Dermot Looney
@dlooney.bsky.social
🔴⚪️ St Patrick’s Athletic Fan and Historian
📕📖 Author, ‘Saints Rising: The Early History of St Patrick’s Athletic FC’
👨🏫🍎 HSCL Teacher
💜⬅️ Socialist - former SDCC Cllr and Mayor
📕📖 Author, ‘Saints Rising: The Early History of St Patrick’s Athletic FC’
👨🏫🍎 HSCL Teacher
💜⬅️ Socialist - former SDCC Cllr and Mayor
Me in Lansdowne right now.
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Me in Lansdowne right now.
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Episode 15 of the History St Pat’s Pod is now live. Special guest Donal Fallon talks Pat’s, pubs and the legendary Con Houlihan. We’ve a season review of 1944/45 and lots more Pat’s chat with Gary & Dermot.🔴⚪️🎙️
Available wherever you get your pods or at open.spotify.com/episode/7yYD...
Available wherever you get your pods or at open.spotify.com/episode/7yYD...
Episode 15 - Pat’s, Pubs and Con Houlihan with special guest Donal Fallon, 1944/45 Season Review
open.spotify.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Episode 15 of the History St Pat’s Pod is now live. Special guest Donal Fallon talks Pat’s, pubs and the legendary Con Houlihan. We’ve a season review of 1944/45 and lots more Pat’s chat with Gary & Dermot.🔴⚪️🎙️
Available wherever you get your pods or at open.spotify.com/episode/7yYD...
Available wherever you get your pods or at open.spotify.com/episode/7yYD...
Episode 15 of the History St Pat’s Pod is now live. Special guest Donal Fallon talks Pat’s, pubs and the legendary Con Houlihan. We’ve a season review of 1944/45 and lots more Pat’s chat with Gary & Dermot.🔴⚪️🎙️
Available wherever you get your pods or at open.spotify.com/episode/7yYD...
Available wherever you get your pods or at open.spotify.com/episode/7yYD...
Episode 15 - Pat’s, Pubs and Con Houlihan with special guest Donal Fallon, 1944/45 Season Review
open.spotify.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Episode 15 of the History St Pat’s Pod is now live. Special guest Donal Fallon talks Pat’s, pubs and the legendary Con Houlihan. We’ve a season review of 1944/45 and lots more Pat’s chat with Gary & Dermot.🔴⚪️🎙️
Available wherever you get your pods or at open.spotify.com/episode/7yYD...
Available wherever you get your pods or at open.spotify.com/episode/7yYD...
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O illiterate loiterer!
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
O illiterate loiterer!
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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There's a parallel universe not too far from here where Seán Gallagher is leaving the Áras after 14 glorious years of saying "business" a lot, sharing inspirational quotes on the Áras an Uachtaráin LinkedIn page every day, and promising to learn Irish during his retirement.
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There's a parallel universe not too far from here where Seán Gallagher is leaving the Áras after 14 glorious years of saying "business" a lot, sharing inspirational quotes on the Áras an Uachtaráin LinkedIn page every day, and promising to learn Irish during his retirement.
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In Michael D Higgins we have been lucky to have a President for the last 14 years who not only had such a keen appreciation of history but in labour history, not least during the decade of centenaries. It’s easy to take it for granted now but I always thought how easily that might not have been so.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In Michael D Higgins we have been lucky to have a President for the last 14 years who not only had such a keen appreciation of history but in labour history, not least during the decade of centenaries. It’s easy to take it for granted now but I always thought how easily that might not have been so.
Go raibh maith agat, Michael D.
It’s been a privilege to have marched with, chatted with, campaigned with and for Michael D Higgins - a President of whom we’ve been proud.
Something that’s little spoken of now was how difficult it was to get Michael D on the ballot for the Presidency. (🧵)
It’s been a privilege to have marched with, chatted with, campaigned with and for Michael D Higgins - a President of whom we’ve been proud.
Something that’s little spoken of now was how difficult it was to get Michael D on the ballot for the Presidency. (🧵)
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Go raibh maith agat, Michael D.
It’s been a privilege to have marched with, chatted with, campaigned with and for Michael D Higgins - a President of whom we’ve been proud.
Something that’s little spoken of now was how difficult it was to get Michael D on the ballot for the Presidency. (🧵)
It’s been a privilege to have marched with, chatted with, campaigned with and for Michael D Higgins - a President of whom we’ve been proud.
Something that’s little spoken of now was how difficult it was to get Michael D on the ballot for the Presidency. (🧵)
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Lots of people already talking Xmas gifts on here this eve.
If there is a St Pat’s fan in your life, this is something they would treasure. If we ever did make any money on it (far from it as I post!) it goes back into researching and promoting Pat’s history. 🔴⚪️
historystpats.myshopify.com
If there is a St Pat’s fan in your life, this is something they would treasure. If we ever did make any money on it (far from it as I post!) it goes back into researching and promoting Pat’s history. 🔴⚪️
historystpats.myshopify.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Lots of people already talking Xmas gifts on here this eve.
If there is a St Pat’s fan in your life, this is something they would treasure. If we ever did make any money on it (far from it as I post!) it goes back into researching and promoting Pat’s history. 🔴⚪️
historystpats.myshopify.com
If there is a St Pat’s fan in your life, this is something they would treasure. If we ever did make any money on it (far from it as I post!) it goes back into researching and promoting Pat’s history. 🔴⚪️
historystpats.myshopify.com
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If you’ve a Pat’s or any Irish football fan in your life who hasn’t read it, my book is the only one ever written on St Patrick’s Athletic.
The rise of the Saints from the humblest of beginnings is one of Irish sport’s great tales.
historystpats.myshopify.com/products/sai...
The rise of the Saints from the humblest of beginnings is one of Irish sport’s great tales.
historystpats.myshopify.com/products/sai...
Saints Rising: The Early History of St Patrick's Athletic FC
St Patrick’s Athletic book. Ideal gift. Saints Rising: The Early History of St Patrick's Athletic FC is the first book ever written on the history of one of Ireland's greatest football clubs. From the...
historystpats.myshopify.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If you’ve a Pat’s or any Irish football fan in your life who hasn’t read it, my book is the only one ever written on St Patrick’s Athletic.
The rise of the Saints from the humblest of beginnings is one of Irish sport’s great tales.
historystpats.myshopify.com/products/sai...
The rise of the Saints from the humblest of beginnings is one of Irish sport’s great tales.
historystpats.myshopify.com/products/sai...
Lots of people already talking Xmas gifts on here this eve.
If there is a St Pat’s fan in your life, this is something they would treasure. If we ever did make any money on it (far from it as I post!) it goes back into researching and promoting Pat’s history. 🔴⚪️
historystpats.myshopify.com
If there is a St Pat’s fan in your life, this is something they would treasure. If we ever did make any money on it (far from it as I post!) it goes back into researching and promoting Pat’s history. 🔴⚪️
historystpats.myshopify.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Lots of people already talking Xmas gifts on here this eve.
If there is a St Pat’s fan in your life, this is something they would treasure. If we ever did make any money on it (far from it as I post!) it goes back into researching and promoting Pat’s history. 🔴⚪️
historystpats.myshopify.com
If there is a St Pat’s fan in your life, this is something they would treasure. If we ever did make any money on it (far from it as I post!) it goes back into researching and promoting Pat’s history. 🔴⚪️
historystpats.myshopify.com
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London's latest Blue Plaque is a brilliant one. (It was put up at the Tesla dealership in Tottenham by campaigners)
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
London's latest Blue Plaque is a brilliant one. (It was put up at the Tesla dealership in Tottenham by campaigners)
Stop eating at this place and start telling everyone you know who eats there what’s going on. Please and thanks.
Missed The Ivy latest. Turns out the tipping out system means managers are getting tips but not kitchen staff. So the people who do the roster get tip money but not the KP.
‘The system for sharing tips is grossly unfair’: Fresh flashpoint at The Ivy in Dublin
www.irishtimes.com/food/restaur...
‘The system for sharing tips is grossly unfair’: Fresh flashpoint at The Ivy in Dublin
www.irishtimes.com/food/restaur...
‘The system for sharing tips is grossly unfair’: Fresh flashpoint at The Ivy in Dublin
Restaurant documents shows tens of thousands of euro in tips for wait staff but kitchen workers see only a fraction of that
www.irishtimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Stop eating at this place and start telling everyone you know who eats there what’s going on. Please and thanks.
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Utter scumbag
A genuine embarrassment and national shame that this man is still platformed by our media and in the pro-Palestine movement
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Utter scumbag
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Not necessarily regarded as "gay," but a boy who turned up at my school with both straps on his rucksack on his first day in 1987 is still known as "Parachute" nearly forty years later.
Using both straps on your schoolbag. Common knowledge at our secondary school.
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Not necessarily regarded as "gay," but a boy who turned up at my school with both straps on his rucksack on his first day in 1987 is still known as "Parachute" nearly forty years later.
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From Eamonn Sweeney’s sports column in the Indo 👏
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
From Eamonn Sweeney’s sports column in the Indo 👏
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We deffo need to bring in proper regulations to stop air b and b destroying locals communities and their ability to buy an affordable home locally !
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We deffo need to bring in proper regulations to stop air b and b destroying locals communities and their ability to buy an affordable home locally !
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There's no quicker way to kill a community than to drive out the young people. That's exactly what short term rentals do to places like the Gaeltacht. If young people have nowhere to rent locally they leave.
It's a problem for any small community that's attractive to tourists.
It's a problem for any small community that's attractive to tourists.
An 88 percent increase in the number of whole homes to rent in Gaeltacht areas on Airbnb – in just six years
'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
Airbnb Gaeltacht expansionism: 88 percent listings increase
To truly understand Airbnb expansionism in Ireland look to the Gaeltacht.
www.ontheditch.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There's no quicker way to kill a community than to drive out the young people. That's exactly what short term rentals do to places like the Gaeltacht. If young people have nowhere to rent locally they leave.
It's a problem for any small community that's attractive to tourists.
It's a problem for any small community that's attractive to tourists.
A reminder, if needed, that the ‘Regional Public Policy & Government Relations Lead’ of Airbnb is a former Labour (!) TD who represented Gaeltacht communities in Galway West.
There's no quicker way to kill a community than to drive out the young people. That's exactly what short term rentals do to places like the Gaeltacht. If young people have nowhere to rent locally they leave.
It's a problem for any small community that's attractive to tourists.
It's a problem for any small community that's attractive to tourists.
An 88 percent increase in the number of whole homes to rent in Gaeltacht areas on Airbnb – in just six years
'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A reminder, if needed, that the ‘Regional Public Policy & Government Relations Lead’ of Airbnb is a former Labour (!) TD who represented Gaeltacht communities in Galway West.
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I love it @dlooney.bsky.social , and the personal delivery down here to Longford was a bonus.
It’s looking good in its forever home #Speirgorm
It’s looking good in its forever home #Speirgorm
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I love it @dlooney.bsky.social , and the personal delivery down here to Longford was a bonus.
It’s looking good in its forever home #Speirgorm
It’s looking good in its forever home #Speirgorm
Really cool thread, give it a few mins of your time.
Today is my birthday. 48. Is that old? Well, it's the oldest I've ever been.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Really cool thread, give it a few mins of your time.
Love this, unironically.
it was so sweet of the NY post to make a special commemorative issue
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Love this, unironically.
Some great early feedback for our History St Pat’s art prints. Let us know what you think! You can order now for collection or delivery next week. 🔴⚪️
historystpats.myshopify.com
historystpats.myshopify.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Some great early feedback for our History St Pat’s art prints. Let us know what you think! You can order now for collection or delivery next week. 🔴⚪️
historystpats.myshopify.com
historystpats.myshopify.com
Well done Ged Nash. Nasty politics from Harris, but what can you expect?
Labour's Ged Nash again taking Simon Harris to task over not comment/posting on the Drogheda attack that left babies hospitalised.
He says bringing half-baked memos to Cabinet sub-committee yesterday in the wake of Drogheda attack "lacks class".
"Virtue-signalling", he says.
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He says bringing half-baked memos to Cabinet sub-committee yesterday in the wake of Drogheda attack "lacks class".
"Virtue-signalling", he says.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Well done Ged Nash. Nasty politics from Harris, but what can you expect?