Oliver O'Brien
oliverobrien.bsky.social
Oliver O'Brien
@oliverobrien.bsky.social
Man of Letters
... specifically o, l, i, v, e, r, b and n.
All the food groups covered there.
July 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Somewhat disappointed to see they have the dark square on the right. Must try harder...
March 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thank you, John. I had no idea it was now fully open access, and will enjoy browsing it. It is a monumental achievement, and Irish scholarship owes a huge debt to James McGuire, one of the greats (as well as the outstanding gentleman) of the Combined Departments of History in UCD.
March 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
She looks like she's gearing up for an epic "Awoo!".
February 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
She's a beauty.
January 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Great stuff as ever, Alan. Reminds us of the irresponsibility at the heart of the PDs: "we'll reduce the size of the state and cut taxes, but there isn't a cat in hell's chance that we'll ever propose cutting any actual state programmes."

You'd miss their self-righteousness though, wouldn't you?
January 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Or alternatively we could build a democracy in which all people have equal votes. Despite being eligible to register for this and the former iteration of privilege based electorate, I'll continue not to register and to regard #SeanadEireann with the contempt it deserves.
January 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"...until you're the one being filmed."
January 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If he wasn't already there he wouldn't be able to get a visa to enter the US.
January 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
D6W...
January 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM