Aidan Curran
@aidancurran17.bsky.social
Runner. Bookeater. Francophone. Kerryperson. Presentable (He/him) #SpéirGhorm
Writing about every song to top the Irish charts at irishnumberones.com and @irishnumberones.bsky.social
Writing about every song to top the Irish charts at irishnumberones.com and @irishnumberones.bsky.social
Ooh, Ireland have been drawn in a Nations League group with Israel.
February 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Ooh, Ireland have been drawn in a Nations League group with Israel.
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29 June 1972
Gilbert O'Sullivan - 'Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day: The Gilbert conundrum irishnumberones.com/2026/02/10/g...
29 June 1972
Gilbert O'Sullivan - 'Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day: The Gilbert conundrum irishnumberones.com/2026/02/10/g...
Gilbert O’Sullivan – ‘Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day’
29 June 1972 There’s a verse in his breakthrough 1970 hit ‘Nothing Rhymed’ that captures my conundrum over Gilbert O’Sullivan: When I’m drinking my Bonaparte shandyEat…
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February 10, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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29 June 1972
Gilbert O'Sullivan - 'Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day: The Gilbert conundrum irishnumberones.com/2026/02/10/g...
29 June 1972
Gilbert O'Sullivan - 'Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day: The Gilbert conundrum irishnumberones.com/2026/02/10/g...
The algorithm came good at last, and gave me the brilliant '80s Estonian soul-folk groove of 'Stopp, Seisku Aeg!' by Velly Joonas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEb6...
Velly Joonas - Stopp, Seisku Aeg! (FULL 7", soul, Estonia, USSR, 1980-1983)
YouTube video by Funked Up East
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February 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
The algorithm came good at last, and gave me the brilliant '80s Estonian soul-folk groove of 'Stopp, Seisku Aeg!' by Velly Joonas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEb6...
Call My Bluff was on an hour earlier than usual tonight so I missed it, fml. I bet it had great words on it and all.
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Call My Bluff was on an hour earlier than usual tonight so I missed it, fml. I bet it had great words on it and all.
This tells me that, like all Cork people, his head was so turned by the Queen of England visiting their English Market that he is now fundamentally Not Sound On The National Question:
February 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
This tells me that, like all Cork people, his head was so turned by the Queen of England visiting their English Market that he is now fundamentally Not Sound On The National Question:
Retail therapy after watching that France - Ireland game freebirdrecords.com/products/moh...
Bhamra, Mohinder Kaur: Punjabi Disco (Vinyl 2xLP)
Music specialists since 1978.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Retail therapy after watching that France - Ireland game freebirdrecords.com/products/moh...
February 5, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Anyway. This is nice. #FRAvIRE #SixNations
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Anyway. This is nice. #FRAvIRE #SixNations
For away games in Paris we should replace 'Ireland's Call' with 'Les Lacs De Connemara'. Win over the French crowd straight from the start, have them singing for us all through the match #SixNations #FRAvIRE
February 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
For away games in Paris we should replace 'Ireland's Call' with 'Les Lacs De Connemara'. Win over the French crowd straight from the start, have them singing for us all through the match #SixNations #FRAvIRE
How many Internet cafés still exist, do you think?
Internet cafes: still a thing! This one on Grafton Street has been here since the early '00s: the amount of time and money I spent there!
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
How many Internet cafés still exist, do you think?
A 3:36 marathon PB too 👍
It’s not just football tricks that President Catherine Connolly has up her sleeve – she can also score an impressive backwards basketball shot.
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February 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
A 3:36 marathon PB too 👍
Father-of-the-bride TV ads seem to be big in Ireland at the moment: Toyota, Vision Express and Laya each have them. New key target demographic, or the mysteries of morkeshing?
February 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Father-of-the-bride TV ads seem to be big in Ireland at the moment: Toyota, Vision Express and Laya each have them. New key target demographic, or the mysteries of morkeshing?
UCD people: the underground train system for Belfield, long a dream, now a reality!
February 4, 2026 at 10:28 AM
UCD people: the underground train system for Belfield, long a dream, now a reality!
Reading An African History Of Africa by Zeinab Badawi and now I want to go to Khartoum to see the White Nile meet the Blue Nile:
February 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Reading An African History Of Africa by Zeinab Badawi and now I want to go to Khartoum to see the White Nile meet the Blue Nile:
Catherine O'Hara. It's funny and also lovely: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMbe...
Mitch & Mickey - When You're Next to Me
YouTube video by D A Smith
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January 30, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Catherine O'Hara. It's funny and also lovely: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMbe...
As an offering to the gods, this morning I burnt my toast.
Can Harry Styles with 'Aperture' stop Kingfishr's 'Killeagh' from equalling the record for most weeks at no. 1 in Ireland? Find out next week!
January 30, 2026 at 1:11 PM
As an offering to the gods, this morning I burnt my toast.
The solution to playground bullying: ban playgrounds
Meta has been lobbying for this all around the world. It moves the cost of compliance to the App platforms (Apple and Google) and government and away from them.
It also literally does nothing to address any of the actual problems we’ve seen this month with Grok, CSAM etc.
It also literally does nothing to address any of the actual problems we’ve seen this month with Grok, CSAM etc.
Sitting across the Oireachtas Children's Committee on online safety for children.
Very much getting the impression that a lot of politicians are reaching for the Under-16 ban. Momentum behind that rather than a deeper understanding of platforms, algorithms and any alternative view.
Very much getting the impression that a lot of politicians are reaching for the Under-16 ban. Momentum behind that rather than a deeper understanding of platforms, algorithms and any alternative view.
January 29, 2026 at 12:46 PM
The solution to playground bullying: ban playgrounds
Back at it today at the Raheny 5 Mile:
January 25, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Back at it today at the Raheny 5 Mile:
The other half of the work of being Irish in France is trying not to kick in your TV when the weather forecast regularly lumps you in as "les îles britanniques" (the British Isles):
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The other half of the work of being Irish in France is trying not to kick in your TV when the weather forecast regularly lumps you in as "les îles britanniques" (the British Isles):
Here we go again:
January 21, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Here we go again: