Marc Scully

@marcscully.bsky.social

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Lecturer in Psychology at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Does social psychology & qualitative methods, interested in identity in diaspora. Lives in Cork. Spends more time on the N20 than is good for me.

A scene from the 1990 World Cup Final. Argentinian players surround the referee.
Comic strip panels where Goscinny & Uderzo enthusiastically plan one of their Astérix stories until the cafe owner takes fright and has them brought away in an ambulance.
A page from King Baby by Kate Beaton. A father is offering a small ball to his baby son saying “Here you go, champ.” The baby responds “Wehhh” angrily. The picture is captioned “Not this thing! The other thing! Bring me the other thing!”
An archway in a limestone building with the name Bát. Bélénos written next to it.
A view of Lyon from the basilica.
A man in a light blue shirt stands next to a PowerPoint presentation.
A man is standing next to a PowerPoint presentation. The title slide is in blue and reads “Not Irish enough”: everyday nationalism and contested Irishness.
A riverside scene of Lyon’s Old Town at dusk, with Passerelle St Georges in the foreground.
A riverside view of the University of Lyon.
A comic book scene from Asterix in Belgium where Chief Vitalstatistix meets the Belgian chief, Beefix. Vitalstatistix: And you’re Belgians? Beefix: That’s right. You’re likely to meet Belgians in Belgium.
A three-story red brick Victorian building with a striking turret feature in early morning sunshine.
A 4-panel comic strip called Roasted First panel: KARL’S FOOTBALL KNOWLEDGE Second panel: PRE-WORLD CUP. A man wearing black stands silently and glances to his right. Third panel: DURING WORLD CUP. The same man points at a screen and shouts the following phrases: “THEY'RE WEAK AT THE BACK” “THEY'RE PLAYING WITH ONE UP FRONT WHICH IS VERY SURPRISING FOR THEM” “HE'S GOT TO UP THE TEMPO IN TNE SECOND HALF, GET AN ATTACKING MIDFIELDER ON” “HE HASN'T GOT THE SERVICE SO YOU CAN’T BLAME HIM” “TOO MANY LONG BALLS” “THEY'RE DANGEROUS ON SET PIECES” “YOU CAN’T SIT BACK ON A ONE GOAL LEAD” Fourth panel: POST WORLD CUP The man stands silently, glancing to his left.
A close up of the sculpture of Jesus, arms outstretched, on the facade of Christ the King Church, Turner’s Cross, Cork.
The front-facing aspect of the architecturally significant Christ the King Church, Turner’s Cross, Cork.
A scene from a match between Scotland & Brazil at the 1990 World Cup. The Brazilian player Müller, taps the ball into an empty goal at close range as Scottish goalkeeper Jim Leighton looks on despairingly.
A meme where an older child is sitting in the back seat of a car between two crying toddlers, and is clasping her hands over her ears in desperation. The older child is labelled 'Spéirghorm', while the toddlers are labelled 'UK Bluesky' and 'US Bluesky' respectively.
Homer Simpson, dishevelled from a blazing barbecue, and speaking to Flanders, says "Well, well well. Looks like hanging out with Cousin Sean from Southie isn't so cringe after all."
Chief Wiggum, in character on stage, sings "Long before the Superdome, where the Saints of football play" before a backdrop of a stadium.
A man around the age of 60 being interviewed by RTE News. He says “I suppose Cape Verde will be one of them and…”
The video recorder was still going strong four years later. Like Diego Maradona, the star of Mexico 86, it went on to play in four World Cups, before eventually – also like Maradona – blowing up during USA 94
A series of Doonesbury comic strips featuring Zonker Harris. The running joke is that every character he encounters is running for Governor of California.
A section of the front page of the Irish Times weekend magazine. The caption reads: Star man Chef Ahmet Dede on turning a tiny west cork village into a culinary hotspot
St Finbarrs dual player Jamie Burns
Lola Young and CMAT celebrate backstage Presented by the Ivors Academy, the peer-judged award ceremony celebrates and recognises songwriting and composing. Source: Press Association Click here for more music news. More on Entertainment News CMAT Elton John
An election poster reading "Make Crime Illegal - Vote Nick Delehanty, Independent"
This commitment to results means, inevitably, that fans and journalists see games in a profoundly different way. In 1969 I saw George Best play, and score, for Manchester United at Highbury. The experience should have been profound, like seeing Nijinsky dance, or Maria Callas sing, and though I do talk about it in that way sometimes, to younger fans, or those who missed out on Best for other reasons, my fond account is essentially phoney: I hated that afternoon. Every time he got the ball he frightened me, and I wished then, as I suppose I wish now, that he had been injured. And I have seen Law and Charlton, Hoddle and Ardiles, Dalglish and Rush, Hurst and Peters, and the same thing happened: I have not enjoyed anything these players have ever done at Highbury (even though I have, on occasions, grudgingly admired things they have done against other teams). Gazza's free kick against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley was simply astonishing, one of the most remarkable goals I have ever seen . . . but I wish with all my heart that I had not seen it, and that he had not scored it. Indeed, for the previous month I had been praying that Gascoigne would not be playing, which emphasises the separateness of football: who would buy an expensive ticket for the theatre and hope that the star of the show was indisposed?
Learning to Talk Whenever Jason said "beeber" for "beaver" or "skirl" for "squirrel" I secretly loved it. They're better words: The busy beeber beebing around; the grey squirrel's tail like a skirl of smoke along a maple branch. I never told him he was saying their names "wrong," though I did pronounce them conventionally. One time he noticed, and explained, "'Beeber' is how I say it." "Great," I told him, "whatever moves you." But within a week he was pronouncing both "properly." I did my duty and I'm sorry. Farewell Beeber and Skirl. So much beauty lost to understanding.
