The Blackpool Sentinel
Music Blog featuring the musings of Colm O'Callaghan
'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
(not that Blackpool, but the real one, the Cork one)
https://theblackpoolsentinel.com/
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Irish music Accounts
Bands, writers, DJ’s, producers … a growing list of anybody who’s got anything to do with Irish music or music in Ireland in any way and posts on music
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Some music accounts we like
@flywheel-cork.bsky.social
Forged in the 90s, reformed 2020. Noisy melodic rockers. Sometimes accused of shoegazing. New music these days.
@themelodyhouse.bsky.social
Online Music Studio: Studied at Royal Academy of Music Studied at Queen's College London Studied at Berklee College of Music TheMelodyHouse.com Please do not post politcal comments or spam. I will delete it. This is information for musicians and teachers
@phonsiom.bsky.social
Remember me, I used to live for music. Analog guy in a digital world. On a rock in a hard place
@colinjmorris.bsky.social
Music maker, bread baker, audio talker, dog walker. colinjmorris.bandcamp.com
@shushradio.bsky.social
Alt music Radio shows on UCC983FM (Cork Ireland) brought to you by Martin O Connor of UCC Library. Expect music & library stuff. Listen Live Monday 11-12 & Thursday 6-7 🎶📚 💬 https://linktr.ee/ShushRadio
@markhealy.bsky.social
Used to be the drummer in Cork band Cypress, Mine! Lash in a bit of running there as well like.
@furryjams.bsky.social
Folklorist & oral historian exploring the peripheral stories of Cork City and Country. Sometime found at the Cork Folklore Project, sometimes at the Cork LGBT Archive and other times with the Cork Traveller Women's Network
@pagep195.bsky.social
Whipping Boy guitarist, Bohemian FC member 🔴⚫️ Memorial Device ANT. Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer. https://paulpage.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile
@kcsixtyseven.bsky.social
Sports writer, sometime podcaster, dabble in news and current affairs.
@martinoconnor.bsky.social
Librarian. Communications Coordinator at University College Cork Library. LAI / CILIP Ireland Library Staff Champion 2021. Libfocus. Blackpool Sentinel. Shush! Sounds from UCC Library I'm here for Libraries, Music & anything else you fancy
@jtphealy.bsky.social
Photographer. Self-publisher of the best-selling 'Cork in Decades Past'.
@osullivanannie.bsky.social
Law Librarian with wanderlust living in Dublin @biall.org.uk @laibluesky.bsky.social @aslibraries.bsky.social #repealedthe8th #vitaminsea
@wcorklitfest.bsky.social
#Bantry: 11-18 July 2025. Check out our line-up & download brochure. Booking open for all events https://linktr.ee/westcorkliteraryfestival
@jenhoganjourno.bsky.social
Journalist, Columnist @irishtimes.bsky.social , Host of Conversations with Parents podcast, Broadcaster, Author, Mammy of 7. Basically, a Jen of all trades. jenhoganjournalist@gmail.com https://www.irishtimes.com/author/jen-hogan/
@petepaphides.bsky.social
It may look to the untrained eye, I'm sitting on my arse all day. https://www.patreon.com/c/NeedleMythology
@fanningsessions.bsky.social
Not Dave! Collector of tapes. On quest to track down all sessions recorded for the Dave Fanning show.
@libfocus.bsky.social
A communal blog with a broad and open-minded take on the subject of library and information management. We love guest posts! https://www.libfocus.com/
@deshocks.bsky.social
Acting Opinion Editor at the Irish Examiner. Mother of three. Interested in news, books, politics, culture, science, climate and life in Ireland - and everywhere else. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
@mikemcgb.bsky.social
A scribbling, squabbling, strácáiling eejit, that got blown along the N20 and out to Cork City. Foghlaimeoir, bleeding-heart, AuDHDer. Opinions my own. Check https://www.linktr.ee/mike_mcgb for latest scut-acting.
@jimxcomet.bsky.social
Occasional dj, former seller of records. Occasionally writes and posts about music and other things. My opinions are my own.
@joeleogue.bsky.social
I work in communications, like to watch sport, listen to music, cycle, and sit on the board of @forastrust.ie - though never at the same time. Cork
@learnandsing.bsky.social
Educator, Broadcaster, Documentary Producer and Writer. Podcast: To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited. https://www.paulmcdermott.ie/ https://linktr.ee/learnandsing
@corkbeo.bsky.social
Munster's most-read 24/7 news site 👈 Got a story, photo or video to share? Tag us or get in touch - news@corkbeo.ie ✍️
@tomhickey.bsky.social
Retired Irish Examiner chief sub-editor, facial disfigurement blogger. Memoir in the works. Love news, sports, books, genealogy, writing. Corkman. Blog at https://tomhickeytom.wordpress.com
@mikemoynihanex.bsky.social
Irish examiner books, city column, other duties. Live in Cork. It begins, as it must, with our mutual friend’s predecessor.
@linny55.bsky.social
Sports, Music , Politics. All my own views. Shares mean nothing. Cork. Ireland.
@shanestokes.bsky.social
Journalist, photographer, cycling writer for Velo, Irish Times, Sticky Bottle etc. http://instagram.com/ssbikephoto/, MSc Ex. Physiology. Own opinions/bad puns here..
@marjbrennan.bsky.social
Arts and culture writer. Former parliamentary reporter and recovering sub-editor. Books Are My Business @ Irish Examiner. Déiseach in Cork 💙❤️
@karlwhitney.ie
Writer // Books: HIDDEN CITY (Penguin) and HIT FACTORIES (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) // http://www.karlwhitney.ie
@aodhbc.bsky.social
Flicks through the newspapers; buys the odd book; listens to the radio. Has no paper qualifications. Eastern Ireland. July '23. Posts deleted.
@colmocallaghan.bsky.social
I am a documentary producer and writer. theblackpoolsentinel.wordpress.com
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app