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barryhoulihan.bsky.social
Archivist at University of Galway. Research on Irish theatre, memory, conflict, and digital cultures. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-74548-6
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His first trip to Anfield and a home win to round it all off. @LFC #YNWA #LIVvsSOU

Diary of a Dublin actress - 1948. Genevieve Lyons, who acted at the Pike Theatre and was a co-founder of the Dublin Globe Company kept a diary through the late 1940s, of all playgoing, films, and life in the city of the time.

Recently catalogued - a run of Theatre Ireland magazine, issue 1 in 1982 and ran until 1993. If only such a thing (or later Irish Theatre Magazine) were such a thing today.

Please stand for our national anthem.....

I wrote this on arts funding, and the queasy feeling that it'll be Irish artists who end up paying for yet another government procurement scandal. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

We're back.

Great to have the Druid FUEL artists visit recently, exploring 50 years of the @druidtheatre.bsky.social story and archive. Thanks to Síomha and all the crew!

We recently visited @uniofgalway.bsky.social for a tour of the Druid Archive with our new FUEL artists Huge thanks to archivist @barryhoulihan.bsky.social for letting the FUEL artists explore some of Druid's fifty-year history, which is so well cared for at the University!

On February 27th join the ISA in welcoming Maeve Gebruers, Archivist at The Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA), as she offers insight into her work with the collections of Ireland's traditional musicians. Details and tickets available on the ISA Eventbrite! www.eventbrite.ie/e/let-the-mu....

Before and after - one of the tallest trees in the village taken down yesterday after Storm Eowyn.

Finally made it to Glass Mask Theatre. A brilliant addition to Dublin theatre. World premiere of new Simon Stephens play is an edgy reminder of why this type of work is needed. Go see while still on. glassmasktheatre.com

Quite the first half of rugby already but speaking on behalf of all the colour blind community, Ireland playing in white to avoid a red-green jersey clash is a whole new world! #6nations #WalVIre

Why public libraries are ideal spaces to promote media literacy. Eileen Culloty @dublincityuni.bsky.social on how a new project will upskill librarians to equip people with the knowledge and skills to navigate a media saturated age www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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Remembering the great Thom McGinty - street performer and activist who passed away 30 years ago. New article on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social I wrote about the man behind The Diceman. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

An excellent interview in the @irishtimes.com with @ifut.bsky.social activist @deirdreflynn.bsky.social on the corrosive effect of academic precarity. @conorreddy95.bsky.social tinyurl.com/IT182025

Join us for launch of Vol. 29 of 'Irish Archives' journal celebrating 200 years of official mapping activity in Ireland! Edited by @barryhoulihan.bsky.social and hosted by @tailteeireann.bsky.social this is a must attend event for members and non-members alike! www.eventbrite.ie/e/launch-of-...

The young lad turns up in @connachtrugby.bsky.social Rugby promo for minis rugby and Connacht get a bonus point win. Successful weekend all round!

The 16,000 Artworks the Nazis Censored and Labeled “Degenerate Art”: The Complete Historic Inventory Is Now Online

The young lad turns up in @connachtrugby.bsky.social Rugby promo for minis rugby and Connacht get a bonus point win. Successful weekend all round!

New bookshop café in Oughterard is a gem. Best of luck to all involved. Two favourite things collide. ☕📖

How Ian Paisley was viewed by the Irish Government at the start of the Troubles. Analysis by John Gibney @difp-ria.bsky.social - from Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Vol. XIV: 1969-1973 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

A Complete Unknown - is worth every star in a review. Excellent from start to finish. The casting is top class. Chalamet does an incredible job as Bob Dylan and Ed Norton is more real as Pete Seeger than Pete Seeger is. "How does it feeeeeeeel..."

Join us for launch of Vol. 29 of 'Irish Archives' journal & @irisharchives1970.bsky.social Issue theme of "Celebrating 200 Years of Official Mapping Activity in Ireland" and the remarkable archive and recent work of the archives team at @tailteeireann.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/launch-of-...

Join us for launch of Vol. 29 of 'Irish Archives' journal & @irisharchives1970.bsky.social Issue theme of "Celebrating 200 Years of Official Mapping Activity in Ireland" and the remarkable archive and recent work of the archives team at @tailteeireann.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/launch-of-...

This is some read - the story of a group of Stasi officers who met monthly in the early 1980s to learn poetry and undo the influence of Western writing and poetry. Spies, and spies, and spies.

Great morning taking to the roads of Maigh Cuilinn for Hurling on the Road fundraiser. Well done all!

Back in action at Pearse Stadium, a Galway win and now home to thaw out! 🥶

Guilty. #tabs

*taps mic* we're launching a podcast! Here's a round-up of our highlights for the months ahead: from a blockbuster garden exhibition, to free talks and tours (online and in-person), and the pilot of our very own podcast, Absolute Units. merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

Upcoming workshop from @iaphistorians.bsky.social at the National Archives of Ireland, exploring how historians and archivists can work together on untapped collections. A valuable opportunity to learn and share knowledge with peers. Details and Registration [email protected]

More recently processed archival material adding to the production histories of Samuel Beckett in Ireland. This from Galloglass theatre company archive & production of Happy Days, Irish national tour. 1992. @beckettletters.bsky.social @stagingbeckett.bsky.social

Call for Papers ISTR Open-Access Publication 'New Horizons: Race and Performance' Announcing a special Open Access, peer-reviewed publication sponsored by Villanova University, 'New Horizons: Race and Performance' Send abstracts and a short bio by 30 April 2025 Info: istr.ie/new-horizons...

Light over the Liffey. #Dublin

The daily stare down. She's determined.

The brilliant Don Wycherley tells the story of Paddy Armstrong of the Guildford Four in a new play currently on tour. Excellent and moving. Catch it on tour.

The brilliant Don Wycherley tells the story of Paddy Armstrong of the Guildford Four in a new play currently on tour. Excellent and moving. Catch it on tour.

It's 1970 & the Irish army are plotting to invade Northern Ireland... Michael Kennedy @difp-ria.bsky.social on how plans for Irish army to make incursions into NI were mooted after violence & riots in 1969 - from Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Vol. XIV: 1969-1973 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

My book, Growing Up and Going Out: Youth culture, commerce, and leisure space in post-war Britain comes out with @manchesterup.bsky.social in less than two weeks! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526152640/

I've come across the first programme from Friel's "Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1964) before, but didn't expect to find the original ticket still tucked inside this one!

✨ "Social Circus is about empowering young people to create social change" – read the inspiring interview with Lucy Medlycott Director of #ISACS, on #CircusExplored in Woman's way! Supported by the Creative Ireland Programme @deptcultureirl.bsky.social and under the #SharedIsland Initiative