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
Kildare Library Service @kildarelibrary.bsky.social Welcome to Kildare Library Service! #LoveYourLibrary
https://linktr.ee/kildarelibraries
*Account not monitored out of hours*
Kildare County Council’s Social Media Policy - https://kildarecoco.ie/YourCouncil/CustomerService/SocialMediaPolicy/
Hugo Brady Brown @aodhbc.bsky.social Books, radio, newspapers, magazines, music. Nineteen followers. Not posting is the shorter and saner route to the same result.
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/
Claire @calire.bsky.social Doing digital stuff in local government. Likes books
Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social Freelance writer, full-time reader, commission-me-anytime reviewer. (For many, most of the places you'd imagine, plus some you might not. That's the joy of freelancing...) susiemesure.com
Anne O'Leary @anneoleary.bsky.social #Writer from Cork, eejit, loves a quiet book
The artist formerly known as @wordherding on Twitter
Blog, often with competition listings: https://anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/
Sara McSweeney @sarmcs.bsky.social Books, cats & a dog, choirs, foodie (one time food scientist), swimming, politics, history and Cork. Order depends on the day. Secularist.
Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social Climate Alarm Clock podcast host (https://the-climate-alarm-clock.captivate.fm/)
Sanctuary Runner (www.sanctuaryrunners.ie).
https://notherenotanywhere.com/
#LoveDonegal #ClimateActionNow
Laura Schellhardt @lschell99.bsky.social Playwright, professor, mother of dragons. Big fan of the ellipsis. Will definitely post something here… eventually.
Maria Ní Fhlatharta @nifhla.bsky.social Personal ramblings on law & policy | Legal capacity, institutions, reproductive rights, human rights in healthcare | @InclusivePolicy | she/sí/í Migrant. Disabled. Aotearoa and Eire.
Sylvia Leatham @sylvialeatham.bsky.social Award-winning author. Debut spec-fic romcom ‘Chaos Theory’ with Storm Publishing. Rep’ed by Liverpool Lit. Silver at Farnham Lit Audiobook Awards; SL'ed for The Letter Review, Watson Little Indie Novella; LL’ed for Mslexia. https://linktr.ee/SylviaLeatham
Joanne Lew Vriethoff illustrator @joannelewvriethoff.bsky.social Book illustrator, proud mama of two, collector of old and new books, tree hugger, loyal, introvert but appreciates authentic friendships, dreamer, peace of mind, letting go and trust are my new motto
www.joannelewvriethoff.com
FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social FWC is a multi-state Indivisible Group and a grassroots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
https://indivisible.org
Scene + Heard @sceneandheard.bsky.social Festival of new work across all genres by Clíona Dukes + Caoimhe Connolly of Cackle Management. A smorgasboard of ideas + adventures.
Imagery: Ste Murray
Running: FEB 12 - 28 2026 at Smock Alley Theatre
www.sceneandheard.ie
Mark O'Connell @markoconnell.bsky.social Writer. Author. Bond Fan.
CATCHING BULLETS - MEMOIRS OF A BOND FAN
WATCHING SKIES - STAR WARS SPIELBERG & US
BOND, QUEER BOND - THE FABULOUS OTHER HISTORY OF A SPY
Rep'd by Vivienne Clore
#JamesBond #WatchingSkies #BondQueerBond
www.markoconnell.co.uk
Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social Writer, editor, screenwriter, journalist. Based in Dublin.
My profile on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/3ATOb
David Toms @daithitoms.bsky.social Writer. Hold Over Fire (2026) coming soon from Veer2.
Pacemaker (Banshee Press, 2022). Northly (Turas Press, 2019). Writing recently in Magma, DRB, aswirl, Banshee, Gorse.
🇮🇪 living in 🇳🇴.
Ciara Murphy @ciaralynnmurphy.bsky.social Escaping from the other place…Lecturer in Drama at TU Dublin | Lead Researcher on Safe to Create (she/her)
Read my book: https://www.routledge.com/Performing-Social-Change-on-the-Island-of-Ireland-From-Republic-to-Pandemic/Murphy/p/book/9781032078151?srsl
Emmet Kirwan @emmetkirwan.bsky.social Playwright & Actor
Reps. Writing: Curtis Brown. Acting: United UK & Lisa Richards IRL
https://linktr.ee/Emmetkirwan?fbclid=PAAaat-_vsdAnFapXO9hCuc6FR70ksrDJw7l-m7w4
Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social I was that @theirishfor guy on Twitter.
"Calling 353" on @thejournal.ie
Author of Motherfoclóir & Craic Baby. He/Him. Wink in bio 😉
Catherine Prasifka @prasifcat.bsky.social none of this is serious, OUT NOW / this is how you remember it, OUT NOW / John Broderick Writer-in-Residence 2025 / find my thoughts in the Irish Indo
angela merky @rthcnnghm.bsky.social can’t swim, can’t dance, don’t know karate
🇵🇸
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.
@rosieaveryarms.bsky.social @rosieaveryarms.bsky.social Book worm; history, esp 19th c U.S., theology, Medieval mystery fan; church musician; writer; James Garfield & Frances Perkins stan; she/her #NOKINGS #NoTerfs #civilrightsarehumanrights #separationofchurchandstate #COVIDisairborne #respiratorswork
JEFFREY ROBINSON @writingfactory.bsky.social Old fashioned storyteller, bestselling #author 30+books, keynote speaker, television, film, radio. #9/11 #MoneyLaundering #Fraud #Fiction #BookSky
WEBSITE: jeffreyrobinson.com
https://substack.com/@writingfactory
https://linktr.ee/jeffreyrobinson
Eilionóir Flynn @eilionoirflynn.bsky.social Director, Centre for Disability Law and Policy, University of Galway. Interested in disability, intersectionality, access to justice and legal capacity. She/her.
Ian Lynam he/him @ianlynamcomedian.bsky.social Queer Irish neurodivergent comedian and advocate. Writer of Autistic License and Semicolon.
Host of Spoons.
Creator of the Tywin Lannister Muppets Tumblr post
He/him 🇵🇸
Cameron Hill @cameronhill.bsky.social Evening Sports Journalist with Off The Ball. 📻
Known associate of Saturday Sports Boy™️.
Also do bits for The Pat Kenny Show, Lunchtime Live on Newstalk.
Marie Boran @marieboran.bsky.social News reporter at the Carlow Nationalist | TechCentral columnist | Cat parent | Lover of point ‘n click adventure games | Laois native
https://muckrack.com/marie-boran
@elainecoffey.bsky.social @elainecoffey.bsky.social 
Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social Writer. Irish-Vietnamese. Author of Iron Age: The Art of Ghostface Killah (2019) and Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur (May 2025). Agent: Chris Clemans at Janklow Nesbit
Catherine Walsh @catwalshwriter.bsky.social I write bestselling romantic comedies and get migraines
James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie Art with machines; design at Publicis; enthusiastic cat herder.
www.pilcrow.ie
Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Irish author
Fic/non-fic
The "Finfarran" novels
Standalone novel #AWinterWedding Hachette Sept 2026
Keynote speaker
London UK/Corca Dhuibhne Irl
Lit rep: Gaia Banks, Sheil Land Associates UK
Linktree: https://rb.gy/g9pf2
Orla Owen @orlaowenwriting.bsky.social Author of The Lost Thumb, PAH, Christ On A Bike | Longlisted Dublin Literary Award 2025 | A Circle Of Strangers coming Spring 2027 with Bluemoose Books | Rep: Susan Armstrong at C&W | Website: www.orlaowen.com
(Dr) John O'Donovan @jodcork.bsky.social Lecturer, Centre for Adult & Continuing Education (ACE), UCC
PhD (UCC School of History) 2026
Foroige leader
All round procrastinator
Cat slave
Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social Writer of The Lodger, Me and Mickie James, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel. Lambda Award Finalist. Leicestershire Short Story Prize winner. Saltburn - Feb 2025.
Indie Press supporter.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
MD ANT
https://linktr.ee/drewgum
IrishBookBundle @irishbookbundle.bsky.social Bookshelves in Canada, heart in Ireland. Also art, embroidery, travel, languages and social history. Trying to avoid politics, but…
Seán Connolly @theseanconnolly.bsky.social Writer, YouTuber, Internetter-in-general. Behind & in front of the camera for The TRY Channel on YouTube. He/Him.
Contact: theseanconnolly1@gmail.com
Laura Ní S @ismiselaura.bsky.social Lefty intersectional feminist with a habit of tripping over her own feet.
Cis Sí/Í She/Her
Books, Sims, history, feminism, tourguiding, storytelling, coffee.
Cúpla Focal, Táim ag foghlaim Gaeilge.
Saoirse don Phalaistín 🍉
📍Monaghan, Ireland.
Dylan O'Neill @dylan-0-journo.bsky.social Musical theatre enthusiast & professional pun-maker. Pagination Journalist with The Irish Times. Views my own. Interests:🎬 🎭 🎼📺📚 (He/him)
ash 🍉 @smashingaisling.bsky.social dissent in the streets, consent in the sheets • #freesafelegal • #ACAB • #HomesForAll • #IrelandForAll • #ActuallyAutistic • sí/í
Sarah Manvel @cairdiul.bsky.social Once I dreamed a cake recipe that could summon a bear, and then a bear appeared in my dream
Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com Politics guy @virginmedianews.bsky.social; host of Monday with Gavan Reilly (10pm, Virgin Media One); weekly columnist @thejournal.ie; bestselling author of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞: linktr.ee/gavreilly
Eryk Pruitt @erykpruitt.bsky.social Author of SOMETHING BAD WRONG and BLOOD RED SUMMER. Co-owner of YONDER in Hillsborough, NC. Not responsible for that smell.
Aoife @prettyppd.bsky.social Book Tuber, book lover, food eater, romance reader. Irish in Berlin. She/sí/sie
Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social I write comedy and kid's stuff & also do various workshops with people of all ages.
Galaxy Fest, Storytime Takeover, Ranger Rae, The Skewer, News Quiz, Now Show & more
2024 - 2027 Arts Council Ireland YPCE Bursary
https://www.aidanfitzmaurice.com/
sarah maria griff @griffski.bsky.social don’t do anything i wouldn’t do 😎
now: eat the ones you love 🌱
next: strange is the light 👁️✨
& then: everything not saved🐅
niamh @niamheile.bsky.social you miss 100% of the yees you don’t haw 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
📍kildare, ireland
(@geniamha on the bird app)
Áine @himynameisaine.bsky.social emo, cat person, book worm 
Siobhan Feely @siobhanfeely.bsky.social views expressed are my own.
Twitter Exile 💩
No DMs
🇮🇪 🇵🇸
trashling moanin @trashlingmoanin.bsky.social Wrecked
David Kent @dkentjourno.bsky.social Fast News Editor for the Irish Independent. He/him.
John Joyce @johnjoyce.bsky.social @john__joyce on twitter (will depart soon)
📍Maynooth
Music snob | Spurs | GAA | Eagles | Sixers
Hoping to become a brand ambassador for Squashies
Paul Hosford @hosford.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor for the Irish Examiner. Dimestore Saint. True Scene Leader. Tiny Change enthusiast. 
TheBookshop.ie @thebookshopie.bsky.social A Tipperary, Ireland based indie bookseller of new, old and inbetween books. Spend €20 & get free shipping !
Gaeilge agus fáilte.
www.thebookshop.ie
linktr.ee/thebookshop.ie
https://www.instagram.com/thebookshop.ie/
Moan Chomsky @moanchomsky.bsky.social Seeking refuge from the hellsite
Trish Byrne @trishyb.bsky.social She/her or they/them.
In: Books, films, dogs, telly, roof gulls, SRK, Stardew Valley.
Out: AI shite, billionaires, images with no alt text.
Profile image is SRK on the phone, wearing a cute pink jumper.
Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social Half man, half-wit.
Dublin, Ireland.
I have a book.
https://linktr.ee/richycraven
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Caoimhe @caoimhetiernan.bsky.social A wee software engineer who likes sewing, RPGs & LARPs, the environment and knowing what's going on. She/her
omg boys @applecorething.bsky.social 
Fox Lane Books 🦊 @foxlanebooks.bsky.social 🦊Indie bookseller with an online shop📚Lots of signed books & special editions 🦊 Sale sections all year round with book bargains📚Gift packages, book subscriptions & E-gift cards available🦊Bookish gifts📚 FoxLaneBooks.co.uk 🦊
Aoife Martin @lockdownbookclub.bsky.social You know, from the other place.
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social Author, very professional.
Buy my debut novel PRESTIGE DRAMA at https://geni.us/Prestige_Drama.
Get my extremely good memoir at www.mammybook.com
Gabriel Beecham @gbeecham.bsky.social Language lover, anaesthetist, politics junkie. Dubliner on exile in London. Sé/é, he/him. 🇬🇭🇮🇪
Holly 🌻 @hollyilex.bsky.social Clin Psych 🧠| Feminist🙋🏻♀️|Carb Enthusiast🍝|#repealed| #endDP| She/Her| Views are my own, but likely socially constructed.
🇵🇸 @truemessiah.bsky.social 
Harry McKillen @harrymckillen.com Software Engineer 🖥️ • Éireannach 🇮🇪 as Cill Chainnigh ⬛🟨• Sé/É • Typically sardonic • Championship Manager 97/98 Aficionado
https://harrymckillen.com
Karl Stanley @karlstanley.bsky.social Twitter migrant. Dublin City Councillor for Clontarf. Also on mastodon, but rarely: https://mastodon.ie/@karlstanley
Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social (Socio)linguist at TU-Dortmund: military-adjacent linguistic landscapes in the KMC, Germany
Virtual breathing spaces for minority languages
Language Policy | Ethics
Jewish and nonzionist. Maxim flouter. Full of boundless enthusiasm. She/Her
Robyn 🧚🏻🏳️🌈✨ @absolutehunzo.bsky.social Aiming to slay but mostly just surviving.
I’ll probs be more boring here than on twitter tbh 
Carrie Kelly @karolinecelly.bsky.social Aspiring bog body and bionic individual.
Cian Ó Concubhair @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social Lectures criminal law, policing & criminology @ Maynooth University
Research: policing, media, crime, legitimacy & trust, power & resistance
Views personal
Sé/é
Dublin via da Banner
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/cian-concubhair
Juvenalia @juvenalia.bsky.social Juvenalia is a pop culture podcast where a guest joins Alan Maguire, Sarah Maria Griffin, and Andrea Cleary to talk about a piece of pop culture that they were obsessed with when they were young. It’s good, you’ll like it.
Artwork: @deevseverything- N @neasaconneally.bsky.social @neasaconneally.bsky.social
Cupán Tayla ☕️ @cupantayla.bsky.social Cackling through the chaos 🧙♀️ Limerick City's most right honorable pigeon witch 🐦 firm supporter of the return of the jort 👖🤏 she/her 🇮🇪🏳️🌈
Grace Rattigan (Reck) @frillyflossy.bsky.social 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🇮🇪 Interested in Politics & Cooking.
See my FOOD Insta @ TheGoodTheBadTheTasty
NSS Patient Rep. Married Mammy of 2 ❤️
I wrote “Being mammy without Mam”💔
https://frillyflossy.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/first-blog-post/
Derek Troy @flammecast.bsky.social Former Podcaster, Dad, Cyclist, Nerd, Systems Admin.
http://flammecast.com/linktree/
Twitter @derektroy / @flammecast
Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird @niamhnih.bsky.social Disability activist and journalist ♿️ Interested in disability issues, accessible comms and politics. Email: niamh.h96@gmail.com
Daithi @daithig.bsky.social I even gave up, for a while, stopping by the window of the room to look out at the lights and deep, illuminated streets. That's a form of dying, that losing contact with the city like that.
🎅 Sally na Nollaig 🎅 @sallynanollaig.bsky.social 
Elaine @linglang.bsky.social Linglang from over yonder. I can’t believe I’m even doing all this again.
Oh well.
She/her
Muireann McCann @muireannsmccann.bsky.social PhD from EUI History interested in 19thC Ireland, Paris, Rome, migration, Catholicism and revolution (She/her)
Lorna Bogue @lornabogue.bsky.social Leader of An Rabharta Glas. Cork City Councillor. Candidate for Cork South-Central general election 2024.
Is Féidir Domhan Níos Fearr a Chruthú - A Better World is Possible!
kelly @earley.bsky.social co-host of For Tech's Sake & columnist at The Journal
personal writing: kellysrubbish.substack.com
Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights. Irish emigrant. I write about emergencies, terrorism, constitutional theory, and human rights.
Sonia @yetsofar.bsky.social 
Niall Anderson @elvisbunuelo.bsky.social Some people can't be told you know. They have to learn the hard way.
Nicky Ryan @nickyryan.ie Editorial Multimedia Lead with @thejournal.ie, co-author of The Last Disco, and gobshite. Produced documentary podcasts Stardust + Redacted Lives
Living in Dublin, from Wexford (and a little Waterford and a little Meath).He/Him. nicky.jm.ryan[at]gmail.com
Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social Editor, co-founder @dublininquirer.bsky.social.
John Loftus @loftysounds.bsky.social Presenter/Producer - 8radio.com
Writer/Reviewer - GoldenPlec.com
Zoe Vance @zoev22.bsky.social 🇮🇪 post doc-ing in Bath, living in Bristol. Political complaining with flavours of bioinf and evol bio. Interested in gene dosage evolution and polyploids
Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social Journalist for @DublinInquirer.com mostly covering immigration. Send tips/stories/hellos to Shamim@dublininquirer.com
Abbie @abbie23.bsky.social May post about Discworld, crochet, techie stuff or cats… definitely cats… cats are nice… interested in politics - no MAGA/Eirexit goons, no fundie religious and no DMs - if I don’t know you in person - I will block you
Dónal O’Flynn @donaloflynn.bsky.social Music, Media and More… (he/him) [ho/hum when I’m grumpy!]
Karl @karldaly.bsky.social Show me the Champion of Light.
I'll show you the Herald of Darkness.
Irish abroad in Seattle. Longtime appreciator of quality nonsense.
Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social Irish writer. Leonard and Hungry Paul, Panenka, Ghost Mountain. Richard Heart Julianne out in summer 2027
www.ronanhession.com
Music as Mumblin' Deaf Ro https://mumblindeafro.bandcamp.com/