Clíodhna Bhreatnach
@cliodhnabhreatnach.bsky.social
“Pink Roses, Green” out now with Green Bottle Press. In Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, Propel, Forward Book of Poetry. Interested in feminism, anti-imperialism, socialism. 🇵🇸
https://cliodhnabhreatnach.com/
https://cliodhnabhreatnach.com/
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Pink roses, green by Clíodhna Bhreatnach – Green Bottle Press
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Delighted to say that my pamphlet is now available to buy online, alongside a whole rake of excellent debuts!
greenbottlepress.com/product/pink...
greenbottlepress.com/product/pink...
Any recent poetry reviews or essays worth reading??
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Any recent poetry reviews or essays worth reading??
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Back in 2017, I wrote about how Kate Millett was rescued by a bunch of friends from an institution in Ennis; Margaretta D'Arcy, Sylvia Meehan, Nell McCafferty, Ivor Browne, Deirdre McCarten, Maere Rountree amongst them.
Millett wrote about this in her 1990 book The Loony-Bin Trip.
Millett wrote about this in her 1990 book The Loony-Bin Trip.
Una Mullally: Remembering Kate Millett and her Irish Loony-Bin Trip
The late American feminist was committed to an Irish mental hospital and rescued by friends
www.irishtimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Back in 2017, I wrote about how Kate Millett was rescued by a bunch of friends from an institution in Ennis; Margaretta D'Arcy, Sylvia Meehan, Nell McCafferty, Ivor Browne, Deirdre McCarten, Maere Rountree amongst them.
Millett wrote about this in her 1990 book The Loony-Bin Trip.
Millett wrote about this in her 1990 book The Loony-Bin Trip.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
All welcome 🩷💚
Launched by Ellen Dillon with guest reader Lauren Lawler.
And a double pamphlet launch alongside Shakeema Edwards!
Launched by Ellen Dillon with guest reader Lauren Lawler.
And a double pamphlet launch alongside Shakeema Edwards!
September 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
All welcome 🩷💚
Launched by Ellen Dillon with guest reader Lauren Lawler.
And a double pamphlet launch alongside Shakeema Edwards!
Launched by Ellen Dillon with guest reader Lauren Lawler.
And a double pamphlet launch alongside Shakeema Edwards!
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Great to see IPSC are going ahead with this demo!
It's important to mark our victories, clarify why we fought, and celebrate together.
This morale boost is essential; we can use the energy to push the OTB over the line.
When we mobilise together, we can win big victories!
It's important to mark our victories, clarify why we fought, and celebrate together.
This morale boost is essential; we can use the energy to push the OTB over the line.
When we mobilise together, we can win big victories!
We will still be at the Central Bank tomorrow, to mark this big moment for our campaign and to reiterate the demand for an end to all Irish state complicity in Israel’s apartheid and genocide against Palestinians. No genocide bonds here or anywhere. #StopFundingGenocide
September 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Great to see IPSC are going ahead with this demo!
It's important to mark our victories, clarify why we fought, and celebrate together.
This morale boost is essential; we can use the energy to push the OTB over the line.
When we mobilise together, we can win big victories!
It's important to mark our victories, clarify why we fought, and celebrate together.
This morale boost is essential; we can use the energy to push the OTB over the line.
When we mobilise together, we can win big victories!
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Can you be arrested for an anagram? How to hide Palestine Action, useful for placards at demos
no elite captains
I alone, pittances
a polite instance
penalties action
set national epic
a spleen citation
inpatient solace
antiseptic alone
a social penitent
pain at elections
Atlantic peonies
no elite captains
I alone, pittances
a polite instance
penalties action
set national epic
a spleen citation
inpatient solace
antiseptic alone
a social penitent
pain at elections
Atlantic peonies
July 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Can you be arrested for an anagram? How to hide Palestine Action, useful for placards at demos
no elite captains
I alone, pittances
a polite instance
penalties action
set national epic
a spleen citation
inpatient solace
antiseptic alone
a social penitent
pain at elections
Atlantic peonies
no elite captains
I alone, pittances
a polite instance
penalties action
set national epic
a spleen citation
inpatient solace
antiseptic alone
a social penitent
pain at elections
Atlantic peonies
Always helps to remember that the initial essay criticising The Poetry Review for “speaking only to itself” was a review of the issue that included this poem, which was read and shared by tens of thousands. x.com/PoetrySociet...
