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The life and work of Mary Swanzy The life and work of Irish artist Mary Swanzy. Considered the first Irish cubist painter preceding Evie Hone and Mainie Jellet

www.maryswanzy.com if anyone is interested in knowing more about this fascinating Irish artist.

I wonder did Harry Clarke think of Vincent‘s flowers when Clarke made his stained glass anemones later

Pinguiní beaga gorma ag teacht i dtír le clapsholas.

Enrich your reading in 2026 - get ‘Consolamentum’ by James McConachie. Get to inland Spain without the hassle of travel! 💝

www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...

@jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social

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Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine
People survive in each other's shelter.

scáth also means shadow,
adding another layer of meaning about living in each other's shared unconscious.

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#PoemsAbout #Money from my collection ‘Consolamentum’ from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk at @thebrokenspine.co.uk

When we all get imprisoned for posting I’m definitely gonna be going around the yard asking what y’all said that got you locked up & it better be a banger because that’s how we’ll be establishing our hierarchy

Donate to Support a Voyage to Find Home, organized by Liz Cullinane Hello, my name is Liz Cullinane and for the past four years, I have been inspired to raise… Liz Cullinane needs your support for Support a Voyage to Find Home

Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine
People survive in each other's shelter.

scáth also means shadow,
adding another layer of meaning about living in each other's shared unconscious.

www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...

Donate to Support a Voyage to Find Home, organized by Liz Cullinane Hello, my name is Liz Cullinane and for the past four years, I have been inspired to raise… Liz Cullinane needs your support for Support a Voyage to Find Home

We had been hoping to move ashore for winter, this year, but no joy. The last third of 2025 has been dispiriting and hard but we're working towards a change for the better in 2026.

Thank you, everyone, who has supported us — with funds. reposts, and personal notes. It has all helped a lot.

Donate to Support a Voyage to Find Home, organized by Liz Cullinane Hello, my name is Liz Cullinane and for the past four years, I have been inspired to raise… Liz Cullinane needs your support for Support a Voyage to Find Home

Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine literally translates as:
People survive in each other's shelter.

scáth also means shadow,
adding another layer of meaning about living in each other's shared unconscious.
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I only know C.C. through his posts here and links to other sites…but consider him a mentor. I look forward to him opening my mind and nudging it toward far flung destinations.

Skyscape with hints of pink and stormy clouds above white waves on Achill Island County Mayo, Ireland

#Achill skies

Today's bake.
A ginger cake for @ccohanlon.bsky.social probably a bit much for a diabetic but hopefully restraint will be used. CC has been a mentor to me in many respects. And not just me.

I hope he's feeling able to mentor others in 2026

#Christmas #Gift. #ItalianPostalService relying on you 🤞🏼

💋 on a pint glass, lady pint 🤔

Booked today, my first event to look forward to in 2026.

Amazing value for money at the beautiful Seamus Heaney Homeplace 💚

Looks like you may be dinner....

What I Don’t Know About Politics (And Why It Might Not Matter) As scribes over here in the UK suddenly ask if the right-wing populist Reform party has peaked, I realise I know almost nothing about politics. Even more

"...it turns out that not knowing much about politics is sometimes indistinguishable from knowing a lot. Which is not to say we should opt out of politics. It’s just that our understanding of it is invariably limited."

A(nother) political perspective from Peter Bach, @lyst.bsky.social

When I left India, Ireland welcomed me in. I won’t let bigotry destroy the country we love | Cauvery Madhavan People from the Indian community, and others, are facing violence that was once unthinkable. We must not give in to the racists, says novelist Cauvery Madhavan

A brilliant article by Irish writer Cauvery Madhavan. @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🙏🏼💚🙏🏼 very kind of you to say.
Have a very happy holiday season ✨

Christmas tree decorated with green baubles and blue lights.

First time in many years having a tree, not usually my best time of year. Giving it another go. 🎄💚🎄

Gilbert and George: The Ten Commandments I  Thou shalt fight conformismII  Thou shalt be the messenger of freedomsIII  Thou shalt make use of sexIV Thou shalt reinvent lifeV  Thou shalt grab the soulVI  Thou shalt give thy loveVII  Thou s…

The Ten Commandments for artists:

I Thou shalt fight conformism

yeah, and...

IX Thou shalt not know exactly what thou dost, but thou shalt do it

X Thou shalt give something back

We weren’t queen-and-crumpet Anglophiles of the sort who buy checkout magazines about royal weddings. We liked a certain idea of Englishness that was eccentric and knowing and understated: not high-posh, more like mid-posh.

!! Ireland has a unique opportunity to end foxhunting on Dec 17th when the Dail will vote on a proposed ban.

Please contact your TDs and ask them to support a ban.

#speirgorm

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Best medicine dancing, maybe not with current blood pressure but still...