Ciarán
@hellociaran.bsky.social
Art guy (he/sé). Occasional Production design/Art direction in CSaloon. Foghlaimeoir Gaeilge (labhair í liom ldt) Woodwork @anceardlann.bsky.social
Dundalk/Kilkenny
Has a 🇮🇪 in his profile but not in a problematic way.
Dundalk/Kilkenny
Has a 🇮🇪 in his profile but not in a problematic way.
Omg, I could form a posse 😮
The government could throw us a bone and call for a nationwide manhunt for Enoch Burke. Imagine the morale boost
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Omg, I could form a posse 😮
A man whose parents were clearly hoping for a clay pigeon.
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A man whose parents were clearly hoping for a clay pigeon.
The RTÉ player froze as Parrott ran into the box. Unfroze amid the celebrations.
Magic. Great job, RTÉ 👏
Magic. Great job, RTÉ 👏
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The RTÉ player froze as Parrott ran into the box. Unfroze amid the celebrations.
Magic. Great job, RTÉ 👏
Magic. Great job, RTÉ 👏
I'm convinced this sneaky cat peeking over the fence is a reference to the grassy knoll and some Very Important Pig is about to get offed.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I'm convinced this sneaky cat peeking over the fence is a reference to the grassy knoll and some Very Important Pig is about to get offed.
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Blueshirts always side with the fash. It's the entire foundation of the party.
Here are the Irish MEPs who just sided with the far-right (fascists, racists, sexists, homophobes, climate deniers) from across the EU
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Blueshirts always side with the fash. It's the entire foundation of the party.
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Wouldn’t expect to make €800 in 24 hours but any sales at all help reduce our debt!
We pay rent tomorrow, and even if the Rent-O-Meter doesn’t reach its goal we’ll still pay rent. Just a combination of help from family and taking on more debt.
We pay rent tomorrow, and even if the Rent-O-Meter doesn’t reach its goal we’ll still pay rent. Just a combination of help from family and taking on more debt.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wouldn’t expect to make €800 in 24 hours but any sales at all help reduce our debt!
We pay rent tomorrow, and even if the Rent-O-Meter doesn’t reach its goal we’ll still pay rent. Just a combination of help from family and taking on more debt.
We pay rent tomorrow, and even if the Rent-O-Meter doesn’t reach its goal we’ll still pay rent. Just a combination of help from family and taking on more debt.
I want to grab the internet by the shoulders, look it right in the eye and say I. DO. NOT. CARE what Americans think of British snacks or Irish names. I don't care what British people think of American building practices. PLEASE stop putting this shit in front of me.
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I want to grab the internet by the shoulders, look it right in the eye and say I. DO. NOT. CARE what Americans think of British snacks or Irish names. I don't care what British people think of American building practices. PLEASE stop putting this shit in front of me.
Art buds; Are any of ye using Procreate for work?
I've had to do some Photoshop work recently and I hadn't realised just how shite the painting tools are compared to Procreate. Frustratingly bad.
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Art buds; Are any of ye using Procreate for work?
I don't mean to be glib about peoples gender and identity but it's stuff like this that really makes me wish I was something else. Like, straight middle-aged man, but not THIS. Not this. Anything but this.
Still think of the male heritage practitioner who smugly wondered if he'd be welcome at our "Women in Heritage" event, then turned up loudly late, stretched his arms out so he took up three seats, went for coffee and loo breaks throughout, then did a "more of a statement than a question" thing.
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I don't mean to be glib about peoples gender and identity but it's stuff like this that really makes me wish I was something else. Like, straight middle-aged man, but not THIS. Not this. Anything but this.
I've had to do some Photoshop work recently and I hadn't realised just how shite the painting tools are compared to Procreate. Frustratingly bad.
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I've had to do some Photoshop work recently and I hadn't realised just how shite the painting tools are compared to Procreate. Frustratingly bad.
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Look, we know that there’s thousands of homes left intentionally vacant by investment funds to inflate the market. We know that we’ve rejected the advice of every report/research since the 2008 crash.
But have you considered that it might be refugees?
But have you considered that it might be refugees?
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Look, we know that there’s thousands of homes left intentionally vacant by investment funds to inflate the market. We know that we’ve rejected the advice of every report/research since the 2008 crash.
But have you considered that it might be refugees?
But have you considered that it might be refugees?
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Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
The Emmerdale titles looks like somebody's slapped it in on with a label-maker.
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The Emmerdale titles looks like somebody's slapped it in on with a label-maker.
My daughter had a dream in which there was a lion who "was doing", but then she shouted at the lion to "stop doing!" and it did. It stopped doing.
That's efficient story-telling.
That's efficient story-telling.
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
My daughter had a dream in which there was a lion who "was doing", but then she shouted at the lion to "stop doing!" and it did. It stopped doing.
That's efficient story-telling.
That's efficient story-telling.
Watching the latest episode of Grand Designs and I haven't despised the "client" this much for a long time. Hoping it all falls apart disastrously in the second half 🤞
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Watching the latest episode of Grand Designs and I haven't despised the "client" this much for a long time. Hoping it all falls apart disastrously in the second half 🤞
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I went to France once and was disgusted at the them and us situation they created by talking French.
"Spare a thought"
Cuimhním orthu siúd gan an deis chéanna acu liomsa an Ghaeilge a bheith acu ar pé chúis - cos ar bholg, bochtaineacht, éagumas nó rochtain is déanaim iarracht na baic sin a scrios seachas éisteacht leo siúd ab b'fhearr leo géilleadh.
archive.is/flRku
Cuimhním orthu siúd gan an deis chéanna acu liomsa an Ghaeilge a bheith acu ar pé chúis - cos ar bholg, bochtaineacht, éagumas nó rochtain is déanaim iarracht na baic sin a scrios seachas éisteacht leo siúd ab b'fhearr leo géilleadh.
archive.is/flRku
November 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I went to France once and was disgusted at the them and us situation they created by talking French.
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Meas tú cé mhéad tírghráthóir a chaill amach ar an Oireachtas nó seirbhís Mhancháin in Uisneach toisc gur eagraíodh Mise Éire ag an am céanna?
November 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Meas tú cé mhéad tírghráthóir a chaill amach ar an Oireachtas nó seirbhís Mhancháin in Uisneach toisc gur eagraíodh Mise Éire ag an am céanna?
There's a fierce annoying strain of language YouTubers who do this 'speak from day 1' bollocks which is basically just 'harass native speakers of that language into being your teacher by weaponising their politeness against them'.
eg. any "locals shocked when polyglot speaks their language" video.
eg. any "locals shocked when polyglot speaks their language" video.
9. Almost conversely, if you meet a native speaker who doesn't really want to speak Irish to you, try not to take it personally - there's a lot that comes with being a native speaker of a minoritised language and it's rarely if ever a reflection on your abilities.
November 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
There's a fierce annoying strain of language YouTubers who do this 'speak from day 1' bollocks which is basically just 'harass native speakers of that language into being your teacher by weaponising their politeness against them'.
eg. any "locals shocked when polyglot speaks their language" video.
eg. any "locals shocked when polyglot speaks their language" video.
Poor November. The only month utterly devoid of personality. Just a gap. Just killing time, like that bit in the evening where it's too early to go to bed but too late to start doing anything, so you just .....
November 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Poor November. The only month utterly devoid of personality. Just a gap. Just killing time, like that bit in the evening where it's too early to go to bed but too late to start doing anything, so you just .....
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One of the reasons some people spoiled their votes is because they are racist and antisemitic, and they even went as far as to write that on the ballot paper.
Haven't seen that discussed too much, I wonder why ...
Haven't seen that discussed too much, I wonder why ...
Last weekend saw the highest-ever proportion of invalid ballots in Irish electoral history.
From a lack of perceived choices to anger with the government and its policies, our readers told us why they chose to spoil their votes:
jrnl.ie/6858165t
From a lack of perceived choices to anger with the government and its policies, our readers told us why they chose to spoil their votes:
jrnl.ie/6858165t
'Democracy includes the power to dissent': Our readers tell us why they spoiled their votes
More than 200,000 people spoiled their votes – a record high for an Irish election.
jrnl.ie
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
One of the reasons some people spoiled their votes is because they are racist and antisemitic, and they even went as far as to write that on the ballot paper.
Haven't seen that discussed too much, I wonder why ...
Haven't seen that discussed too much, I wonder why ...
I don't need to be faster than a Burke; I only need to be faster than you.
Don't get them wet.
Don't feed them after midnight.
Don't say "I'll be right back".
Don't be their friend, you know you'll only wake up outside a school in the morning...
Don't feed them after midnight.
Don't say "I'll be right back".
Don't be their friend, you know you'll only wake up outside a school in the morning...
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I don't need to be faster than a Burke; I only need to be faster than you.
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A little similar to the demolishing of various houses & buildings in the village of Ballinahown for the creation of the Poulaphouca Reservoir/Blessington Lakes in the mid-1930s to 40. Although, obviously not a Gaeltacht area.
www.leinsterleader.ie/gallery/news...
www.leinsterleader.ie/gallery/news...
We should not forget the human price paid to create the Blessington Lakes
Local History
www.leinsterleader.ie
October 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A little similar to the demolishing of various houses & buildings in the village of Ballinahown for the creation of the Poulaphouca Reservoir/Blessington Lakes in the mid-1930s to 40. Although, obviously not a Gaeltacht area.
www.leinsterleader.ie/gallery/news...
www.leinsterleader.ie/gallery/news...
This is fucking wild. I've only just found out about the Tryweryn flooding; when a Cymraeg-only community was displaced and flooded to provide water for Liverpool. Not centuries ago. 1965. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trywery...
Tryweryn flooding - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is fucking wild. I've only just found out about the Tryweryn flooding; when a Cymraeg-only community was displaced and flooded to provide water for Liverpool. Not centuries ago. 1965. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trywery...
If you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my
October 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
If you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my