Dr. David Clare
@davidclareabu.bsky.social
Irish Studies Scholar // English and Drama Lecturer // Musician (and occasional Theatremaker!)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9617-6294
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9617-6294
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A big thanks to Dr. Connal Parr (Northumbria U.) for launching my monograph IRELAND IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.S. LEWIS at the wonderful The Linen Hall Library in Lewis’s native city of Belfast yesterday! And many thanks to all who attended and made it such a warm, lovely occasion. 😊
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Connal Parr will be talking about his book on the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement on Monday 26 January at 4.30
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Solidarity and Pressure: A thorough history of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement
Clear-sighted book by Connal Parr confirms even the noblest political campaigns can get a little prickly
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Connal Parr will be talking about his book on the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement on Monday 26 January at 4.30
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Back en route to Regensburg, for "Samuel Beckett: The German Room", a one-day conference with some absolute mega legends in attendance: thee Megan Girdwood on Beckett & Dance, maestro Feargal Whelan on Beckett’s Landscapes, and Legend of all Legends Sarah Jane Scaife on Beckett, Women & Inis Oirr.
Back en route to Regensburg, for "Samuel Beckett: The German Room", a one-day conference with some absolute mega legends in attendance: thee Megan Girdwood on Beckett & Dance, maestro Feargal Whelan on Beckett’s Landscapes, and Legend of all Legends Sarah Jane Scaife on Beckett, Women & Inis Oirr.
I've organised a one day conference on Jan 19th in Regensburg as part of their ongoing exhibition "Samuel Beckett: The German Room". Some real coolos speaking: Oliver Lubrich, Megan Girdwood, Feargal Whelan & the legendary Sarah Jane Scaife. Info here:
samuelbeckettsociety.org/2025/12/12/s...
samuelbeckettsociety.org/2025/12/12/s...
Samuel Beckett: The German Room. A one-day conference in Regensburg, Germany
As part of the Samuel Beckett: The German Room exhibition currently ongoing at the University of Regensburg in Germany, a one-day conference will take place on January 19 2026 featuring contributio…
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January 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Back en route to Regensburg, for "Samuel Beckett: The German Room", a one-day conference with some absolute mega legends in attendance: thee Megan Girdwood on Beckett & Dance, maestro Feargal Whelan on Beckett’s Landscapes, and Legend of all Legends Sarah Jane Scaife on Beckett, Women & Inis Oirr.
Back en route to Regensburg, for "Samuel Beckett: The German Room", a one-day conference with some absolute mega legends in attendance: thee Megan Girdwood on Beckett & Dance, maestro Feargal Whelan on Beckett’s Landscapes, and Legend of all Legends Sarah Jane Scaife on Beckett, Women & Inis Oirr.
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BOOK LAUNCH: Irish Digital Cultures - Identity, Contexts, Space
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
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Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Contexts, Space
Irish Digital Cultures explores how questions of Ireland and Irishness are represented in online environments, and what these phenomena say about contemporary Irish identities both within the country ...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
BOOK LAUNCH: Irish Digital Cultures - Identity, Contexts, Space
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
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Chuffed to see my article on #jazz and agricultural #modernism in #PatrickKavanagh's "The Great Hunger" in the latest Irish University Review. I must say a big thanks to the IUR editor, @lcollins232.bsky.social, for her patience during a very tricky summer period as well. #IrishStudies #IrishPoetry
January 12, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Chuffed to see my article on #jazz and agricultural #modernism in #PatrickKavanagh's "The Great Hunger" in the latest Irish University Review. I must say a big thanks to the IUR editor, @lcollins232.bsky.social, for her patience during a very tricky summer period as well. #IrishStudies #IrishPoetry
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One of the aims of the American Nazi Party in 1965 was to establish a “National Free Opinion Network” to ensure “real freedom of the press.”
When Nazis, or their fellow travellers, say “free speech” they mean tolerance and accommodation of their extremism.
When Nazis, or their fellow travellers, say “free speech” they mean tolerance and accommodation of their extremism.
March 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
One of the aims of the American Nazi Party in 1965 was to establish a “National Free Opinion Network” to ensure “real freedom of the press.”
When Nazis, or their fellow travellers, say “free speech” they mean tolerance and accommodation of their extremism.
When Nazis, or their fellow travellers, say “free speech” they mean tolerance and accommodation of their extremism.
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The bit politicians aren't saying out loud is: "But you don't understand how much hassle it is to treat very rich people equally under the law. Seriously it's HAAAARD. It causes us all sorts of problems for us. If you knew how HARD it was you'd be content with our decision to just leave it."
January 9, 2026 at 10:59 AM
The bit politicians aren't saying out loud is: "But you don't understand how much hassle it is to treat very rich people equally under the law. Seriously it's HAAAARD. It causes us all sorts of problems for us. If you knew how HARD it was you'd be content with our decision to just leave it."
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NEW: "Given Ireland's very significant history of deference to institutions... We don't want to allow a similar level of deference to large corporations to lead us into the same failure."
@conorom.bsky.social on X and Grok and Ireland's response on @virginmedianews.bsky.social at 12.30
@conorom.bsky.social on X and Grok and Ireland's response on @virginmedianews.bsky.social at 12.30
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
NEW: "Given Ireland's very significant history of deference to institutions... We don't want to allow a similar level of deference to large corporations to lead us into the same failure."
@conorom.bsky.social on X and Grok and Ireland's response on @virginmedianews.bsky.social at 12.30
@conorom.bsky.social on X and Grok and Ireland's response on @virginmedianews.bsky.social at 12.30
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Love this ❤️❤️❤️
January 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Love this ❤️❤️❤️
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We will be sending out the first EFACIS newsletter of 2026 next week. If you would like to include your Irish Studies news, please email efaciscoord@efacis.eu.
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
We will be sending out the first EFACIS newsletter of 2026 next week. If you would like to include your Irish Studies news, please email efaciscoord@efacis.eu.
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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January 3, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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Your regular reminder that two of the finest Irish emigrant songs came from my hometown town of Tuam: Rocky Road to Dublin & N17.
Ryan Coogler on Sinners’ hit Celtic vampire dance: ‘Rocky Road to Dublin is an affirmation of humanity’
Ryan Coogler on Sinners’ hit Celtic vampire dance: ‘Rocky Road to Dublin is an affirmation of humanity’
The director of one of 2025’s most talked-about films on the links between Irish and black communities
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December 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Your regular reminder that two of the finest Irish emigrant songs came from my hometown town of Tuam: Rocky Road to Dublin & N17.
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Don't think I've spoken to a single artist who didn't struggle this Christmas, and I spoke to a lot, so even if it's not my work I'd really encourage people to try to support a local artist that you like instead of big corporations - every single sale makes a real, tangible difference to their life.
If, like me, you did NOT get the ONE thing you wanted from Santy (a 95-year-old bachelor farmer with plenty land and a bad cough), treat yourself to a print from an Irish doodler instead - big discounts across the shop, including on bundles, so go on. Go on go on go ON.
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
December 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Don't think I've spoken to a single artist who didn't struggle this Christmas, and I spoke to a lot, so even if it's not my work I'd really encourage people to try to support a local artist that you like instead of big corporations - every single sale makes a real, tangible difference to their life.
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'Everyone assumes they don’t need to bother watching Westerns, but every time I watch a Western—any Western, not even a particularly good one—it feels like cinema as a whole cracks open anew.'
Another excellent piece from @ciaramoloney.bsky.social
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-sec...
Another excellent piece from @ciaramoloney.bsky.social
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-sec...
The Secret History of the Left-Wing Western
Not every film about “cowboys and Indians” is as reactionary as the genre’s reputation might suggest.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
'Everyone assumes they don’t need to bother watching Westerns, but every time I watch a Western—any Western, not even a particularly good one—it feels like cinema as a whole cracks open anew.'
Another excellent piece from @ciaramoloney.bsky.social
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-sec...
Another excellent piece from @ciaramoloney.bsky.social
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-sec...
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Just listened to this piece on RTE Radio 1. The sting in the tail, as ever, is she's a Tr*mp supporter who didn't expect that dealing with the immigrants would mean her: "unreal that someone can be treated like vermin for a petty crime that was committed ten years ago".
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Irish woman held by ICE freed after court hearing
An Irish citizen who had been held by immigration authorities in the United States for almost five months has been freed and is back at the family home in Missouri.
www.rte.ie
December 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Just listened to this piece on RTE Radio 1. The sting in the tail, as ever, is she's a Tr*mp supporter who didn't expect that dealing with the immigrants would mean her: "unreal that someone can be treated like vermin for a petty crime that was committed ten years ago".
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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This is like the British Museum complaining that someone took their stuff
December 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This is like the British Museum complaining that someone took their stuff
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Once again thinking about the time Sinéad O'Connor attended an anti-Sinéad O'Connor demonstration in disguise 💛
December 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Once again thinking about the time Sinéad O'Connor attended an anti-Sinéad O'Connor demonstration in disguise 💛
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The British press publishes ten transphobic articles a day because it is deeply concerned about violence against women and girls, apparently.
December 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The British press publishes ten transphobic articles a day because it is deeply concerned about violence against women and girls, apparently.
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Bank of America did not allow women to open their own credit cards until 10 years after this photo was taken
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Bank of America did not allow women to open their own credit cards until 10 years after this photo was taken
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Absolutely thrilled to have this in my hands!
What a joy working with Mary McGill on this & such an excellent group of contributors.
Launch in Jan 2026!
For more on Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Context, Space click here: www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
#AcademicSky #SpeirGorm
What a joy working with Mary McGill on this & such an excellent group of contributors.
Launch in Jan 2026!
For more on Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Context, Space click here: www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
#AcademicSky #SpeirGorm
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Absolutely thrilled to have this in my hands!
What a joy working with Mary McGill on this & such an excellent group of contributors.
Launch in Jan 2026!
For more on Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Context, Space click here: www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
#AcademicSky #SpeirGorm
What a joy working with Mary McGill on this & such an excellent group of contributors.
Launch in Jan 2026!
For more on Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Context, Space click here: www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
#AcademicSky #SpeirGorm
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At the end of November we had the pleasure of welcoming Lucy Caldwell to the universities of Potsdam, Hamburg, Kiel, Flensburg and Aarhus.
More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... .
We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!
More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... .
We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
At the end of November we had the pleasure of welcoming Lucy Caldwell to the universities of Potsdam, Hamburg, Kiel, Flensburg and Aarhus.
More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... .
We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!
More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... .
We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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President Catherine Connolly has welcomed Greta Thunberg to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call.
The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.
The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
President Catherine Connolly has welcomed Greta Thunberg to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call.
The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.
The Swedish activist is in Dublin for a fundraiser for Palestinian relief at Bohemian Football Club this week.
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The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society has a new website that is well-worth checking out for details of the annual conference, journal, and news of the inaugural ECR bursary, which was awarded to @mzukovs.bsky.social. The next bursary will be announced shortly.
www.ecis.ie/news-events/
www.ecis.ie/news-events/
News and Events
www.ecis.ie
December 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society has a new website that is well-worth checking out for details of the annual conference, journal, and news of the inaugural ECR bursary, which was awarded to @mzukovs.bsky.social. The next bursary will be announced shortly.
www.ecis.ie/news-events/
www.ecis.ie/news-events/