Orla Breslin
@stitchlily.bsky.social
Designer/Maker, and sometime organiser w a bit of humanities too. Sí/í she/her
Let's get the Occupied Terrorites Bill passed!! 🇵🇸🇱🇧
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/enact-the-occupied-territories-bill
Corca Dhuibhne, Ireland. 🇮🇪
Let's get the Occupied Terrorites Bill passed!! 🇵🇸🇱🇧
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/enact-the-occupied-territories-bill
Corca Dhuibhne, Ireland. 🇮🇪
Just had a circular conversation with my elderly mother, who thought Christmas was on Friday, and I kept telling her she's wrong, it's Wednesday. Had to Google it to prove I was right, but alas, we were both wrong. 😳
At least I can blame my calendar.
#ChristmasFail
At least I can blame my calendar.
#ChristmasFail
December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Just had a circular conversation with my elderly mother, who thought Christmas was on Friday, and I kept telling her she's wrong, it's Wednesday. Had to Google it to prove I was right, but alas, we were both wrong. 😳
At least I can blame my calendar.
#ChristmasFail
At least I can blame my calendar.
#ChristmasFail
If you are heading to the 🇵🇸 fundraising gig in the INEC this evening, bring some cash. There's a stall selling crafts, including this gorgeous purse, hand embroidered by a women's collective in Palestine, and keyrings fresh off the hooks from Kerry.
@ipsc.bsky.social
#FreePalestine #SpeirGhorm
@ipsc.bsky.social
#FreePalestine #SpeirGhorm
December 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you are heading to the 🇵🇸 fundraising gig in the INEC this evening, bring some cash. There's a stall selling crafts, including this gorgeous purse, hand embroidered by a women's collective in Palestine, and keyrings fresh off the hooks from Kerry.
@ipsc.bsky.social
#FreePalestine #SpeirGhorm
@ipsc.bsky.social
#FreePalestine #SpeirGhorm
Disgusting. Fianna Fail, Sinn Fail and Fail Gael, all voted for foxhunting, despite 70% of people polled saying they were against it.
This is what they think of our wildlife. Beyond cruel.
@banfoxhunting.bsky.social
@ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social
#BanFoxhunting
This is what they think of our wildlife. Beyond cruel.
@banfoxhunting.bsky.social
@ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social
#BanFoxhunting
December 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Disgusting. Fianna Fail, Sinn Fail and Fail Gael, all voted for foxhunting, despite 70% of people polled saying they were against it.
This is what they think of our wildlife. Beyond cruel.
@banfoxhunting.bsky.social
@ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social
#BanFoxhunting
This is what they think of our wildlife. Beyond cruel.
@banfoxhunting.bsky.social
@ruthcoppingersp.bsky.social
#BanFoxhunting
Great craic at the @kneecapceol.bsky.social gig in Killarney last nite. Great set with high energy, clever visuals and lighting, and lots of 🇵🇸 chants.
But, I was very surprised to see young kids there, like 7 year olds! Ok, it's safe in the seated area for them, but, is it appropriate?
But, I was very surprised to see young kids there, like 7 year olds! Ok, it's safe in the seated area for them, but, is it appropriate?
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Great craic at the @kneecapceol.bsky.social gig in Killarney last nite. Great set with high energy, clever visuals and lighting, and lots of 🇵🇸 chants.
But, I was very surprised to see young kids there, like 7 year olds! Ok, it's safe in the seated area for them, but, is it appropriate?
But, I was very surprised to see young kids there, like 7 year olds! Ok, it's safe in the seated area for them, but, is it appropriate?
Great campaign but honest confession. I don't really like the Irish flag colours. That shade of green and orange, far too flashy. Made by bolshie French women who never sat in a Irish stone cottage in February eating turnips.
I'd love more earthy tones, mosses and lichens, or naturally dyed fabric.
I'd love more earthy tones, mosses and lichens, or naturally dyed fabric.
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Great campaign but honest confession. I don't really like the Irish flag colours. That shade of green and orange, far too flashy. Made by bolshie French women who never sat in a Irish stone cottage in February eating turnips.
I'd love more earthy tones, mosses and lichens, or naturally dyed fabric.
I'd love more earthy tones, mosses and lichens, or naturally dyed fabric.
This is what Dingle thinks of cyclists. Every festival, the only cycle path in town is full of parked cars, right outside the secondary school too. No Garda or parking inspector in sight, ever. It drives me nuts. 🤬
But yeah, blame cyclists visibility for accidents.
@irishcycle.com #cycling
But yeah, blame cyclists visibility for accidents.
