Jim MacMillan

Last night in Cork: Bob Geldof said atrocities in Palestine, Sudan and Ukraine now “inhabit” this haunting anthem, written in response to a U.S. school shooting almost 50 years ago.

Given the time of year, I thought for this week's edition of our Monument Monday newsletter we might visit one of the places that always comes to mind when we think of haunted and cursed places in Ireland – the infamous Hellfire Club on Montpelier Hill in the Dublin Mountains.
 #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

New: Cool. Cool, cool, cool. cool. cool @brbarrett.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/the-an...

Some of the fishing boats down at Greencastle Harbour in Donegal.

Afternoon walk. #Waterford #Speirgorm

The lagoon, Rosscarbery 🌅🔥 📍West Cork - Ireland ☘️ 📸 John Quinlan #Cork #Rosscarbery #Ireland #Westcork #Thelagoon

Last night I volunteered to photograph the Cork Zombie Walk and related dance performances for the Cork Community Art Link, and I just posted an extensive slide show: corklight.ie/zombie-walk-...

The Shannon, before the storms #speirgorm

Day trip to Cobh, from Cork. #ireland

After a 74-day #HungerStrike in #BrixtonPrison, #TerenceMacSwiney, the republican (#SinnFéin) Lord Mayor of #Cork and a #PoliticalPrisoner, died on #ThisDayInHistory in 1920. The previous Lord Mayor, also an Irish republican, had been assassinated by the Royal Irish Constabulary.

A rocky outcrop in County Cork, Ireland shot on medium format film, quite few years ago #film #monochrome #landscapes #cork #ireland #rock

For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday...Derreenataggart West Stone Circle on the Beara peninsula, Cork, Ireland Image: 2016 #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Neolithic #Megalithic #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #Cork

Shandon on a Sunday

Died #OnThisDay 1920 #Cork Lord Mayor & Irish Volunteer, Terence MacSwiney. He was arrested & court martialed but refused to recognise the authority of the British courts & went on hunger strike, dying 74 days later B&W📷Capuchin Archives irishfamilydetective.ie/post/cork-lo...

Last night I volunteered to photograph the Cork Zombie Walk and related dance performances for the Cork Community Art Link, and I just posted an extensive slide show: corklight.ie/zombie-walk-...

Obligatory Cork Jazz Festival post - the Oyster bar, like !

Urban noise during the Cork jazz festival #Ireland

"Kindred Spirits" is a monument dedicated to the Choctaw people, expressing gratitude for the aid provided to the Irish during the Great Hunger and recognizing the common bond between two oppressed indigenous communities. The sculpture is in my grandmother's home town of Midleton, Co. Cork.

The Cork Community Art Link Zombie Walk concluded a few minutes ago. I’ll have more photos tomorrow. www.purecork.ie/whats-on/112...

Happening now:

Sad new this morning on the passing of rock photographer Ian Dickson 📸❤️ #photooftheday #photography 📸 Ian Dickson FB/ Getty Images

Rescue 118 and Aran Island Fire Service at work saving the life of an American tourist. The video is gripping, but Lorna Siggins’ report for #RTECountrywide is eye popping. Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

South Terrace, Cork city centre: polypody, heart's tongue and maidenhair spleenwort ferns spring from a damp old brick wall. If your eyes are open to it, we're surrounded by the relics of our lost natural rainforest heritage.

‘Taoiseach, will your Government do the decent thing, and let these students study?’ - Nicola Coughlan, Liam Cunningham, Hozier, Aisling Bea, Maeve Higgins, Denise Gough, Frances Black, Christy Moore, Siobhan McSweeney, Naoise Dolan, Joe Rooney

Been having a great month volunteering at the Cork Art link during Samhain preparations. All mine but the first one I think: www.instagram.com/p/De2C3CODxzS/

#PureCork 🎺🎹🎷🎸🥳 www.echolive.ie/entertainmen...

Over 100,000 music fans are set to descend on Cork city for the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival this weekend

View from my bus near Loughrea this afternoon. corklight.ie

Remember when Don the Con came to Ireland last month, said he was ending tarrifs on Irish whiskey and our pols and the Rubes at his golf course clapped like performing seals? Well, in a SHOCKING development .... it hasn't happened.

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There's now a Photo Map page at my new photo blog linking to more than 100 photos: corklight.ie/map/

About 2/3 of the 50,000 deaths from the summer heatwaves in Europe are attributable to climate change, say Imperial College researchers That's risen from 2/5 at the start of the century Note that heat deaths are projected to rise faster than cold deaths fall www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The walk to work this morning ahead of the Jazz Fest #CorkLike

Also new in today’s v1.136 update: iPad support! One of our most-requested features is finally here in beta. Try out the Bluesky app on your iPad, and if you see anything off, let us know under Settings > Beta features.

Just popped into Galway for a coupe of days. This is the Latin Quarter.

An estimated 1,500 people are dying prematurely in Ireland each year because of exposure to air pollution, despite the country meeting all existing European Union air-quality standards.

Insider's guide to the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2026 Who to see, where to go and what not to miss this October Bank Holiday Weekend

Jazz fanatics ready to hit the high notes as revellers flock to Cork for autumn music spectacular

Night divers in Cork make rare sighting of long-snouted seahorse It is believed to be the first time a wild seahorse has been filmed in Irish waters

Morning :) Yet another Cork fountain (said they had a bit of a thing for them!) - this one was in the English Market, which was a brilliant arcade of shops selling fruit, veg, dairy and meat.

"So yeah. Every time I see Bertie Ahern, I feel like I’m looking at an ex-boyfriend or something!"

Autumn arrives at Vibes and Scribes, Cork.

Just popped into Galway for a coupe of days. This is the Latin Quarter.

Solid metaphor for the entire administration, honestly

More info and a high shot:

Crinoid fossils, scattered, like the tiny parts of some ancient broken machine. County Donegal, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours