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Sometimes doing a bit of Photography, often producing movies.
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This Saturday, a film festival in the Liberties is showcasing comedies by and for kids. “These films, short as they are, show a lot of imagination and talent,” writes Luke Maxwell.
Luke: This Saturday, a film festival in the Liberties is showcasing comedies by and for kids
“These films, short as they are, show a lot of imagination and talent.”
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November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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oisinmcgann.bsky.social
I've a new 6-week Book Illustration course starting on the 14th of January, from 6.30pm - 8.30 pm at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social in Dublin. Want to learn the basics of communicating stories with pictures? Check out the course description.

#SpeirGorm

irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/book...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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screenireland.bsky.social
⚡ Screen Ireland is investing €400,000 in funding that will support new innovative, high concept development and immersive storytelling projects within the creative screen industries.

📅 Application deadline: 2nd December 2025, 1pm

More info ➡️ www.screenireland.ie/funding/deve...
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
orchardvillian.bsky.social
Meath people! We have until tomorrow at 4pm to make submissions to the Meath County Development plan consult.meath.ie What should we do for the Arts, Environment and community services??? #speirgorm #meath #irishfilm #irisharts
Home | Meath County Council Online Consultation Portal
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November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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miseryvulture.bsky.social
EVERYBODY SHUT UP PULP TINY DESK

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Kl...
Pulp: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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filmireland.bsky.social
In this Film Ireland Podcast, we're delighted to partner with the Cork International Film Festival, which runs until the 16th of November. In this special episode, we highlight some of the standout films in this year’s line-up.

www.filmireland.net/podcast-film...
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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screenireland.bsky.social
Bankside Films have boarded Steve Kenny’s directorial debut Silverback, a new thriller starring Jason Isaacs and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. 🎬

The film is set to start shooting next Spring in Dublin, produced by Collie McCarthy for Forty Foot Pictures with support from Screen Ireland.

#IrishFilm
Jason Isaacs, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor to Star in Steve Kenny’s Feature Debut ‘Silverback,’ Bankside Launching Thriller at AFM (EXCLUSIVE)
Jason Isaacs and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor will star in Steve Kenny's directorial feature debut Silverback, with Bankside launching the thriller at AFM
variety.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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docrevan.bsky.social
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
orchardvillian.bsky.social
Congratulations to the crew beind Let Me Weep, premiering at the Waterford International Film Festival www.waterfordfilmfestival.net/schedule-2025 Great work team @tomaszolejnik.bsky.social #speirgorm #irishfilm
Mostly text description of the short with only one image, honestly not representative of anything other than the terrific cinematic look
November 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
orchardvillian.bsky.social
Great evening at the Puca festival in Trim! #speirgorm
Trim Castle in county Meath lit up for the Puca festival
November 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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merriam-webster.com
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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oisinmcgann.bsky.social
Is this the MOST Halloween book you'll ever read? Maybe, but it IS set around the Irish hill where the bonefires were first lit. It is a story about the very roots of Halloween; the horror, mythology, and the harvest festival that lies between life and death.
#Halloween #Samhain #Tlachtga #SpeirGorm
The full cover, back and front, of my book, The First Fire of Halloween. The front features a púca, the mythical Irish shape-changer, as a muscular human figure with a goat's head. He's standing in a field in darkness, with a fire blazing in front of him. Inset in the dark sky above and behind him are a pair of yellow goat's eyes. The title is in orange against the sky, and my name is in black against the fire. On the back cover, the blurb reads: Thief. Trickster. Murderer. Humans have forgotten why they once feared the púca. But he will make them remember. In the small Irish town of Athboy, there is a hill where the first fire was once lit each year to mark the beginning of Samhain. Bonfires would then be lit across the country, launching a festival to celebrate the last harvest before the harsh months of winter. On the night when the boundary with the Realm of the Dead was at its thinnest, it was believed that the spirits of the dead wandered the land. In recent years, that fire has been lit again every Halloween night. Jamie Sheldon is an American girl visiting the town with her parents for an archaeological dig. Rone O’Callaghan lives on a farm near Tlachtga, the ancient site on the Hill of Ward. Both teenagers are close by when a local man is murdered. The circumstances suggest the killer may be acting out some ancient ritual. The truth is even more macabre. This Halloween, as humans wander the streets wearing monster masks, there is a monster among them wearing a human mask. The most treacherous of all the ancient faerie folk . . . The shape-changing púca.
September 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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oisinmcgann.bsky.social
The Irish government has released a report on the benefits of the pilot for a Basic Income for the Arts, and in a total shocker, it seems like it was good for the country as well as the artists.

Nobody could have seen this coming.

#SpeirGorm #UBI

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Basic Income for the Arts pilot produced over €100 million in Social and Economic Benefits
www.gov.ie
September 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
orchardvillian.bsky.social
Great shorts programme this afternoon #meathfilmfestival #Navan #irishfilm
T-shirt with the Meath Film Festival logo draped over a seat while the Q&A begins on the stage beyond.
September 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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filmireland.bsky.social
Come celebrate the launch of the Crewless Network - a suite of tools to help you build connections & find new opportunities. Their night of networking, talks and drinks is on in the Bernard Shaw, Dublin, on the 8th October. Doors at 7pm. (You have to login to book your place). crewless.ie/network/
September 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
orchardvillian.bsky.social
Meath Film Festival kicked off last night. Going to be a great weekend. #meeathfilmfestival, #meath #irishfilm #speirgorm
Four glasses of prosecco, two days of great film on a programme , one festival logo through the middle
September 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
orchardvillian.bsky.social
#UX OK, maybe this cup is recyclable? Is it paper or plastic though? Don't litter but do donate to turtles?
Coffee cup with 10 different symbols all indicating something about the cup but what?
September 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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wearthepeace.bsky.social
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
September 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
orchardvillian.bsky.social
Beautiful day at the Korean Festival at Farmleigh #speirgorm
Coffee and a corn dog in the sunshine
August 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
orchardvillian.bsky.social
Really enjoying the new #WollfAlice release. I'll have to pick up tickets for the gig in December. youtu.be/UXOgzXmd5Zo?...
Wolf Alice - The Sofa (Official Video)
YouTube video by WolfAliceVEVO
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August 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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scalzi.com
This feels like a spot of good news

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold
Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers pr...
www.sciencedaily.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
orchardvillian.bsky.social
I think this is an easy one... Let's support the Artists. I found the question on merit hilarious though #supportthenartists #speirgorm
screenireland.bsky.social Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland @screenireland.bsky.social · Aug 12
As the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme comes to an end in February 2026, @deptcultureirl.bsky.social is inviting the public to share their views on the future of the policy.

The public consultation is now open until 5th September. Have your say here ➡️ bit.ly/3JvOLi4
Minister O’Donovan launches public consultation on the future of Basic Income for the Arts
www.screenireland.ie
August 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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screenireland.bsky.social
⚡ Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to partner with the Erich Pommer Institut to offer a skills scholarship placement on the next edition of Series' Women.

Female producers with TV drama projects in development are strongly encouraged to submit an application.

Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3O7FCuZ
July 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM