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Dave Cornell @drdavecornell.bsky.social Philosopher | Writer | Lecturer
www.drdavecornell.com
Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social New writing for radio with complementary music, broadcast every Sunday morning on RTÉ Radio 1, Irish public radio, since 1968. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/sunday-miscellany and the RTÉ Radio app
Curious Readers Podcast @curiousreaderspod.bsky.social Apple Top 10 Book Podcast hosted by Amanda and Joseph delivering great book recommendations to fellow curious readers.
📚 We love Lit Fic/Speculative/Thriller/Memoir/Horror/GN/Classics + narrative non-fiction
🎧 linktr.ee/curiousreaderspodcast
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com Novel development & editing services. Our editors are industry experts and award-winning writers. Take your manuscript to the next level.
DarlingAxe.com
Purple Elephant @purpleelephant75.bsky.social Widow, mother, Nana. Retired Social Worker of 43 years. Genealogist, history buff, arts supporter, crafter, writer, blogger and photography of all kinds. Want the world to be a better place for all who live here. Canadian from Ontario.
Mary Silva Doctor @msdwsd.bsky.social Chief Dogwalker of Wylie| Mother of 3 amazing women and 3 steps | Wife |Community Volunteer | Aspiring Bodhisattva| Grateful 💙 state resident
Charlie Creed @charliecreed.bsky.social Writer from Bristol. Author of The Cat's Tales (@eandtbooks.bsky.social), and The Faery Rules: Forgotten Folklore for Living in Harmony with the Fae (Verbena Books)
@jmceightmv.bsky.social @jmceightmv.bsky.social 
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Yume Kitasei @yumewrites.bsky.social 🇺🇸&🇯🇵 SFF author | 📚: THE DEEP SKY, THE STARDUST GRAIL, SALTCROP (Flatiron). ENVOY (2027) (Tor). Any opinions expressed are my own only. (https://www.yumekitasei.com/links)
dogyard @dogyardmag.com Just a mag chasin’ tales.
We accept all types of work from all (leashed) walks of life: poetry, fiction, essay, art, nonfiction, and more.
Read & Submit 👇
dogyardmag.com
Account ran by @edithkrone.bsky.social
Andrew Bruce-Lockhart @andrewbrucelockhart.co.uk UK, Kent-based author of Pandora's Secret
www.andrewbrucelockhart.co.uk
Film Director
https://sendcake.net/
Photographer
https://drewhartphotography.com/
Cake Eater
Grace Tierney @wordfoolery.bsky.social Word history - books, blog, LMFMRadio
Comedyfic - Channillo
Love to read, craft, garden in Ireland
My Books - wordfoolery.wordpress.com/my-books/
Weekly Word Blog - http://www.wordfoolery.wordpress.com/
Newsletter - subscribepage.io/wordfoolerywhispers
E. E. Blake @ripley-blake.bsky.social Grew up and live in the beautiful American Southwest. Love the outdoors, travel, new challenges, and unexpected adventure. Games intrigue me and writing, editing, and marketing sustain me. Staunch liberal - equality and social justice for all!
Kirsten Grady @mrskgrady.bsky.social Social worker. Red tape slayer. Storyteller with a Wi-Fi connection & a grudge against broken systems.
Dignity > bureaucracy. Always. Social work is political.
Here to advocate, share insights, and spark change.
All views and opinions are my own.
Áine Keenan @ainekeenan.bsky.social An Irish Woman In India
Nic the Bookseller @nic-v.bsky.social Part-time bookseller, full-time reader.
Bristol, UK.
When I read a book, I post a little review here.
Jeanette @jackonette.bsky.social No DMs. Licensed Social Worker recently retired. 🔵 Living in a deep red state, OK, and advocating against hate every day. 🙋♀️ trying to make life better for my kids and grandsons.
💐🥀🌾🪷🌻🌸🪻🌹🌺🌷🌼
Patrick Brannigan @patrickjmb.bsky.social In Choirs; on board of Housing Rights NI, worked at QUB Belfast
An Dún/music/nature/whatever resonates....
Mahoganygaspipes @mahoganygaspipes.bsky.social Slava Ukraini
IT drone, cat butler
"Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all"
Teresa Collins @queen-crafty.bsky.social She/Her Dreamer of dreams, socialist and sociable. Nature, crochet, rewilding, history and animals hold my interest. Former migrant, now back in Ireland.
Truth is the daughter of time.
