This week we are featuring some extraordinary Irish women in honour of #NollaignamBan. Mary Ann McCracken campaigned for the abolition of slavery, and argued that the liberty and equality sought by the United Irishmen should be extended to women. www.dib.ie/biography/mc... #DIBLives @ria.ie

Really enjoyed “The Dead” at MOLI…

A really excellent biography by @stepwalktv.bsky.social

This is great fun. Insightful too.

I remember all too little of the interviews I did with rock stars when I was briefly employed as the music critic for a national newspaper, but there is this.

Wowsa! Really loved Bailout Babies by @adammaguire.bsky.social - intelligent, illuminating, and full of great one-liners. Really funny, but also thought-provoking. And now I want to go axe throwing…

More great yarns from the #StatePapers today on @news.rte.ie from @ocionnaith.bsky.social, Evelyn O’Rourke and @harrymanningrte.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

I wonder does @patrickfreyne.bsky.social know he’s quoted in a Big Important History Book? I also wonder how long the @irishtimes.com has really been “a thorn in Britain’s imperial side”…

More great #StatePapers coverage on @news.rte.ie this morning from @ocionnaith.bsky.social, @harrymanningrte.bsky.social & Evelyn O’Rourke - I liked this one… www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Look, it occurs to me that this is quite ranty but I believe every spittle flecked word of it www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Great stuff on the #StatePapers on @news.rte.ie from Fiachra O Cionnaith, Evelyn O’Rourke and @harrymanningrte.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...

Big thank you to all the people working through Christmas looking after everyone

Brilliant Christmas Eve Busk for @simoncommunity.bsky.social - including a turn from @imeldamay.bsky.social and some bloke from U2…

Fairytale Of New York

This is almost impossible to read without dying inside for everyone concerned

Here I am on the radio! Talking to @mylesdungan.bsky.social about “From Crown to Harp” on the History Show… www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

The scariest words in the English language are "We're from the internet and we're here to read your joke."

Nominative determinism at its finest.

Big pile of signed copies of “From Crown to Harp” in @dubray-books.bsky.social in Stillorgan!

You've heard of Elf on the Shelf but how about

🎄A Mary MacSwiney double-page spread in the Holly Bough! How wonderful to see this feature on a book written by a Cork author (@lloislanel.bsky.social) about an important figure in not only local Cork history but also revolutionary Irish history.

A *lot* of emotion in @dublinairport.bsky.social Arrivals…

Looking for a Christmas gift for the history lover in your life? The three books I've authored or edited during 2025 are now available in all good bookshops See www.owenoshea.ie #books #Christmas 📚 🎄

Fondly remember Joe joining Bruce onstage in the RDS in 1993… a magic night. May he rest in peace.

Over here, we’re deeply saddened by the loss of Joe Ely, a singular American singer, great musician and great artist...

Best of luck to @tommymeskill.bsky.social on starting the new gig, you’ll be great. Fantastic job, fantastic team, fantastic colleague in @sharontobin.bsky.social

In writing about the life of this remarkable but overlooked Corkwoman, historian Leeann Lane has performed a great service. A meticulously researched & engrossing portrait of the Republican activist, suffragette and educational pioneer @lloislanel.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

This week we are featuring all things Christmassy, starting with Queen of Pantomime, Maureen Potter. Exuding enthusiasm & delight, her signature closing line was 'If you liked the show tell your friends; if you didn't, keep your breath to cool your porridge'. www.dib.ie/biography/po... #DIBLives

>The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.  >Because “we will never fucking trust you again.” Accurate. www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...

Nice spread in today’s ⁦‪Irish Independent on Lemon’s Pure Sweets. The lavishly illustrated book on Lemon’s I have co-written with Alan Tate, with over 200 wonderful images, will make a great Christmas gift.

How Ireland Voted 2024 is published. My copies finally turned up yesterday having been delivered to a random address. Thanks to the lovely person who accepted them and kept them for me. Nice to have the physical book before Christmas and copies are starting to appear in bookshops as well.

You can do this right now: Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better. Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.

So apart from being very talented my brother David is very brave. While his film Eternity was being wrapped up he had a very serious diagnosis and he has written about it here time.com/7339094/eter...

Signing copies of “From Crown to Harp” this morning in Dundrum, in @dubraybooks.bsky.social and Eason. Thanks for the welcome!

I wrote modestly about my Hollywood debut and being a nepo-baby (sadly they changed the original headline "Bye fuckos I'm off to Hollywood") www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...

Recording of my interview on Today with David McCullagh yesterday discussing the 100th anniversary of the tripartite London Agreement which cemented the border in Ireland at the time. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Just finished @mcculld.bsky.social ‘s From Crown to Harp. Definitely, in my opinion, the Irish history book of the year.

Shocker.

This dog was spotted politely waiting by a pizza truck. He doesn’t have to say what he wants. They already know his order. It is pizza. 13/10 (IG: lauren.bardini)

Anyone who watches videos or listens to music out loud on public transport should receive an automatic fine. Get some earphones or learn to live without an Instagram reel for 10 minutes, twats.

We LOVE to say these words! From Crown to Harp by David McCullagh SOLD OUT 🎉🎉 Huge thanks to David for popping into Chapters today to sign more copies!! Signed copies are now back in stock (for as long as they last 👀). @mcculld.bsky.social

Bookshops (& book sellers!) are the best. Newly signed copies of “From Crown to Harp” now in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social, Eason O’Connell Street, and @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social. Thanks for the warm welcome!

Thanks for the great review of “From Crown to Harp”! @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Exactly one year to the day after the general election, “How Ireland Voted 2024: The New Normal?” is now available in bookshops. ➡️ link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

I'm very pleased to formally launch "Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map" with location/bio info on 720+ women & men receiving U.S. pensions in Ireland-significantly more than previously thought: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...

Huge thanks to David for dropping in this afternoon. We now have signed copies in stock - perfect Christmas gift for history buffs!

Signed copies of From Crown to Harp available in @ravenbooks.bsky.social in Blackrock. Thanks to Lili for the warm welcome!

I've written a novel, Experts in a Dying Field. It's out on Penguin Sandycove in June. It's about about a band and a tragedy & art for art's sake & aging & loss & community & Dublin. There's a fox in it. & sheet music. The beautiful cover's by Jack Smyth. You can preorder: linktr.ee/expertsinady...

#DIBNewLives A fearless champion of equality, fairness & justice, Ann Louise Gilligan is remembered as ‘the spark that lit the marriage equality movement’. The court case to recognise her marriage to Katherine Zappone sparked the decade-long fight for marriage equality. www.dib.ie/biography/gi...

Great stuff from Dylan - finishing with a great version of “Rainy Night in Soho” (not as good as Bruce’s version, but still…!)