Marion McGarry
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Marion McGarry
@marionmcgarry.bsky.social
Irish heritage, folklore, material culture, design. Author of books: Irish Customs and Rituals & much more. Contributor to RTE Brainstorm. MA / PhD / SFHEA… but no SL. All views my own.

https://www.rte.ie/author/1241485-marion-mcgarry/
A much loved film in this house ☺️
a man with a mustache is wearing a black shirt and a gold chain around his neck
ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a black shirt and a gold chain around his neck
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Yep. And suddenly people who’ve never written books before are… writing books 🤨
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Never mind, there’s still much irony in this piece

“It also comes, somewhat aptly, at a time of deep existential crisis within the BBC itself. Which in less ancient times was the instrument of another empire that fell …”
Include the Guardian in that 🤓
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The whole piece is sadly hilarious actually. Read it before it’s taken down
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It’s a national scandal. Despite being told we’re a rich country we’ve returned to that dreadful prospect Ireland repeatedly faced in the past, that of raising our children for export
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Can’t believe how quickly after Covid we all went back to F2F meetings. Online is a no-brainer and should definitely be promoted more and university staff should be leading by example, eg if F2F is unavoidable then prioritising trains, slow travel etc
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Signed.
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
President Higgins kindly provided us with the foreword for the book ‘See The Wood From The Trees’, which documents the story of storm felled trees felled from the Áras that he had gifted to be used by furniture design students @atu-ie.bsky.social

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November 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If you do you’ll have to include Eileen Gray 😉
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM