Goodnight Donegal. Thank you for your wonderful welcome.

Leave the cares of the day behind and drift into the evening with the perfect soundtrack rte.ie/johncreedon.

some say it’s art, some say it’s not

Delighted to collect my contributor copies of the new @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social anthology at the launch this evening in Dun Laoghaire @dublinbookfest.bsky.social Well done Sarah Binchy & @newislandbooks.bsky.social Brilliant readings and music and lovely to have the chats with fellow writers😊

Hands speak, 1956 - by Nino Migliori (1926), Italian

New Ross #Wexford c1903 B&W📸NLI flic.kr/p/2rx3WFs

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

“Hey there, sexy ladies!” “Just ignore him, Arlene.”

Mute swan (Cygnus olor) #photography #nature #birds

Pink Floyd, Crow Black Chicken, CMAT, Kingfishr, and more. 8-10pm RTE Radio1.

Pink Floyd, Crow Black Chicken, CMAT, Kingfishr, and more. 8-10pm RTE Radio1.

Honouring Dr John Creedon, a true voice of Ireland It was our great honour to award an Honorary Doctorate of Arts to broadcaster and writer John Creedon during our autumn conferring ceremonies. Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

Cork to Ballyshannon! I'll be bringing stories and readings from my childhood memoir - This Boy's Heart - to the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon on Sunday next Nov. 9th. Book signing & chat with Sean Perry. Can't wait! Tickets here - www.allinghamfestival.com/news/2025/8/...

Galway, Ireland, 1988 - by Harry Gruyaert (1941), Belgian

David Gray in the mix tonight, along with Big Boy Foolish, Kurt Vile, Fontaines DC, Billie Holiday, Joy Crookes, The Sundays, Prince, Edie Brickell, Natalie Merchant, Lightning Seeds, Mumford & Sons, Hozier, Kingfishr and more from 8-10pm. rte.ie/johncreedon

cute ghosts 😄😄

Beithígh Bhaile na hAbhann ar a sáibhín só ar an trá.

David Gray in the mix tonight, along with Big Boy Foolish, Kurt Vile, Fontaines DC, Billie Holiday, Joy Crookes, The Sundays, Prince, Edie Brickell, Natalie Merchant, Lightning Seeds, Mumford & Sons, Hozier, Kingfishr and more from 8-10pm. rte.ie/johncreedon

Amazing work - as always - from Cork's brave RNLI volunteers 👏

Another full house expected for tonight's Creedon Show. The best seat in the house is already gone, but in fairness, she's family and arrived early. She usually heads for the mosh pit once the show starts at 8pm. Some seats also available in the balcony. @rteradio1.bsky.social

Josh's nose had been bleeding for twenty minutes now, and he was starting to get freaked out.

I, a hip and with-it young person, explain the "Six Seven" trend for old people www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...

A Right Beauty!

Karl Blau in the mix tonight rte.ie/johncreedon.

A facinating read about the earliest steps in our presidential history. Ireland's first president who was simply appointed, our second who was elected, the reporting styles of the time and one woman's complaint about the profilieration of unwanted election literature, a tradition that endures.

Turas álainn ar an traein chun bualadh le mo chara i Bré. Gorgeous train journey to meet my friend in Bray. Love that view between Dalkey and Killiney 💕 #traintrippin #lovedublin

Two from this classic tonight 8-10pm RTE Radio 1.

Shortlist unveiled for the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

45 years on we recall The Specials first album release. Tonight 8-10pm @rteradio1.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=cntv...

45 years on we recall The Specials first album release. Tonight 8-10pm @rteradio1.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=cntv...

Sinéad O'Connor (Irish, 1966 - 2023), Dublin, Ireland, 1987 - by Anton Corbijn (1955), Dutch

“I now pronounce you lunch and dinner.”

must have been one helluva chase

Tonight's Monday Blues features Clarence Gatemouth Brown hollerin' his classic 'Dangerous Critter'. Plus the usual fine blend of Roots, Rock, Reggae, Folk, Funk, Punk, Soul, Hip-Hop and all the rest. rte.ie/johncreedon

Spooky tales from Ireland lurk between the covers of An Irish Folklore Treasury. Banshees, Fairies and worse are waiting for you. Leave on the landing light!(Mind you, there are a few funny ones in there too!) Available from bookshops all over Ireland. Worldwide online & ebook.

We'll be doing a live Arena show at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social celebrating 100 issues of @thedublinreview.bsky.social. We'll have editor Brendan Barrington, contributors Sara Baume, @patrickfreyne.bsky.social, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and @mrkocnnll.bsky.social. Do come, it's going to be special...

A lone fisherman taking the good of a calm Autumn evening on Waterfoot beach. 📸 Eimhear McGrath

Into the night and into the weekend we go with a fine blend of Roots, Rock, Reggae, Folk, Funk, Punk and all the rest of it.. RTERadio1 from 8-10pm.

RORY!!! 🎸🎶🎶 Thank you @johncreedon.bsky.social

Peering in the glasshouse window on a grey day.

An Irish Rock Classic from Dev tonight 8-10pm @rteradio1.bsky.social

An Irish Rock Classic from Dev tonight 8-10pm @rteradio1.bsky.social

Peering in the glasshouse window on a grey day.

Another tick off the TO VISIT list St Govan's Chapel

Switch on the Mirrorball ! Gloria Gaynor & Donna Summer in tonight's mix. 8-10pm @rteradio1.bsky.social

Leave the cares of the day behind and drift into the evening with the perfect soundtrack rte.ie/johncreedon.

Bee taking a nap.. 😅