Darach Ó Séaghdha
@darach.bsky.social
That @theirishfor guy. Author of Motherfoclóir & Craic Baby. He/Him.
This is interesting - I was always under the impression that Ireland had fewer MF friendships on account of the high number of single-sex schools.
November 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This is interesting - I was always under the impression that Ireland had fewer MF friendships on account of the high number of single-sex schools.
Like what the fuck is this about?
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Like what the fuck is this about?
Sure we were technically at war with Denmark until about ten years ago. Simon Harris, of all people, was the man who eventually brought peace between the two drunkest nations in Europe.
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Sure we were technically at war with Denmark until about ten years ago. Simon Harris, of all people, was the man who eventually brought peace between the two drunkest nations in Europe.
Maybe Irish Americans are "like that" because they keep seeing Irish journalists saying things like this? Just a thought.
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Maybe Irish Americans are "like that" because they keep seeing Irish journalists saying things like this? Just a thought.
Oh, your droll skeet about my profile picture reminded me of this classic album cover!
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Oh, your droll skeet about my profile picture reminded me of this classic album cover!
Who talks like this.
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Who talks like this.
The James Bond series is a very find example of what scientists call The Surf Dracula Problem.
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The James Bond series is a very find example of what scientists call The Surf Dracula Problem.
At least MM and LV have the bare minimum professionalism and manners to keep a poker face up.
Harris looks like his uncle promised him a florin to go to the Araby Bazaar with, but staggered home far too late for him to be able to go down and buy anything to impress Mangan's sister.
Harris looks like his uncle promised him a florin to go to the Araby Bazaar with, but staggered home far too late for him to be able to go down and buy anything to impress Mangan's sister.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
At least MM and LV have the bare minimum professionalism and manners to keep a poker face up.
Harris looks like his uncle promised him a florin to go to the Araby Bazaar with, but staggered home far too late for him to be able to go down and buy anything to impress Mangan's sister.
Harris looks like his uncle promised him a florin to go to the Araby Bazaar with, but staggered home far too late for him to be able to go down and buy anything to impress Mangan's sister.
I can't imagine why it was so stupid. No warning signs at all.
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I can't imagine why it was so stupid. No warning signs at all.
Post a non religious photo you think of as holy.
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Post a non religious photo you think of as holy.
Sorry for sharing a post from the other website, I know, but JCO's remarks on that website's owner feel like something that'll be narrated over the end credits of a Musk biopic.
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Sorry for sharing a post from the other website, I know, but JCO's remarks on that website's owner feel like something that'll be narrated over the end credits of a Musk biopic.
Beacons At Bealtaine, Séamus Heaney.
Move lips, move minds, and make new meanings flare.
McAleese, 2004
Move lips, move minds, and make new meanings flare.
McAleese, 2004
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Beacons At Bealtaine, Séamus Heaney.
Move lips, move minds, and make new meanings flare.
McAleese, 2004
Move lips, move minds, and make new meanings flare.
McAleese, 2004
Autumn Journal, Louis MacNeice
"a single purpose can be founded on a jumble of opposites"
McAleese, 1997
"a single purpose can be founded on a jumble of opposites"
McAleese, 1997
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Autumn Journal, Louis MacNeice
"a single purpose can be founded on a jumble of opposites"
McAleese, 1997
"a single purpose can be founded on a jumble of opposites"
McAleese, 1997
The Cure At Troy, Séamus Heaney.
"hope and history rhyme"
Robinson, 1990.
"hope and history rhyme"
Robinson, 1990.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Cure At Troy, Séamus Heaney.
"hope and history rhyme"
Robinson, 1990.
"hope and history rhyme"
Robinson, 1990.
The Singers by Eavan Boland
"finding a voice where they found a vision"
Robinson, 1990
"finding a voice where they found a vision"
Robinson, 1990
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Singers by Eavan Boland
"finding a voice where they found a vision"
Robinson, 1990
"finding a voice where they found a vision"
Robinson, 1990
Writers and works quoted in Irish Presidential inauguration speeches include (in no particular order):
Come To The Edge, Christopher Logue.
McAleese, 1997
Come To The Edge, Christopher Logue.
McAleese, 1997
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Writers and works quoted in Irish Presidential inauguration speeches include (in no particular order):
Come To The Edge, Christopher Logue.
McAleese, 1997
Come To The Edge, Christopher Logue.
McAleese, 1997
Yates is so incompetent at everything he's ever tried doing that if he "wished you well" you'd probably have a piano fall on your head later that week.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Yates is so incompetent at everything he's ever tried doing that if he "wished you well" you'd probably have a piano fall on your head later that week.
One plausible theory as to why Ammi has such nice hair: she's never woken up in some boy's disgusting flat and had to use... Someone Else's Shower.
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
One plausible theory as to why Ammi has such nice hair: she's never woken up in some boy's disgusting flat and had to use... Someone Else's Shower.
Irish Twitter never died
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Irish Twitter never died
Possibly the greatest Wikipedia "personal life" section ever.
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Possibly the greatest Wikipedia "personal life" section ever.