Connal
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Connal
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Irish music, books, Boston things and other things
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Released in December '81, this mighty 12" by Eek A Mouse is telling the half that is rarely told in Christmas songs.

Precision backing by Roots Radics with Scientist at the mixing desk...

youtu.be/MsBBhSSSjqA?...

#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
December 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Here’s what it looks like from the bridge. In a way, Don got lucky because it didn’t blow out of the Channel..
December 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Libraries bring people together through learning, connection, and belonging. With your support, they can remain places where everyone belongs—today and for generations to come.

Make a year-end gift to support libraries: bit.ly/ForOurLibraries2025.

December 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Another west of Ireland #painting. "Connemara Cottage" came from a day cycling in circles in north Connemara up and down hills and onto a beach, looking for roads that didn't exist while making memories that lasted forever. And I kept coming back to this scene. #art #SpeirGhorm #ArtAdventCalendar
December 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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A #painting for your enjoyment. "Stone Walls, Galway Bay" came from a day I cycled happily into a wonderful world of walls, thinking one day I'll have my own garden and in the middle of it I will build a wall that stands alone serving no function other than being a wall. #SpeirGorm #ArtYear
March 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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If a rose can go by any other name and still smell as sweet, then "Little Cambridge," now known as Brighton, can still be just as historic and cool.
WATCH: WBZ NewsRadio's Jeromey Russ Explores "Little Cambridge" | WBZ NewsRadio 1030
If a rose can go by any other name and still smell as sweet, then Little Cambridge, now known as Brighton can still be just as historic and cool.
wbznewsradio.iheart.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Manannán Mac Lir - son of the sea, ancient warrior, powerful sea god, and member of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology - commands a ferocious sea on a stormy day 🌊

Prints are available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Mothers who lost sons at the Little Bighorn & on USS Maine; Widows of Antietam & Gettysburg; veterans who lost limbs and narratives of loss and murder. Some of the 720+ stories in the "Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905 Interactive Map": storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map
An interactive map with biographical info and addresses of 700+ women, men and children who received U.S. pensions in 19th century Ireland.
storymaps.arcgis.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Watch /listen to Boston’s mayor Michelle Wu live her dream..

Playing with Yo Yo Ma.. 🥰
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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The debut album by the Raincoats was released on this date in 1979.
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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A new #painting. "Cill Chiaráin". Kilkieran if you prefer. One ridiculous perfect day in South Connemara I was painting by the side of a road. Everywhere I looked I saw more paintings I knew I'd paint later. This is later. I love this part of the world. Love it. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm #MountainMonday
September 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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'Moonrise' by Frances Seward, UK born contemporary abstract photographer based in New Mexico #WomensArt
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Sinéad O’Connor’s “The Lion and the Cobra” was released on this date in 1987.
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Shohei vs Scherzer, World Series Game 7
November 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Did you know that Burns Library has a copy of Dracula translated into Irish? This 1933 volume was translated by Seán Ó Cuirrín and features cover art by Dublin born artist Austin Malloy. Want to look at it yourself? Visit us!
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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New from Lankum: Ghost Town.

Incredible, and just in time for Samhain.
Lankum - Ghost Town (Official Video)
YouTube video by LankumDublin
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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“Are you wearing the-“
“The poorly but enthusiastically sculpted Samhain turnip earrings I made a few years ago? Yeah, I am.”
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Coming up in #Dorchester on Nov. 8.
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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This was one my best, we’re carving Irish Halloween turnips today, in homage to the ur-turnip from 1943 from Ballyfin, Co Donegal, in National Museum of Ireland

@nmireland.bsky.social
#Halloween #Samhain #OicheShamhna
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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I talked a lot of shit when I was trying to get everyone to turn off Desperate Housewives and Sunday Night Football. But if that's the crooked path to pop culture immortality, so be it. Thanks for the shoutout, jeopardyofficial@bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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On her stunning new album The BPM, the multi-instrumentalist Sudan Archives explores the freedom of augmented reality and technology through the sounds of club music. n.pr/3WRL7CF
In an era of techno-dystopia, Sudan Archive's 'The BPM' imagines a liberated future
On her stunning new album The BPM, the multi-instrumentalist Sudan Archives explores the freedom of augmented reality and technology through the sounds of club music.
n.pr
October 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Thanks for supporting The Dublin Pub which has gone into the bestsellers list upon release.

An honour to be there with not one but THREE titles from the legendary Manchán Magan. His loss will be deeply felt for a long time, and I will miss our chance encounters in the Blackpitts and beyond.
October 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Books Ain’t Screens
October 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM