Martin O Connor
@martinoconnor.bsky.social
Librarian.
Communications Coordinator at University College Cork Library.
LAI / CILIP Ireland Library Staff Champion 2021.
Libfocus. Blackpool Sentinel. Shush! Sounds from UCC Library
I'm here for Libraries, Music & anything else you fancy
Communications Coordinator at University College Cork Library.
LAI / CILIP Ireland Library Staff Champion 2021.
Libfocus. Blackpool Sentinel. Shush! Sounds from UCC Library
I'm here for Libraries, Music & anything else you fancy
Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Talents (1998) feels eerily prescient today.
I doubt she could have imagined just how close America would come to her vision.
I doubt she could have imagined just how close America would come to her vision.
September 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Talents (1998) feels eerily prescient today.
I doubt she could have imagined just how close America would come to her vision.
I doubt she could have imagined just how close America would come to her vision.
I was not expecting to see this in Eason, Patrick Street, Cork, today
August 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I was not expecting to see this in Eason, Patrick Street, Cork, today
I really really enjoyed @28dayslayter.bsky.social
I intentionally read nothing about it before hand. (Didn’t watch trailer)
It was far artier than I expected. (Sort of Shane Meadows meets Video Nasties imo)
On reflection & reading I realise how many things I missed.
2nd /3rd viewings required.
I intentionally read nothing about it before hand. (Didn’t watch trailer)
It was far artier than I expected. (Sort of Shane Meadows meets Video Nasties imo)
On reflection & reading I realise how many things I missed.
2nd /3rd viewings required.
July 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I really really enjoyed @28dayslayter.bsky.social
I intentionally read nothing about it before hand. (Didn’t watch trailer)
It was far artier than I expected. (Sort of Shane Meadows meets Video Nasties imo)
On reflection & reading I realise how many things I missed.
2nd /3rd viewings required.
I intentionally read nothing about it before hand. (Didn’t watch trailer)
It was far artier than I expected. (Sort of Shane Meadows meets Video Nasties imo)
On reflection & reading I realise how many things I missed.
2nd /3rd viewings required.
One of our crafty neighbours has created these beautiful birdhouses.
Every time I walk by I marvel at the planning, patience blood sweat and tears that must have went into them.
Every time I walk by I marvel at the planning, patience blood sweat and tears that must have went into them.
July 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One of our crafty neighbours has created these beautiful birdhouses.
Every time I walk by I marvel at the planning, patience blood sweat and tears that must have went into them.
Every time I walk by I marvel at the planning, patience blood sweat and tears that must have went into them.
Who remembers the first search engine?
(HT: @irishnostalgia account across on Instagram)
(HT: @irishnostalgia account across on Instagram)
July 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Who remembers the first search engine?
(HT: @irishnostalgia account across on Instagram)
(HT: @irishnostalgia account across on Instagram)
Heading for a night out… in my place of work 😂 how exciting is my life 😂 @ucclibrary.bsky.social are hosting the first of its summer gigs this evening. Really looking forward to seeing Tengger live
June 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Heading for a night out… in my place of work 😂 how exciting is my life 😂 @ucclibrary.bsky.social are hosting the first of its summer gigs this evening. Really looking forward to seeing Tengger live
Good evening from Cork… saying it as it is..
May 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Good evening from Cork… saying it as it is..
Just used an e-bike for the first time ever. Wow - what a way to travel.
Great to see TFI Bikes rolling out more of these. #ebike www.bikeshare.ie/cork.html
Great to see TFI Bikes rolling out more of these. #ebike www.bikeshare.ie/cork.html
May 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Just used an e-bike for the first time ever. Wow - what a way to travel.
Great to see TFI Bikes rolling out more of these. #ebike www.bikeshare.ie/cork.html
Great to see TFI Bikes rolling out more of these. #ebike www.bikeshare.ie/cork.html
I really enjoyed the “Labour of Love:
Economies of care in contemporary art” exhibition at @glucksman.bsky.social Even if I did think this 3D sculpture was a real person and I said to him / it “jeez, I thought you were part of the exhibition ha ha” when I saw it first 😂 it’s creepily real.
Economies of care in contemporary art” exhibition at @glucksman.bsky.social Even if I did think this 3D sculpture was a real person and I said to him / it “jeez, I thought you were part of the exhibition ha ha” when I saw it first 😂 it’s creepily real.
April 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I really enjoyed the “Labour of Love:
Economies of care in contemporary art” exhibition at @glucksman.bsky.social Even if I did think this 3D sculpture was a real person and I said to him / it “jeez, I thought you were part of the exhibition ha ha” when I saw it first 😂 it’s creepily real.
Economies of care in contemporary art” exhibition at @glucksman.bsky.social Even if I did think this 3D sculpture was a real person and I said to him / it “jeez, I thought you were part of the exhibition ha ha” when I saw it first 😂 it’s creepily real.
Great #asl2025 keynote by @thekindbraveleader.bsky.social on why we should consciously bring kindness into our libraries.
It benefits everybody: our students, our users, our colleagues.
It benefits everybody: our students, our users, our colleagues.
March 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Great #asl2025 keynote by @thekindbraveleader.bsky.social on why we should consciously bring kindness into our libraries.
It benefits everybody: our students, our users, our colleagues.
It benefits everybody: our students, our users, our colleagues.
Love this plaque outside @leedsbeckett.bsky.social Library honouring the meeting of Marc Almond and Dave Ball / Soft Cell at the University
HT @librariancoral.bsky.social for taking the pic and sending on. She guessed I’d love it - she was correct. 😊
HT @librariancoral.bsky.social for taking the pic and sending on. She guessed I’d love it - she was correct. 😊
March 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Love this plaque outside @leedsbeckett.bsky.social Library honouring the meeting of Marc Almond and Dave Ball / Soft Cell at the University
HT @librariancoral.bsky.social for taking the pic and sending on. She guessed I’d love it - she was correct. 😊
HT @librariancoral.bsky.social for taking the pic and sending on. She guessed I’d love it - she was correct. 😊
Is this the perfect Valentines Day card or what?
February 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Is this the perfect Valentines Day card or what?
I’m rereading George Orwell’s 1984, this time in graphic novel form. (Fido Nesti’s wonderful 2021 rendition of the work)
Orwell was a prophet!
This is happening the world over.
And we are all becoming proles.
Orwell was a prophet!
This is happening the world over.
And we are all becoming proles.
January 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I’m rereading George Orwell’s 1984, this time in graphic novel form. (Fido Nesti’s wonderful 2021 rendition of the work)
Orwell was a prophet!
This is happening the world over.
And we are all becoming proles.
Orwell was a prophet!
This is happening the world over.
And we are all becoming proles.
At times it might seem the whole world is going to hell in a handcart. It's at these moments I remember the sage advice of Charles Schulz...
"No problem is so big or so complicated that it can't be run away from!"
"No problem is so big or so complicated that it can't be run away from!"
January 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
At times it might seem the whole world is going to hell in a handcart. It's at these moments I remember the sage advice of Charles Schulz...
"No problem is so big or so complicated that it can't be run away from!"
"No problem is so big or so complicated that it can't be run away from!"
I’ve gone next level - toasted cheese and Tayto sandwich for lunch.
No nutrition but OMG delicious.
#Tayto #maturewhitecheddar #sandwich #irishlunch #ireland #lunch
No nutrition but OMG delicious.
#Tayto #maturewhitecheddar #sandwich #irishlunch #ireland #lunch
January 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I’ve gone next level - toasted cheese and Tayto sandwich for lunch.
No nutrition but OMG delicious.
#Tayto #maturewhitecheddar #sandwich #irishlunch #ireland #lunch
No nutrition but OMG delicious.
#Tayto #maturewhitecheddar #sandwich #irishlunch #ireland #lunch
“Honour thy mistake as a hidden intention”
Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt
Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt
December 22, 2024 at 10:59 AM
“Honour thy mistake as a hidden intention”
Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt
Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt
I really enjoyed the annual Frank & Walters gig last night at @cyprusavenuecork.bsky.social last night.
Had not seen their cover of The Model before. Brilliant
Had not seen their cover of The Model before. Brilliant
December 22, 2024 at 9:18 AM
I really enjoyed the annual Frank & Walters gig last night at @cyprusavenuecork.bsky.social last night.
Had not seen their cover of The Model before. Brilliant
Had not seen their cover of The Model before. Brilliant
My @ucclibrary.bsky.social colleague Alfie went even higher up in my estimation when I saw this Cantona cup on his desk today.
#cantona #eric #ericcantona
#cantona #eric #ericcantona
December 16, 2024 at 5:52 PM
My @ucclibrary.bsky.social colleague Alfie went even higher up in my estimation when I saw this Cantona cup on his desk today.
#cantona #eric #ericcantona
#cantona #eric #ericcantona
Athina Rachel Tsangari on why “A Charlie Brown Christmas Christmas” is the greatest Christmas movie ever.
(From this months @sightsoundmag.bsky.social)
(From this months @sightsoundmag.bsky.social)
December 12, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Athina Rachel Tsangari on why “A Charlie Brown Christmas Christmas” is the greatest Christmas movie ever.
(From this months @sightsoundmag.bsky.social)
(From this months @sightsoundmag.bsky.social)
December 7, 2024 at 5:45 PM
It’s that time of the year again. #spotifywrapped but in my defence I do two radio shows for work which slightly skews my results (and how much I listen to Spotify)
December 4, 2024 at 6:22 PM
It’s that time of the year again. #spotifywrapped but in my defence I do two radio shows for work which slightly skews my results (and how much I listen to Spotify)
Lovely orange sky in Glounthaune, Cork, this morning.
December 2, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Lovely orange sky in Glounthaune, Cork, this morning.
I don’t know if I will ever be able to use LinkedIn again. 😂
Saw this on Instagram. Brilliant video by Farrel Hegrarty. (Can’t find an account on BlueSky but her Insta account is well worth checking out)
Saw this on Instagram. Brilliant video by Farrel Hegrarty. (Can’t find an account on BlueSky but her Insta account is well worth checking out)
November 28, 2024 at 9:07 PM
I don’t know if I will ever be able to use LinkedIn again. 😂
Saw this on Instagram. Brilliant video by Farrel Hegrarty. (Can’t find an account on BlueSky but her Insta account is well worth checking out)
Saw this on Instagram. Brilliant video by Farrel Hegrarty. (Can’t find an account on BlueSky but her Insta account is well worth checking out)
UCC campus is always a beautiful place to work. But it can be especially so at night when all lit up @ucc.bsky.social #ucc #night #campus #photos
November 28, 2024 at 7:58 PM
UCC campus is always a beautiful place to work. But it can be especially so at night when all lit up @ucc.bsky.social #ucc #night #campus #photos
This is one I created earlier for work,.. shame not to post here
November 21, 2024 at 8:17 PM
This is one I created earlier for work,.. shame not to post here