@irishcycle.com #cycling
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is what Dingle thinks of cyclists. Every festival, the only cycle path in town is full of parked cars, right outside the secondary school too. No Garda or parking inspector in sight, ever. It drives me nuts. 🤬
But yeah, blame cyclists visibility for accidents.
@irishcycle.com #cycling
But yeah, blame cyclists visibility for accidents.
@irishcycle.com #cycling
Phew! What a weekend. Thanks to @dinglelit.bsky.social, for another fantastic few days of literature, poetry, chats and more.
I took very few photos, but Karim Kattan 🇵🇸 and Gabriel Byrne 🇮🇪 to finish out this Sunday 📕📚👏
I took very few photos, but Karim Kattan 🇵🇸 and Gabriel Byrne 🇮🇪 to finish out this Sunday 📕📚👏
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Phew! What a weekend. Thanks to @dinglelit.bsky.social, for another fantastic few days of literature, poetry, chats and more.
I took very few photos, but Karim Kattan 🇵🇸 and Gabriel Byrne 🇮🇪 to finish out this Sunday 📕📚👏
I took very few photos, but Karim Kattan 🇵🇸 and Gabriel Byrne 🇮🇪 to finish out this Sunday 📕📚👏
Burning of the Hare, Effigy Ceremony for Óiche Samhain in Killorglin, part of An Feile Eile festival.
I have such a grá (love) for small local community festivals, they are the true heartbeat of Ireland 🎃 🖤
#Kerry #Chiarraí #SamhainChiarraí
@kerrycoco.ie @discoverkerry.bsky.social
I have such a grá (love) for small local community festivals, they are the true heartbeat of Ireland 🎃 🖤
#Kerry #Chiarraí #SamhainChiarraí
@kerrycoco.ie @discoverkerry.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Burning of the Hare, Effigy Ceremony for Óiche Samhain in Killorglin, part of An Feile Eile festival.
I have such a grá (love) for small local community festivals, they are the true heartbeat of Ireland 🎃 🖤
#Kerry #Chiarraí #SamhainChiarraí
@kerrycoco.ie @discoverkerry.bsky.social
I have such a grá (love) for small local community festivals, they are the true heartbeat of Ireland 🎃 🖤
#Kerry #Chiarraí #SamhainChiarraí
@kerrycoco.ie @discoverkerry.bsky.social
She will be sorely missed in the Dáil, always a well spoken, articulate, firm voice of reason, just like Michael D was.
The only choice for a modern, accepting, diverse, multicultural, and yet proudly Irish, Ireland.
#ImVotingForConnelly
#CatherineForPresidant
The only choice for a modern, accepting, diverse, multicultural, and yet proudly Irish, Ireland.
#ImVotingForConnelly
#CatherineForPresidant
October 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
She will be sorely missed in the Dáil, always a well spoken, articulate, firm voice of reason, just like Michael D was.
The only choice for a modern, accepting, diverse, multicultural, and yet proudly Irish, Ireland.
#ImVotingForConnelly
#CatherineForPresidant
The only choice for a modern, accepting, diverse, multicultural, and yet proudly Irish, Ireland.
#ImVotingForConnelly
#CatherineForPresidant
Amazing little workshop with Wafa'a Mustafa Zeniah learning the basics of tatreez and seeing her beautiful work up close.
Good to remember the beauty of Palestinian culture, despite all the doom, their craft, food and sense of community. ♥️
I won a fab little 🇵🇸 🧵🪡 box too in the raffle.
Good to remember the beauty of Palestinian culture, despite all the doom, their craft, food and sense of community. ♥️
I won a fab little 🇵🇸 🧵🪡 box too in the raffle.
May 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Amazing little workshop with Wafa'a Mustafa Zeniah learning the basics of tatreez and seeing her beautiful work up close.
Good to remember the beauty of Palestinian culture, despite all the doom, their craft, food and sense of community. ♥️
I won a fab little 🇵🇸 🧵🪡 box too in the raffle.
Good to remember the beauty of Palestinian culture, despite all the doom, their craft, food and sense of community. ♥️
I won a fab little 🇵🇸 🧵🪡 box too in the raffle.
Today I was late for work, not because of traffic jams, or school runs, but because of a wee fledgling who was hanging around a dangerous location with little shelter. After contacting our local go-to-rescue lady, it was monitored and eventually moved to a safer location, away from dogs and gulls. 🕊️
April 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Today I was late for work, not because of traffic jams, or school runs, but because of a wee fledgling who was hanging around a dangerous location with little shelter. After contacting our local go-to-rescue lady, it was monitored and eventually moved to a safer location, away from dogs and gulls. 🕊️
10th of May, Palestinian Tatreez workshop in Tralee and Killarney. Book here:
www.mariaswoolshop.ie/products/325...
