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How the mantle cloak set fashion trends in Medieval Ireland

Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting - bring back the eco mantle

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A highly valued item of durable clothing at home, the cloak was what made the notion of 'Irishness' visible and distinct in Europe

McSweeney calls on UK govt to implement Philomena's Law

Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 9d

McSweeney calls on UK govt to implement Philomena's Law www.rte.ie/news/uk/2025...

Actor Siobhán McSweeney has called on the British government to implement legislation that would give survivors of mother-and-baby homes, now living in the UK, access to Irish Government compensation.

Nature & Conservation - Killarney National Park - National Parks of Ireland

Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 10d

So many treasures

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Ireland to prevent entry of Israeli ministers - Taoiseach

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 10d

🧵 This is a 2,000 year old gold boat, made as an offering to the sea god by the Irish Celts. It’s a talisman to me, ever since I saw it over 50y ago.

You can see its curved shape & proportions in my one-off ink on paper drawings. Just scroll down this thread! [1]

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Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 11d

Ireland to prevent entry of Israeli ministers - Taoiseach www.rte.ie/news/politic...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has told the UN General Assembly that Ireland will act to prevent members of the Israeli government who are "engaged in the unfolding disaster in Gaza" from entering Ireland.

Beneath Our Feet: Art meets archaeology on North Main Street in Cork

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 14d

Book Review: Witches: A King's Obsession, by Steven Veerapen tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/09/book... @stevenveerapen.bsky.social #History #BookLaunch

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Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 14d

And this

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Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 14d

Definitely heading in to have a look at this

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The exhibition at St Peter's was inspired by an excavation on a nearby site before a block of apartments was built there

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Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 14d

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A view of 17th century Ireland by Oliver Cromwell's doctor

Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 15d

Worth reading

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While Gerard Boate's book was a propagandistic commodification of Ireland, it opened the way for a more scientific interpretation of the country

Cow-with-calf initiative shows how things can be done differently

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Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 16d

For pity’s sake, for all our sakes

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A documentary feature telling the story of a Scottish farm’s transformation from conventional to...

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Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social · 17d

I have little good to say of the Church, but this is a brave man standing up for his beliefs and I admire him for it.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Aug 29

As Broadview PD arrested activists, a priest on his knees with rosary in hand pled with ICE agents and prayed for them. He was eventually dragged out of the way of the vans.

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Marcia Clayton @marciaclayton.bsky.social · 17d

I was so pleased to see this feature about "Betsey" this morning. mybook.to/Betsey
#bluesky #historicalfiction #romance
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IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S GUEST, HISTORICAL FICTION AUTHOR, MARCIA CLAYTON WHO IS SHARING 'BETSEY', PREQUEL TO 'THE HARTFORD MANOR' SERIES #RWRTeamBlog #ReadWriteRepeat

1820 North Devon, EnglandBetsey, a sadly neglected child, is shouldering responsibilities far beyond her years. As she does her best to care for her little brother, Norman, she is befriended by Gypsy ...

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Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 17d

Absolutely and much more deserved

Minimum pay rates to increase for contract cleaners www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Minimum pay rates to increase for contract cleaners

Minimum rates of pay for workers in the contract cleaning sector are to increase under a new Employment Regulation Order.

Sherlock Holmes thriller has West Cork connections | The Southern Star

Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 17d

When all good things coalesce

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A NEW Sherlock Holmes thriller has West Cork connections – and even a reference to its largest weekly newspaper.221B: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is the new novel by Leap resident Mark D Ellis, wh...

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Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 20d

“The rippling, whispering, gurgling, bubbling, sighing – and sometimes roaring – they make as they flow has its own story to tell.”

The stories and lore of Ireland's rivers www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

The stories and lore of Ireland's rivers

Flowing from source to sea, our rivers are the life-blood of Ireland.

Wild things - tales of loss and rebirth from Irish nature

Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social · 20d

Wonderful wonderful wonderful
Opening spaces for possibility

Wild things - tales of loss and rebirth from Irish nature www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

Conor W. O'Brien's new book The Living and The Dead - Tales of Loss and Rebirth from Irish Natu