC
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Ye ye we were awful, shocking, lethargic not good enough etc….
But still only 3 points off champions league positions after 12 games. Would have bitten your arm off for that at the start of the season. #MUFC
But still only 3 points off champions league positions after 12 games. Would have bitten your arm off for that at the start of the season. #MUFC
Rest in music Jimmy Cliff
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Rest in music Jimmy Cliff
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Rest in Peace to a legend. I interviewed her for my PhD in her kitchen in Woodquay and I’d say the secondhand cigarette smoke shortened my life by a decade. It was amazing craic.
Rest in Peace
Margaretta D’Arcy.
Actress, playwright, author, activist.
Original member of Aosdána
May she rest in power
Margaretta D’Arcy.
Actress, playwright, author, activist.
Original member of Aosdána
May she rest in power
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Rest in Peace to a legend. I interviewed her for my PhD in her kitchen in Woodquay and I’d say the secondhand cigarette smoke shortened my life by a decade. It was amazing craic.
Rest in Peace
Margaretta D’Arcy.
Actress, playwright, author, activist.
Original member of Aosdána
May she rest in power
Margaretta D’Arcy.
Actress, playwright, author, activist.
Original member of Aosdána
May she rest in power
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Rest in Peace
Margaretta D’Arcy.
Actress, playwright, author, activist.
Original member of Aosdána
May she rest in power
Margaretta D’Arcy.
Actress, playwright, author, activist.
Original member of Aosdána
May she rest in power
Jesus this news has knocked me sideways. The man made and played the bass lines of my youth.
Rest in music Mani ✌️
Rest in music Mani ✌️
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Jesus this news has knocked me sideways. The man made and played the bass lines of my youth.
Rest in music Mani ✌️
Rest in music Mani ✌️
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Career change? 🤔🤣
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Career change? 🤔🤣
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Having been in Croke Park on that famous day in 1982 when Offaly beat Kerry, stopped their Five in a row and won the All Ireland with a last minute goal, this version of Troy Parrott’s goal hits the spot. Beautiful. #coybig
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Having been in Croke Park on that famous day in 1982 when Offaly beat Kerry, stopped their Five in a row and won the All Ireland with a last minute goal, this version of Troy Parrott’s goal hits the spot. Beautiful. #coybig
Career change? 🤔🤣
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Career change? 🤔🤣
Having been in Croke Park on that famous day in 1982 when Offaly beat Kerry, stopped their Five in a row and won the All Ireland with a last minute goal, this version of Troy Parrott’s goal hits the spot. Beautiful. #coybig
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Having been in Croke Park on that famous day in 1982 when Offaly beat Kerry, stopped their Five in a row and won the All Ireland with a last minute goal, this version of Troy Parrott’s goal hits the spot. Beautiful. #coybig
Great conversation @trinitycollege.bsky.social tonight @roughmagictheatre.bsky.social hosted by @tommytiernan.bsky.social with Professor Margaret Heffernan and Professor Roy Foster
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Great conversation @trinitycollege.bsky.social tonight @roughmagictheatre.bsky.social hosted by @tommytiernan.bsky.social with Professor Margaret Heffernan and Professor Roy Foster
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Great theatre changes how we see our lives. Great campaigning changes how we see our future. When the Abbey Theatre's 2016 centenary programme announced just a handful of women artists, it triggered something extraordinary: a nationwide movement for gender equality in Irish theatre.
WTF Happened: The legacy and impact of #WakingTheFeminists
Great theatre changes how we see our lives. Great campaigning changes how we see our future.
www.rte.ie
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Great theatre changes how we see our lives. Great campaigning changes how we see our future. When the Abbey Theatre's 2016 centenary programme announced just a handful of women artists, it triggered something extraordinary: a nationwide movement for gender equality in Irish theatre.
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well done, Ireland! 🇮🇪
What an outburst of joy, of pride.
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
well done, Ireland! 🇮🇪
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Beautiful summation of a great night that means so much to so many.
And, w/far-wrong activists now targeting this great nation of Ireland, I think it's all the sweeter that greedy fascistic authoritarian Orbán's Hungarian team took this one right on the chin!
Éirinn go brách!
And, w/far-wrong activists now targeting this great nation of Ireland, I think it's all the sweeter that greedy fascistic authoritarian Orbán's Hungarian team took this one right on the chin!
Éirinn go brách!
What an outburst of joy, of pride.
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Beautiful summation of a great night that means so much to so many.
And, w/far-wrong activists now targeting this great nation of Ireland, I think it's all the sweeter that greedy fascistic authoritarian Orbán's Hungarian team took this one right on the chin!
Éirinn go brách!
And, w/far-wrong activists now targeting this great nation of Ireland, I think it's all the sweeter that greedy fascistic authoritarian Orbán's Hungarian team took this one right on the chin!
Éirinn go brách!
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What an outburst of joy, of pride.
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
November 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What an outburst of joy, of pride.
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
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Word ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Tonight as we celebrate let us remember you don’t get to cheer for this team and then try to divide the country and people they are and represent. That is not who we are. #COYBIG 🧵/ End #Speirgorm
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Word ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Truthful thread. The far right flag-shaggers should stfu!🇮🇪
What an outburst of joy, of pride.
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Truthful thread. The far right flag-shaggers should stfu!🇮🇪
What an outburst of joy, of pride.
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
November 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What an outburst of joy, of pride.
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
Ireland are into the play offs for World Cup Qualification.
Our football team has always had a deep connection to communities all over this island and beyond. Tonight is no different. Young men pulling on the green jersey #COYBIG 1/ 🧵 #Speirgorm
When your time wasting doesn’t give you time to come back. Walk on indeed 😉 #coybig #Szoboszlai #mufc
November 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
When your time wasting doesn’t give you time to come back. Walk on indeed 😉 #coybig #Szoboszlai #mufc
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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BREAKING: The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says Israeli soldiers have fired at its peacekeepers from a tank near an army position in southern Lebanon.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/bbojcn
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/bbojcn
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
BREAKING: The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says Israeli soldiers have fired at its peacekeepers from a tank near an army position in southern Lebanon.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/bbojcn
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/bbojcn
