Paddy Matthews
@paddymatthews.bsky.social
Weary rural cynic preparing a bolthole just in case. До біса Трампа.
Tá Tír na nÓg ar chúl an tí,
Tír álainn trína chéile,
Lucht cheithre chos ag súil na slí,
Gan bróga orthu ná léine,
Gan Béarla acu ná Gaeilge.
Tír álainn trína chéile,
Lucht cheithre chos ag súil na slí,
Gan bróga orthu ná léine,
Gan Béarla acu ná Gaeilge.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Tá Tír na nÓg ar chúl an tí,
Tír álainn trína chéile,
Lucht cheithre chos ag súil na slí,
Gan bróga orthu ná léine,
Gan Béarla acu ná Gaeilge.
Tír álainn trína chéile,
Lucht cheithre chos ag súil na slí,
Gan bróga orthu ná léine,
Gan Béarla acu ná Gaeilge.
Bullseye on the final go. Unzoomed #682 1/6 🟢⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️
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November 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Bullseye on the final go. Unzoomed #682 1/6 🟢⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️
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x.com/LaciCloud/st... "WhO cOuLd PoSsIbLy HaVe FoReSeEn?..."
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
Still supposedly a factor in FG politics in Monaghan (there was an attempt by local FGers in Cavan to revive them a decade or so ago).
Totally unrelatedly the AoH have been extremely marginal in Irish life since the 1920s (a bit longer in Northern Ireland).
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Still supposedly a factor in FG politics in Monaghan (there was an attempt by local FGers in Cavan to revive them a decade or so ago).
October 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The rigorous impartiality of the Irish print media.
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The rigorous impartiality of the Irish print media.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This being the same Policy Exchange that last year wanted to scrap the part of the GFA that allows for unity by consent.
August 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This being the same Policy Exchange that last year wanted to scrap the part of the GFA that allows for unity by consent.
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So on this basis by 2065, Scotland and Wales will have been independent for a generation, Irish unity will have been long established, & an impoverished, kleptocratic England will be beginning its second quarter century under the dictatorship of some bloke who is currently a mid ranking MI5 officer
August 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So on this basis by 2065, Scotland and Wales will have been independent for a generation, Irish unity will have been long established, & an impoverished, kleptocratic England will be beginning its second quarter century under the dictatorship of some bloke who is currently a mid ranking MI5 officer
A Political Inheritance.
June 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A Political Inheritance.
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It’s fine, he’s just got all your personal data. 💊💉
May 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It’s fine, he’s just got all your personal data. 💊💉
"There's someone for everyone" latest.
May 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"There's someone for everyone" latest.
Belfast News Letter yesterday promoting inclusive Unionism at the bottom of page 15.
May 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Belfast News Letter yesterday promoting inclusive Unionism at the bottom of page 15.
The CPC/WPB Unpopular Front
April 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The CPC/WPB Unpopular Front
Would still have said NI Protestants skewed more Brexity than their GB (or even English) equivalents - wouldn't have expected a North Down to have been a close run thing in GB or an East Belfast or Lagan Valley to have voted majority Leave.
Even then, a lot of constituencies had very similar results to those you'd get in a demographically equivalent seat in England.
Broadly speaking Protestants voted like the rest of the UK, whereas Catholics were very very strongly remain.
Broadly speaking Protestants voted like the rest of the UK, whereas Catholics were very very strongly remain.
March 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Would still have said NI Protestants skewed more Brexity than their GB (or even English) equivalents - wouldn't have expected a North Down to have been a close run thing in GB or an East Belfast or Lagan Valley to have voted majority Leave.
Compare and contrast.
March 31, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Compare and contrast.