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**Queeróg (siad/iad/comrádaí)** @swearylibrarian@mastodon.ie · 1d

Queeróg (siad/iad/comrádaí) @swearylibrarian@mastodon.ie

An scéim cham is Éireannaí ar domhan

Is ríléir gur cleas Bodhráin Mhóir atá ann!

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Alright lads, I need some help making sense of this because my brain is absolutely scrambled. I think I might have been catfished in the weirdest way possible, and I don’t even know what the end goal was.

So, I match with this girl on a dating app – let’s call her Sarah. She’s gorgeous, like properly stunning, but also has that kind of quirky energy, very quirky. Our chat is great, full of banter, good vibes, all that. We decide to meet up, and I suggest something simple – a coffee or maybe a pint. But no, Sarah wants something different. She says she’s always wanted to learn how to play the bodhrán (very specific, but alright). She asks if I can play. I tell her no, obviously. Next thing I know, she’s found a bodhrán instructor and has booked us both a lesson.

At this point, I’m kind of bewildered but also intrigued. It’s a weird first date, sure, but I like her, and maybe this is just one of those fun, spontaneous things you lean into. We text back and forth a bit over the next few days, and on the day of the lesson, she confirms it’s still happening. So I rock up to the... (continues)

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she confirms it’s still happening. So I rock up to the place, and just as I’m about to go in, she texts saying she’s running a few minutes late but to go inside, and she’ll meet me there.

I go in, knock on the door, and a middle-aged man (the bodhrán instructor) greets me. He lets me in, sits me down, and we both just kind of… sit there, waiting for Sarah. It’s awkward. After about ten minutes, the instructor suggests we start without her, and I don’t know how to politely decline, so I just… do a bodhrán lesson. For an hour.

And Sarah never shows up.

I finish the lesson (because what else am I meant to do I got anxious idk?), leave, and try to get in contact with her. No response. Completely ghosted. Whatsapp is gone, number is blocked. At this point, I assume she’s either dead or this was some kind of mad prank. Either way, I try to move on, chalking it up as the weirdest dating app experience of my life.

Then, about a week later, I’m walking past the bodhrán place, and my curiosity gets the better of me. I figure I’ll pop in, ask the instructor if he ever heard from her – just to make sure she’s not in a ditch somewhere.

I open the door… and the instructor is in the middle of a lesson with another guy. (Continues)

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I start apologising for interrupting, but then I just say feck it and ask the instructor about Sarah. I explain that she never showed up, I can’t get in contact, and I’m a bit worried. Before the instructor can even respond, the other guy turns to me, looking confused, and tells me that he's waiting on a "Sarah" she's booked this lesson and also hasn't shown up.

At this point, my brain fully short circuits.

So now, I’m standing there, staring at this guy, realising we were both independently lured into taking bodhrán lessons by the same girl, who has now disappeared off the face of the earth.

What the actual f*ck happened here? My friends are telling me to forget about it (probably because it's the only thing I've talked about for a week straight) but I feel like if you actually EXPERIENCED this you would feel exactly how I feel and would not be able to rest until you've got some sort of answer.

Any theories? I'm almost afraid to ask if this has happened to anyone else. Please tell me I’m not losing my mind. (This was all in Cork btw)

#mastodaoine #whathappensinCorkstaysinCork

**James Fine Art (.ie)** @jamesfineart@mastodon.ie · 2d

James Fine Art (.ie) @jamesfineart@mastodon.ie

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Cheese and wine, a party table with a selection of cheeses and wines, a basket of sliced bread, cheese knife, wine glasses with red and white wines poured.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/cheese-and-wine-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]

#cheese #wine #party

**Mark Kielty** @Markkielty@mastodon.ie · 2025-03-26T10:51:19.000Z

Mark Kielty @Markkielty@mastodon.ie

#WritingCommunity - is it ever okay to give up on a Writing In Progress #WIP?

Should #writers always finish a project, even if they're not feeling it anymore? Or does this just result in accumulating a collection of unfinished stories?

#Boosts appreciated - hoping to write an article about it on my #blog

https://markkieltywriter.com/tag/articles/

MARK KIELTYArticles – MARK KIELTYPosts about Articles written by M.Kielty

Yes, always finish your WIPs.
No, give up and move on. Don't waste time!

#Writing #CreativeWriting #ReadingCommunity

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**James Fine Art (.art)** @jamesfineart@mastodon.art · 3d

James Fine Art (.art) @jamesfineart@mastodon.art

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Model Black Hair.
Watercolour.
Model with black hair painted in watercolour, rear view, a painting done live with further work in the darks after the session.

[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/model-black-hair-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]

#modelackhair #nude #model

**James Fine Art (.ie)** @jamesfineart@mastodon.ie · 4d

James Fine Art (.ie) @jamesfineart@mastodon.ie

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Matchbox / Caixa de Fósforo #matchbox #caixadefosforo #BuyIntoArt #aquarela #watercolour #FediGiftShop #jamesfineart #MastoArt #Mastodaoine #jamesmccormackartist

[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/matchbox-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]

**Nick** @ratcatcher@beige.party · 4d

Nick @ratcatcher@beige.party

Went to the parade in Monasterevin. It was what a parade should be. Good turnout, but not mad packed; local services (fire, credit union) and groups (community, GAA, dance, cultural). Commercial involvement limited to local businesses.

Couple of pints after.

#Kildare #Monasterevin
#MastoDaoine

**James Fine Art (.art)** @jamesfineart@mastodon.art · 5d

James Fine Art (.art) @jamesfineart@mastodon.art

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Sunflowers with Purple Sky.

[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/sunflowers-with-purple-sky-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]
Acrylic on paper

#sunflowers #purple #sky

**James Fine Art (.ie)** @jamesfineart@mastodon.ie · 6d

James Fine Art (.ie) @jamesfineart@mastodon.ie

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Tea and Sympathy is a drawing in coloured pencils showing two hands holding steaming cups of tea with a teapot partly visible.

[Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/tea-and-sympathy-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]

#teandsympathy #tea #cup

**Kev** @alisca@mastodon.ie · 6d

Kev @alisca@mastodon.ie

#nitrosurge update: the coldness of the Guinness is not optional. from studies conducted so far - by me, in the kitchen - I have discovered that the nitrosurge only works right when the can has been colded for at least 24 hours. Creamy and loverly. If the can is NOT COLD you end up with something scooped from a wooden barrel at a wake in 1878 (I still drank it).

I will continue my research.

#mastodaoine

**Ciara | Ciaraíoch** @Ciaraioch@mastodon.ie · 6d

Ciara | Ciaraíoch @Ciaraioch@mastodon.ie

Doodled some new box art in Tralee of Scotia, the Egyptian royal from Irish mythology who, while pregnant, fought in a battle and died just outside Tralee - her grave is said to be marked by a large stone in Scotia's Glen. There is also a belief that she is linked to the name of Scotland, through her descendants. Thanks @nonfaction for coordinating!

Photograph of a utility box depicting an Egyptian woman in Celtic ornaments and a green cloak, holding a spear. Behind her are the pyramids and the Sliabh Mis mountains, and the sea. It reads "Ón Éigipt...Go Ciarraí" and the name "SCOTIA"

Side view of the box, painted gold with "SCOTIA" in ogham

Side view of the other side of the box, with "CIARRAI" in ogham

#art #MastoArt #MastoDaoine

**James Fine Art (.art)** @jamesfineart@mastodon.art · Mar 15

James Fine Art (.art) @jamesfineart@mastodon.art

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Piano Fire is a watercolour painting, initially created to have colour represent the emotion of piano music. As the flow and colour could be interpreted as flames, it was named Piano Fire.

[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/piano-fire-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]

#pianofire #music #key

Mar 15

**Allan** @allancavanagh@mastodon.social · Mar 14

Allan @allancavanagh@mastodon.social

Friday Cartoon: The Irish Housing Crisis https://www.caricatures-ireland.com/irish-housing-crisis-cartoon/ #mastoart #mastodaoine #housing #ireland

Irish Housing Crisis Cartoon: a group of children playing in this black and white cartoon, reproducing soundbites about the Irish Housing Crisis by pretending to be landlords, tenants, reporters. One child is dressed as a vulture and shouts "I'm a vulture fund"! The parents look on from the door and say "Aw, they're playing house!"

Mar 14

**James Fine Art (.ie)** @jamesfineart@mastodon.ie · Mar 14

James Fine Art (.ie) @jamesfineart@mastodon.ie

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Tintas/ Paints .
Tubes of paint.

[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/tubes-of-paint-james-mccormack.html ]

#aquarela #watercolour #jamesfineart

Mar 14

**James Fine Art (.art)** @jamesfineart@mastodon.art · Mar 13

James Fine Art (.art) @jamesfineart@mastodon.art

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Palecete Vila Itororo.
Watercolour.
Palacete, Vila Itororo, or stately home, mansion, Sao Paulo, built by Francisco de Castro in the early part of the twentieth century, after in hundred years is being transformed into a cultural centre, along with the surrounding houses on the same property.

[ Prints: https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/palacete-vila-itororo-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]
#statelyhome #watercolour #FediGiftShop #mansion #BuyIntoArt #saopaulo #culturalcentre #MastoArt #mastodaoine

Mar 13

**James Fine Art (.ie)** @jamesfineart@mastodon.ie · Mar 12

James Fine Art (.ie) @jamesfineart@mastodon.ie

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Hunger.
Drawing - Ink And Charcoal On Paper.

Hunger is a drawing in ink and charcoal showing black hands holding a belly glowing white with hunger, a reflection on increasing hunger where I live in Brazil, after hunger being practically eradicated over the last thirty years.

[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/hunger-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]

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Hunger.
Drawing - Ink And Charcoal On Paper.

Hunger is a drawing in ink and charcoal showing black hands holding a belly glowing white with hunger, a reflection on increasing hunger where I live in Brazil, after hunger being practically eradicated over the last thirty years.

#hunger #belly #hands

Mar 12

**James Fine Art (.art)** @jamesfineart@mastodon.art · Mar 11

James Fine Art (.art) @jamesfineart@mastodon.art

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Hands with Water painted in acrylic. A pair of hands are cupped to contain liquid from a descending stream of water, overflowing over the fingers

Prints :
https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/hands-with-water-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#hands #water #acrylic

Mar 11

**Dnote • best of art in Ireland** @dnoting@mastodon.ie · Mar 10

Dnote • best of art in Ireland @dnoting@mastodon.ie

Liquid Urbanisms
The LAB
Foley Street, Dublin 1

opening Thursday 13 March

#ArtIreland #Dnote #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland #NorthernIreland
Fuller information here: https://dnote.website/?dnote=liquid-urbanisms

Image: it is not at all clear what is being depicted, though ‘liquid’ can indeed be applied; we could be looking at a reflection on water, or through glass, or it could be a painting; the colours are muted – greens, purples, darks • “Bríd Murphy, Con: temporary Quarters, Hannah Jones, Inter_site Collective, Mel Galley and Namaco The LAB Gallery is pleased to present its latest exhibition Liquid Urbanisms curated by ARC – LAB Scholar Clara McSweeney. Liquid Urbanisms is a group show featuring projects by Bríd Murphy, Con: temporary Quarters (Aoife Ward and Eve Woods), Hannah Jones, Inter_site Collective (Pádraic Barrett, Aoife Claffey, Kate McElroy), Mel Galley and Namaco (Han Hogan and Dónal Fullam) This group exhibition focuses on the speculative futures of buildings and dwellings in Ireland in the context of the ongoing housing crisis. Related Free Events: 29th March: 3pm - 4.30pm Walkthrough event with the artists and the curator. 13th, 20th, 27th March: 6:45pm to 8:45pm…”

Mar 10

**James Fine Art (.ie)** @jamesfineart@mastodon.ie · Mar 10

James Fine Art (.ie) @jamesfineart@mastodon.ie

Life model, nude, watercolour.

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Life Model Dom.
Watercolour On Paper.

[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/life-model-dom-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]

#lifemodel #figure #sitting

Mar 10

**Davey** @davey_cakes@mastodon.ie · Mar 8

Davey @davey_cakes@mastodon.ie

Hey folks, we've set up a test instance of Mobilizon to see what people think of it. Have a go and see if it makes sense.

I did make a quick intro to it in a video here: https://vimeo.com/1063862661/b62e20280c?share=copy

Quirk for inviting members: they need to be on Mobilizon already, in this case the server is not federated with anything, so they will need to be signed up on the same server.

Do you put on events and do you think this is worth trying?

https://events.daoine.eu/

#mastodaoine @masto_ie_support

VimeoQuick Guide to using MobilizonThis is "Quick Guide to using Mobilizon" by Davey Faherty on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Mar 8