🇵🇸🇵🇸
#FreePalestine #AllEyesOnGaza
www.mariaswoolshop.ie/products/325...
🇵🇸🇵🇸
#FreePalestine #AllEyesOnGaza
April 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
10th of May, Palestinian Tatreez workshop in Tralee and Killarney. Book here:
www.mariaswoolshop.ie/products/325...
🇵🇸🇵🇸
#FreePalestine #AllEyesOnGaza
www.mariaswoolshop.ie/products/325...
🇵🇸🇵🇸
#FreePalestine #AllEyesOnGaza
The most beautiful flowers in my garden are back. Warms my heart to see them every Spring, each time getting just one or two extra stems, a number crop of 15 stems so far this year.
The wee bainne bó bleachtáin. 🌼
#Cowslips #SpringFlowers #IrishWildflowers
The wee bainne bó bleachtáin. 🌼
#Cowslips #SpringFlowers #IrishWildflowers
April 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The most beautiful flowers in my garden are back. Warms my heart to see them every Spring, each time getting just one or two extra stems, a number crop of 15 stems so far this year.
The wee bainne bó bleachtáin. 🌼
#Cowslips #SpringFlowers #IrishWildflowers
The wee bainne bó bleachtáin. 🌼
#Cowslips #SpringFlowers #IrishWildflowers
A rare sight in rural Ireland these days, swarms of insects flying above a small road.
I remember as a kid this being commonplace. Mouth shut, eyes squinting as I walked or cycled through swarms of flying critters.
#BiodiversityCrisis
I remember as a kid this being commonplace. Mouth shut, eyes squinting as I walked or cycled through swarms of flying critters.
#BiodiversityCrisis
April 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A rare sight in rural Ireland these days, swarms of insects flying above a small road.
I remember as a kid this being commonplace. Mouth shut, eyes squinting as I walked or cycled through swarms of flying critters.
#BiodiversityCrisis
I remember as a kid this being commonplace. Mouth shut, eyes squinting as I walked or cycled through swarms of flying critters.
#BiodiversityCrisis
Whirlwind trip to the capital of the Rebel County yesterday as an unpaid chauffeur/parent. Had some time to kill, so joined in not one, but 2 protests! 🤩 1 for International Women's Day, the 2nd for Palestine.
A girl's gotta do what a girl has to do to stop patriarchy and genocide. ♀️🇵🇸
A girl's gotta do what a girl has to do to stop patriarchy and genocide. ♀️🇵🇸
March 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Whirlwind trip to the capital of the Rebel County yesterday as an unpaid chauffeur/parent. Had some time to kill, so joined in not one, but 2 protests! 🤩 1 for International Women's Day, the 2nd for Palestine.
A girl's gotta do what a girl has to do to stop patriarchy and genocide. ♀️🇵🇸
A girl's gotta do what a girl has to do to stop patriarchy and genocide. ♀️🇵🇸
The blue after the morning storm. It is indeed #SpéirGhorm.
February 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The blue after the morning storm. It is indeed #SpéirGhorm.
Thurs 20th Feb, simultaneous film screenings across coastal communities in Ireland and Scotland. #Shanshula, is a documentary which focuses on the struggles endured by Palestinian community in Gaza.
If you are in Kerry, come to Dingle, Fenit, Tralee
#Palestine #Gaza
@ipsc.bsky.social
🇵🇸🇵🇸
If you are in Kerry, come to Dingle, Fenit, Tralee
#Palestine #Gaza
@ipsc.bsky.social
🇵🇸🇵🇸
February 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thurs 20th Feb, simultaneous film screenings across coastal communities in Ireland and Scotland. #Shanshula, is a documentary which focuses on the struggles endured by Palestinian community in Gaza.
If you are in Kerry, come to Dingle, Fenit, Tralee
#Palestine #Gaza
@ipsc.bsky.social
🇵🇸🇵🇸
If you are in Kerry, come to Dingle, Fenit, Tralee
#Palestine #Gaza
@ipsc.bsky.social
🇵🇸🇵🇸
Dashes of sunshine and some lovely lenticular clouds in Kerry today, (before the big ones took over)
#SpéirGhorm #CloudSpotting #Kerry
#SpéirGhorm #CloudSpotting #Kerry
February 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Dashes of sunshine and some lovely lenticular clouds in Kerry today, (before the big ones took over)
#SpéirGhorm #CloudSpotting #Kerry
#SpéirGhorm #CloudSpotting #Kerry
Heres my latest #IKEAHack! You too can get this designer look *blank* with just $300 of kit from IKEA! I was quoted $1000 for a built in *blank*, but instead I simply bought IKEA *blänk*, used €600 power tools, €200 paint, $900 worth of free labour, all made in my spare garage the size of your house
February 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Heres my latest #IKEAHack! You too can get this designer look *blank* with just $300 of kit from IKEA! I was quoted $1000 for a built in *blank*, but instead I simply bought IKEA *blänk*, used €600 power tools, €200 paint, $900 worth of free labour, all made in my spare garage the size of your house
What better way to celebrate Bridget and Imbolc, a mighty woman and the coming of Spring than a lovely community event in An Díseart, with ceol, comhrá, and of course, Crosóg Bhríde. Seeing the buds on the trees, daffodils about to flower 🌱, winter is over.
February 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
What better way to celebrate Bridget and Imbolc, a mighty woman and the coming of Spring than a lovely community event in An Díseart, with ceol, comhrá, and of course, Crosóg Bhríde. Seeing the buds on the trees, daffodils about to flower 🌱, winter is over.
Not sure how I ended up on The Farmers Journal beef section email list, but as a long time vegetarian, I don't think it's the right fit for me, esp when I had to google what 'AI calves' are, thinking it was some dystopian cloned calf brought up by a robot mother cow. 😱
#SpéirGhorm #DefNotAFarmer
#SpéirGhorm #DefNotAFarmer
January 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not sure how I ended up on The Farmers Journal beef section email list, but as a long time vegetarian, I don't think it's the right fit for me, esp when I had to google what 'AI calves' are, thinking it was some dystopian cloned calf brought up by a robot mother cow. 😱
#SpéirGhorm #DefNotAFarmer
#SpéirGhorm #DefNotAFarmer
It's #Crafterday (it's a thing, trust me). What are you working on today?
I'm making Kumihimo braids, a Japanese technique of braiding that you can do with minimal tools. Haven't made them in years, and they'll go towards something else I'm making (a surprise!)
#Crafts #Kumihimo
I'm making Kumihimo braids, a Japanese technique of braiding that you can do with minimal tools. Haven't made them in years, and they'll go towards something else I'm making (a surprise!)
#Crafts #Kumihimo
January 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It's #Crafterday (it's a thing, trust me). What are you working on today?
I'm making Kumihimo braids, a Japanese technique of braiding that you can do with minimal tools. Haven't made them in years, and they'll go towards something else I'm making (a surprise!)
#Crafts #Kumihimo
I'm making Kumihimo braids, a Japanese technique of braiding that you can do with minimal tools. Haven't made them in years, and they'll go towards something else I'm making (a surprise!)
#Crafts #Kumihimo
If you're fascinated by weather and sea stats, keep an eye on buoy M6, on the Ireland's Digital Ocean website, he's right out there on his owneo, and in for a hellofa night 😱🌊
www.digitalocean.ie
www.digitalocean.ie
January 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you're fascinated by weather and sea stats, keep an eye on buoy M6, on the Ireland's Digital Ocean website, he's right out there on his owneo, and in for a hellofa night 😱🌊
www.digitalocean.ie
www.digitalocean.ie
For fecks sake people, use the frigging alt text. It's getting ridiculous now, how many are not. It's really easy to do.
Your 300 witty characters are not more important than being an inclusive community. The very ones who made @bsky.app what it is. Be grateful.
#SpéirGhorm #FriggingUseAltText
Your 300 witty characters are not more important than being an inclusive community. The very ones who made @bsky.app what it is. Be grateful.
#SpéirGhorm #FriggingUseAltText
January 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
For fecks sake people, use the frigging alt text. It's getting ridiculous now, how many are not. It's really easy to do.
Your 300 witty characters are not more important than being an inclusive community. The very ones who made @bsky.app what it is. Be grateful.
#SpéirGhorm #FriggingUseAltText
Your 300 witty characters are not more important than being an inclusive community. The very ones who made @bsky.app what it is. Be grateful.
#SpéirGhorm #FriggingUseAltText
not sure if there's an official term for the opposite of doomscrolling. But I did it - zoom rolled my way up and down backroads, singing like a kid, to take a long lunch on Ventry beach. It's hard to feel joy with so much shite going on but, gods, it's important.
#SpéirGhorm #ChorcaDhuibhne
#SpéirGhorm #ChorcaDhuibhne
January 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
not sure if there's an official term for the opposite of doomscrolling. But I did it - zoom rolled my way up and down backroads, singing like a kid, to take a long lunch on Ventry beach. It's hard to feel joy with so much shite going on but, gods, it's important.
#SpéirGhorm #ChorcaDhuibhne
#SpéirGhorm #ChorcaDhuibhne