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Claire Connolly
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Professor of Modern English @ucc.ie | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Secretary @ria.ie | Irish Romanticism: a Literary History @universitypress.cambridge.org

https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/claire-connolly/

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 12h
Wow. Gorgeous photos ! Hoping to get there this year having already travelled in Keats’ footsteps …
ronjournal.openum.ca/articles/n79...
Watery Romanticism: Walking and Sailing West with Keats
ronjournal.openum.ca

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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 17h
Portpatrick - once ‘Ireland’s Gretna Green’
View of Portpatrick from north Sunset behind Portpatrick lighthouse Dunskey Castle - once owned by Montgomerie of the Airds Portpatrick harbour - the Donaghadee Packet is long gone

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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 1d
Pleased to begin role of ambassador for Ellisland, 'The Home of Auld Lang Syne' from Hogmanay- interviews with BBC, ITV and Fox today. Read Joan McAlpine on the Ellisland appeal in www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

@glasgowburns.bsky.social @iassl.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social @asls.org.uk

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Anakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social · 1d
PREORDER CANADA ALERT 🚨
Fabulous Cover Alert 🔔
Save a bedraggled writer prompt 🎺
Thank you for sticking with me stamp ❤️
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/555536...
Library of Brothel by Anakana Schofield | Penguin Random House Canada
The long-anticipated, wildly inventive new novel by the Irish-Canadian writer whose previous work was shortlisted for the Giller Prize, the Ethel Wilson Prize and the Goldsmith’s Prize (UK).
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca

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Godwin_lives @pamelaclemit.bsky.social · 2d
Thomas Hardy’s great end of year lyric poem, 'The Darkling Thrush', first published in The Graphic on 29 Dec. 1900, and then in The Times on 1 Jan. 1901 – though a deleted ‘1899’ on the manuscript suggests he may have written it earlier.

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 6d
You have Nigella on your side!

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 6d
Sorry to have missed this great celebration and congratulations @pflonergan.bsky.social on the book!
druidtheatre.bsky.social Druid Theatre @druidtheatre.bsky.social · 13d
Earlier this week, we gathered at the Royal Irish Academy of Music for the Dublin launch of DRUID THEATRE: FIFTY YEARS by @pflonergan.bsky.social, published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social.

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 7d
And the finest Christmas tradition has arrived — #DuvetKnowItsChristmas is today! 1) Follow @rhodri.biz 2) post your pics of your makeshift Christmas Eve sleeping arrangements and 3) give money to the homeless @centrepointuk.bsky.social

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 7d
Gorgeous Cork skies just now, definite stretch in the evenings 😅
clodaghtait.bsky.social Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 7d
Oliver Plunkett St, Cork

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 7d
Oliver Plunkett St, Cork

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 8d
Delighted to see this new special issue of the Journal of Scottish Philosophy on ‘The Philosophical Writings of Scottish Women’ in print. I had a lot of fun writing this short piece on Susan Ferrier earlier this year - now free to read @edinburghup.bsky.social: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/....

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 8d
On the show today: @henrymckean.bsky.social on the Merchants Quay Christmas party; Candian English; @hollyh.bsky.social on declining non-fiction sales; The oscar-nominated Irish film; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social previews Christmas TV shows; @jayroszman.bsky.social on Daniel O'Connell selling beer

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 9d
Congratulations Anindya!

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Dr Rachel Murphy @rachelmurphy.bsky.social · 9d
Winter Solstice, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Image of tree in a field with a wintry backdrop

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 9d
The man in charge of logging each native seed in Ireland has described the project as like “Noah’s Ark” for plants – a vault for renewal after ecological disasters.

Ecologist Darren Reidy has been researching, gathering and banking native seeds across Ireland since 2022.
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Noah’s Ark for plants: The man in charge of logging every native seed in Ireland
Conservation ecologist Darren Reidy has been researching, gathering and banking native seeds across Ireland since his appointment in 2022.
jrnl.ie

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 10d
A shared heritage - Watching #NewgrangeSolstice from North Wales.
📸 From Plas Newydd home of the Ladies of #Llangollen from #Kilkenny
#Wales #Ireland

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Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · 10d
Livestream from Newgrange, worth seeing as sunlight is starting to light the tomb right now ☀️
Experience the Winter Solstice live from Newgrange
This rare phenomenon, which has captivated visitors for generations, marks the shortest day of the year
www.gov.ie

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Sophie Coulombeau @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social · 11d
Christmas came early when this pleasingly chunky lad plopped through the letterbox this morning. So good to hold in my hand the proof of, well, the best part of a decade’s work, really. Hope @bsecs.bsky.social members enjoy reading about Mary & gang over a festive tipple.
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Special issue of the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies called ‘Mary Hamilton and her Networks: Gender, Sociability, Manuscript, c.1740-c.1850’, eds. Sophie Coulombeau, David Denison, and Nuria Yáñez-Bouza

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 11d
I’ll be at Cambridge Museum of Zoology @zoologymuseum.bsky.social on Wednesday, 11 February, 19:00-20:00, to talk about encountering #extinction in museums with lots of reference to their exhibitions!

Book your free place:
www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/talk-...
Open book. Photo on left shows birds, including pair of huia, at Cambridge Museum of Zoology. Right page is text.

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 11d
How amazing! I make use of Lesa Ní Mhungaile’s great edition of the Reliques.

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Chris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 11d
I’ve just bought a copy at the CUP bookshop—and here it is, together with the Reliques of Irish Poetry, together with one of her pictures of flowers.
A copy of Claire Connolly’s Irish Romanticism, which is obviously going to be excellent, together with Charlotte Brooke’s Reliques of Irish Poetry and a picture of some flowers.

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 11d
Oh! She gets some attention, of course.

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Office of Public Works @opwireland.bsky.social · 11d
A great start to the weekend of the winter solstice!
What a morning at Newgrange today.

The livestream link now available - be sure tune in on the morning of 21 December at 8:40am.
🔗 gov.ie/solstice 👈save it, share it, join in!

#ShareTheSolstice #NewgrangeSolstice #WinterSolstice
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Sun rising behind a large standing stone on a grassy landscape under a clear sky at Newgrange Monument. Sun rising behind a large standing stone on a grassy landscape under a clear sky at Newgrange Monument. Sun rising behind a large standing stone on a grassy landscape under a clear sky at Newgrange Monument.

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 12d
Low key, but definitely Christmas at the UL @theul.bsky.social
A shiny party hat on UL coat pegs

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 12d
Careful now, cuteness is the last thing we expect from either of you!

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 12d
Invigorating AND Strengthening!

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IrishBeerHistory @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social · 12d
O'Connell's other beer connection ...

'All Wise Men Drink it Because it's the Best'
Advert of O'Connell's Strong Pale Ale from The New Ross Standard in 1936.

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 12d
@jayroszman.bsky.social on Daniel O'Connell as global icon - and beacon of beer drinking during prohibition!
rtebrainstorm.bsky.social RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 12d
Why did Budweiser use Daniel O'Connell in newspaper ads? A new documentary tells the story of the global influence of O'Connell, 'the greatest leader the world has ever seen'. By Jay Roszman @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 12d
Breaking news from @glasgowburns.bsky.social and the perfect way to round off this year!

Thrilled to be working on this new project celebrating The Burns Supper x Living Heritage - check out our global survey here: forms.office.com/e/ksbivWh7zs

We cannot wait to hear from you!

#BurnsSupper225 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 12d
How do you celebrate Burns Night? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

UofG's @glasgowburns.bsky.social has launched The Burns Supper at 225 Years: Scottish Tradition, Global Reinvention. Help us build a crowdsourced archive of Burns Suppers worldwide for the 225th anniversary next July.

Learn more: gla.ac/44Veysf
Professor Pauline Mackay, Director of the Centre for Robert Burns Studies and Research Associate Dr Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman photographed at the University of Glasgow. Prof MacKay is holding a book of Burns poetry and Dr Yeoman is holding a plate with haggis.