The angry goose chase meme. Top image: “Why was he known as ‘Paddy’? Bottom image: “Sorry, why was he known as ‘Paddy’, exactly?”
A picture of an elderly RAF pilot in uniform. The text reads: 18 March 2025 Jessica Lawrence BBC News NI Royal Air Force John 'Paddy' Hemingway died on Monday, the RAF confirmed The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John “Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. Mr Hemingway, who was originally from Dublin, joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a teenager before World War Two.
Getafix the Druid from the Astérix comics, teaching a class.
Aunt Sarah from Derry Girls saying “God, time flies, doesn’t it?”
Dr Hibbert & his wife clapping at an outdoor concert. Hibbert (chuckling, as is his wont): Deviliciously satirical. I wonder if anyone else got that.
Lucille Bluth saying “I mean, it’s one rescheduled flight, Michael. What could it cost, ten thousand dollars?”
A view of Dunmanus Bay in West Cork
Father Ted laughing uproariously at a joke made by an attractive woman, and then turning away and grimacing to indicate that he didn't understand the joke at all.
A Wikipedia entry. The title reads, “2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship”. The subtitle, bizarrely, reads “Old English Charm”.
A group of staff and students on the steps outside Mary Immaculate College.
A man (Dr Marek McGann) stands at a lectern with a book cover visible on a screen behind him.
Dr Madeleine Pownall gestures at a PowerPoint slide which reads “The Missing History of Women in Psychology”
On Friday morning, thousands of Irish football fans woke in Prague knowing exactly how Samsa felt. The beautiful shimmering vision of the Azteca dissolving into the sordid reality of life as a giant cockroach. No Mexican summer for us. We have become outcasts, confined to our bedroom where we must subsist on the rotten garbage of friendlies against Qatar, Granada and Canada. Samsa sometimes broke the monotony of his new existence by crawling up and down the walls and ceiling of his room. The biggest thing we have to look forward to in 2026 is a depressing and ugly battle about whether we should play Israel in the Nations League.
2026 Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival Wearing Identity: The Psychology of Fashion, Self & Belonging. 6pm, 22nd April 2026. Captain's Room, Hunt Museum. Register via Lifelong Learning website.
A picture of a yellow flower growing through a crack in a concrete floor. This illustrates "Panel on Climate Change - Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Teaching and Learning" Thursday 26th March at 12.00 in room G10 Panel Chair: DrHélèneBradleyDavies(Department of Geography) Panel Members: Dr Darren Barry (Community Climate Action Officer, Limerick City and County Council) Dr Angela Cloke-Hayes (Lecturer, Department of Geography, MIC) Dr.Daniel Vázquez (Head, Department of Philosophy, MIC) Darragh Headd(Masters Student, Department of Geography, MIC) Dr John Morrissey (Lecturer, Department of Geography, MIC) Dr Marc Scully (Lecturer, Department of Psychology, MIC)
James Franco on the gallows in the Ballad of Buster Scruggs nods and asks "first time?"
A schedule for the MIC Dept of Psychology Open Science & Research Integrity event to be held on April 8th in JHN221, Mary Immaculate College. 9-10: Teas, coffees and opening words. 10-12: Open Science and Qualitative Research with Dr Madeleine Pownall (Leeds) 12.45-13.45: The Importance of Open Research Communities with Dr Dermot Lynott (Maynooth) 14.00-15.00: Book Launch - Dr Marek McGann
Side by side pictures of Colin Farrel's normal face, and in makeup as the Penguin.
A group of people in waterproof jackets holding black and white Cornish flags as they walk across sand dunes.
A cartoon skunk holds up a bazooka style device and says “Well, don’t worry about that now, have a go on my newest invention, the WISH CANNON instead”.
A cartoon skunk and monkey. Skunky: Don’t blame me, I let monkey design this one. Monkey: I won a contest!
The Phoebe/Joey speaking French meme. Phoebe: We need... Joey: We need... Phoebe: To study... Joey: To study... Phoebe: Life as it is lived Joey: Life as it is lived Phoebe: We need to study life as it is lived. Joey: We need to design more stringent lab experiments!
Three football hipsters react emotionally to a 0-0 draw between Milan & Juventus: Hipster #1: A masterclass in caution! Hipster #2: An Italian classic! Hipster #3: Drool!
A mocked up newspaper headline. Allister Heath: How the replication crisis became the ultimate tool for the Left to destroy our liberties.
A namebadge reading ‘Marc’ with the Blackboard Jungle logo.
A teenage girl in a school uniform asking "Like, could I be a ... conversationalist?"
The dominoes meme. The little domino reads “Irish striker attempts to revive his career in the Eredivise”. The big domino reads “The decline of authoritarian populism in Europe”
Homer and Chief Wiggum in a car on a lonely country road. Homer says “run along, boy, you’re free now!”
Grandpa Simpson, speaking to Lisa & Marge, says “We all got to stick together if we’re going to have any hope of bringing that awful Macroom man to justice”
Small birds carrying a cartoon whale via ropes in their beaks.
Jessie divides her time between Norfolk and London and last year, on the podcast Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware, she described Norfolk as her 'heart home'. She and her husband, Freddie, who she met on a blind date, held their wedding in the county - complete with a keg of Guinness and cheese toasties. And she told the mother and daughter duo that Norfolk is the place where she comes to decompress, saying 'I don't see anybody and I just love cooking'.
Rowlf & Kermit backstage in the Muppet Theatre. Rowlf is at the piano, Kermit is drinking from a mug labelled ‘Kermit’. Rowlf: We’re doing the show again, frog. Kermit: [groans]