Dáithí K @daithiposts.bsky.social Posting from Ireland - often in Cork except when I'm not. 🌈🌤️
Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social Historian, Dr of organology, PhD supervisor, SEN teacher, harp maker, and author of Mizen: Rescued Folklore, Skibbereen: Rescued Folklore, Béara: Rescued Folklore, and Harp Making in Late-Georgian London. GHOSTS OF COUNTY CORK out 22 September 2026
@theriversideucc.bsky.social @theriversideucc.bsky.social Reflections on Special Collections, Archives & Research & Digital Services, UCC Library, Ireland. linktr.ee/theriversideUCC
Paul Dalton @daltonpaul101.bsky.social
National Celtic Honor Society @celtichonorsoc.bsky.social
Mike Spillane @spillanemike.com Cork
Love cycling, cargo bikes, public transport, beer, pizza, bread, cheese
@suesuepac.bsky.social @suesuepac.bsky.social
Rupert MacCarthy-Morrogh @rupertmac.bsky.social Film maker, humanist, scientist, environmentalist, PhD Researcher. MSc, MRes, AES, GTC
David Ryan @ryangenealogy.bsky.social Historian/genealogist. APG board member. Recently completed MA Public History and Cultural Heritage in University of Limerick. Passionate about heritage, oral history and anything that connects to our past https://ryangenealogicalresearch.com/
Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social The Women's History Association of Ireland (WHAI) has been promoting research into women's history in Ireland since 1989.
Friends, Families and Travellers @fft.bsky.social A leading national charity working to get a fair deal for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers.
Irish Society for Archives @irisharchives1970.bsky.social We exist to promote the place of archives in Irish society.
#IrishArchives #ExploreYourArchive
Find out more about the society: https://irishsocietyforarchives.wordpress.com
The Heritage Council @heritagecouncil.ie Dedicated to empowering Ireland to value and care for its national heritage. Advisor to government on heritage policy. Grant giving body. Operates and collaborates on programmes that raise awareness, educate and conserve heritage for future generations.
UCD Digital Library @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social Representing the cultural heritage data of University College Dublin and partners. Visit us at https://digital.ucd.ie
Irish Heritage Trust @irishheritagetrust.bsky.social Caring for and welcoming visitors to some of Ireland’s great houses, gardens & museums. Charity No. 16848.
Irish Historical Society @irishhistsoc.bsky.social https://www.irishhistoricalstudies.ie/irish-historical-society/
Oral History Archives at Columbia @oralhistorycu.bsky.social OHAC responsibly stewards 70 years of oral history interviews. Our collections document the human experience and makes interviews available to researchers.
header: Stephanie Dinkins, Secret Garden (2021)
Oral History Collective at Newcastle University @ohcollective.bsky.social News & updates on Oral History at Newcastle
Blog, socials & more: https://linktr.ee/oralhistoryncl
Finnish Oral History Network - FOHN Finland @fohn.bsky.social Finnish Oral History Network // Muistitietotutkijoiden verkosto – FOHN ry
Oral History, Life Storying & Memory Studies
https://www.finlit.fi/en/research-at-the-finnish-literature-society/fohn-finnish-oral-history-network/
Osgoode Society Oral History Program @osoralhistory.bsky.social
LGBTQ History @lgbtqhistory.bsky.social Perusing archives for LGBTQ+ History. Forever #LGBWithTheT.
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social Sharing Ireland's stories through our unique collections/ Ag roinnt scéal na hÉireann tríd ár mbailiúcháin uathúla.
Explore our collections: https://www.nli.ie/collections/our-collections
Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. An interdisciplinary research institute for all aspects of Irish culture, history, politics and society. See 'Lists' for more info. Find us at https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/
araireland @araireland.bsky.social Official account for Archives and Records Association, Ireland. Cuntas oifigiúil Cumainn Cartlann agus Taifead, Éire.
Ireland / Northern Ireland
#IrishArchives #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
https://araireland.ie/
Coney Island History Project @coneyislandhistory.bsky.social The Coney Island History Project is a not-for-profit founded in 2004. Oral history archive, podcast, online events, exhibit center on W 12 St near the Boardwalk in Brooklyn, New York https://www.coneyislandhistory.org
Dr Leeann Lane @lloislanel.bsky.social Associate Professor, School of History and Geography, Dublin City University.
#SighleHumphreys #MaryMacSwiney #DorothyMacardle #RosamondJacob
Corgis 🦊
Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social Dr Siobhan Osgood. Historian of 19thC railway architecture/engineering/construction. Alum Trinity College Dublin. @irishrailarch on Instagram www.railwayarchitecture.com Media rep: Past Preservers casting@pastpreservers.com
Irish Archaeology @irarchaeology.bsky.social Sharing Ireland’s amazing archaeology as well as interesting sites from around the world. Posts by Wexford archaeologist Colm Moriarty.
Elaine Harrington @walkerabroad.bsky.social Interim Head of Special Collections & Archives, UCC Library. Chair LAI Munster; Treasurer LAI Rare Books. Member LAI Executive Council 2023-2026. Co-founder SHOCC Project. Using technology to connect people with ideas. linktr.ee/walkerabroad HereSept2023
Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org A place to inspire wonder, spark creativity, and explore our shared humanity.
🌍 Art, nature, and history to make sense of the past, present & future.
📍 Part of National Museums NI | 🔗 ulstermuseum.org
Joe Whelan @joewhelan82.bsky.social Assistant Professor. School of Social Work & Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin. Educator, Researcher, Social Scientist, Author. Poverty, Welfare, Sustainable Social Policy. Posting mostly about research and publications.
The Wild Gees @thewildgees.bsky.social On a mission to seek out women's histories, prehistories and mythologies and share our adventures. Interested in under-told stories of all women 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Check out our blog: http://thewildgees.com/
Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie Fostering excellence and scholarship to enrich society, e. 1785.
Home to the RIA Library, 8 research programmes & a publishing house.
www.ria.ie
Reg. Charity No. 20003524 - Reg. Revenue No. CHY 2795
UCD Archives @ucdarchives.bsky.social We curate private paper collections documenting the modern Irish State; UCD; and many elements of the Franciscan manuscript patrimony. www.ucd.ie/archives
The Folklore Library & Archive @folklorelibrary.bsky.social Registered Charity No: 1203418. Patrons: Michael Rosen, Joanne Harris.
Preserving traditional heritage and folklore materials for the future, and delivering these through open access. Focus on at-risk heritage.
Online at www.folklorelibrary.com
Cork Astronomy Club @corkastronomyclub.bsky.social Some say Cork, Ireland is the Centre of the Universe. Join Cork Astronomy Club, we can show you there is a little bit more to it than that....
Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social The membership body for recordkeeping professionals in the UK & Ireland.
Posts are by Deborah Mason, Head of Communications for ARA. You can reach her on deborah.mason@archives.org.uk (quicker than a DM).
Find our more about ARA here www.archives.org.uk
Research Ireland @researchireland.ie Ireland’s new competitive research and innovation funding agency
Ireland Mapped - OS200 @irelandmapped.bsky.social @irishresearch @ahrcpress joint funded. Digitally Remapping Ireland's Ordnance Survey Heritage. @UniOfLimerick.bsky.social @QUBelfastOfficial.bsky.social @ULGeog.bsky.social @QUBGeography
Fionn Folklore Database @fionnfolklore.bsky.social The biggest online repository of the Fenian folklore of Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man.
https://fionnfolklore.org
Gillian O'Brien @gillianobrien.bsky.social Professor of Public History. Author of 'The Darkness Echoing'. Public History/Museums/Heritage/Memory/Death/Dark Tourism/Spies/Nuns/ Board member Irish Museums Association
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Fortean Times @forteantimes.bsky.social The journal of strange phenomena
The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social Based in London, The Folklore Society has been collecting, studying, publishing and promoting the study of folklore in all its forms since 1878. Visit our website: https://folklore-society.com
The Folk Archive @thefolkarchive.bsky.social Folk from the past, folk from the present, folk for the future
President of Ireland @president.ie Updates on the work of Uachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly
https://linktr.ee/PresidentIRL
Dr Sindy Joyce @sindyjoyce.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Sociology, University of Limerick. Council of State member. Human Rights Defender (HRD) Proud Irish Traveller (Mincéir/Pavee). Interested in human rights, equality and justice.
Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com Writer of YA novels Tuesdays are Just as Bad and Dead Teenager Movie.
Also Phder on Ethel Lilian Voynich
Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Irish Times writer & author of OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea & now, out in June, Experts in a Dying Field. You can preorder here: https://linktr.ee/expertsinadyingfield
Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social Squabbling, strácáiling, best-selling scribbler in Cork City, Ireland. 'Have I Got Your Attention?' out now via Merrion Press. #AuDHD. Opinions my own. Check https://www.linktr.ee/mike_mcgb for latest.
Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social Irish 🇮🇪 / gender Historian, feminist, academic (UCD), lefty / 2 cat 🐈⬛ Mom / Research-gendered & sexual violence in the Irish revolutionary wars / afterlives of Irish revolutionary women / Irish sexualities / she/her / Dublin via north Kerry/ views mine
Paul McDermott @learnandsing.bsky.social Educator, Broadcaster, Documentary Producer and Writer. Podcast: To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited.
https://www.paulmcdermott.ie/
https://linktr.ee/learnandsing
Liam Hogan @liamhogan.bsky.social Librarian & Historian. Twitter migrant.
Researching Slavery - Memory - Power.
Blog > https://medium.com/@Limerick1914/
hcommons > https://hcommons.org/members/liamhogan/
Aisling @pashtie.bsky.social Dub Librarian in Cork
Free Palestine.
Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com Historian of intimacy and revolution in 1920s-40s Europe. New project: anti-Nazi vegetarians.
Author of Irish Book Awards shortlisted HOTEL LUX — about a hotel in 1920s Moscow — and radical history newsletter Archive Rats:
archiverats.substack.com
Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social Tony McGrath. Using signs, advertisements and messages as the inspiration for observation and comment - enlightened and otherwise
Commemoration. Memorials. Graves. Headstones.
readingthesigns.weebly.com
Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social Historian at MIC, Limerick, of women, men, children, emotion, death, violence, ghosts, cursing, folklore.
https://www.mic.ul.ie/staff/283-clodagh-tait
Fire Draw Near @firedrawnear.bsky.social Music podcast and radio show which investigates Irish traditional music and song in all of its myriad forms.
Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social Collector of political ephemera, Shamrock Rovers fan
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
The Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social Irish History Website, maintained and edited by John Dorney.
ITMA - Irish Traditional Music Archive @itmadublin.bsky.social ITMA is home to the largest, most comprehensive collection of Irish traditional music, song, and dance in the world.
@brian-hanley.bsky.social @brian-hanley.bsky.social Historian, podcaster 'Dirty War in Dublin' & 'Brothers in Pain'; it is possible to disagree in good faith, but let's be honest we won't do it.
Aoife Granville @aoifeg.bsky.social Lecturer in Folklore/Béaloideas UCC. Musician/Singer. Knitter & GAA enthusiast! Board member Arts Council Ireland. From Dingle/Daingean Uí Chúis❤️🤍
@tomhdoig.bsky.social @tomhdoig.bsky.social
The Butter Museum @thebuttermuseum.bsky.social
dúchas.ie @duchas-ie.bsky.social Tionscadal digitithe Chnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann/Digitizing National Folklore Collection of Ireland. Páirtnéireacht @gaois Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU agus Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD
NorseInCork @norseincork.bsky.social Medievalist working on OE, Vikings, ON myth, runes and public history. Professor in the Dept. of English at UCC. Author of creative works 'Norse Myths' and 'Legends of Norse Mythology'.
RTÉ Documentary on One @rtedoconone.bsky.social Multi Award Winning Audio Doc & Podcast unit
RTE Radio 1 Winner of 400+ awards.
Latest series:
- First Conviction https://www.rte.ie/firstconviction
- StolenSister https://www.rte.ie/stolensister
- Where is Jón http://rte.ie/whereisjon
Chester Beatty @chesterbeatty.bsky.social World-renowned museum of European, East Asian and Islamic art, books and manuscripts in Dublin. Building closed until January 2027.
Check us out events and digital collections here: www.chesterbeatty.ie
plugd records @plugdrecords.bsky.social Record store / venue / cafe
Michael Waldron @michaelwaldron.bsky.social curator @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social,
art historian, writer, cat dad
curious about collections, mad about modernism
my own views and musings
he/him 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇮🇪
Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com Dublin's independent local newspaper, since 2015. Reader-funded through subscriptions. Wednesdays and Fridays online, monthly in print.
The Keeper of the Bees @beefolklore.bsky.social www.beefolklore.ie
IG: eimear_beefolklore
Sharing folklore & pictures of things I like. Lover of nature, bees, animals & the wonderful world of myths & legends across all folk traditions.
Eimear Chaomhánach, author of 'The Keeper of the Bees' #booksky💙📚
UK Prime Minister Updates @downingstreet.bsky.social Reporting the latest updates from Downing Street and Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Here until Downing Street setup an official account. I also run @royalfamilyuk.bsky.social.
Cork Events @cork.event.haus 🎭 Theatre | 🎶 Music | 🏘️ Community
Your go-to for the latest events in Cork!
📅 Discover shows, gigs, and local happenings.
✨ Stay in the know & support Cork’s vibrant culture!
Síle Ní Mhurchú @silenimhurchu.bsky.social Léachtóir sinsearach i Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh. An Fhiannaíocht. Na Dánta Grá. Lámhscríbhinní na Gaeilge. Liomsa na tuairimí seo!
Claudia Kinmonth MRIA FSA @claudiakinmonth.bsky.social Author of books with Yale University Press & of 'Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000' @corkup.bsky.social ... Board Member @nmireland.bsky.social ... @ria.ie ... green optimist
Aoife Bhreatnach @aoifeb.bsky.social Swears, writes, Gaeilge is fáilte. She/í
Makes Censored, a podcast about dirty books and films https://shows.acast.com/censored
Research interests: sex and death
Tuatha @tuatha.ie Explore Ireland with us! Visitor guides, itineraries, courses, events — created by archaeologists for people who really want to get under the skin of Ireland.
Start your Irish archaeological adventure:
https://www.tuatha.ie/
(pics all our own work)
UCD Gender Studies @ucdgender.bsky.social Gender Studies at UCD | Interdisciplinary MA in Gender Studies | programmes, news, events | RT is not an endorsement. https://www.ucd.ie/genderstudies/
Irish Railway Archives @irishrailways.bsky.social Ciarán Cooney I Photographic Archivist 📸 🎞 Irish Railway Record Society 🚂| 📩 cooneyciaran@gmail.com
University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social Archives, Special Collections and Digital Collections at the University of Galway Library
Éist @eistradio.bsky.social
Oral History Society @oralhistsoc.bsky.social Founded in 1973, the Oral History Society is dedicated to collecting, preserving and promoting the use of recorded memories. Run by volunteers, the OHS plays a key role in supporting and developing oral history practice in the both the UK and abroad
oralhistory (formerly @notoralhistory) @oralhistory.bsky.social Formerly @notoralhistory on Twitter, but now fully #oralhistory.
Scholar of Oral History, Anthropology, Critical Disability Studies, Folklore & #disabilityanthropology
https://www.tumblr.com/oral-history
Ulster Folk Museum @ulsterfolkmuseum.org Celebrating everyday skills, stories & traditions passed down through generations in Ulster.
🧵 Putting the past in dialogue with the present — to shape the future.
📍 Part of National Museums NI | 🔗 ulsterfolkmuseum.org
Doug Boyd @dougboyd.bsky.social Oral history, folklore, archives and libraries, photography, podcast host, all things Kentucky, Fulbright Scholar, average singer songwriter
Weird Ireland @weirdireland.bsky.social Your unofficial guide to Ireland
🎟️👇 Weird Ireland live Dublin & Belfast bag ur tix
linktr.ee/weirdireland
The Four Faced Liar @the4facedliar.bsky.social The Four Faced Liar is an Irish literary journal that publishes fiction, poetry, creative non fiction, art, photography and work in translation from all over the world.
Restore Clock Tower @restoreclocktower.bsky.social A campaign to restore Cobh's Clock Tower, a listed building (https://tinyurl.com/Old-Town-Hall), owned jointly by Cork County Council and the Port of Cork.
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social www.virtualtreasury.ie
An All-Island & International Legacy from Decade of Centenaries
Core partners: National Archives Ireland, The National Archives UK, Public Record Office Northern Ireland, Irish Manuscripts Commission, Library Trinity College Dublin
Northern Ireland Moving Image Archive @digitalfilmarchive.eurosky.social A repository of moving image made in and about Ulster and Northern Ireland.
Over 13000 films going back to 1897 including broadcast media, home movies, independent film and much more.
www.digitalfilmarchive.net
Irish Queer Archive @irishqueerarchive.bsky.social Amplifying the oldest and largest collection of LGBTQ+ documents held at the National Library of Ireland.
Further info: irishqueerarchive@gmail.com
Access:mqueries@nli.ie
Irish Left Archive @leftarchive.ie
Digital collection of political material from and about the left in Ireland.
🔗 Website: https://www.leftarchive.ie
🎙️ Podcast: https://podcast.leftarchive.ie
💬 Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@LeftArchive
Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is a CoreTrustSeal-certified digital repository, or online archive, for the long-term preservation of Ireland's social and cultural digital legacy. Explore the Repository: https://repository.dri.ie/
Dublin's Dead Zoo @dublindeadzoo.bsky.social Behind the scenes at Dublin's Dead Zoo. Unofficial account, run for fun. Opinions are personal, not those of the National Museum of Ireland.
Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social museumofchildhood.ie Est 2018. Groundbreaking first for Ireland. Award winning Historic to contemporary, Islandwide and Diaspora, museum of children and childhood. Championing every child. Charity: 20205452 #SeenAndHeard #CherishingAllTheChildren
MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland @molimuseum.bsky.social Where Irish writing comes alive.
https://linktr.ee/molimuseum