July 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Always helps to remember that the initial essay criticising The Poetry Review for “speaking only to itself” was a review of the issue that included this poem, which was read and shared by tens of thousands. x.com/PoetrySociet...
Delighted to say that my pamphlet is now available to buy online, alongside a whole rake of excellent debuts!
greenbottlepress.com/product/pink...
greenbottlepress.com/product/pink...
Pink roses, green by Clíodhna Bhreatnach – Green Bottle Press
greenbottlepress.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Delighted to say that my pamphlet is now available to buy online, alongside a whole rake of excellent debuts!
greenbottlepress.com/product/pink...
greenbottlepress.com/product/pink...
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BOOK OF THE YEAR ❤️❤️❤️ can’t wait to get my hands on a copy!
June 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
BOOK OF THE YEAR ❤️❤️❤️ can’t wait to get my hands on a copy!
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Big congrats to @cliodhnabhreatnach.bsky.social on this gorgeous debut pamphlet! Very excited for it to be out in the world finding its readers.
Happy, grateful, lucky, happy, to have a poetry pamphlet forthcoming with the brilliant Green Bottle Press.
Launch in London, Friday 27th June, 7.30pm at the Arts Workers Guild (free wine).
Dublin launch TBD!
Launch in London, Friday 27th June, 7.30pm at the Arts Workers Guild (free wine).
Dublin launch TBD!
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Big congrats to @cliodhnabhreatnach.bsky.social on this gorgeous debut pamphlet! Very excited for it to be out in the world finding its readers.
Finola is the best
Can’t wait for this — it’s a stunner
Happy, grateful, lucky, happy, to have a poetry pamphlet forthcoming with the brilliant Green Bottle Press.
Launch in London, Friday 27th June, 7.30pm at the Arts Workers Guild (free wine).
Dublin launch TBD!
Launch in London, Friday 27th June, 7.30pm at the Arts Workers Guild (free wine).
Dublin launch TBD!
June 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Finola is the best
Happy, grateful, lucky, happy, to have a poetry pamphlet forthcoming with the brilliant Green Bottle Press.
Launch in London, Friday 27th June, 7.30pm at the Arts Workers Guild (free wine).
Dublin launch TBD!
Launch in London, Friday 27th June, 7.30pm at the Arts Workers Guild (free wine).
Dublin launch TBD!
June 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy, grateful, lucky, happy, to have a poetry pamphlet forthcoming with the brilliant Green Bottle Press.
Launch in London, Friday 27th June, 7.30pm at the Arts Workers Guild (free wine).
Dublin launch TBD!
Launch in London, Friday 27th June, 7.30pm at the Arts Workers Guild (free wine).
Dublin launch TBD!
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New episode up now. Les Belles Images (The Image of Her) by Simone de Beauvoir, with translator Lauren Elkin @laurenelkin.bsky.social in conversation with @iammilliam.bsky.social and @johnmitchinson.bsky.social.
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/239...
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/239...
239. The Image of Her by Simone de Beauvoir — Backlisted
To discuss The Image of Her (1966) by Simone de Beauvoir we are joined by writer and translator Lauren Elkin , whose previous books include Flâneuse: Women Walk the City ; Scaffolding and ...
www.backlisted.fm
May 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
New episode up now. Les Belles Images (The Image of Her) by Simone de Beauvoir, with translator Lauren Elkin @laurenelkin.bsky.social in conversation with @iammilliam.bsky.social and @johnmitchinson.bsky.social.
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/239...
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/239...
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Very excited to have been awarded the Dennis O’Driscoll Literary Bursary Award for Established Writers from Kildare County Council Arts Service.
I look forward to attending the Kildare Readers Festival this autumn.
I look forward to attending the Kildare Readers Festival this autumn.
May 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Very excited to have been awarded the Dennis O’Driscoll Literary Bursary Award for Established Writers from Kildare County Council Arts Service.
I look forward to attending the Kildare Readers Festival this autumn.
I look forward to attending the Kildare Readers Festival this autumn.
Best film in a while
April 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Best film in a while
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It's time for the Central Bank to #StopFundingGenocide
IPSC lodges criminal proceedings against Central Bank officials for complicity in Israel’s genocide
www.ipsc.ie/press-releas...
IPSC lodges criminal proceedings against Central Bank officials for complicity in Israel’s genocide
www.ipsc.ie/press-releas...
IPSC files criminal proceedings against Central Bank officials for complicity in Israel's genocide
The IPSC has submitted a criminal complaint to the Gardaí concerning the Central Bank of Ireland’s decision to facilitate the sale of Israeli government bonds, which are being used to fund a campaign of genocide in Gaza.
www.ipsc.ie
April 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
It's time for the Central Bank to #StopFundingGenocide
IPSC lodges criminal proceedings against Central Bank officials for complicity in Israel’s genocide
www.ipsc.ie/press-releas...
IPSC lodges criminal proceedings against Central Bank officials for complicity in Israel’s genocide
www.ipsc.ie/press-releas...
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Artists and arts workers in Ireland are facing uncertainty.
As the government reviews the Arts Council, we must ensure that those who create and sustain our culture are not left vulnerable.
Sign the survey now:
surveymonkey.com/r/PRAXIS2025
As the government reviews the Arts Council, we must ensure that those who create and sustain our culture are not left vulnerable.
Sign the survey now:
surveymonkey.com/r/PRAXIS2025
March 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Artists and arts workers in Ireland are facing uncertainty.
As the government reviews the Arts Council, we must ensure that those who create and sustain our culture are not left vulnerable.
Sign the survey now:
surveymonkey.com/r/PRAXIS2025
As the government reviews the Arts Council, we must ensure that those who create and sustain our culture are not left vulnerable.
Sign the survey now:
surveymonkey.com/r/PRAXIS2025
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From @carcanet.bsky.social this May!
Grateful for the pieces of @eireannmor.bsky.social 's Pattern-book that have dropped into my letterbox this week 🪡❤️
March 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
From @carcanet.bsky.social this May!
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Lovely to share this list with such a plethora of fine poets 🩶
March 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Lovely to share this list with such a plethora of fine poets 🩶
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A lot of people are reasonably very concerned that a well-liked comedian might be hurt by angry online comments, but are unconcerned that already piled-on and sometimes destitute immigrants might be hurt by false and alarmist online comments because they see the former as a person but not the latter
March 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A lot of people are reasonably very concerned that a well-liked comedian might be hurt by angry online comments, but are unconcerned that already piled-on and sometimes destitute immigrants might be hurt by false and alarmist online comments because they see the former as a person but not the latter
I really dislike these “discussions” about immigration that clearly only address other white Irish people, as if immigrants themselves are totally other and alien. Irish schools, workplaces and families are now wonderfully full of different cultures and backgrounds. That’s reality for most.
March 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really dislike these “discussions” about immigration that clearly only address other white Irish people, as if immigrants themselves are totally other and alien. Irish schools, workplaces and families are now wonderfully full of different cultures and backgrounds. That’s reality for most.
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Having received previous Arts Council funding now disqualifies you from the Agility Award. Obviously resources are limited but it’s hard to support this decision. What is out there to support artists in the massive middle ground between first agility award and a bursary?
March 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Having received previous Arts Council funding now disqualifies you from the Agility Award. Obviously resources are limited but it’s hard to support this decision. What is out there to support artists in the massive middle ground between first agility award and a bursary?
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Congratulations to Rebecca Goss, who has been longlisted for the 2025 New Angle Prize for Literature with her collection Latch!
Well done to Rebecca, and all the other longlisted writers and publishers! 🎉
www.carcanet.co.uk/np69.shtml
Well done to Rebecca, and all the other longlisted writers and publishers! 🎉
www.carcanet.co.uk/np69.shtml
March 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Congratulations to Rebecca Goss, who has been longlisted for the 2025 New Angle Prize for Literature with her collection Latch!
Well done to Rebecca, and all the other longlisted writers and publishers! 🎉
www.carcanet.co.uk/np69.shtml
Well done to Rebecca, and all the other longlisted writers and publishers! 🎉
www.carcanet.co.uk/np69.shtml