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Molly Twomey

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Arts Council supported poet. ‘Raised Among Vultures’ & 'Chic to be Sad' published by The Gallery Press. Host of ‘Just to Say’ international poetry event. https://mollytwomey.com/ 💫

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Molly Twomey @mollytwomey.bsky.social · May 29

✨Cover Reveal✨

I have been obsessed with Niamh Swanton's work since I saw it in @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social 😍 .

What a joy to have her work on the cover of 'Chic to Be Sad' due in July with @thegallerypress.bsky.social 💛 💜 🩵

& what a gift to see it in Outset Gallery last week 🤌 !

Molly's book cover is blue and Niamh Swanton's photo contains a woman's legs in purple high heels and yellow socks, there's a blue telephone dangling and used tissues all over the carpet.

Molly beside Niamh Swanton's photo of a woman's legs in purple high heels and yellow socks, there's a blue telephone dangling and used tissues all over the carpet.

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · 1d

Look at this for a lineup: John Banville, Claire Keegan, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Paul Muldoon and Stephen Rea. Our Celebration of Derek Mahon event is approaching. 4 November. Tickets: gallerypress.com/product/cele...

#irishpoetryevents #ArtsCouncilSupported

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Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 2d

I'm from Galway and will be voting for Catherine Connolly in #áras25 I campaigned with her *against* the Lisbon treaty & for Marriage Equality & Repeal, I was there the day she lost a dail seat by 17 votes after which she brought us all out for breakfast and apologised for letting us down!

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Molly Twomey @mollytwomey.bsky.social · 1d

Ah fab news!!! Really hope they're productive for you ✨ thanks so much, Joyce! Am prone to a rejection myself, just means we are trying 💪

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merritt @merrittk.com · 1d

most books taste terrible

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

it is more important to read books you actually enjoy reading than books that are Literature

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Molly Twomey @mollytwomey.bsky.social · 1d

Stunning!

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Harley - PomPomPastel 🏳️‍⚧️ @pompompastel.bsky.social · 3d

Catherine Connolly wanted to do the funniest thing when she wins, her very first public video should be

"I know a thing or two about smear campaigns. That's why I encourage everyone over the age of 25 to book theirs now!"

#speirgorm #Irishpolitics #Áras25 #Aras25

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 2d

Open for three more days! 💫

Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 9d

Submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) are open until 31 October! Submission guidelines are at the link below. We're looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays! ✨

bansheepress.org/submit

Submit — Banshee Press

Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October. We are also accepting submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) until 31 October!

bansheepress.org

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Molly Twomey @mollytwomey.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, Joyce 😍🫶 hope you're flying it 👌

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Molly Twomey @mollytwomey.bsky.social · 1d

Really need Catherine Connolly to win the election so I can have more content from her for at least 7 more years 👌 am gafa 💜

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Molly Twomey @mollytwomey.bsky.social · 3d

Yay for more poetry and plays 😍

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Doug Fresh @badatstuff.bsky.social · 4d

Catherine Connolly watches TV with the big light on. #smearthebejaysus

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 4d

Catherine Connolly French kissed the Blarney Stone.
#SmearTheBejaysus #SmearTheBejaysis

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Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 4d

Catherine Connolly is just three Michael Ds in a trench coat!

#SmearTheBejaysus #Spéirgorm #Áras25

Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 4d

Catherine Connolly thinks Thierry Henry's goal wasn't a handball.

#SpéirGorm #SmearTheBejaysus #Áras25

Marina @sand-badger.bsky.social · 4d

I heard Catherine Connolly leaves the immersion on #SpeirGorm

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 4d

Catherine Connolly thinks "Saint Patty's Day" is acceptable. #SmearTheBejaysus #SmearTheBejaysis

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Darren Leathley @dmleathley.bsky.social · 4d

Catherine Connolly is only running for the Áras so she can look at the animals in Dublin Zoo without having to leave the house. #SmearTheBejaysus #SmearTheBejaysis

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Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 4d

Catherine Connolly twists Kimberleys, licks the filling, then puts them back together and back into the packet.
#SmearTheBejaysus #SmearTheBejaysis

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Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 4d

Catherine Connolly thinks Thierry Henry's goal wasn't a handball.

#SpéirGorm #SmearTheBejaysus #Áras25

Marina @sand-badger.bsky.social · 4d

I heard Catherine Connolly leaves the immersion on #SpeirGorm

Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 4d

Catherine Connolly seen buying 11 items in the 10 items or less aisle!

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 3d

Catherine Connolly skipped parts of Ulysses #Smearthebejaysus #Smearthebejaysis

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Molly Twomey @mollytwomey.bsky.social · 3d

'Let the worst I ever do to you be die.' A little Vona Groarke of a Saturday eve ☕

Aubade

You say that you heard piano chords rustling in the night;
that you woke once and saw me there, and again.
Then I was gone. The sea under your bed said something
like your name: you thought you'd drown.

This morning your fever slinks away
like a dog bested by the hubbub of city-fed
and workaday birdsong come into its own.
You call. You want some toast.

The trees are bone dry; sunlight hunkers behind them.
Your hair fronds when I lift your head
as if out of a sea pulling away. I offer you
the lidded cup. You take it and you drink.

Let the worst I ever do to you be die.
Turn your head sideways, dear, so I can watch you sleep.
Let the morning have us, and the afternoon.
I am here, blessed, capable of more.

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Molly Twomey @mollytwomey.bsky.social · 4d

Oh there's so much on it!!! Loads of weird bits ☺️ and normal bits!

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Molly Twomey @mollytwomey.bsky.social · 4d

Ah shur that's only up the road! 🚗 Id not be surprised if it was much further away too!

Molly Twomey @mollytwomey.bsky.social · 4d

Just saw my first book on Vinted and they're selling it for a tiny bit more than I do which is far far better then seeing it for like 2 euro ahah 🤸

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Emmet Kirwan @emmetkirwan.bsky.social · 6d

Two different front pages two non stories. They’re looking for another second smoking gun. I can’t put my finger on it but it seems like the two most widely read papers in the country have a preferred candidate.

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Simon Boyne @simonb84.bsky.social · 4d

Catherine Connolly takes out the wrong bin on purpose to throw her neighbours off then in the dead of night she puts out the right one
#SmearTheBejaysis
#SpéirGorm

Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 4d

Catherine Connolly once left her bins out beside the kerb for a whole day.
#Spéirgorm

__________ @jenbren.bsky.social · 4d

Catherine Connolly signs her emails "Best"

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