Kevin Hickey @kevhic.bsky.social Corkonian. Retired. Volunteer. Married to a Mexican Ex CEO EIL/AFS Intercultural Learning @EILIreland.
Robin Bates @beowulfbates.bsky.social Professor of literature, teacher, husband, father, liberal, Episcopalian, blogs daily at betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com. Author of Better Living through Literature: How Books Change Lives and (Sometimes) History
Owen W Knight Author @owenwknightauthor.bsky.social Author of Conditions Are Different After Dark, Another Life and The Visitors. #SpeculativeFiction #DarkFiction 🇵🇸
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social #ClimateChange #Renewables #Ecosocialism #Think32 #ElinorOstrom #Commons #CorneliusCardew #GaeilgeGachLá #BoycottTrump
Val @magnumlady.bsky.social Blogger, photographer and wannabe artist. Passionate about Sligo & Ireland.
Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social Uncovering history across Maine. I detect properties for owners to showcase their history by finding items lost by past inhabitants. Credited with discovering a Militia/Civil War muster field in ME. Posts about Maine history and things that interest me.
Christina Lattimer @christinalattimer.bsky.social Living From Your Higher Self - love sharing the collective wisdom we all know on a level https://peopledevelopmentmagazine.com
Lola_Clare @lolaclare.bsky.social Twitter migrant. Social media creep. Chronic reposter. Interests include art, culture, environment, politics, science & society...the world in general 🌍 Earnest engager with a fondness for snark and irreverance. Thanks for stopping by 👋
Zoë Miller Books @zoemillerauthor.bsky.social Irish author~suspense~intrigue
THE GIRLS' TRIP: https://linktr.ee/girlstripbook
THE BIRTHDAY WEEKEND & more...
www.zoemillerauthor.com
Loves: books •walking •photography •nature •music
*no DMs ty
Pub:Hachette Ireland
Rep:Sheila Crowley,Curtis Brown
SheilaGalway @sheila-garrity.bsky.social West coast of Ireland is home. Relocated Canadian. On a bike, in the sea, or in the camper. Researcher/academic. she/her #humanrights #irelandisnotfull #freepalestine
Igo @igo107.bsky.social Secular humanist leeching knowledge from better people than me.
AuDHDer
AG pan leprechaun
pronouns: he/him they/them
Always Antifa.
Free Palestine
Liberate the Congo
Slava Ukraine
Greg 🤍 MidwestUSA @midwestusa.bsky.social No AI ever ! 🤍 Travel, adventurer, builder, music, winery’s, brewery’s and curiosity just living on a hobby farm growing grapes, hops, apples and a little gardening. Photographing experiences. All are taken by me and are real.
@jbreen64.bsky.social @jbreen64.bsky.social 
After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Fiction Publisher. Top 10 (Chill Subs) LitMag 2023-2024, books, & podcasts. $ subscriptions (& Patreon) pay writers.
Links: https://bio.site/afterdinner
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS
Lexidh Solstad @lexidh.catpasity.com 100% Original content!
Norwegian childfree crazy cat lady, married to a crazy dog man, trying to juggle chronic pain, adulting, crafting, reading, gardening, writing, and managing buildings/projects/investments. May contain nuts and insanity.
President of Ireland @president.ie Updates on the work of Uachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly
https://linktr.ee/PresidentIRL
Simon Bourke @simonbourke.bsky.social Mentally ill, old, Irish, intransigent, atheist, feminist, socialist. Retired journalist, university lecturer, researcher. Book lover. No DMs accepted or sent.🐺 Wolves, Ay We?
Anne Halpin @aineniailpin.bsky.social Eternal optimist, gardener and animal lover who appreciates calm (unless it’s crashing waves in turbulent seas). All humans are created equal and beautiful. Mind one another.
dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social She/her, Irish, 2 kids, 3 cats, 1 dog; many books, unfinished knitting projects, dreams and good intentions; insufficient dopamine receptors. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net Listen to the station live here: http://vintageobscura.net
All tracks are:
- More than 25 years old
- Have fewer than 30,000 views on YouTube
- Curated by community reddit.com/r/vintageobscura
Ita O’Kelly @itaokelly.bsky.social Journalist/Essayist
@clochanard.bsky.social @clochanard.bsky.social ...
Anti-theist Agnostic
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social 🌱 Grow Food 🌎 Heal the Planet
🐝 For gardeners learning to grow regeneratively ♻️
📚 FREE knowledge + community on our website! ↙️
https://learndirt.com/
@thegreenlefty.bsky.social @thegreenlefty.bsky.social Tall lad with a tendency to ask people to vote Green!
Claire Higgins @clarniugin.bsky.social From Co. Antrim, Ireland. Madly interested in politics, sport. Irish republican, feminist, disability activist. Celtic FC & Antrim GAA fan, daft about quizzes. Aspiring Gaeilgoir...
Only here for the cheer (because sure I sound an absolute hoot)
LoucheBop @louchebop.bsky.social Yep, still working at the antiques store... nothing new there.
Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social Dedicated feline enthusiast, avid reader, music lover, tea drinker, pro-abortion feminist, history fan, Marshmallow, pro adoptee rights, fond of the gin. Si/i. Dublin, Ireland.
Hilary @poachedplum.bsky.social Be kind. It makes life so much easier especially mixed with good food & a bit of culture #speirgorm
Susan G @susangriff.bsky.social 🇮🇪From (& back in), Limerick. Previous stints in Wales & Cork. Likes film, good tv, books, music, Munster Rugby. Wife, mother, dog mama, ex-academic. Retired early. Living with Heart Failure. Always anti-racist. Always anti-fascist. Sometimes tired.
James @jhshelley.bsky.social Leixlip, Ireland. Forever a Dub.
Not wealthy enough to be considered eccentric, just getting through life as best as one can.
Posts generally good things, and sometimes reactions to bad.
Images unless reposted or otherwise stated are all taken by myself.
Ann Stapleton BL @annstapleton.bsky.social Lawyer and Mum based in Dublin, Ireland and Cher (18), France
All posts are my own opinion except reposts which ≠ endorsement
#speirgorm
Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social Cultural historian. Associate Professor, School of History & Geography, University of Limerick. Current book project -the development of Catholic architecture in Ireland, 1780s-1950s. #CeaseFireInGaza https://pure.ul.ie/en/persons/niamh-nicghabhann-coleman
Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social English Language & Literature. Quondam Prof. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to three dogs and a cat.
Thue - 2E @robthue.bsky.social DNA says:
• Norway 50%
• Ireland (Ulster & Northern Ireland) 23%
• Germanic Europe 11%
• Finland 3%
• France 3%
• Wales 3%
• Scotland 3%
• Denmark 2%
• Iceland 2%
James Furey @furryjams.bsky.social Records stuff. Mostly memories, always Cork.
[Currently working on Cork Docklands Oral History Project]
Philolithia@bsky.social @philolithia.bsky.social Prehistoric landscapes, skyscapes, cosmology, folklore & nature. Meirionnydd #StandingStones PhD researcher Bournemouth Uni. Cymraes dw i. (She/they).
Jonathan Haidt @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social Social psychologist at NYU-Stern, working to roll back the phone-based childhood. Please visit anxiousgeneration.com & afterbabel.com 
lynbw @lynbw.bsky.social visual artist: ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎
she/her
Alf 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈🧷🦮🐈🦊🦝🦡🌳🌿🍄🐧🐦⬛🦉🐝🐸🦆👽 @rowlandpeveril.bsky.social Print journalist of yore, identifying as a dentiloquent old terrier, posting pith & whimsy for your delectation.
"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else" - Charles Dickens (OMF)
All IMHHO
#SaveTheNHS
Sundowner 🍋 @sundownerstudio.bsky.social Food | Drinks | The Sea 🌊 | Cross the street to say hello to dogs | Slow Art
Get your handmade lino print here - www.sundownerstudio.co.uk
Collette @cmcg123.bsky.social Small but mighty. Kindness is a super power.
Nataniel’s Astro Road Trips @natanielsart.bsky.social Southwest astrophotographer.
Reconnecting people with nature & night sky🌌✨
📷 16 auroras since April 2023 at ~36°N 🤩
www.nataniels.com - Prints & 2026 astroplanner
https://www.instagram.com/natanielsart
https://youtube.com/@natanielsart?si=-3tfScm6SgXdGqi6
@pippin04.bsky.social @pippin04.bsky.social 
Maria Gilsenan @gilsenan.bsky.social Dubliner living in Cork. Spent 20 years working overseas in EU, Asia & Africa. Entrepreneur and business educator, promoting a forward-thinking business school. Passionate about global experiences and empowering others in leadership and growth
Deborah @deborahhh.bsky.social Interests varies. Follow along if you’d like but be warned, I’m boring
She/Her
El Baz @barryof.bsky.social Sometimes Baz. IT veteran to pay the bills, in a big CRO. Cyclist with MBW. Love alt music from the Cure to Lloyd Cole, guitar, sci-fi, Leinster rugby, MUFC (for my sins), F1 (Aston fan). 3 nippers, 1 wife, 1 cavapoo
@debgdbd.bsky.social @debgdbd.bsky.social Social work, Psychology, Project Manager.
Views my own, she/her.
Guy Le Jeune 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 @guylejeune.eurosky.social Herder of Jabberwocks, #music maker, #theatre head, #writer of fables, #tree planter, too many #guitars
#Adopted #Autistic #ADHD #AuDHD #Quaker
Mostly #Irish, mostly harmless. Living in #Donegal. Born @ 320ppm.
https://linktr.ee/guylejeune
Emma Langford @emmalangfordmusic.bsky.social Folk-adjacent musician, dog-mom, coffee-snob, vegetarian, gun-for-hire vocalist
Suzie @suzieqwx2021.bsky.social A former lover of X
Full time wife and mother. Love the craic and just want a bit of peace and quiet and the world to be a better place. 
Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social Arts appreciator, bad runner, follower of unsuccessful sports teams • Unhealthy levels of Laois content • Climate action, sustainable transport, parking • Board member @ Laois Arts Theatre Company • ‘A credit to Adverts’
🌍 Dublin
Alex Wright @alexwr.bsky.social Reader, educator, Irish, #AEN, mama of boys/pets.If I don't answer, I'm on a beach, in a hammock, with good books and something lovely. I can smell the sea from here.
Bidwell @ebidwell.bsky.social They/them. West Cork, queer, and grumpy 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍷Lecturer for Women’s Studies in UCC when not on an island. Dr Bidwell when I feel the need. “Quid ipsa actualis fornicatio geritur?”
Fiona @fnclln.bsky.social 🍞 agus 🎪🎪
#SpéirGorm
Tori aka Ríans Nana ✨️ Banríon @justtori.bsky.social Nana, mum, wife, etc...
Worked in Retail, Hospitality, Food, Recruitment, Tech, & Wine🍷, tho, not all at once!
Rarely quiet...
#ChronicIllness 👑 ♿️ #ChronicPain
#PsoriaticArthritis #AnkylosingSpondylitis #Osteoarthritis #TorisHip #TorisHip2Point0
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇪🍉
Dienw Neb @bareroot.bsky.social Writer of odd books
https://noshelterbooks.com/
Reposting & posting unpolished thoughts as I work on my current project.
@doyler138.eurosky.social @doyler138.eurosky.social Cats, politics, Everton, pints, Dublin. #besound
Mim @mimmcloughlin.eurosky.social Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor
Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social ▪︎ Reading, writing & thinking about the moral foundation of scholarship
▪︎ Author of Doing Good Social Science: http://bit.ly/3EgFA2z
▪︎ More about my work: immersiveresearch.co.uk
▪︎ DM for speaking/workshop requests
Eileen Glackin @eileen100.bsky.social Ireland by country;Donegal (profile pic)by birth;Dublin by base; Love a good tune and all things family.
Borderireland @borderireland.bsky.social Irish Nationalist with a social conscience.
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
Heather Steall @millionpeople4pets.bsky.social Thank’s for following I Bet I Can Find One Million People Who LOVE Their Pets Unconditionally founded on fb. Join us in our quest to find like minded animal, nature and lovers of life from around the globe to make this world a better place for all to live!
@treasa017.bsky.social @treasa017.bsky.social Aspiring Gaeilgeoir, working for a better world than the one we have right now
She/her/sí/í
Apple Atcha @appleatcha.bsky.social
An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes. SunTsu
disturbedByVoices @godhatesgoth.bsky.social Chronic distributor of dark art, music, and humor to the benefit (nay detriment) of those who follow. Abandon all hope ye who enter within... 🖤💀 https://godhatesgoth.com #gothic #postpunk #synthwave #darkwave #horror #horrorfam #darkart #darkhumor
Christopher Artinian @chrisartinian.bsky.social Yorkshire born best-selling author of 53 books #Dystopian #Apocalyptic #Horror. Living in the Outer Hebrides. A cinephile who loves music (anything from jazz to metal), cricket, and growing stuff in my polytunnel. Vegan FTA. www.christopherartinian.com