Secret Teacher Ireland @irlsecret.bsky.social MFL teacher in Ireland. Not revealing identity but it’s not particularly interesting anyway. Looking for a new place to chat #edchatie
Dreams~2~Realization @platinumray.bsky.social IT Change & Release Mgr, elderly DJ
ddr. / Heat Werk - linktr.ee/PlatinumRay
HOUSE MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE / WE CAN WERK IT OUT
HOUSING IS A RIGHT / IMMIGRANTS WELCOME
(he/him)
Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social bad news from the zone, tumbleweeds
catholic socialist & smalltown journalist
in the valley near Slievenamon, Co. Tipperary
leftinthelurch.net | thesundae.net
John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social A historian of things before 1700, especially religion, friars and the ways of everyday life.
Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca On a journey trying to find new worlds while sending joy into the ether.
Human 🎧 Shazam 🎧. Sports fan. Anti-racist. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️LGBTQ2S+ Supporter 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈. From Tkaronto.
She/her.
Co-curator of @womensart2.bsky.social.
Paul Scollon @scollon.social Listens to Stoner Rock, watches Movies and collects British Comic Books (2000AD, Eagle etc). Loves 1930s Pulp (Fantasy/Science Fiction). Recovering TV addict. Works with PHP & MySQL on GNU/Linux. Irish, Anxious, Asperger's - not necessarily in that order.
Erskine @erskinechilders.bsky.social
Father, husband, son, truthseeker. Family historian. Yes, he was my great-grandad and grandad.
https://linktr.ee/erskinechilders
Pooka McPhellimey @ibex62.bsky.social A bit of an eejit really. In it for the books and the smart people whose jokes I can recycle in real life.
Dr Matt Lodder @mattlodder.com Senior Lecturer in Art History, University of Essex. Trustee, Bishopsgate Institute. Law Student. Historian of tattooing. Podcaster @beneaththeskinpod.history.tattoo. 'Painted People' and 'Tattoos' out now. ADHD.
Jayaprakash has a mastertape @jayaprakash777.bsky.social Can't not write. Not seeking publication. Plays bass guitar. Writes doom metal songs.
He/him. AI-free. Lives in Bangalore, India.
Erin Goatkeeper @handtotheneedle.bsky.social maker of art, yarn, fabric, garments, food, & music. Cherokee 🧶 she/her
Ciaránavirus @sarklor.eurosky.social Depressed goblin nightmare boy.
Occasional freelance writer: Warhammer 40K: Wrath & Glory, Imperium Maledictum, Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay. I am also a 2019 Hugo Award Attendee. He/Him etc.
https://ko-fi.com/sarklor
https://www.sarklor.ie/
Dublin Review of Books @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social Ireland's premier review of intellectual inquiry for two decades. Published quarterly (www.drb.ie), entire archive since 2007 available. Everything on totally free access but donations of course welcome to keep us going.
Wesley @wesgo.bsky.social "The revolutions 'bout to be televised. You picked the right time, but the wrong guy!"
Áine Mc Caul ✍🏼 @ainemccaul.bsky.social Currently writing my first novel: an urban fantasy steeped in Irish mythology for YA readers. Donegal-dwelling bodysurfer, baker, hiker, and mountain biker.
Gearóid (pronounced Garrowed) @garrowed.bsky.social Design professional, photography dilettante ¶ Alt text always, usually with additional information ¶ Can't access DMs ¶ http://garrowed.co.uk
Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social Over 30 years in commercial art and more than 20 as a published author – mostly children's and young adult. No hope of ever getting a proper job. Lifelong nerd who's concerned about climate change. No AI slop wanted. He/Him. http://oisinmcgann.com/
David Mac Redmond @davidmacredmond.bsky.social Journalist with The Journal.
Part of the FactCheck team.
I have opinions but I don't take credit for all of them.
@thejournal.ie
@factcheck.thejournal.ie
factchecking.ie
Philippe Marlière @phmarliere.bsky.social Professor of French and European Politics at University College London (UK) |
I am writing a book on the mainstreaming of the far right in France |
Sociology of football | Films and plays |
https://philippemarliere.substack.com/
IrishPhilosophy @irishphilosophy.bsky.social Blog: IrishPhilosophy.com
Catherine Barry, Hume Scholar, working on a PhD at Maynooth University on religious toleration in 18th century Ireland.
#EarlyModern, with a broad interest in Irish intellectual thought.
Rosemary Mac Cabe @rosemarymaccabe.bsky.social Writer, podcaster, reluctant child-wrangler. Irish in Indiana. Author of the bestselling memoir, This is Not About You.
Read my thoughts on life in the US, new (ish) motherhood, money and more at rosemarymaccabe.substack.com
Office of Public Works @opwireland.bsky.social Welcome to the official Bluesky account for the Office of Public Works (OPW)
Our remit covers two main areas - Estate Portfolio Management including Heritage Services and Flood Risk Management (all areas are supported by Corporate Services).
Laura “y’all’d’ve is grammatically correct” Stone @stoneyboboney.bsky.social Author (writing #5), personal cheerleader for nonfiction authors, very enthusiastic about nachos. TX Master Gardener, le$bean 🌈 mom to 3 queer kids & intersectional with my feminism. Future skeleton. Fuck ICE!
http://tinyurl.com/y56fctyy
Stéphanie says… 🏴☠️🦈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social She/Her/Elle 🇫🇷
I will NOT have my life defined by other people’s hate; not by the government, not by the NHS, and DEFINITELY not by the courts, or the EHRC.
Bucket list:
1. Move to a beach.
2. Have no regrets. ✅
3. Drive a Land Rover. ✅
Ellen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social bleached like the skeleton of a stranded walrus
Colm Mulcahy @cardcolm.bsky.social Prof Emeritus Spelman College, Adjunct Prof SETU, Ireland. Board Gathering 4 Gardner. Curator Annals of Irish Maths. Author "Mathematical Card Magic" AKP/CRC Press
@fionnulamac.bsky.social @fionnulamac.bsky.social Retired. Mental/physical health. Trustee/Director of OCD Ireland. Irish. Leftie. Atheist. #SpeirGorm
Hermione Gingold @hermionegingold.bsky.social Sharp-tongued, eccentric character. (Actually a delicately aging AZ girl who faked my way into every job I ever had & still working my ass off in tech. Mainly a re-poster with occasional wild life stories to tell.)
Alan Burns @alanburns.bsky.social Kilmarnock-born Edinburgher, civil servant who likes a lot of music, niche trivia and funny stuff
Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.
Gay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social Ireland’s free, independent LGBTQ+ media since 1988 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Trading name of the NXF (RCN: 20034580)
https://linktr.ee/gcnmag
malorie @malorienilson.com Editor, writer, cellist, lover of dinosaurs, chaotic energy, poltergeist in a human disguise. Just like any modern ghoul trying to have it all—I only wish I had more time to seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade.
they/she
Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social Wickla lad lost in Dublin. Tech by day, family by night, #andacyclist in between.
Dr Daniel McFadden @danielfadden.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Social Work at Maynooth University. Social Support/Trauma/Mental Health/Criminal Justice.
Centre for Cross Border Cooperation @crossborder.bsky.social Armagh, Northern Ireland. Promoting research, information and support across borders on the island of Ireland, Europe, & beyond. Our Border People FLOW project is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. crossborder.ie
Doug Sloane @dougsloane.eurosky.social Post Doug ergo propter Doug
An Unrepentant Corkman
Software / Databases. IFL Snooker
eschneider @eschneider.bsky.social Snoots!🦄👍
Stephie Graphics @cloudsteph.bsky.social Multi-disciplinary designer in Dublin with Clare roots. She/her. Mostly:
🧭 Working on shared mobility services
📚 Studying interiors & architecture
🏠 Renovating an ex-corpo house
🎶 Singing with upper voices
🍜 Eating, or thinking about eating
Morag Friel @moragfriel.bsky.social She/her
Fucking love swearing!
23 months w Long Covid sucks
Fuck billionaires, AI + all fash
Pro LGBTQI+, 🇵🇸 & pro anything that fights people fucking up the planet & our lives
#spéirgorm
#spéirghorm
Scott Santens @scottsantens.com Writer and Unconditional / Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocate
Founder & CEO of UBI-focused nonprofit ITSAfoundation.org
Sign and share the AI Pledge for Humanity for UBI: aipledgeforhumanity.org
My UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com
📩 linktr.ee/scottsantens
Cheekysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social We toast with bitter dregs, to our emptiness.
Simon @moistsimone.bsky.social Animation graduate | 25 | Waster | he/him
Samantha's Silver Earrings @samanthasearrings.bsky.social Silver Jewellery Maker Science, Art, Poetry, Writing, History, Mythology and the Weird, Sterling Silver Jewellery at https://folksy.com/shops/SamanthaStanley
Sussex via Dorset.
Please don't DM me. I'm not age verified.
Back Binface! Slava Ukraine🇺🇦
EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
Natalie Portán @miotaltrom666.bsky.social I’ve got an Olympic gold medal in running my mouth. Yank with a cupla focal. Pit bulls, riffs, Ireland, horror movies. Fascists get the brick.
She/sí
Brian Mackenwells @mackenwells.bsky.social Writes things, likes pencils
www.firebrigademusical.com
Niall Flanagan @juvenialldlinquent.bsky.social Cartoon liker. Enjoys talking about it on podcasts, panels and over some good dinner and drinks. A dandy guy on Earth.
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Jeremy Benson @jembenson.bsky.social Adviser @aqaeducation.bsky.social, MAT and @RSPH.bsky.social trustee, ex-senior civil servant; classical music, #LCFC 🦊, England⚽️🏏, walks, photos, words; husband, father, generally curious
https://substack.com/@jembenson
📍 Leicestershire, UK
Gary G @gravengr.bsky.social Lover of LFC and great music. Why does great music tend to emanate from the North West of England and nowhere else ?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Seamus Ryan @seamusryan.bsky.social 
CM @carollouise.bsky.social ✨Woke✨and proud. She/Her
Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social Science fiction. Fantasy. The universe. And related subjects.
https://beacons.ai/reactormag
Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social Faroe Islander Seabird ecotoxicology, biodiversity and invasive species. Hoarder of bird skulls, feathers & eggshells. Natural history books and taxidermy are my love languages. University of Aberdeen and Glasgow alumni - Menieres
2003 🇫🇴🏴🇩🇰🏴🇫🇴2017
MayF @maykayf.bsky.social Sewcialist. Dub. Love literature, needlework, family. Francophile. Sligo-phile. Dún na nGall-ophile. IT professional. She/her
@MaiF@mastodon.ie
Ryan Roat @ryanroat.bsky.social You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
find me on mastodon at ryanroat@jawns.club as well
T.J. Mitchell @workingstiff.bsky.social NYT bestselling coauthor of the Jessie Teska mysteries #FIRSTCUT & #AFTERSHOCK, & the medical examiner memoir #WORKINGSTIFF. Wife & creative partner Dr Judy Melinek does autopsies. I am careful with her.
Books & columns: https://drworkingstiff.com/books
Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca 🇨🇦 Search and Rescue volunteer, ⛰️🧗🏻♂️⛷️🚵🏻♂️🪢mountain rescuer, SAR manager, software developer (C#, C++), technology and risk expert, transplant recipient.
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh territory
Spagatha Christie @yesmissmurphy.bsky.social 📍LDN
💡 staying delulu is the solulu 💡
Conchúir @biscuitspatinkin.bsky.social I play double bass with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. [Personal account, views my own, not speaking for my employer etc etc]
Amateur banjo player for Irish traditional music. Sitting president of Antifa.
Munster Rugby!
Dana @dpops.bsky.social Fount of useless trivia. Human jukebox. Beatlemaniac. TBTL Ten. Made of industrial-strength awesome. (She/Her)
Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social Computer programmer with interest in CQRS and event sourcing and green technologies. (especially #HempCrete and #heatpumps)
Living in Dublin, Ireland.
Tóg go bog é
Profile picture: Photo of me and a small black dog in the cab of a MF150 tractor
Morgan Jones @morganj0nes.bsky.social i work for persuasion uk and i edit the journal "renewal"
Jennifer O'Meara @jenniferomeara5.bsky.social Read my pinned post. Bigots and fascists won't be tolerated.
Refugees are welcome.
County Clare, Ireland.
Nigel Quinlan @nigellicus.bsky.social Writer, The Maloneys' Magical Weatherbox and Cloak Of Feathers. Repped by The Nuremberg Agency. 
J @jkofl.bsky.social 
Zara Bergstrom @zarabergstrom.bsky.social Cognitive neuroscience of episodic memory.
https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/214/bergstr%C3%B6m-zara
Le Nouvel Obs @nouvelobs.com « Le Nouvel Obs » décrypte la société, la politique, les grands enjeux planétaires, la culture et la vie des idées depuis 60 ans. Reportages, analyses, enquêtes et grands entretiens... rendez-vous sur notre site 👉 https://www.nouvelobs.com
Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social Recent Masters degree in Archaeological Practice at Birkbeck, University of London. Volunteer at Ham House, Richmond. Here to share my love of archaeology.
Jennifer @jennifer-bowman.bsky.social 
Orla 🌞🍻⚽🗳️ @orlam90.bsky.social Derry girl in Donegal.
Usually talking Politics, Football or Golf.
Força Barça 💙❤️ & YNWA
Mammy of 2 🩷🩷
Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social All manner of nerdery and geekery. Gaming. TTRPGS. Dogs. Environment. History. Dubliner. Queer.
Trying to use more Irish - please feel free to correct me if I make mistakes!
Apparently I talk a lot about folk music.
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
Clearyb @clearyb.bsky.social noisysilence.ie Bram Stoker’s Gibbet Hill rotundafoundation.ie/gibbet-hill/ Cochlear implant recipient #accessibility dDeaf/gigs
Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today Academic, writer and commentator, living on unceded Whadjak Noongar Boodja; Hon Research Fellow (UWA).
Once dubbed “a ganja smoking hippy” by PHON’s James Ashby on Sky News.
Fighting to live in a community, rather than exist in an economy. 🚫 DMs.
Sarah Manvel @cairdiul.bsky.social Once I dreamed a cake recipe that could summon a bear, and then a bear appeared in my dream
This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.eurosky.social Journalist turned kids' librarian. Swedish in Finland. Kidlit. Vinyl records. Rather gay. Looks pretty when the light is right. Ibland på svenska. Bear with me. Always loved eurovision, not so sure anymore. He/him. linktr.ee/tobsonhelsinki 🇫🇮
Michael Berk @mivanberk.bsky.social Writer and editor. Managing editor at The Ink.
Sadhbh Ní Shúilleabháin @sivemusic.bsky.social Human in progress. Musicmaker, storyteller, weaver of songs and things. Love as a verb, creativity as resistance. linktr.ee/sivemusic
Mike Karpa @mikekarpa.bsky.social Gay writer of genre-challenged novels with queer casts including Kirkus Best of 2022 thriller “Criminals.”
Linda Máire @lindamaire.bsky.social Documentary filmmaking / books / learning Irish / poetry / cinema / art / cats / music / gardening / border collies / politics / yoga / Punjana tea / corvids / the sea
“If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.” — Agnès Varda
Cartoon Saloon @cartoonsaloon.bsky.social Kilkenny based Cartoon Saloon, established in 1999, is a world renowned Irish animation studio with five Academy Award®nominations, two Golden Globe® nominations and many award wins including BAFTA® and Emmy®.
TransHealthNow @dadtrans.bsky.social Dad of a #Trans child. He/him. www.growinguptransgender.com. @dadtrans on twitter
Alison @traynspotting.bsky.social Real housewives of Majorna cast member.
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Aine Yore, MD 🏳️⚧️🇮🇪 @aineyoremd.bsky.social (pronounced AWN-ya or Anya)
Described by the BBC as “Complex and contentious.” Transgender woman, widow, Emergency Physician, karateka, aviatrix, Apple fangirl. (she/her). 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social writer/poet/educator
https://substack.com/@seanjbates
https://linktr.ee/seanbateswrites
poems in:
Paddler Press
Emerge Literary Journal
Stone Canoe
Rising Phoenix Review
"What Saves Us"anthology ed. Martín Espada https://tinyurl.com/44yksnmp
Esther Gardiner @wildsparkpub.bsky.social Esther Gardiner is a poet–songwriter in Orkney, known for her emotionally honest writing, neurodivergent perspective, and a voice that blends simplicity, depth, and lyrical beauty. Her work celebrates joy, humanity, and the quiet strength found in truth.
Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social Sincerely Anonymous • Open mind • Robust disputation • Politics/History/Economics/Art/Sociology/Human Rights • Gaeilge nó Béarla • Éire💡🕊️
📕📖📚 Read the essays:
🔗 https://forlouth.medium.com
Playboy @playboy.com Welcome to Playboy's official Bluesky page, and yes, we have articles too. Find us at www.Playboy.com.
Cian Ginty @cianginty.bsky.social Editor of IrishCycle.com - runs http://CyclingForAll.ie - cian.ginty@gmail.com
Emma Langford @emmalangfordmusic.bsky.social Folk-adjacent musician, dog-mom, coffee-snob, vegetarian, gun-for-hire vocalist
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social Historian of modern Italy, Associate Professor at UCL, researching history of Italian emigration, the First World War, and difficult heritage of Italian Fascism.
https://selenadaly.com
Pamela Weaver @pamelaweaver.eurosky.social Writing for a living, mostly about tech. Historian in a previous life. Politics, history, bikes, books, cricket, gardening, dogs, music. SocDem.
#FreeSafeLegal
Ireland/France/South Africa 🇮🇪 🇿🇦 🇫🇷
Fair warning: expect photos of dogs, France & cake
Marc de Faoite @marcdefaoite.bsky.social Herbivorous open-water-swimming snowflake bookworm, b. 323.05 ppm. Irish in France. Writer/editor/translator. Work in in Honest Ulsterman, Minor Lit, Irish Times, Courrier International, Cormorant, Incubator, Eastlit, Jaggery, Mekong Review, Esquire ...
Romy McKeever @rrromy.bsky.social 
@generalstreet.bsky.social @generalstreet.bsky.social 
amy o’connor @amyohconnor.bsky.social tv bits, comedy bits, journalism bits 🎀
e-mail: amyohconnor@gmail.com
@seanan1.bsky.social @seanan1.bsky.social 
Donnacha @donnacha.bsky.social Not vicious, or malicious, just de-lovely, and delicious