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Aileen
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Irish pianist (DMus) ~ textiles & woolly things ~ photography & visual art ~ written & spoken word 🌈✌🏻
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Nephin and the Nephin Beg range looking glamorous in their new winter coats this morning 💅 ✨️

#Photography #Ireland #Landscape #Nephin #Mayo #Mayo4Sam #MountainPhotography
Landscape photo of Nephin Mountain in the sunshine with a little snow on top, and smaller mountains in the background
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Last one from that frosty walk last week... though judging by the forecast, I might have a few more to share after tomorrow ❄️ ✨️

#NorthWestHikes #IrishPhotography #Sligo #Ireland #PlantPhoto #FrostPhoto
Frosty brown ferns in partial sunlight
December 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Another shot from one of our crispy mornings last week ❄️

#NorthWestHikes #Photography #IrishPhotography #Sligo #BoglandBeauty
Frozen water with frozen rushes and grasses
December 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Fab skies yesterday evening 🌅

#LoughTalt #NorthWestHikes #Photography #Ireland #IrishPhoto #OxMountains
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Crispy, clear mornings this week ✨️

#Ireland #Photography #Bogland #IrishPhotography
December 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Oíche Lá Nollaig ~ last night ✨️
L-R Jupiter, Milky Way, Sirius, Orion, Taurus, and top right, Pleiades which always seems like a ufo to me! 🛸
{8" at f2, iso2000 and 18mm equivalent lens}

#Ireland #nightsky #Photography #NightPhotography #Lumix
December 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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🎄As we approach the festive period, CMC Scholar-in-Residence Laura Sheils delves into some winter-themed choral works in CMC’s catalogue for #ThroughTheDigitalDoor
Featuring music by Rhona Clarke, Eoghan Desmond, Seán Doherty & Eoin Mulvany capturing the awe of the season!
🔗 loom.ly/CwGwG5A
An image of the front door of the Contemporary Music Centre at 19 Fishamble Street in Dublin. Overlaid on this image is a red circle with decorative branches of holly and fir. In white text within the red circle: Through the Digital Door. CMC Scholar-in-Residence.
December 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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🎶 The latest festive addition to the CMC Shop is an anthology of Eibhlís Farrell's Collected Carols (2010 - 2025). Scores, CDs and books all make wonderful gifts - and it's another great way to support composers of contemporary music from Ireland.
👉 Shop now at: loom.ly/aI0h-44
| Contemporary Music Centre
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December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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nmireland.bsky.social
Due to popular demand the "Words on the Wave" exhibition will extend it's run until Monday 27th Oct. Don't miss your last chance to see these unique early medieval treasures at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe | Archaeology | National Museum of Ireland
Discover how science, art, archaeology and the study of script help reveal the links between Ireland and Europe
www.museum.ie
October 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Sean Bean Sean bhean
September 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Three hand-drawn pieces for the @dublinmaker.bsky.social event this weekend, celebrating traditional crafts and Irish makers, and the process of creating. They're also available as prints here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Graphite drawing of a man playing uilleann pipes, surrounded by drawings of close ups of hands making the pipes. Graphite drawing of close ups of hands working at various textile crafts Graphite drawing of communities working at various crafts, including quilting, currach building, and straws-making. #blueskyart #art #traditionalart #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm #Ireland
August 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
Frustrated little dude gripping a pencil saying “how do I pack this down into something I can actually share?” While swirling rainbows labeled “INFINITE POTENTIAL” float around them. Little dude frowns at a tiny grey box, exclaiming “all that work for THIS?!” Little dude shoves the grey box into another little guy’s hands; Frowning, stomping off, and saying “Here you go, I made this, it sucks.” Second little dude cracks open the box, swirling rainbows project out onto their face. Second little dude stares in awe at all the swirling rainbows now floating around them.
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Driftworks: New Music on the Atlantic Edge

6 concerts, 6 unique evenings of discovery. From Letterkenny to Cobh - the uncompromising voices of some of Ireland’s leading composers and performers.

More info: www.northernlightsproject.org

Supported by @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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The Arts Council is undertaking a review of artform and arts practice definitions in Ireland and invites sector practitioners to participate in a brief survey. This survey is open until 15 August.
Find out more & take part 🔗
www.research.net/r/artformsire
Artform and Arts Practice in Ireland Research: Sector Survey
Artform and Arts Practice in Ireland Research: Sector Survey
www.research.net
August 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Overcoming the mental blobbery resulting from finally(omg finally) submitting my DMus corrections by returning to a project that I started before my viva! The fabric is pretty incredible 😍

#HelensCloset #GilbertShirt #Sewing #MeMade #SewingClothes #Ireland #Cats
A short sleeved shirt on a mannequin with a piece of paper pinned to it to mark out where the buttonholes should go. The fabric pattern is a trippy repeating pattern of fluffy cat faces. Close up of the repeating fluffy cat face pattern
August 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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And here's a Painted Lady who was lunching right beside! "The book" says they migrate from Africa every Spring and the journey takes several generations to complete. No wonder it felt like a nectar coffee ☕️

#IrishPhotography #Boglands #Ireland #Butterfly
A painted lady butterfly feeding on a clover plant with its wings open. It is orange with black patches all over and white spoteens near the wing tips.
July 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Lots of Peacock butterflies around at lunchtime today 🦋 the lighter highlights on the wings are kind of neon in person ✨️
A Peacock butterfly feeding on clover, with its wings open
July 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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🧵 How beautiful is this #embroidered #map sampler of #Ireland by Sarah Curran? Coloured #silk threads on a piece of satin backed with linen #canvas, mounted in a modern frame and glazed, 1801.

🪡 Zoom in to see the detail: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0....
Embroidered map of Ireland
July 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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cmcireland.bsky.social
Explore Irish Choral Music in a new series of illustrated talks, researched & presented by CMC Scholar-in-Residence Laura Sheils at the CMC Library.
See our Autumn/Winter programme + book your free ticket for the first event 🔗 www.cmc.ie/news/0728202...
#news #irishchoralmusic #cmcscholarinresidence
July 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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A huge wool map of Ireland, which took four years of knitting and crocheting to complete, is in search of a new home to go on public display.
Home sought for massive knitted map of ireland
A huge wool map of Ireland, which took four years of knitting and crocheting to complete, is in search of a new home to go on public display.
www.rte.ie
July 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Pun intended.
Kennys.ie features
July 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Stakeholders across the island are working collaboratively to establish an Irish wool brand mark to create additional value for the product across the industry.
Plans afoot to create Irish wool brand mark
Stakeholders across Ireland are working collaboratively to establish an Irish wool brand mark to create additional value for the product across the industry.
www.rte.ie
June 24, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Welcome to The Ten-Minute Book Club, a podcast hosted by librarian Lucas Maxwell and bookseller Gráinne O’Brien. In ten minutes or less, we review children’s books to help busy kids and adults find stories young readers will love. @grainneobrien.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I miss the days of normal people having weird little blogs
June 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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nolightsproject.bsky.social
RAMP Workshop 2

WANTED: Musicians & music lovers of all ages, abilities & instruments for Brian Irvine’s Totally Made Up Orchestra!

Join the wild, joyful chaos—no experience needed. Improv, composition, noise, movement & fun! Create & perform a brand new piece in just hours.

tinyurl.com/33aubxrd
June 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM