Derry Donegal Starter Pack (Ireland)
Familiar faces and friends from northwest Ireland
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@colmcille.bsky.social
@letterkennylive.bsky.social
📰 A new FREE paper dedicated to Letterkenny bringing you the latest news and sport ⚡️ Powered by Iconic Media Group 👉 linktr.ee/LetterkennyLive 🌐 www.letterkennylive.ie
@markypblue.bsky.social
BBC Broadcaster. IMROx2. Rugby. People. Planet. Donegal. NUJ. Orca. Gardening. Astronomy. Ex surfer. Cooking. Herbs. Books Derry, Ireland. (Joined 11/2024)
@littleacornsbooks.bsky.social
Award-winning Indie bookshop, Derry, North of Ireland. 70k new & used books. Est 2011. Two LegenDerry Chairs (380 signatures). Typewriter Museum due to open 2025. Donegal owner💚📚
@shhomeplace.bsky.social
Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy offers an inspiring journey through the life and literature of one of Ireland's greatest literary voices.
@elkwrites.bsky.social
Emerging Writer. Recovering Cultural Studies scholar. New here... Words in the Honest Ulsterman, Dark Mountain, and forthcoming The Belfast Review & ... Author of Un/Making Worlds (punctum books, 2023) ellenkirkpatrick.co.uk (& some #photography)
@bloodysundaytrust.bsky.social
Community-based registered charity, focused on promoting human rights and conflict transformation, locally, nationally and internationally. Founder and owner of the Museum of Free Derry.
@museumfreederry.bsky.social
The Museum of Free Derry focuses on the late 1960s and early 1970s in Derry. It tells the people’s story of government oppression, the struggle for civil rights, the descent into conflict, Free Derry and Bloody Sunday. https://museumoffreederry.org/
@derryjournal.com
Established in 1772, the Derry Journal is among the longest-running news publications in Europe and has been covering the north west of Ireland for over 250 years. As well as our print editions Tuesday and Friday you can find us at www.derryjournal.com
@toobanlad.bsky.social
Originally from Donegal, 22 great years in Belfast, and now back in the North West in Derry. LFC, FPL and glad to escape the Musk hellscape...
@canntoya.bsky.social
County Derry man, used to write for newspapers in Ireland. Worked in Central Govt for a few years at Dept for Business and Cabinet Office now Deputy Chief Exec at Healthwatch England. Based in Belfast
@derrynow.bsky.social
💻 Derry Now is the website of the Derry News and County Derry Post Newspapers ⚡️ Powered by Iconic Media Group 🏢 19 Carlisle Road, Derry 🌐 www.derrynow.com
@irishdave.bsky.social
Retired club promoter and aspiring dog walker. Derry Boy. Formerly world's youngest person. Follow me and I’ll follow back 🙂
@mcart2006.bsky.social
I am a dinosaur, an old newspaper man in the days when typing, shorthand and smoke signals were still in vogue!!
@sandraduffysf.bsky.social
Sinn Féin councillor Derry City Former Mayor Manager homeless services Mammy, wife & friend She/Her
@finucanecentre.bsky.social
Offices in Derry, Belfast & Armagh. Caseworker in Dublin. Providing legacy advocacy support to bereaved families. Exhibitions available on Legacy of Colonialism (15 pop ups). Also available a mobile video exhibit w/family interviews on Brit state impunity.
@garretthargan.bsky.social
Citizen of Derry city, Ireland. Journalist. Music and sports fan.
@bridgesbb.bsky.social
Composer/electronic musician/noise-maker/ thinker in sound; Research Director (Music,Drama,Film/Screen&Heritage) and Senior Lecturer (Music/Audio), Ulster Uni, Magee (Derry); Dubliner in Derry, views mine own!
@liamporter.bsky.social
From Donegal Ireland. I mostly post random things - football, Donegal stuff and some bits of my own writing. #Peace #Respect #Kindness
@doonwell.bsky.social
Suim agam i Litríocht & Saol na Gaeilge. Oileánach ar tír mór. Ardoifigeach Feidhmiúcháin le Foras na Gaeilge. Mo chuid tuairimí féin anseo. OileánThoraighgobrách 🌊
@finnharpsfc.bsky.social
League of Ireland club from Donegal, Ireland. Community based, fan owned football as it should be!
@donegalpaddy.bsky.social
Donegal GAA commentator with Ocean FM 🎙.Host of the Donegal GAA podcast. History & Politics teacher. Views are my own.
@lilianseenoibarr.bsky.social
Mayor of Derry City and strabane District. Proud maasai woman and Derry girl
@derry-group.bsky.social
Championing an independent cross-border university for the North West - the last-remaining North Ireland Civil Rights campaign. Garrett Hargan's investigative history of the 60-year fight, A Scandal in Plain Sight, is available from colmcillepress.com.
@mcgrathdominic.bsky.social
UK Correspondent at The Business Post | Irish in London, via Tyrone
@conorjkelly.bsky.social
Bingham Fellow in Constitutional Studies at Balliol College, University of Oxford | Researching Irish, British, and EU politics focusing on Northern Ireland | Usual disclaimers From Donegal. Profile: https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/person/conor-j-kelly
@donegalabu.bsky.social
Creeslough and Donegal woman, Mental health advocate, Arsenal fan, reader, writer and lover of notebooks.
@inishowen.bsky.social
Loving life on Inishowen, County Donegal, on the Wild Atlantic Way. My photos! Oh and Guapo, Derry is the place to eat!
@inishview.bsky.social
Discover the stunning beauty of North West Ireland through our photographs. All images are available as framed or digital prints. If you'd like more details, just ask! website - www.inishview.com
@east-derry-ipsc.bsky.social
Account for the East Derry Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign(IPSC)
@ppmcdermott1.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, Ulster University Sociologist who works on cultural and linguistic diversity in the public space. https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/philip-mcdermott
@frankie59.bsky.social
I'm an amateur photographer 📸 who loves taking landscape pics in Derry & Donegal and anywhere else in between 😀
@deirbhilesdaddy.bsky.social
An ordinary citizen of the World who cares about Truth and Justice ,Civil Rights and Human Rights . #FreePalestinefromApartheidIsrael
@siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social
1st gen Irish (Donegal/Sligo) academic in Canada. Author of obscure academic books and slightly less obscure OERs on Roman culture. Translator of, and far too fond of Cicero. She/her nó sí/í siobhanmcelduff.com
@fayheatley.bsky.social
Living the life in the London suburbs. Very disappointed to announce that there really are no more heroes anymore. And finding out I'm an old fool feminist after all.
@nikkimc24.bsky.social
My Favourite place❤️55.20135° N,7.60911°W Irish. Likes to laugh and pretty nature scapes with starry skies. #Derry. Elderly care worker. Aviation Geek. Community organisations volunteer. Nikon & Canon kit- can’t choose. Sneason Expert. Bridgerton❤️
@marcasocathluain.bsky.social
Watermelon man 🍉 Conallach/Donegallian #CelticFC 🍀 Sóisialach. Suim agam i gcúrsaí polaitíocht, peil agus neart eile. Sometimes antisocial, always antifascist. Saoirse don Phalaistín! 🇵🇸
@clartyclara.bsky.social
PhD. Lecturer. Historian of early modern and modern British childhood, gender, the family, welfare.
@clarem212.bsky.social
Historian of Irish and Asian history. PhD from TCD: Ulstermen and Identity in the Chinese Customs Service. Derry Girl working in HE and EdTech. I love bad movies, good TV, and wrestling.
@aconaghan.bsky.social
@tconnellyrte.bsky.social
Europe Editor RTE, Ireland’s public broadcaster Author Brexit & Ireland: the Dangers, the Opportunities, the Inside Story of the Irish Response
@claremccahill.bsky.social
Donegal Photographer 🇮🇪 Design + Photos at Finn Harps 📷 Also shoot for Extratime News #WeOwnFinnHarps Horses | Cats | Guitars | #Lyme warrior
@tcollins.bsky.social
Scribbler, Irish News columnist, dad. Emeritus journalism prof at Stirling University.
@redlarkin.bsky.social
I write on Substack and post music on SoundCloud under the name DerryManc. I moved from Salford/Manchester to Derry in the north of Ireland in May 1989. I graduated in Irish History from the university of Ulster at Magee College in May 1993 #MUFC ⛔️DM⛔️TORY
@stephenmccauley.bsky.social
Award winning radio presenter/producer Music/film/books/cycling Derry
@smac065.bsky.social
@beefromderry.bsky.social
@mariemccolgan.bsky.social
Mother, wife, granny. Worked at St Mary’s College Derry. Interested in education, sustainability, the night sky and social media platforms that promote creativity and positiivity.
@trishaward.bsky.social
Derry woman, lover of language and books, my family and a dog. Interested in public services (esp. libraries) and politics
@seamas.bsky.social
Author, very professional. Buy my extremely good book at www.mammybook.com
@walshiewrites.bsky.social
Reading, writing, rambling & growing things by the sea in Dublin. Half Dub, half Nordie. Getting more pagan in my old age. PR pro. News nerd. LUFC fan for my sins. She/Her.
@aoifemacnamara.bsky.social
Bog fancier, parent, professor & Dean of Arts @UCalgary, Treaty 7 Territory. sí/í. Account and all postings are personal, not professional.
@photoireland.bsky.social
Local photographer Specializing in a wide range of photography services, including landscape, drone, weddings, and special events.
@donegal01.bsky.social
@stevebradley.bsky.social
Derryman. Urbanist, Writer, Commentator, Consultant, Environmentalist, Social Entrepreneur. Transport nerd. History & Heritage geek. Derry City/Bath City FC supporter.
@angelaholohan.bsky.social
Interested in Community Work, Politics, EU and current affairs, Funding news and all things Italian!
@jarlathkearney.bsky.social
Strategy Solutions | Leadership Modelling I Government Affairs I Ireland/UK Political Specialist | Photography I RT/Like does not equal endorsement www.jarlathkearney.com Insta: jarlathkearneymedia Email: policyoptions@gmail.com LinkedIn: jarlathkearney
@carsonmaryc.bsky.social
Curious, opinionated watching. London by Derry | Have previous @guardian @BBC @Channel4 @Discovery @L_Sentinel | Producer MyFriendLanre | Handy with a camera |
@matthewmccallion.bsky.social
Derry man. #Autistic. PhD student, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast. Focusing on #CriminalLaw, #Autism, and #Neurodiversity. Former Barrister. Reposts/Likes ≠ endorsement/legal advice🌹
@ciaranmcgonagle.bsky.social
Writer and lawyer. Occasional runner. First novel ‘Detachment’ in 2025
@frank-hank.bsky.social
Artist and lazy blogger. Animal lover (esp cats). Maker of stuff. Covid cautious. Living in Derry and Donegal, Ireland. Her/she.
@socmot.bsky.social
Used to be on that other site. Used to be in a political party too but not these days. Public servant. Trade Unionist. He/him. Note - I won't follow those posting screenshots of M*sk and T**mp - report on their doings by all means but stop amplifying them
@popupgaeltacht.bsky.social
Bailíonn Gaeil go míosúil i dtithe tábhairne, chun ól like.
@boylemo.bsky.social
Poet, mentor, teacher, gardener. Books: The Work of a Winter, Strabane and The Last Spring of the World, Arlen House, Dublin
@pjlogue.bsky.social
Political and sports’ journo in 70s, 80s: then 90s in China. Now muso in folk/rock bands. Derry born. Yuin Country. Politics, media, music, food, sport, books, environment, survival and more.
@neilhegarty.bsky.social
Writer, Dublin and Derry. Worlds, words. Novels: The Jewel • Inch Levels. Essays (ed.): Impermanence. Dublin Review • Stinging Fly • Tangerine • Cyphers • Irish Times 📖 & 🌿 & 🏳️🌈 & 🎂 neilhegarty.com
@richardoreilly.bsky.social
Currently on parental leave. BBC News NI Journalist and Presenter. Often found on Evening Extra and Newsline. Formerly Presenter of the Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Foyle
@berniemcgill.bsky.social
Writer. Writing Fellow with Royal Literary Fund. Mentor at Irish Writers' Centre. Rep'd by Aitken Alexander. Winner of the 2023 Edge Hill Prize for This Train is For, available at https://www.noalibispress.com/title/this-train-is-for
@cjharvey1.bsky.social
Professor, QUB | Belfast via Derry Views personal | Reposts are not an endorsement https://go.qub.ac.uk/charvey
@brandonhamber.bsky.social
John Hume & Tip O'Neill Peace Chair | INCORE Ulster Uni | Peace via psychology and justice | Researching conflict, healing, mental health, art & masculinities | Trustee Conflict Textiles | Board Impunity Watch | Director TechEthics | www.brandonhamber.com
@trishdevlin.bsky.social
Irish ☘️ Investigative journalist ✍️ Lover of good vibes 🧘♀️Co Derry born and bred 🔴⚪️ The Journal Investigates @ TheJournal.ie 👩🏻💻
@brianmcgilloway.bsky.social
Author, screenwriter and PhD candidate. www.brianmcgilloway.com
@claireallan.bsky.social
Writer of thrillers ✍️ Derry Girl ☘️ Izzy’s Human 🐾 aka FREYA KENNEDY, when I'm feeling romantic. 💕 Powered by ADHD, HRT & Maltesers 🤯🥵🍫 Published by @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social New thriller: 📕The Perfect Mother 😱🔪🎈- February '25
@colmckenna.bsky.social
@columeastwood.ie
MP for Foyle | Chair of the New Ireland Commission | Derry | colum.eastwood@sdlp.ie
@visitdonegal.bsky.social
https://VisitDonegal.net is a guide for Donegal with information about events, sightseeing, things to do, places to stay and eat
@derrysketcher.bsky.social
Derry based artist-illustrator. Mainly work with pet and animal portraits. Also, I love bookbinding when I can and taking clocks apart before putting them back together again…badly. Email: derrysketcher@gmail.com
@derrycityfc.net
Official account of the Candystripes. Pride in our City. Home is at the Brandywell. #RAWA28 🔴⚪ #ACityWillRise 🇮🇪 https://linktr.ee/derrycityfc
@freederrycorner.bsky.social
A gable wall that identifies as a corner. نرحب باللاجئين