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Bernie McCarthy 🏳️‍🌈
@berniemccarthy.bsky.social
Writer of Irish historical fiction and craftswoman.
In your face Irish and proud !!!

Love it

Reviewed: Hardwicke, Coughlan and McSweeney shine in Playboy www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
Reviewed: Hardwicke, Coughlan and McSweeney shine in Playboy
As the curtain dropped and the applause subsided at the interval of The Playboy of the Western World, currently playing at London's National Theatre, I overheard an English accent in the row behind me...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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Toxic patriarchy in action-questioned by a female reporter about the Epstein releases,Trump gets nasty because she’s not smiling. Powerful men want smiling acquiescence from women-complicit women give it unfortunately. Good on this journalist that she does not! #dontsmileforthepatriarchy #spéirgorm
February 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Yay. New @roisinm.bsky.social incoming!!

#booksky💙📚 #books #Irish #writing #writingcommunity #spéirgorm
Sometimes only a Roisin Meaney book will do 💛

Second Chances publishes Feb 5th with Hachette Ireland

#amreading #booksky
January 31, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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IMBOLC (or Imbolg!)
Saint Brigid's Day is a Gaelic traditional festival.
1st February is the start of Spring.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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Catherine O’Hara has sadly passed away at the age of 71.
January 30, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Oh dearest Catherine. Gone much too soon. She was one of the few performers who could make me laugh just by breathing. She brought whatever show she was in up a notch. RIP.
January 30, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Such a shame, too young and so wonderful

Schitt's Creek actress Catherine O'Hara dies aged 71 www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Schitt's Creek actress Catherine O'Hara dies aged 71
Catherine O'Hara, the Emmy-winning actor known for comedic roles across the decades, from Kevin's beleaguered mother in Home Alone to Moira Rose in Schitt's Creek, has died aged 71.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Such a shame, too young and s wonderful

Schitt's Creek actress Catherine O'Hara dies aged 71 www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Schitt's Creek actress Catherine O'Hara dies aged 71
Catherine O'Hara, the Emmy-winning actor known for comedic roles across the decades, from Kevin's beleaguered mother in Home Alone to Moira Rose in Schitt's Creek, has died aged 71.
www.rte.ie
January 30, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I’ll watch for the blackthorn blossoms and let you know

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February or March: when does spring really begin?
The Celtic calendar says spring starts on February 1st, but climatologists are adamant it's March so who's right?
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January 30, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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Weaving and crafts community: we have a loom that needs saving. It's beautiful and looks to be in great shape.

Please share to all Irish crafts people.
#Speirgorm #crafts #weaving #loom #Ireland
January 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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High Five back then… High Six!
I am still laughing …
January 15, 2026 at 7:26 AM
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Dolmen and Bear (2022) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan

More here: robbohan.etsy.com/listing/4353...
January 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Go on Jessie 🥳 great times for Kerry women
January 12, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Wonderful Aoibheann!!! congratulations 🥳

Student wins Young Scientist with cancer diagnosis tool www.rte.ie/news/2026/01...
Student wins Young Scientist with cancer diagnosis tool
A Kerry student has won has won the top prize at this year's Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition for her brain cancer diagnosis tool.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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To squat or let rot?
Great options in Cork city on the squatbnb site

ffud art shining a light on
#DerelictIreland #VacantIreland & the need for custodian squattting so everyone has a home

#speirgorm
January 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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January 1, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Love the Hootenanny 👍🥳 Happy New Year

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Jools' Annual Hootenanny, 2025/26
With guests including Ronnie Wood, Olivia Dean, Lulu, Jessie J and Craig David.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Shame on us - a nation who migrated ourselves all over the world , generation after generation for social, economic and political reasons.

Migrant workers living in fear of racist abuse - doctor www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
Migrant workers living in fear of racist abuse - doctor
A Mayo-based doctor has said "words cannot describe" the "anxiety, depression and safety concerns" migrant healthcare workers are experiencing in Ireland.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM