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cuileannach.bsky.social @cuileannach.bsky.social · 1h

🎶any oaks any oaks any any oaks any oaks any oaks any any oaks🎶

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 6h

This video on trees and forests by the brilliant @thewildgees.bsky.social isn't only great craic, it's jam packed with truth bombs.

Give it a watch!
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Any Oaks? The Wild Geeze

YouTube video by The Wild Geeze

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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 10h

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Sraith í Heartstopper a thugann ardú meanman duit, is fíor sin; léiriú í ar an saol mar ba chóir dó a bheith. Ach níl an saol mar sin – féach an méid tíortha agus ceantar ina bhfuil cosc nó srianta ar dhíolachán Heartstopper, mar shampla.

Léiriú milis ar shaol an déagóra aeraigh i nGaeilge nua-aimseartha nádúrtha

Ní aosach óg mise, ach ní gá duit a bheith 15 bliana d’aois chun sult a bhaint as greannáin Heartstopper

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 17h

“Budgets are moral documents. They reveal priorities & values, and as a society, they are the primary way that we care for one another, especially for the vulnerable.”

Or not #Budget26 🤦🏾‍♀️

www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money-and...

#spéirghorm #Áras25 #IrishPol #Budget26 #Disabled #Ireland

Connolly for President @catherinegalway.bsky.social · 1d

"Unpaid carers are predominantly women, which might go some way to explaining why their contributions are ignored." Catherine Connolly speaking out following yesterday's budget on the continuation of the means test for carers, and the unfulfilled promise of a cost of disability payment.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 5h

Evictions include people with disabilities and children - 13 of the children go to one local school, and their families will have to move outside the catchment area as there is so little available to rent in Killarney. There's a petition to prevent it here: www.change.org/p/prevent-a-...

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 4h

The tragedy of industrial fishing strikes another species off the list. It would appear that this will only end when there are no fish left to catch.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

Once 'sustainable' mackerel stocks are drastically declining

While overfishing is the main problem for mackerel stocks, climate change has been having an impact too

www.irishexaminer.com

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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 5h

Selling our house and when speaking to estate agents I wouldn’t entertain viewings from property developers or people buying it to rent it out (rent is about 1/3 more than a mortgage for this value of a property) - one agency told me this was ‘discrimination’. Lord above

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cuileannach.bsky.social @cuileannach.bsky.social · 2h

Meabhrúchán cairdiúil, is áis inrochtaineachta é téacs malartach

bluesky post from
@knilirabaj.bsky.social that says

It's pretty cool you're using that alt text accessibility feature. It's not cool that you're not really describing the image though. Nice and simple is a good start. Descriptive and accurate is the way to go. You'll get the hang of it. Try pretending you're describing the picture over the phone.

July 1, 2023 at 10:33 PM Everybody can reply

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 1d

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 1d

A Māori proverb about laziness is he mahi te āta noho, e kī ana te wheke. It means “Sitting still is working, so says the octopus.”

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 1d

A colloquial Colombian phrase about being very busy is mas ocupado que pulpo lavando platos. It means “busier than an octopus washing dishes.”

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d

Rinne an grúpa paraimiliteach dílseach, an UVF, bagairt go loiscfí áitreabh Chomhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste le comharthaíocht dhá theangach.

jrnl.ie/6836601

Léirsiú beartaithe chun Gaeilge a cheiliúradh mar fhreagra ar bhagairt foréigin ó dhílseoirí

Rinne an grúpa paraimiliteach dílseach, an UVF, bagairt go loiscfí áitreabh Chomhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste le comharthaíocht dhá theangach.

www.thejournal.ie

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cuileannach.bsky.social @cuileannach.bsky.social · 19h

Ní imithe uainn atá sé, ach imithe romhainn

TheBlindboyPodcast @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social · 1d

New podcast. Remembering the legendary and irreplaceable Manchán Magan who died last week. And revisiting our first chat where he told me his life story. ❤️

open.spotify.com/episode/1BxM...

In memory of Manchán Magan

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Seamus Heaney HomePlace @shhomeplace.bsky.social · 23h

A beautiful, previously unpublished poem by Seamus Heaney in today's Guardian Books ahead of tomorrow's publication of The Poems of Seamus Heaney by @faberbooks.bsky.social > tinyurl.com/2vnm36mf

Seamus Heaney’s unpublished poems to be released — read one exclusively here

The Poems of Seamus Heaney, out on Thursday, will feature all 12 of the revered Irish author’s collections alongside uncollected works and 25 poems yet to be published

www.theguardian.com

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Antain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 1d

"Ich bin ein Feirsteach"

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politic...

