That's me, the face of patriotism!
21.02.2026 20:39
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That's me, the face of patriotism!
My sister-in-law's local pub in rural mid-Cork once had a picture round made of local people's gates. Outsiders welcome, but ye're not winning...
Great day for the parish!
If anyone says Lupita Nyong’o is miscast as the most beautiful woman in the world, you know you can safely discard any further opinions from that person
Nominative determinism. Yer man Lufgt was an awful hoorin' blackguard altogether.
I have honest-to-goodness injured myself laughing at this thread.
With every failed attempt to stop people groping the Molly Malone statue, we move closer to electrifying her, which is a social good
Sweet Caroline at a stadium has been a thing at Boston Red Sox games since 1997. And now, because some lad did his J1 in Boston before getting a gig pushing buttons at the internationals, we get to "experience" it too.
The Dublin Inquirer Annual Table Quiz 2025 champions, Pop Quiz Hot Shots.
GLORY!
Thanks to you, Lois and all the team for a great night!
My wife bought me a beautiful Aran knit jumper in a charity shop. I wore it to an event and the first five people to greet me asked some variation of "How's the fishing?" or "Where's the boat".
Saturday morning cartoon James Bond Junior
"The Irish language revival of today was not designed in government departments; it was built from below. It began in Pop Up Gaeltachtí, podcasts, community cafés and hip-hop... ...From Gaelcholáistí to pop culture, Irish slipped the leash of officialdom and went viral in the best sense."
Widows' memories
One of my favorite episodes of Motherfoclóir. Manchán Magan talking about all the wonderful thing that Manchán was prone to talk about. @theirishfor.bsky.social @darach.bsky.social @thekavofficial.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Thrilled and touched that @dublincitylibs.bsky.social have made my second book, Craic Baby, their Bealtaine pick.
You can listen to the audiobook while reading the eBook thanks to our brilliant library service!
www.dublincity.ie/library/blog...
That's nice...
Collage of different prints from my online store
Close up of the Irish Aquatic Life print
Linocut print of Men Of The Blaskets, with small flowers beside it
Imbolc print next to purple flowers #speirgorm #speirghorm #art #traditionalart #artist
A cost-of-living crisis isn't the easiest time to sell art, but: www.ciaraioch.com is where you can support my work, with each archival-quality print on textured heavy paper being produced here in Ireland, shipping internationally in eco-friendly packaging, with free mini-treats in every order 🎁
Cut outs of Bart Simpson and Mr Tayto in a first floor window above a shop.
I don't want to alarm anyone but I think Bart may have taken Mr Tayto hostage.
Irish puppets would take any British puppets in a fight. Judge and Socky mercilessly ripping Basil to shreds, Podge and Rodge beating Sooty to death with a hurley, Dustin and Bosco taking turns to clothesline Rosie while a hogtied Jim looks on, screaming
Pop up Gaeltacht Déardaoin an 19ú ag 20:00 Club na Múinteoirí 36 Cearnóg Parnell Thiar
Pop Up na Nollag -- agus é "chomh chomh chomh" deas is a bhí riamh!
Club na Múinteoirí
Déardaoin 19 Nollag
20:00
A portrait of a boy underwater by Aoibhe Devereux, winner of the National Gallery of Ireland AIB Young Portrait Prize.
Ana-bhródúil as mo chol seisear Aoibhe, ó Ghaeltacht na Déise, a bhain an chéad áit amach i gcomórtas náisiúnta Portráidí na nÓg leis an nGailearaí Náisiúnta.
Proud as punch of my cousin Aoibhe, winner of this year's National Gallery Young Portrait Artist. Hup!
Ar thángadar le chéile?
I thought this was the train to Killarney, not across the event horizon.
Note to self. Bluesky is not good with portrait selfies.
Me, on a train
I am on a train.
