Séamas Gráinneogach
@grainneogach.bsky.social
Ex-academia. OCD and OCD accessories. Also wargaming and Connacht Rugby.
PhD Irish History - #EarlyModern #IntellectualHistory
Gaillimh/Galway
PhD Irish History - #EarlyModern #IntellectualHistory
Gaillimh/Galway
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This has to be the funniest @churchtimes.bsky.social headline of the year, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This has to be the funniest @churchtimes.bsky.social headline of the year, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Github alerts are so fun when your co-dev is your husband
"Alex created an issue"
Like yeah, lemme tell ya Github. This is not the first time
"Alex created an issue"
Like yeah, lemme tell ya Github. This is not the first time
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Github alerts are so fun when your co-dev is your husband
"Alex created an issue"
Like yeah, lemme tell ya Github. This is not the first time
"Alex created an issue"
Like yeah, lemme tell ya Github. This is not the first time
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It’s difficult to underestimate the extra burden that this is placing on our public libraries. For example, on a daily basis library workers are now filling the in-person/human service gap that billion euro banking institutions have abdicated from to maximise their profit margins.
"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
Opinion: We’ve grown far too comfortable excluding older people from the digital world
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It’s difficult to underestimate the extra burden that this is placing on our public libraries. For example, on a daily basis library workers are now filling the in-person/human service gap that billion euro banking institutions have abdicated from to maximise their profit margins.
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17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 8 edition
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 8 edition
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
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Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
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Me when I accompany my mother to parkrun: Spare a thought for those of us who can't do parkrun ☹️ Because we have no interest in trying and have done nothing to facilitate a situation where we might be doing parkruns one day ☹️☹️
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Me when I accompany my mother to parkrun: Spare a thought for those of us who can't do parkrun ☹️ Because we have no interest in trying and have done nothing to facilitate a situation where we might be doing parkruns one day ☹️☹️
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WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE ANGLOPHONES
Bíonn na daoine seo ag caint faoin nGaeilge mar a bheadh comhartha stádais inti. An fhírinne ná gur mionteanga í, agus nach bhfuil muid ag iarraidh ach na caighdeáin chéanna agus an meas céanna a thugtar d’aon teanga eile
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE ANGLOPHONES
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Early medieval cemeteries in Ireland were places for all kinds of activities, including metal-working etc
‘It’s more about life than death’: the growing popularity of Berlin’s cemetery cafes
‘It’s more about life than death’: the growing popularity of Berlin’s cemetery cafes
While cemeteries in the German capital have long been rooted in communities, some cafe owners have gone one step further
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Early medieval cemeteries in Ireland were places for all kinds of activities, including metal-working etc
I’m now imaging Google Gemini responses in Anthony Daniels’ voice.
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I’m now imaging Google Gemini responses in Anthony Daniels’ voice.
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There's something very powerful & disturbing about looking at familiar placenames in Ireland when they're connected with the names of Irish people who has legal ownership of enslaved people.
An important part of Ireland's complicated history that rightly challenges simplistic narratives.
An important part of Ireland's complicated history that rightly challenges simplistic narratives.
#Slavery was a family business. Uncovering a network of familial relationships between #Irishslaveholders in South Carolina. tinyurl.com/4t76e8ep #speirgorm
Irish slaveholders, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania 1670-1865 - Google My Maps
Database (incomplete) created by Martine Brennan, Ireland.
Star icon: names of enslaved people attached.
Green tags: known or reputed county of birth in Ireland. Blue tags: unknown place of birth in ...
tinyurl.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
There's something very powerful & disturbing about looking at familiar placenames in Ireland when they're connected with the names of Irish people who has legal ownership of enslaved people.
An important part of Ireland's complicated history that rightly challenges simplistic narratives.
An important part of Ireland's complicated history that rightly challenges simplistic narratives.
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#Slavery was a family business. Uncovering a network of familial relationships between #Irishslaveholders in South Carolina. tinyurl.com/4t76e8ep #speirgorm
Irish slaveholders, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania 1670-1865 - Google My Maps
Database (incomplete) created by Martine Brennan, Ireland.
Star icon: names of enslaved people attached.
Green tags: known or reputed county of birth in Ireland. Blue tags: unknown place of birth in ...
tinyurl.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
#Slavery was a family business. Uncovering a network of familial relationships between #Irishslaveholders in South Carolina. tinyurl.com/4t76e8ep #speirgorm
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Irish historian: we think it was lost when the Public Records Office was destroyed, best I can do is an entry in the Calendar of State Papers Ireland.
Irish historian: we think it was lost when the Public Records Office was destroyed, best I can do is an entry in the Calendar of State Papers Ireland.
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Archaeologist: Well yes, there is a gap in middle Iron Age; woodland regeneration, difficult to identify forms of settlement, possible population decline, radiocarbon dates, also fewer Iron Age specialists compared to Bronze Age, early medieval?
Archaeologist: Well yes, there is a gap in middle Iron Age; woodland regeneration, difficult to identify forms of settlement, possible population decline, radiocarbon dates, also fewer Iron Age specialists compared to Bronze Age, early medieval?
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
September 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Irish historian: we think it was lost when the Public Records Office was destroyed, best I can do is an entry in the Calendar of State Papers Ireland.
Irish historian: we think it was lost when the Public Records Office was destroyed, best I can do is an entry in the Calendar of State Papers Ireland.
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Beidh Lá Oscailte Náisiúnta na Leabharlanna Poiblí ar siúl Dé Sathairn, an 27 Meán Fómhair - is é seo an t-am is fearr chun breathnú ar a bhfuil le fáil ag do leabharlann!
Tabhair cuairt orainn agus faigh amach duit féin é!
#LáOscailteNaLeabharlann #TógAmharcNíosGaire
Tabhair cuairt orainn agus faigh amach duit féin é!
#LáOscailteNaLeabharlann #TógAmharcNíosGaire
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Beidh Lá Oscailte Náisiúnta na Leabharlanna Poiblí ar siúl Dé Sathairn, an 27 Meán Fómhair - is é seo an t-am is fearr chun breathnú ar a bhfuil le fáil ag do leabharlann!
Tabhair cuairt orainn agus faigh amach duit féin é!
#LáOscailteNaLeabharlann #TógAmharcNíosGaire
Tabhair cuairt orainn agus faigh amach duit féin é!
#LáOscailteNaLeabharlann #TógAmharcNíosGaire
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Notice, #earlymodern #skystorians, the logo at the middle of the photo? The VOC (Dutch East India Company).
All the more reason to reckon with the legacies of these companies and how they integrate (or don't) with shifting ideas of globalisation, integration, capitalism, and national identity.
All the more reason to reckon with the legacies of these companies and how they integrate (or don't) with shifting ideas of globalisation, integration, capitalism, and national identity.
Onderzoeker over geweld in Den Haag: ‘Extreemrechts gedachtegoed wordt normaal. Dan krijg je dit’
Onderzoeker over geweld in Den Haag: ‘Extreemrechts gedachtegoed wordt normaal. Dan krijg je dit’
www.volkskrant.nl
September 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Notice, #earlymodern #skystorians, the logo at the middle of the photo? The VOC (Dutch East India Company).
All the more reason to reckon with the legacies of these companies and how they integrate (or don't) with shifting ideas of globalisation, integration, capitalism, and national identity.
All the more reason to reckon with the legacies of these companies and how they integrate (or don't) with shifting ideas of globalisation, integration, capitalism, and national identity.
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September 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Reading about this brought to mind a piece I wrote two years ago, inspired by one of my favourite authors.
Ursula K. Le Guin emphasized that there’s a big difference “between production of a market commodity and the practice of an art.” OpenAI’s AI-generated movie offers us nothing.
Ursula K. Le Guin emphasized that there’s a big difference “between production of a market commodity and the practice of an art.” OpenAI’s AI-generated movie offers us nothing.
September 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Reading about this brought to mind a piece I wrote two years ago, inspired by one of my favourite authors.
Ursula K. Le Guin emphasized that there’s a big difference “between production of a market commodity and the practice of an art.” OpenAI’s AI-generated movie offers us nothing.
Ursula K. Le Guin emphasized that there’s a big difference “between production of a market commodity and the practice of an art.” OpenAI’s AI-generated movie offers us nothing.
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As a PhD-holder myself, I feel obligated to make it abundantly clear that people with PhDs are not necessarily smart. They're experts in a small niche of their incredibly niche field, sure, but sometimes that is all. A PhD is a test of resilience and stubbornness, not cleverness.
September 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
As a PhD-holder myself, I feel obligated to make it abundantly clear that people with PhDs are not necessarily smart. They're experts in a small niche of their incredibly niche field, sure, but sometimes that is all. A PhD is a test of resilience and stubbornness, not cleverness.
For all the nonsense that Cromwell gets (wrongly) blamed for here in Ireland, there's plenty that he damn well really did do here, there, and everywhere
September 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
For all the nonsense that Cromwell gets (wrongly) blamed for here in Ireland, there's plenty that he damn well really did do here, there, and everywhere
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People who aren’t paying attention don’t think anti-trans stuff matters, as they don’t know any, & think of caricatures of trans ppl on sitcoms etc. To the far right yobs it does matter. This happened in Dublin, which doesn’t have the anti-trans culture of Britain. You should care:
Woman, 86, shoved headfirst into wheelie bin by man who thought she was trans
'I really thought I was going to be dead.'
metro.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
People who aren’t paying attention don’t think anti-trans stuff matters, as they don’t know any, & think of caricatures of trans ppl on sitcoms etc. To the far right yobs it does matter. This happened in Dublin, which doesn’t have the anti-trans culture of Britain. You should care:
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The Mermaid of Clonfert Cathedral, County Galway.
You can find this beautifully detailed carving of a mermaid on the chancel arch of the cathedral.
She dates to the 15th century, and is depicted holding a comb in her right hand and mirror in her left.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Medieval 🏺
You can find this beautifully detailed carving of a mermaid on the chancel arch of the cathedral.
She dates to the 15th century, and is depicted holding a comb in her right hand and mirror in her left.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Medieval 🏺
September 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Mermaid of Clonfert Cathedral, County Galway.
You can find this beautifully detailed carving of a mermaid on the chancel arch of the cathedral.
She dates to the 15th century, and is depicted holding a comb in her right hand and mirror in her left.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Medieval 🏺
You can find this beautifully detailed carving of a mermaid on the chancel arch of the cathedral.
She dates to the 15th century, and is depicted holding a comb in her right hand and mirror in her left.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Medieval 🏺
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Ireland's alleged "traditional neutrality". The linked memo listing Ireland's assistance to the British during the Second World War is short but worth reading.
Candidates for #Áras25 should read it with particular attention.
#speirgorm
www.ria.ie/blog/the-coa...
Candidates for #Áras25 should read it with particular attention.
#speirgorm
www.ria.ie/blog/the-coa...
‘The Coastwatchers’: Ireland’s Second World War early warning system - Royal Irish Academy
For Heritage Week 2025 Dr Michael Kennedy, Executive Editor of the RIA’s Document on Irish Foreign Policy series, explores the remains of a network of coastal early warning military look out posts, a ...
www.ria.ie
August 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Ireland's alleged "traditional neutrality". The linked memo listing Ireland's assistance to the British during the Second World War is short but worth reading.
Candidates for #Áras25 should read it with particular attention.
#speirgorm
www.ria.ie/blog/the-coa...
Candidates for #Áras25 should read it with particular attention.
#speirgorm
www.ria.ie/blog/the-coa...
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and balking at "guilt by association" like it's some cooky acquaintance from her bridge club, she openly endorsed Daly in an election campaign scarcely a year ago, and O'Doherty in 2018 😭 it's very fair to be grilled on these dodgy endorsements!
August 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
and balking at "guilt by association" like it's some cooky acquaintance from her bridge club, she openly endorsed Daly in an election campaign scarcely a year ago, and O'Doherty in 2018 😭 it's very fair to be grilled on these dodgy endorsements!
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Imagine being told someone you supported is accusing a people being invaded and colonised falsely of being Nazis, openly parroting Russian propaganda and you not only don't disavow that person but praise him?!
Deplorable stuff
#speirgorm
Deplorable stuff
#speirgorm
📺 Catherine Connolly on #Aras25
Neutrality 🇺🇳
Mick Wallace and Ukraine 🇺🇦
Welcoming Donald Trump to Áras 🇺🇸
“Disrespectful” delay by the “big parties” in fielding candidates 🗳️
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
Neutrality 🇺🇳
Mick Wallace and Ukraine 🇺🇦
Welcoming Donald Trump to Áras 🇺🇸
“Disrespectful” delay by the “big parties” in fielding candidates 🗳️
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Imagine being told someone you supported is accusing a people being invaded and colonised falsely of being Nazis, openly parroting Russian propaganda and you not only don't disavow that person but praise him?!
Deplorable stuff
#speirgorm
Deplorable stuff
#speirgorm
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The GVS (Great vowel shit) never or only lately happened in many Hiberno-English dialects. So main and mean were both pronounced main, like in my own South Tipperary dialect, hence the joke on tight-fisted merchants "Yes, that's Main Street and the further up you go, the meaner it gets". #speirgorm
August 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The GVS (Great vowel shit) never or only lately happened in many Hiberno-English dialects. So main and mean were both pronounced main, like in my own South Tipperary dialect, hence the joke on tight-fisted merchants "Yes, that's Main Street and the further up you go, the meaner it gets". #speirgorm
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Well folks, at times like this all you can say is
July 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Well folks, at times like this all you can say is