Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸
@beebsymca.bsky.social
Cycling. Public Historian.
Northern Ireland (the border bit).
Daughter of a Weaver.
www.digitalfilmarchive.net
A piece of archive film for every occasion.
Also: https://bsky.app/profile/nornirongirl1981.bsky.social
Northern Ireland (the border bit).
Daughter of a Weaver.
www.digitalfilmarchive.net
A piece of archive film for every occasion.
Also: https://bsky.app/profile/nornirongirl1981.bsky.social
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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸
@beebsymca.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Seeing the future through the past - News
Over 127 years of moving images from Northern Ireland, featuring amateur and professional films from 1897 to 2024, brought to you by Northern Ireland Screen.
digitalfilmarchive.net
Here's an article I wrote for the Irish Times a few years ago,
looking at what archives tell us about ourselves and the not-too-distant past.
looking at what archives tell us about ourselves and the not-too-distant past.
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It’s #InternationalMensDay! While we celebrate the men in our lives. It’s worth noting that suicide is one of the biggest threats to men.
I lost my first love to it aged just 21. It’s a pain that doesn’t heal.
It’s ok to talk. It’s ok to get help. Don’t suffer in silence.
I lost my first love to it aged just 21. It’s a pain that doesn’t heal.
It’s ok to talk. It’s ok to get help. Don’t suffer in silence.
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It’s #InternationalMensDay! While we celebrate the men in our lives. It’s worth noting that suicide is one of the biggest threats to men.
I lost my first love to it aged just 21. It’s a pain that doesn’t heal.
It’s ok to talk. It’s ok to get help. Don’t suffer in silence.
I lost my first love to it aged just 21. It’s a pain that doesn’t heal.
It’s ok to talk. It’s ok to get help. Don’t suffer in silence.
When you look up the source of your name in an Irish dictionary. 😂
Also, are there truer words than:
"Is minic a mhaolaigh béile maith"
"All griefs are less with bread"
Also, are there truer words than:
"Is minic a mhaolaigh béile maith"
"All griefs are less with bread"
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
When you look up the source of your name in an Irish dictionary. 😂
Also, are there truer words than:
"Is minic a mhaolaigh béile maith"
"All griefs are less with bread"
Also, are there truer words than:
"Is minic a mhaolaigh béile maith"
"All griefs are less with bread"
Oh my god. I got to spend the day at the National Folklore Collection and I want to live there. Everything made me cry. It is the most wonderful place.
dúchas.ie | National Folklore Collection UCD Digitization Project share.google/niToBsF96IRM...
dúchas.ie | National Folklore Collection UCD Digitization Project share.google/niToBsF96IRM...
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Oh my god. I got to spend the day at the National Folklore Collection and I want to live there. Everything made me cry. It is the most wonderful place.
dúchas.ie | National Folklore Collection UCD Digitization Project share.google/niToBsF96IRM...
dúchas.ie | National Folklore Collection UCD Digitization Project share.google/niToBsF96IRM...
I LOVE this. Absolutely hilarious and proper dancey. Part of their "Death to Art" manifesto.
Lynks is brilliant.
Lynks is brilliant.
Lynks - I Didn't Come Here for Art (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Lynks
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I LOVE this. Absolutely hilarious and proper dancey. Part of their "Death to Art" manifesto.
Lynks is brilliant.
Lynks is brilliant.
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In HOME ALONE (1990) Catherine O'Hara's Kate calls the local police when she gets to Paris Orly Airport after realising they left Kevin home. She instructs her other family to 'call everyone they can think of' except no one, including her, actually tries calling Kevin at the house to see if he's OK.
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
In HOME ALONE (1990) Catherine O'Hara's Kate calls the local police when she gets to Paris Orly Airport after realising they left Kevin home. She instructs her other family to 'call everyone they can think of' except no one, including her, actually tries calling Kevin at the house to see if he's OK.
This is unimaginable. I've thought of little else the last few days, not least because my son is this age and now driving.
These poor families. And the one fella that survived. God almighty.
These poor families. And the one fella that survived. God almighty.
Hundreds of people have taken part in vigils to remember the five young people who died in a crash in Dundalk, Co Louth, last weekend
Hundreds attend vigil to remember victims of Louth crash
Hundreds of people have taken part in vigils to remember five young people who died in a Co Louth crash.
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is unimaginable. I've thought of little else the last few days, not least because my son is this age and now driving.
These poor families. And the one fella that survived. God almighty.
These poor families. And the one fella that survived. God almighty.
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When I see something beautiful ruined - litter in a park, say - I always think of Daphne’s family showing up in Frasier.
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
When I see something beautiful ruined - litter in a park, say - I always think of Daphne’s family showing up in Frasier.
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Black Cat in the Garden
Anastasia Trusova
Anastasia Trusova
October 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Black Cat in the Garden
Anastasia Trusova
Anastasia Trusova
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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Male ✅
White ✅
Local ✅
White ✅
Local ✅
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Male ✅
White ✅
Local ✅
White ✅
Local ✅
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Outside of Motorsport, this is easily one of my favourite ever sporting moments. A petulant child getting his comeuppance, on the pitch at least. Even sweeter when it's against my country 😹
🎥 RTÉ Sport
🎥 RTÉ Sport
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Outside of Motorsport, this is easily one of my favourite ever sporting moments. A petulant child getting his comeuppance, on the pitch at least. Even sweeter when it's against my country 😹
🎥 RTÉ Sport
🎥 RTÉ Sport
My son is working at The Last Dinner Party tonight & I'm raging. They're so amazing live.
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My son is working at The Last Dinner Party tonight & I'm raging. They're so amazing live.
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Maybe nothing sums up the cultural vapidity of Tech like the fact they sprinted past doing Torment Nexus stuff that's *like* a Black Mirror episode, and straight to shit that's explicitly *from* Black Mirror episodes, promoted with ads which are lit, shot and set-designed like Black Mirror episodes.
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Maybe nothing sums up the cultural vapidity of Tech like the fact they sprinted past doing Torment Nexus stuff that's *like* a Black Mirror episode, and straight to shit that's explicitly *from* Black Mirror episodes, promoted with ads which are lit, shot and set-designed like Black Mirror episodes.
Sammy tries to convince himself that the best way to stop his wife from being gay is for her to get a job.
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Up and began our discontent again and sorely angered my wife, who indeed do live very lonely, but I do perceive that it is want of work that do make her and all other people think of ways of spending their time worse.
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Sammy tries to convince himself that the best way to stop his wife from being gay is for her to get a job.
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Language matters. Asylum seekers live in appalling conditions but the buildings are described as "hotels". Members of the Royal family live a life of luxury and privilege but their homes are often called "cottage" or "lodge". Why not just describe things accurately?
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Language matters. Asylum seekers live in appalling conditions but the buildings are described as "hotels". Members of the Royal family live a life of luxury and privilege but their homes are often called "cottage" or "lodge". Why not just describe things accurately?
There's never not a good time to watch The Thick Of It.
a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a framed picture
Alt: Malcolm Tucker stands in front of a framed picture
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
There's never not a good time to watch The Thick Of It.
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Did Bod’s dad have a dad bod? Because Bod did.
October 8, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Did Bod’s dad have a dad bod? Because Bod did.
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Just seen the Southern Lights. They’re just like the Northern Lights except they don’t stop to say hello to you.
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Just seen the Southern Lights. They’re just like the Northern Lights except they don’t stop to say hello to you.
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Anyone commenting that they will find this helpful:
I will dig a hole to hell and drag you down with me
I will dig a hole to hell and drag you down with me
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Anyone commenting that they will find this helpful:
I will dig a hole to hell and drag you down with me
I will dig a hole to hell and drag you down with me
This isn't Twitter. Stop trying to recreate it and/or posting stuff from there.
We're all older and wiser. Let it go.
We're all older and wiser. Let it go.
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This isn't Twitter. Stop trying to recreate it and/or posting stuff from there.
We're all older and wiser. Let it go.
We're all older and wiser. Let it go.
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‘Where’s your fucking poppy?’
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
‘Where’s your fucking poppy?’
Joey gets it 😂
Happy to be of service. I once got into a taxi in Dublin wearing a cool new outfit. I was nervous about deviating from the norm but did it anyway.
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Joey gets it 😂
I'm all for this post because the Twitter one was such a classic but the OP and replies are SO BlueSky; all thoughtful analysis and clarification.
Maybe it's because #Speirgorm isn't awake yet 😂
Maybe it's because #Speirgorm isn't awake yet 😂
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I'm all for this post because the Twitter one was such a classic but the OP and replies are SO BlueSky; all thoughtful analysis and clarification.
Maybe it's because #Speirgorm isn't awake yet 😂
Maybe it's because #Speirgorm isn't awake yet 😂