M Lonergan
@mlonergan.bsky.social
Graphic art + visual communication | bit of Gaeilge | buddhist, queer, #actuallyautistic | diversity + intersectionality | she/her/they/them | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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M Lonergan
@mlonergan.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Spotted the lad from Edward Hopper’s ‘Nighthawks’ sitting in the architect’s drawing of Dublin City Council’s new Merrion Square café. They need to raise the shelf height stat cos his elbow is just hovering in mid-air there. #spéirgorm
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'Belfast Twilight is a powerhouse of a first collection, leaving the reader hungry for more of the same, but satisfied that such testament to the haiku and senryu form exists in the Irish lexicon.'
- Colin Dardis
- Colin Dardis
The Sunday Review: ‘Belfast Twilight’ by Liam Carson
Belfast Twilight: haiku, senryu and micro-poems Salmon Poetry, 2025,ISBN 9781915022967 Throughout this, Carson's first collection, we get th...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
'Belfast Twilight is a powerhouse of a first collection, leaving the reader hungry for more of the same, but satisfied that such testament to the haiku and senryu form exists in the Irish lexicon.'
- Colin Dardis
- Colin Dardis
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Rómhall a mhac!
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Rómhall a mhac!
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Ar an ndrochuair beidh mé thar lear nó bheinn ann.
*BARD NA PÁIRCE: THE POET OF CROKE PARK* A celebration of the life & work of the extraordinary Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. Filíocht, prós, ceol & ealaín le Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Alan Titley, Dara Ó Cinnéide, Colm Ó Snodaigh & more. 21 Nov Smock Alley, BÁC. Ticéid €15/12 ag smockalley.ticketsolve.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Ar an ndrochuair beidh mé thar lear nó bheinn ann.
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New podcast. Remembering the legendary and irreplaceable Manchán Magan who died last week. And revisiting our first chat where he told me his life story. ❤️
open.spotify.com/episode/1BxM...
open.spotify.com/episode/1BxM...
In memory of Manchán Magan
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October 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New podcast. Remembering the legendary and irreplaceable Manchán Magan who died last week. And revisiting our first chat where he told me his life story. ❤️
open.spotify.com/episode/1BxM...
open.spotify.com/episode/1BxM...
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Eleanor McSherry has played a key role in facilitating the development of new guidelines to help neurodivergent workers operate in a more neuro-inclusive environment, a project years in the making.
Listen back to our podcast with Eleanor here: filmireland.net/2024/05/31/p...
Listen back to our podcast with Eleanor here: filmireland.net/2024/05/31/p...
August 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Eleanor McSherry has played a key role in facilitating the development of new guidelines to help neurodivergent workers operate in a more neuro-inclusive environment, a project years in the making.
Listen back to our podcast with Eleanor here: filmireland.net/2024/05/31/p...
Listen back to our podcast with Eleanor here: filmireland.net/2024/05/31/p...
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"Irish creatives are in the limelight and rightly being celebrated. But children’s authors and illustrators in Ireland too often fly under the radar."
Support Irish authors and illustrators writing for young people!
✍️Article by our CEO Elaina Ryan
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Support Irish authors and illustrators writing for young people!
✍️Article by our CEO Elaina Ryan
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Best Irish Books of 2025: your Culture Night (and Christmas) guide to children’s literature
Elaina Ryan of Children’s Books Ireland on its latest guide to the best of Irish writing
www.irishtimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"Irish creatives are in the limelight and rightly being celebrated. But children’s authors and illustrators in Ireland too often fly under the radar."
Support Irish authors and illustrators writing for young people!
✍️Article by our CEO Elaina Ryan
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Support Irish authors and illustrators writing for young people!
✍️Article by our CEO Elaina Ryan
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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It’s here! We’re elated to share that WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell has arrived in the world.
Learn about the story behind this groundbreaking feminist movement.
🔗 Order at bit.ly/WTF-Happened or bookstores nationwide
Learn about the story behind this groundbreaking feminist movement.
🔗 Order at bit.ly/WTF-Happened or bookstores nationwide
September 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It’s here! We’re elated to share that WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell has arrived in the world.
Learn about the story behind this groundbreaking feminist movement.
🔗 Order at bit.ly/WTF-Happened or bookstores nationwide
Learn about the story behind this groundbreaking feminist movement.
🔗 Order at bit.ly/WTF-Happened or bookstores nationwide
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Seo é 'Cosa ar an Deais' le Ciara Ní É, ar céad dán sa sraith 'FísDánta le Filí' atá faoi láthair againn leis an ngrúpa REIC
This is 'Cosa ar an Deais', by Ciara Ní É our first poem in the series 'FísDánta le Filí' with REIC
Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJDN...
This is 'Cosa ar an Deais', by Ciara Ní É our first poem in the series 'FísDánta le Filí' with REIC
Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJDN...
FísDán: Cosa ar an Deais le Ciara Ní É
YouTube video by Irish Writers Centre
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September 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Seo é 'Cosa ar an Deais' le Ciara Ní É, ar céad dán sa sraith 'FísDánta le Filí' atá faoi láthair againn leis an ngrúpa REIC
This is 'Cosa ar an Deais', by Ciara Ní É our first poem in the series 'FísDánta le Filí' with REIC
Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJDN...
This is 'Cosa ar an Deais', by Ciara Ní É our first poem in the series 'FísDánta le Filí' with REIC
Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJDN...
If you can give @marcasmac.bsky.social an assist here, please do.
Please Help Me On My Neurodiversity Journey
It's humiliating having to do this, but with #NHSLothian's inability to let me see a #neurodiversity specialist timeously, or recognise my private #diagnosis and medicate, I feel I am left with no choice but to take this route.
gofund.me/18d703ba
It's humiliating having to do this, but with #NHSLothian's inability to let me see a #neurodiversity specialist timeously, or recognise my private #diagnosis and medicate, I feel I am left with no choice but to take this route.
gofund.me/18d703ba
August 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you can give @marcasmac.bsky.social an assist here, please do.
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🎧 Have you listened to the latest episode of our podcast yet? @hoireabhard.bsky.social explains the use of post-colonial theory to study Irish history & talks about his book, ‘Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion’ (@livunipress.bsky.social)! Listen here: www.dias.ie/series/ni-ha...
July 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🎧 Have you listened to the latest episode of our podcast yet? @hoireabhard.bsky.social explains the use of post-colonial theory to study Irish history & talks about his book, ‘Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion’ (@livunipress.bsky.social)! Listen here: www.dias.ie/series/ni-ha...
My two favourite books telling the story of the relationship between the Irish state and the arts. To read them is to see many things change across time, and also to recognise that certain things just keep arising, over and over again in slightly different guises.
#speirgorm #artscouncil #arts
#speirgorm #artscouncil #arts
June 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My two favourite books telling the story of the relationship between the Irish state and the arts. To read them is to see many things change across time, and also to recognise that certain things just keep arising, over and over again in slightly different guises.
#speirgorm #artscouncil #arts
#speirgorm #artscouncil #arts
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As many of us people who study or work in tech tried to tell y’all, move fast & break things was always about POWER, not progress.
June 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
As many of us people who study or work in tech tried to tell y’all, move fast & break things was always about POWER, not progress.
June 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Human cartographers and geographers marked safe from AI. #speirgorm
Unster, Londongrl, Aarmagh
This is what ChatGPT created what I asked it to create a map of Ireland - with the Ulster counties identified.
Can you spot any mistakes?
Watch full report about AI potentials & challenges - on BBC The View
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
This is what ChatGPT created what I asked it to create a map of Ireland - with the Ulster counties identified.
Can you spot any mistakes?
Watch full report about AI potentials & challenges - on BBC The View
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
May 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Human cartographers and geographers marked safe from AI. #speirgorm
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Our Elaina is on IrelandAM this morning with some excellent teen and YA recommendations. Perfect for getting stuck into this summer ☀️😎📚
Tune in here (9:45am):
play.virginmediatelevision.ie/live/1240
Tune in here (9:45am):
play.virginmediatelevision.ie/live/1240
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May 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Our Elaina is on IrelandAM this morning with some excellent teen and YA recommendations. Perfect for getting stuck into this summer ☀️😎📚
Tune in here (9:45am):
play.virginmediatelevision.ie/live/1240
Tune in here (9:45am):
play.virginmediatelevision.ie/live/1240
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THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical ventures. Soon, these numbered in the dozens.
After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com
After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com
May 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical ventures. Soon, these numbered in the dozens.
After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com
After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com
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Ócáid ar leith a bheidh againn ag Féile na Gealaí, 11 r.n. Dé Sathairn 14 Meitheamh...mura bhfuil ticéad na Féile ceannaithe agat cheana, déan anois é! feilenagealai.com #spéiríní
May 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ócáid ar leith a bheidh againn ag Féile na Gealaí, 11 r.n. Dé Sathairn 14 Meitheamh...mura bhfuil ticéad na Féile ceannaithe agat cheana, déan anois é! feilenagealai.com #spéiríní
May 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This will be awesome: Diva Voces Summer Concert, with Cork Soprano Emma Nash as Soloist, Sat 24th May, 3 pm, St Mary’s Church, Haddington Road, Dublin 4. #spéirgorm #choralmusic Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/diva-voces...
Diva Voces presents Kim André Arnesen's Magnificat
Diva Voces female voice choir, joined by renowned soprano soloist Emma Nash, will present Kim Andre Arnesen’s evocative Magnificat
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May 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This will be awesome: Diva Voces Summer Concert, with Cork Soprano Emma Nash as Soloist, Sat 24th May, 3 pm, St Mary’s Church, Haddington Road, Dublin 4. #spéirgorm #choralmusic Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/diva-voces...
May 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Very sad to hear Paul Durcan has left us. I did the publicity on Daddy. Daddy when it came out with Blackstaff Press. He had a tender soul, and a mischievous sense of humour, and gave readings that audiences lapped up. His readers loved him, and for a reason.
May 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Very sad to hear Paul Durcan has left us. I did the publicity on Daddy. Daddy when it came out with Blackstaff Press. He had a tender soul, and a mischievous sense of humour, and gave readings that audiences lapped up. His readers loved him, and for a reason.
Every time anyone says, 'I don't believe in Dublin,' there’s another bit of the city somewhere that falls down dead.
#tinkerbelleffect #dublin #speirgorm
#tinkerbelleffect #dublin #speirgorm
May 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Every time anyone says, 'I don't believe in Dublin,' there’s another bit of the city somewhere that falls down dead.
#tinkerbelleffect #dublin #speirgorm
#tinkerbelleffect #dublin #speirgorm
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As it's such a lovely evening here in Clonmel, I took a short walk down to our local holy well at Tober na hAoine.
Both delighted and a little relieved to see the fallen hawthorn tree bursting into bloom.
Both delighted and a little relieved to see the fallen hawthorn tree bursting into bloom.
May 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As it's such a lovely evening here in Clonmel, I took a short walk down to our local holy well at Tober na hAoine.
Both delighted and a little relieved to see the fallen hawthorn tree bursting into bloom.
Both delighted and a little relieved to see the fallen hawthorn tree bursting into bloom.