Chomh deas buaileadh le Carrie Crowley is í i mbun scannánú i gCorca Dhuibhne ar maidin! Duine uasail

The excitement is building 💚💛

Why Willie Clancy Week is the highlight of trad music calendar All roads lead to Miltown Malbay as hundreds of musicians head to this year's Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: @aoifeg.bsky.social @ucc.ie on why 'Willie Week' in Miltown Malbay is the highlight of the trad music calendar thanks to Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

And they all dives in #theleeswim

Got to write about my favourite week of the year for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social - Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy!

Thanks Yvonne & Andrew for a lovely evening back in the Phoenix again!

A privilege to be at Dublin Castle for the #SharedIsland Forum with ITMA performing & chatting about fifing & fluting traditions with some of my favourite people & musicians. Deas labhairt leis an Taoiseach Ina dhiaidh! Ócáid speisialta

Why Patrick's Day early morning parades rule in Achill & Dingle These pre-dawn parades on St Patrick's Day show how important and integreal the bands and traditions are to both communities

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: Why St Patrick's Day early morning parades rule the roost in Achill and Dingle. By @aoifeg.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Open Audition for Eyes of Hellfire Eyes of Hellfire: Open Audition Invitation for Voice Actors Please ensure that you read the below carefully. We are Gambrinous, a small indie studio based in Ireland, and we’re excited to invite vo...

#VoiceActors: We want to hear your auditions!

Love seeing the variety still coming in. All shares are appreciated and welcome!

#CastingCall
#VA #Ireland

1970 portrait of my grandfather Paddy Brosnan

In 1970 a group of art students visited Dingle & painted portraits of local fishermen; this is my grandad Paddy Brosnan, by R. O’Connell. Anyone any idea where the artist might be now?
#speirgorm @aoifeg.bsky.social @dinglelit.bsky.social @ciaraioch.bsky.social

Gorgeous portrait!

A great opportunity to work with Traditional Arts at the Arts Council. Please apply!!

Cartoon of yours truly with bad drawings taped to her, next to an upturned hat with a sign that reads WILL DOODLE FOR € (or validation)

Dithered about this and looked into Patreon etc. but prefer to keep things un-paywalled, so there's a no-obligation, totally voluntary tip jar on my site if you like my doodles or newsletter, solely to allow the people who asked for it tide me over until I kidnap a Medici www.ciaraioch.com/tip-jar

Drawing of a woman with green hair blowing a flame from her hand, with the word imbolc in gold letters

Happy Imbolc 🌱

A watercolour painting of a person dressed in Biddy costume (white clothing, ornate straw headpiece, red sashes) holding a straw Brídeóg doll, against a background of colourful Irish spring-blooming wildflowers.

The Biddy is an Irish folk tradition linked to Brigid’s Day and Imbolc, where groups wear white and handmade straw headpieces to travel around playing music while carrying a Brídeóg (a model Brigid in child form), warding off evil and bringing luck. It's still strong in parts of Kerry.

"Imbolc or Imbolg, also called (Saint) Brigid's Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Bríde, Scottish Gaelic: Là Fhèill Brìghde, Manx: Laa'l Breeshey), is a Gaelic traditional festival marking the beginning of spring."

"February-isn't-Spring" people, remove the coloniser from your mind

Brigid’s Day: how a festival of fire and fertility connects Christian Ireland with its pagan past The traditional start of spring in Ireland on February 1 is now marked with celebrations of women, empowerment, food, sustainability and craft.

For those interested in Brigid, an article i wrote for the Conversation last year! Lá (weekend!) Fhéile Bríde Shona! theconversation.com/brigids-day-...

First of many!! #lálebríde

Essay marking finished & settling into the snooker! Ó Murchú Abú ❤️ #masterssnooker

Annual reminder that I need my head examined 🤣 Collecting rushes today for our students to make Brigid’s Crosses!

Portraits of actor Ruth Negga, writer Sinéad Gleeson and singer Lisa Hannigan

On Friday, January 31st, Ruth Negga, Lisa Hannigan and I talk music and what it means to us with @sweetoblivion.bsky.social as part of Limerick festival All We Have Are Days.

Join us at St. Mary’s Cathedral from 7.30pm. Lisa is also performing some songs.

🎟️: limetreebelltable.ie/events/ruth-...

Super astute.

(Bad) photo of a slideshow with an artistic depiction of St. Brigid done by @ciaraioch.bsky.social.

It wouldn’t be a Folklore lecture about St. Brigid without the lecturer including a work from (and very honourable mention) to that of @ciaraioch.bsky.social!

She most definitely is a super fan of your work 🤣🤣

Oíche Nollaig na mBan — OONAGH KEARNEY

In the last half hour of the day that’s in it, watch Oonagh Kearney’s glorious Oíche Nollaig na mBan x

www.tyrellapictures.com/oiche-nollai...

Such an important programme with @katiehannon.bsky.social highlighting the epidemic of domestic abuse, coercive control & the horrific murders of women in Ireland. On #NollaignamBan particularly poignant. How do we change this problem? Education/policy? @upfrontrte.bsky.social

Harry Clarke, who was once described as ‘Ireland’s strangest genius’, died on this day in 1931, the Feast of the Epiphany.

Twenty years previously and at the start of his career, Clarke had created this remarkable stained-glass panel as a competition piece for a national competition.

Nollaig na mBan / Women's Christmas / an excuse to share some books by Irish women writers we love.

Yes! It seems Cork & Kerry mostly! Nollaig na mBan Shona!