Dr. Sadbh Kellett
@sadbhkellett.bsky.social
Irish writer & academic. Sí/í. Agent ~ Sabhbh Curran at Curtis Brown.
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Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh go léir!
Did you know that Fionn Mac Cumhaill had dealings with a vampire? 🧛
Check out the story of Abhartach and Fionn here: fionnfolklore.org/en/item/4447
Bígí cúramach anocht, beidh na hollphéisteanna amuigh!
#irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #halloween #irishmythology
Did you know that Fionn Mac Cumhaill had dealings with a vampire? 🧛
Check out the story of Abhartach and Fionn here: fionnfolklore.org/en/item/4447
Bígí cúramach anocht, beidh na hollphéisteanna amuigh!
#irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #halloween #irishmythology
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh go léir!
Did you know that Fionn Mac Cumhaill had dealings with a vampire? 🧛
Check out the story of Abhartach and Fionn here: fionnfolklore.org/en/item/4447
Bígí cúramach anocht, beidh na hollphéisteanna amuigh!
#irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #halloween #irishmythology
Did you know that Fionn Mac Cumhaill had dealings with a vampire? 🧛
Check out the story of Abhartach and Fionn here: fionnfolklore.org/en/item/4447
Bígí cúramach anocht, beidh na hollphéisteanna amuigh!
#irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #halloween #irishmythology
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Have you ever heard of Loscadh na Teamhrach (‘The Burning of Tara’)?
Check out some of the versions of this fiery tale available in our database by following the links below:
fionnfolklore.org/en/item/789
fionnfolklore.org/en/item/787
Check out some of the versions of this fiery tale available in our database by following the links below:
fionnfolklore.org/en/item/789
fionnfolklore.org/en/item/787
September 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Have you ever heard of Loscadh na Teamhrach (‘The Burning of Tara’)?
Check out some of the versions of this fiery tale available in our database by following the links below:
fionnfolklore.org/en/item/789
fionnfolklore.org/en/item/787
Check out some of the versions of this fiery tale available in our database by following the links below:
fionnfolklore.org/en/item/789
fionnfolklore.org/en/item/787
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Attention all digital artists! We’re inviting you to create a piece of art inspired by a story or character from our database!
Entries close 15th October 2025 and winners will be notified shortly thereafter.
Entries close 15th October 2025 and winners will be notified shortly thereafter.
September 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Attention all digital artists! We’re inviting you to create a piece of art inspired by a story or character from our database!
Entries close 15th October 2025 and winners will be notified shortly thereafter.
Entries close 15th October 2025 and winners will be notified shortly thereafter.
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Meabhrúchán beag 👀👀
fionnfolklore.org/ga/education...
#múinteoir #múinteoirí #oideachas #scoil #gaeilge #gaelicfolklore #irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #feniancycle #fionnfolkloreproject #fiannaíocht #fianna #gàidhlig #beulaithris #gaelic #fionnmaccumhaill #oisín #oscar
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#múinteoir #múinteoirí #oideachas #scoil #gaeilge #gaelicfolklore #irishfolklore #scottishfolklore #feniancycle #fionnfolkloreproject #fiannaíocht #fianna #gàidhlig #beulaithris #gaelic #fionnmaccumhaill #oisín #oscar
August 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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We might be biased, but we think Bran and Sceolang are frontrunners for the best dogs in folklore 🐾
#internationaldogday
#internationaldogday
August 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We might be biased, but we think Bran and Sceolang are frontrunners for the best dogs in folklore 🐾
#internationaldogday
#internationaldogday
Such a wonderful time at the #womensprize party in Bedford Square last night. Congratulations to all the winners (still not over those amazing speeches)!! 🥲💚 @womensprize.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Such a wonderful time at the #womensprize party in Bedford Square last night. Congratulations to all the winners (still not over those amazing speeches)!! 🥲💚 @womensprize.bsky.social
So delighted to have been chosen as a 2025 mentee! 🥳
BIG NEWS!
34 writers have been chosen for the 2025 Irish Writers Centre #NationalMentoringProgramme 🥳
The awardees will receive one-to-one mentoring from an established writer, offering invaluable creative and professional guidance over the coming months.
irishwriterscentre.ie/34-writers-s...
34 writers have been chosen for the 2025 Irish Writers Centre #NationalMentoringProgramme 🥳
The awardees will receive one-to-one mentoring from an established writer, offering invaluable creative and professional guidance over the coming months.
irishwriterscentre.ie/34-writers-s...
34 Writers Selected for Irish Writers Centre’s National Mentoring Programme 2025 - Irish Writers Centre
34 Writers Selected for Irish Writers Centre’s National Mentoring Programme 2025
irishwriterscentre.ie
June 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
So delighted to have been chosen as a 2025 mentee! 🥳
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The Dáil has voted to pass the first stage of a piece of legislation that would ban fox hunting with 113 TDs voting in favour and 49 against
Bill to ban fox hunting passes first stage vote in Dáil
The Dáil has voted to pass the first stage of a piece of legislation that would ban fox hunting with 113 TDs voting in favour and 49 against.
www.rte.ie
May 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Dáil has voted to pass the first stage of a piece of legislation that would ban fox hunting with 113 TDs voting in favour and 49 against
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Well, holy shit. Consider me shocked (in a good way).
Minister for the Arts Patrick O'Donovan has publicly backed the retention of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme today saying that its impact is 'far-ranging and affects all aspects of recipients' lives'
Minister backs retention of Basic Income for Arts scheme
Minister for the Arts Patrick O'Donovan has publicly backed the retention of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme today saying that its impact is "far-ranging and affects all aspects of recipients' li...
www.rte.ie
May 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Well, holy shit. Consider me shocked (in a good way).
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“We will not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe that is taking place before our eyes in Gaza.”
A joint statement from Ireland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Malta and Slovenia.
A joint statement from Ireland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Malta and Slovenia.
May 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“We will not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe that is taking place before our eyes in Gaza.”
A joint statement from Ireland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Malta and Slovenia.
A joint statement from Ireland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Malta and Slovenia.
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Why can’t we have nice things like reliable buses and safe cycling lanes? Because a coal company who built an unmanned petrol station - after this Bus Connects route was planned - says it has a “constitutional right to make a living”, apparently.
I've spent the day in The High Court listening to Lissan Coal Company v An Bord Pleanála. This is a judicial review of ABP's decision to approve the BusConnects Blanchardstown to City Centre scheme.
May 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Why can’t we have nice things like reliable buses and safe cycling lanes? Because a coal company who built an unmanned petrol station - after this Bus Connects route was planned - says it has a “constitutional right to make a living”, apparently.
Huge congratulations to the longlistees! 🥳
📣 Announcement!
We’re excited to share the 16 outstanding writers who have been longlisted for #Discoveries 2025 🌟 Each of these talented voices brings something unique to the page: bit.ly/4jVTpTz
#womensp#womensprizeative.bsky.social, Curtis Brown Books and Audible
We’re excited to share the 16 outstanding writers who have been longlisted for #Discoveries 2025 🌟 Each of these talented voices brings something unique to the page: bit.ly/4jVTpTz
#womensp#womensprizeative.bsky.social, Curtis Brown Books and Audible
May 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Huge congratulations to the longlistees! 🥳
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Rejection is built-in to a writing career. I once sent 99 poems to 99 poetry journals and received 99 rejections over the course of six months. Made me laugh. Did it again. Kept doing it, stories, novels, etc. After awhile, it won't faze you. (This is different than clearly unfair situations.) 1/2
April 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Rejection is built-in to a writing career. I once sent 99 poems to 99 poetry journals and received 99 rejections over the course of six months. Made me laugh. Did it again. Kept doing it, stories, novels, etc. After awhile, it won't faze you. (This is different than clearly unfair situations.) 1/2
Pretty sure I've thought of nothing except the piercing the veil scene in #Sinners since I saw it last night. Phenomenal film. Make sure you see it in IMAX.
April 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Pretty sure I've thought of nothing except the piercing the veil scene in #Sinners since I saw it last night. Phenomenal film. Make sure you see it in IMAX.
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Ai has not made creative *skills* more accessible, it’s made *churning out stuff* more accessible.
And the accessibility issue was never in the creating, it was in the getting paid. That’s not changing because Ai is designed to funnel money into the pockets of already rich guys.
And the accessibility issue was never in the creating, it was in the getting paid. That’s not changing because Ai is designed to funnel money into the pockets of already rich guys.
March 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Ai has not made creative *skills* more accessible, it’s made *churning out stuff* more accessible.
And the accessibility issue was never in the creating, it was in the getting paid. That’s not changing because Ai is designed to funnel money into the pockets of already rich guys.
And the accessibility issue was never in the creating, it was in the getting paid. That’s not changing because Ai is designed to funnel money into the pockets of already rich guys.
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So many beauty brands still use animals for testing too. All the glossy cute packaging and a testing process that’s so gruesome that most people couldn’t watch it happening.
Please look for brands that don’t do animal testing 🐰🐁
Please look for brands that don’t do animal testing 🐰🐁
A vibrant scientific community would share this video everywhere. It would engage deeply with its devastating implications and meaningfully discuss alternatives to animal testing.
But instead we scientists are a bunch of cowards, afraid to rock the boat, indoctrinated to rationalize the status quo.
But instead we scientists are a bunch of cowards, afraid to rock the boat, indoctrinated to rationalize the status quo.
March 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
So many beauty brands still use animals for testing too. All the glossy cute packaging and a testing process that’s so gruesome that most people couldn’t watch it happening.
Please look for brands that don’t do animal testing 🐰🐁
Please look for brands that don’t do animal testing 🐰🐁
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The @ec.europa.eu will table today the deprotection of #wolves
Another step away from science, and another case of embracing toxic culture wars in a way that just keeps feeding the beast.
Reminder: wolf hunting does nothing to reduce damage to farmers, but it does real ecological damage
Another step away from science, and another case of embracing toxic culture wars in a way that just keeps feeding the beast.
Reminder: wolf hunting does nothing to reduce damage to farmers, but it does real ecological damage
March 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The @ec.europa.eu will table today the deprotection of #wolves
Another step away from science, and another case of embracing toxic culture wars in a way that just keeps feeding the beast.
Reminder: wolf hunting does nothing to reduce damage to farmers, but it does real ecological damage
Another step away from science, and another case of embracing toxic culture wars in a way that just keeps feeding the beast.
Reminder: wolf hunting does nothing to reduce damage to farmers, but it does real ecological damage
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‘In 2017, a few short years after being shortlisted for the Booker Prize, author Donal Ryan revealed he was going back to his job in the civil service, causing great shock among the public, but probably not among his fellow authors.’
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Arts funding rows hurt artists who struggle to break even
"...it is hard to avoid the sense that the Government’s newfound notions of austerity will skip right past the men in suits and pass directly to the artists who rely on government funding to pursue th...
www.irishexaminer.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
‘In 2017, a few short years after being shortlisted for the Booker Prize, author Donal Ryan revealed he was going back to his job in the civil service, causing great shock among the public, but probably not among his fellow authors.’
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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We’re delighted to introduce the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist! The 16 books on the list are genre-spanning, with many exploring the ramifications of global events in the past, present and future. We hope you enjoy every moment of the journey within their pages.
Announcing the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist
Tune in on Tuesday 4th March at 8am GMT for the announcement! Hear from our judges as they reveal the 16 books on the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist sponsored by @audible and @Baileys. The judging panel for the 2025 Prize is chaired by author Kit de Waal. She is joined by novelist, journalist and inaugural winner of the Orange Award for New Writers (the Women’s Prize for debut novelists in 2006), Diana Evans; author, journalist and mental-health campaigner, Bryony Gordon; magazine editor, most recently Editor-in-Chief of Glamour UK, Deborah Joseph; and musician and composer known for award-winning film scores, Amelia Warner. We hope you discover some brilliant books to buy, borrow, read, love and pass on.
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March 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We’re delighted to introduce the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist! The 16 books on the list are genre-spanning, with many exploring the ramifications of global events in the past, present and future. We hope you enjoy every moment of the journey within their pages.
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It would be great if Irish news media asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to look at wasted money in sports as well as in the arts, he could cover the cost of 166 printers for the National Gallery out of the spend on dog tracks.
February 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It would be great if Irish news media asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to look at wasted money in sports as well as in the arts, he could cover the cost of 166 printers for the National Gallery out of the spend on dog tracks.
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If only there was some sort of mechanism by which people applying for Arts Council grants could explain how the money would be used
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Grant recipients to be asked to explain spending following Arts Council scandal
Letter will be issued in the coming days in the wake of the Arts Council €6.7m IT system scandal
www.irishexaminer.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
If only there was some sort of mechanism by which people applying for Arts Council grants could explain how the money would be used
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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"Priced out of the housing market? Try living in a hut in your parents backyard" is now the official government stance
We are so fucking cooked man
We are so fucking cooked man
Government to make cabin homes in back gardens exempt from planning
The minister believes there needs to be planning exemptions to allow family members to live together on the same site.
www.thejournal.ie
February 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"Priced out of the housing market? Try living in a hut in your parents backyard" is now the official government stance
We are so fucking cooked man
We are so fucking cooked man