Janey Mac
@janeymac23.bsky.social
Derry Girl, now living in Belfast. Love books, politics and culture.
If you're going to the Fleadh bring a bag of coins with you. Wee ones busking don't take cards. #TopTip
Belfast Fleadh: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann begins https://www.europesays.com/uk/1126927/ Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann has kicked off in Belfast for the very first time. Thousands gathered for the…
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Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann has kicked off in Belfast for the very first time.
europesays.com
An absolute privilege to attend the Opening Ceremony of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann at Belfast City Hall today.
I didn't have Hans Zimmer down on my Irish music list. Bring it on!
what's the craic like in your neck of the woods @thefatfryer.bsky.social? Your special spice bag idea might get a lot of interest this week given the crowds.
GylesNaMopaleen@gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 3d agoHuge hat tip to the Good Friday Agreement for what's happening in Belfast this week. TL;DR: Uniting people through music & culture works, customs, borders, currency (and curtseying) belongs in the 19th century. It was in Derry in 2013 but this couldn't have happened 30 years ago in Belfast. 1/5
It's brilliant craic. Every pub, nook & cranny is full of musicians practicing or learning new tunes in sessions across the city for 6 nights. Attendees can participate in interactive Irish language hubs (cúpla focal), instrument-making demonstrations, storytelling, dance masterclasses etc. 3/5
The Fleadh Cheoil ("music festival") city hops each year, attracting 800,000 people, making it one of the biggest music festival in Europe. Qualifying competitors from all over the World showcase the best of Irish music, song, dance and language in All- Ireland competitions. 2/5
Huge hat tip to the Good Friday Agreement for what's happening in Belfast this week. TL;DR: Uniting people through music & culture works, customs, borders, currency (and curtseying) belongs in the 19th century. It was in Derry in 2013 but this couldn't have happened 30 years ago in Belfast. 1/5
This is a start
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪@billylinehan.bsky.social · 5d ago👌! More than 300 former Irish Christian Brothers to be named in newspaper ad as part of child abuse case Move follows ‘morally bankrupt’ legal strategy adopted by congregation against damages claims for child abuse Brothers have assets of €44million in Ireland www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Glastonbury is regarded as one of the biggest music festivals, with 210,00 people attending. The Fleadh in Ireland attracts 800,000+ people. The Fleadh (or Fleadh Cheoil - festival of music, in Irish) hops city to city every year and I've been to a few...it's amazing craic. #speirgorm
more women not silenced at Féile an Phobail Belfast. An excellent panel featuring former UUP councillor Linzi McClaren, writer Claire Mitchell, SDLP leader Claire Hanna, and Amanda Ferguson. feilebelfast.com
I think he's right. it's not next week or this year but I think we're hurtling towards a BP folks unless burnham undos brexit. I'm saying within 4 years. Assuming Stormont doesn't collapse first.
GylesNaMopaleen@gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 4d agoBBC NI's Darren Marshall quizzes the new SoS for NI, Chris Bryant on his criteria for calling a border poll (Reunification referendum). Like the GFA vote 1998, the border poll will be Island-wide so he needs permission from the Irish Gov before calling it. h/t @dmarshall.bsky.social for clip. 1/2
BBC NI's Darren Marshall quizzes the new SoS for NI, Chris Bryant on his criteria for calling a border poll (Reunification referendum). Like the GFA vote 1998, the border poll will be Island-wide so he needs permission from the Irish Gov before calling it. h/t @dmarshall.bsky.social for clip. 1/2
credit to Sally Nugent who just, in normal circumstances, brought Nigel Farage's political career to an end. If polls don't plummet after this, I will be truly astonished.
more women not silenced at Féile an Phobail Belfast. An excellent panel featuring former UUP councillor Linzi McClaren, writer Claire Mitchell, SDLP leader Claire Hanna, and Amanda Ferguson. feilebelfast.com
for a festival accused of silencing women...there's an awful lot of women speaking at it.
Hearing reports of a well-known Irish musician killed in a road accident in Dublin, and hoping beyond hope that they are not true. 💔
A packed house in the Lyric Theatre on Tuesday night at Belfast TradFest “for an amazing array of fiddlers who posthumously honour the internationally acclaimed Belfast fiddle player, Seán McGuire. 🎻 🎥 Shauna Fannin
New Care to chat episode out now, 'What social care means to us - Our family's story' A powerful story of love, dignity and the life-changing difference great social care can make. Listen here >> https://niscc.info/new-podcast-episode-what-social-care-means-to-us-our-familys-story/ Belfast Trust
Unable to join us for the entire duration of #ICCH2026? We’re pleased to have introduced a flexible registration option for this year’s conference in Belfast, allowing delegates to pay for and attend any day of their choosing 🤩 Find out more ➡️ fitwise.eventsair.com/icch2026/reg...
it was actually disastrous for the DUP....the hard brexit they pushed for has brought forward reunification by about 30-50 years. In Dublin, they call that period after the theresa may snep election the "mlik no sugar days" of brexit.
The irony is, after rejecting Theresa Mays deal - which largely avoided EUCJ oversight...the UK is now willing to adhere to *all* EU laws, regs & standards *with* EUCJ oversight.... As if the UK was in the EU Single Market but without receiving all the benefits of being there! It's bonkers! 7/7
SDLP group leader in City Hall believes a border poll in the next decade is possible. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage in Number 10 would ‘supercharge’ Irish unity push, claims SDLP councillor Séamas de Faoite
SDLP group leader in City Hall believes a border poll in the next decade is possible
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Over on Twitter, Allison is kicking ass in her replies but they are targeting the hell out of her
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · last wk."What Féile an Phobail row has shown is that women’s rights are at risk — just not from a tiny trans minority" great piece from Allison Morris in the Belfast Telegraph. Please support Allison as she will no doubt be targeted now. Archive link below. archive.ph/oQ2Cs
