Ciarán McGonagle
@ciaranmcgonagle.bsky.social
Writer and lawyer. Occasional runner. First novel ‘Detachment’ in 2025
Mar a bhíonn ag a lán daoine, bhí fonn orm riamh úrscéal a scríobh.
In 2022, I set myself a goal. Write 500 words a day and see where it led.
What kept me going on nights when the words wouldn’t come was the dream of one day seeing my book on a shelf in Derry.
And then a friend sent me this photo
In 2022, I set myself a goal. Write 500 words a day and see where it led.
What kept me going on nights when the words wouldn’t come was the dream of one day seeing my book on a shelf in Derry.
And then a friend sent me this photo
July 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Mar a bhíonn ag a lán daoine, bhí fonn orm riamh úrscéal a scríobh.
In 2022, I set myself a goal. Write 500 words a day and see where it led.
What kept me going on nights when the words wouldn’t come was the dream of one day seeing my book on a shelf in Derry.
And then a friend sent me this photo
In 2022, I set myself a goal. Write 500 words a day and see where it led.
What kept me going on nights when the words wouldn’t come was the dream of one day seeing my book on a shelf in Derry.
And then a friend sent me this photo
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h/t to @pulsarbird.bsky.social (I'd normally refrain from yoinking a bluesky post but when Pulsar says "This account is very NSFW" he ain't fucking kidding! And the post is gold.)
June 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
h/t to @pulsarbird.bsky.social (I'd normally refrain from yoinking a bluesky post but when Pulsar says "This account is very NSFW" he ain't fucking kidding! And the post is gold.)
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We were lucky enough to have our YouGov/The Economist poll in field when the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. You can see the partisan realignment in real time
June 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We were lucky enough to have our YouGov/The Economist poll in field when the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. You can see the partisan realignment in real time
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It’s here! Really cool holding my book for the first time. It even matches my shirt…
June 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It’s here! Really cool holding my book for the first time. It even matches my shirt…
It’s here! Really cool holding my book for the first time. It even matches my shirt…
June 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It’s here! Really cool holding my book for the first time. It even matches my shirt…
@markypblue.bsky.social hi Mark, wondering if this might be of interest: x.com/cpmcgonagle/...
Ciarán McGonagle on X: "I'm really excited to announce that my first novel will be published on 26 June. Detachment is set in Derry, Northern Ireland, on the eve of a referendum on Irish reunification. The novel is about the pull of place, the distance between who we were and who we’ve become, and the https://t.co/UPPAoioIV4" / X
I'm really excited to announce that my first novel will be published on 26 June. Detachment is set in Derry, Northern Ireland, on the eve of a referendum on Irish reunification. The novel is about the pull of place, the distance between who we were and who we’ve become, and the https://t.co/UPPAoioIV4
x.com
June 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
@markypblue.bsky.social hi Mark, wondering if this might be of interest: x.com/cpmcgonagle/...
Detachment - my debut novel set in Derry on the eve of a referendum on Irish reunification - is now available for £10.49 on Amazon, down from £11.99.
If you’re planning to read it, now’s a great time to order:
amazon.co.uk/Detachment-Cia…
If you’re planning to read it, now’s a great time to order:
amazon.co.uk/Detachment-Cia…
June 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Detachment - my debut novel set in Derry on the eve of a referendum on Irish reunification - is now available for £10.49 on Amazon, down from £11.99.
If you’re planning to read it, now’s a great time to order:
amazon.co.uk/Detachment-Cia…
If you’re planning to read it, now’s a great time to order:
amazon.co.uk/Detachment-Cia…
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Excited to announce that my first novel will be published on 26 June.
June 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Excited to announce that my first novel will be published on 26 June.
Excited to announce that my first novel will be published on 26 June.
June 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Excited to announce that my first novel will be published on 26 June.
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Ardal O’Hanlon on Father Ted at 30: ‘I thought it was a sh*t idea. Who was going to want to watch a sitcom about priests?’ It’s one of the funniest TV sitcoms of all time, but success wasn’t preordained. I talk to some of the key players and trace its roots
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Ardal O’Hanlon on Father Ted at 30: ‘I thought it was a sh*t idea. Who was going to want to watch a sitcom about priests?’
It’s one of the funniest TV sitcoms of all time, but success wasn’t preordained. Some of the key players look back at making its three classic series
www.irishtimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Ardal O’Hanlon on Father Ted at 30: ‘I thought it was a sh*t idea. Who was going to want to watch a sitcom about priests?’ It’s one of the funniest TV sitcoms of all time, but success wasn’t preordained. I talk to some of the key players and trace its roots
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
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One of my most cherished novels, (and eras) #TheGreatGatsby by #FScottFitzgerald is 100 years old today - 10 April 1925. What a magnificent, stunning, sparkling work; the jazz, the summer heat, decadence, deceit, love, despair, wealth, greed, loss... Tremendous! Happy Birthday, old sport 💚🎺 🥂📚
April 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
One of my most cherished novels, (and eras) #TheGreatGatsby by #FScottFitzgerald is 100 years old today - 10 April 1925. What a magnificent, stunning, sparkling work; the jazz, the summer heat, decadence, deceit, love, despair, wealth, greed, loss... Tremendous! Happy Birthday, old sport 💚🎺 🥂📚
The 2028 Presidential race has started already
We will not be distracted.
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The 2028 Presidential race has started already
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I like fiction and don't always trust people, but am confident that if an old man was stabbed in a room where no one reads fiction at all, a FTSE100 company, say, or a university, people would still get up and help ffs
February 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I like fiction and don't always trust people, but am confident that if an old man was stabbed in a room where no one reads fiction at all, a FTSE100 company, say, or a university, people would still get up and help ffs
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Young in their teens and 20s, especially men, are spending more time alone than in previous generations. They ""now hang out about as much as someone 10 years older than them did in the past."
Interesting data from @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/2305...
Interesting data from @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/2305...
January 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Young in their teens and 20s, especially men, are spending more time alone than in previous generations. They ""now hang out about as much as someone 10 years older than them did in the past."
Interesting data from @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/2305...
Interesting data from @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/2305...
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The snow here in #Derry Northern Ireland with a fiery sky. Photo credit @PatrykSadowskiPhotos.
#PeaceBridge
#Guildhall
#Snow
#Winter
#PeaceBridge
#Guildhall
#Snow
#Winter
January 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The snow here in #Derry Northern Ireland with a fiery sky. Photo credit @PatrykSadowskiPhotos.
#PeaceBridge
#Guildhall
#Snow
#Winter
#PeaceBridge
#Guildhall
#Snow
#Winter
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Debut Derry novel 'True Colours' by James Simpson is well received
Debut Derry novel 'True Colours' by James Simpson is well received
‘An indulgent pleasure---a contemporary fairy tale; even a morality tale… a clever and subtle satire on the way we live in Derry…’ This was how local journalist and author Felicity McCaul described James’s novel, True Colours, when it was published in…
www.derrynow.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Debut Derry novel 'True Colours' by James Simpson is well received