Irish presidential candidate promo video deleted after showing Bundestag instead of Belfast City Hall

A video montage of Heather Humphreys’ visit to Belfast was deleted and re-uploaded by her campaign team after it mistakenly showed Germany’s government building instead of Belfast City Hall.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 22h

Last week marked the 65th anniversary of Nigerian Independence 🇳🇬

Take a look back at this newsreel of people celebrating the day in Dublin!

Discover more archive footage as part of The Gael Linn Collection on the IFI Archive Player ➡ https://ifiarchiveplayer.ie/category/gaellinn/

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 22h

Discover Mayo’s night skies!
Join us for a free talk on @mayodarkskies.bsky.social at the National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park.
📅 Sat 11 Oct, 15:30–16:30
🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Free admission, booking required.
#Mayo #Stargazing #DarkSkies

a star-speckled sky over a bogland walkway

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Ciarán @ciaraneile.bsky.social · 1d

Bhí mé ar son Connolly, ach is cúis imní é an easpa ráiteas uaithi maidir le Co. Bheirlín a thabhairt isteach sa Phoblacht. Am aici fós an bhotún seo a cheartú...

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Fintan @fintan-galway.bsky.social · 22h

Bhí orm sos a thógáil ó feilire.com théis na hOíche Cultúrtha, ach iarracht déanta agam anois mí DF a thabhairt suas chun dáta. Fáilte i gcónaí roimh sonraí eile.

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Dennis King @kingdonncha1.bsky.social · 20h

Lá Idirnáisiúnta an Bhracháin: 10 Deireadh Fómhair
www.sengoidelc.com/search?q=bit...

Seomra Nuachta @seomranuachta.bsky.social · 20h

Amárach ar an SN/NuachtAnois: Súil chun cinn ar 𝗟𝗮́ 𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮́𝗶𝗻 – bhí áit lárnach ag an bhrachán riamh anall ar bhiachlár na nGael. Rud beag eolais ar stair an bhracháin agus ar an fhocal sa Ghaeilge inniu. www.leighanois.com/alt?uimh_ail...

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cuileannach.bsky.social @cuileannach.bsky.social · 19h

'Eric-fine' - fíneáil as marú nó gortú anallód; cúiteamh; luach saothair

éiric, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~í). ‘Eric-fine’, compensatory payment for death or injury; reparation, retribution; compensation, reward. ~ ruda a bhaint as duine, to make s.o. pay, get one’s own back on s.o., for sth. ~ a ghabháil i rud, to exact retribution for sth. Tugadh ~ a athar dó, he was recompensed for the loss of his father. Fuair sé suim airgid in ~ a chuid den talamh, he got a sum of money in lieu of his share of the land. In ~ ár bpeacaí, in reparation for our sins. In ~ na héagóra, in requital for the wrong. In ~ a shaothair, in return for his labour. In ~ a aithrí, in reward for his repentance.

ón: https://www.teanglann.ie/ga/fgb/%c3%89iric

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 1d

'My earliest memory would have been being a novelty...'

Testimony, conversation, a gesture of refusal against erasure

The first episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream via our website or wherever you get your podcasts

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 1d

Stream the first episode here: skeinpress.com/conversations/

Presented in partnership with @molimuseum.bsky.social

Conversations

‘Thinking Aloud, Thinking Together’ is a series of live and recorded conversations amplifying voices that have been silenced in Irish cultural life. It gives space to artists, writers and thinkers …

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IMRAM @imramfeile.bsky.social · 1d

FÉILE IMRAM 2025

TURAS: PILGRIMAGETIMEJOURNEY
22 Samhain/November 2025. @ThestudioLexiconLib

Imram ar fharraige focal, machnamh ar aislingí na hóige – seó draíochtúil bunaithe ar fhilíocht Rody Gorman, le híomhánna áille ó Mhargaret Lonergan agus fuaimdhreacha beo á seinm ag Seán Mac Erlaine.

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Johannes Herrmann (Phylloscopus) @taigasangare.bsky.social · 3d

Cette merde est uniquement due au fait que le "centre" refuse catégoriquement de négocier quoi que ce soit avec la gauche et préfère mettre ses couilles dans les mains des fascistes que négocier une mince taxation des ultrariches. Ne l'oublions pas.

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Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba @ainmean-aite.bsky.social · 1d

Eileamaid na seachdaine
Frìth "deer forest"

Thoir dhuinn ainm frìthe a tha a' còrdadh ribh!

#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic

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