Claire Connolly
@claireconnolly.bsky.social
Professor of Modern English @ucc.ie | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Secretary @ria.ie | Coming December 2025 — Irish Romanticism: a Literary History @universitypress.cambridge.org
Autumn vibes 🍂
August 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Autumn vibes 🍂
So beautiful that I was delighted to get @nlireland.bsky.social permission to reproduce Sarah Curran’s map of Ireland on the cover of my @universitypress.cambridge.org book #irishnovel #speirgorm
July 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
So beautiful that I was delighted to get @nlireland.bsky.social permission to reproduce Sarah Curran’s map of Ireland on the cover of my @universitypress.cambridge.org book #irishnovel #speirgorm
A big house bittern gracing the Charles J. Haughey library in the former Fitzgerald home at Turlough Park, now site of @nmireland.bsky.social - one for @davidhiggins.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A big house bittern gracing the Charles J. Haughey library in the former Fitzgerald home at Turlough Park, now site of @nmireland.bsky.social - one for @davidhiggins.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Great afternoon yesterday to find parking at busy Cork beaches #speirgorm #AllIrelandFinal #GAA #Hurling #CorkVTipp
July 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Great afternoon yesterday to find parking at busy Cork beaches #speirgorm #AllIrelandFinal #GAA #Hurling #CorkVTipp
I don’t recall this being served at any of the 1798 events I attended in 1998 #bantrybay
July 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I don’t recall this being served at any of the 1798 events I attended in 1998 #bantrybay
Full tide at Myrtleville this morning #CorkHarbour
July 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Full tide at Myrtleville this morning #CorkHarbour
On my way to lovely Bantry for @wcorklitfest.bsky.social - looking forward to talking Somerville and Ross with Danielle O’Donovan tomorrow #westcork #wclf2025
July 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On my way to lovely Bantry for @wcorklitfest.bsky.social - looking forward to talking Somerville and Ross with Danielle O’Donovan tomorrow #westcork #wclf2025
A still grey afternoon in Ardmore #Waterford and the stone that carried St Declan’s bell from Wales to Ireland - sound on 🏴🇮🇪
June 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A still grey afternoon in Ardmore #Waterford and the stone that carried St Declan’s bell from Wales to Ireland - sound on 🏴🇮🇪
'An Irishman's house is his coffin.' A good morning wandering about Cork graveyards with Ireland's top dark tourism expert @gillianobrien.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
'An Irishman's house is his coffin.' A good morning wandering about Cork graveyards with Ireland's top dark tourism expert @gillianobrien.bsky.social
Didn't you write about this very unusual grave in Curraghkippane cemetery @aoifeb.bsky.social ? @gillianobrien.bsky.social came upon it while doing some Cork graveyard wandering yesterday ...
June 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Didn't you write about this very unusual grave in Curraghkippane cemetery @aoifeb.bsky.social ? @gillianobrien.bsky.social came upon it while doing some Cork graveyard wandering yesterday ...
Submerged glacial woodland of the Gearagh, flooded for the Lee hydroelectric scheme in 1954.
June 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Submerged glacial woodland of the Gearagh, flooded for the Lee hydroelectric scheme in 1954.
Sarah Berhardt #peonies taking their turn #bloomscrolling
May 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Sarah Berhardt #peonies taking their turn #bloomscrolling
Peonies having their moment #garden #bloomscrolling
May 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Peonies having their moment #garden #bloomscrolling
This is now an insufferable #seaawimming account #speirgorm
May 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
This is now an insufferable #seaawimming account #speirgorm
Enjoyed reading and reviewing this recent Companion to Irish Food History from @ria.ie - available #openaccess - review in current @historyireland.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Enjoyed reading and reviewing this recent Companion to Irish Food History from @ria.ie - available #openaccess - review in current @historyireland.bsky.social
First time on Ballymoney beach #Wexford #sunnySouthEast
May 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
First time on Ballymoney beach #Wexford #sunnySouthEast
Highlights of this weekend: asparagus at Gortnanain (yes, pricey) and start of the sea swimming season in Oysterhaven (yes, chilly)
April 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Highlights of this weekend: asparagus at Gortnanain (yes, pricey) and start of the sea swimming season in Oysterhaven (yes, chilly)
Happy International Women’s Day. Love this photo of my remarkable maternal grandmother Maryann Cullinan née Flynn. Proud member of Cumann na mBan and denied military pension like many other women.
March 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happy International Women’s Day. Love this photo of my remarkable maternal grandmother Maryann Cullinan née Flynn. Proud member of Cumann na mBan and denied military pension like many other women.
Are these lenticular clouds? Beautiful blue skies in Dublin today #spéirgorm
January 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Are these lenticular clouds? Beautiful blue skies in Dublin today #spéirgorm