Hex Magazine is re-launching after several years in hiatus. The latest call for submissions crossed my desk this morning. You can find it here.

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Suitably vampy poster for my #TEDx talk on #Halloween

#tedxspeaker #tedxtalks #tedxevents #TEDx2025 #tedxjourney #tedtalk #tedtalks #TEDevent #tedevents #empoweringwomen #resilience #publicspeaking #Tralee #TraleeEvents #tedxtralee #SiamsaTire

Clip from Na Féilte Tine: Samhain with Professor Patricia Lysaght and I 🍂🍁

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You can watch the Samhain episode of Na Féilte Tine here on the RTÉ Player:

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#samhain #ancestors #returningdead #Halloween #folklore #traditions

See you at Occulture! 🌟

Nice article on #pumpkins and local #farmers here in East Cork by Jonathan DeBurca Butler. I get a mention too 🎃

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#pumpkinseason #pumpkin #pumpkinpatch #pumpkinpicking #halloweenvibes #Halloween #halloween2025 #HalloweenFest #SamhainSeason #samhain

Des Baker's little documentary, Spiorad na Samhna [Spirit of Samhain] about Derry's #Halloween festival, featuring me speaking Irish.

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#samhain #HalloweenVibes #DerryHalloween #DerryEvents #derry

I found out today that I received a First Class Honours in my Autism Studies course @ucc.ie. I could leave now with a Certificate or continue--which I intend to do--to the second year for the qualification of a Diploma in Autism Studies #autismstudies #neurodiversity #Autism

On the 25th anniversary of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR), I was elected as incoming Secretary General. I congratulate the new Executive Committee and look forward to working together, from 1 January, with the incoming EC #easr #studyofreligions #iahr2025 #iahrkrakow

I presented my paper titled ‘“The Gods Have Returned to Erin”: Irish Paganism, the Celtic Twilight, and Eastern Religiosity’ in the panel “Glocal Dynamics in Paganism: Global Influences and Local Adaptations” at the XXIII IAHR World Congress #IAHR2025 #paganstudies

I long to live in a world where people's physical appearance and abilities are no longer mocked and belittled, and cruelty and greed are seen as 'humiliating' traits instead.

Congratulations! 🌟

Join me online with the Viktor Wynd museum on 26th October, 8pm (GMT) for a talk on "Spectral Embodiments: Manifesting and Visualising the Ghost Child" 👻🖤

LOADS of other amazing talks available throughout the year too; check out The Last Tuesday Society!

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I've been invited to give a TEDx talk for TEDx Tralee: Empowering Resilience at Siamsa Tíre next October.
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#TEDx #TEDxtalk #siamsatire #tralee

My short story, “Christmas Dog”, was published in the anthology SCARS produced by Beyond Words Literary Magazine

#shortstories #shortstory #fiction #fictionwriter #fictionwriters #irishwriter #irishwriters #publishedauthor #publishedwriter #sliceoflife #storiessetindublin #dublincity

Not long until the new exhibition on Mythical Creatures opens at @colmuseums.bsky.social

Make sure to go along if you are in the area

Following the International Society for #Folklore and #Ethnology - #SIEF Congress at the University of Aberdeen I’m happy to announce that I have been elected to the Executive Board of the SIEF Ritual Year Working Group.

Indigo bunting, Richmond, VA. #birds #wildlife #discover

Bluebird, Richmond, VA. #birds #discover #wildlife

Finally got two hummingbirds on the feeder
#birds #birding

What I try to explain to people is that writing a book is hard and sometimes miserable and editing a book is hard and sometimes miserable but then once in a while everything crystallizes and you can see how to make it really good and it’s the best feeling in the world. That’s where I am right now.

We had such interesting discussions in our roundtable at the University of Aberdeen on “Unwriting ecological relationality in the humilocene: Exploring the wisdom embodied in land-based craft traditions” in the #SIEF25 Place Wisdom Working Group stream today.
Photo: Cruikshank Botanic Gardens

Absolutely priceless “unhand me” face from my collection. No documented date/info.