KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore

Website: folklore from my book 'The Keeper of the Bees'
I'm mostly here now: @beefolklore.bsky.social

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

So happy that it is out in the world now!

Available in all bookshops & online:
https://t.co/CTd7wbo9cY

#IrishBookWeek
#Folklore
#SaveTheBees 🐝🐝

[The O'Brien Press @OBrienPress]

Happy publication day to ‘The Keeper of the Bees’ by Eimear Chaomhánach, Illustarted by Jane Carkill 🐝

Available in bookshops now!

@BeeFolklore
#thekeeperofthebees #new #irishpublishing #obrienpress

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

There's no better place for #storytelling than JohnB's hometown✨

#Listowel International Storytelling Festival: 18-21 Sept💫

Delighted to be part of it🐝

🎟️https://t.co/Cwx6rKrq0R #Festivals #Kerry #Ireland
@OBrienPress @kerrywritersmu1 @countykerry @Failte_Ireland

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

Thanks for the mention Tom!
Tom McCaughren: Bees live in a matriarchal society that puts up with no slacking from the males https://t.co/GtQsYq9wEZ
@OBrienPress #bees #beekeeping #aristotle #climatechange #books

[The O'Brien Press @OBrienPress]

Eimear Chaomhánach shares folktales about bees with memories of growing up in a beekeeping household, collecting swarms with her father and learning how to harvest honey.

A fascinating look at the beliefs and traditions about bees and beekeeping.

[The O'Brien Press @OBrienPress]

Eimear Chaomhánach, a beekeeper’s daughter and a student of folklore, will be in conversation with Anthony Freeman this Saturday, 26th July at @Liberties_Fest, discussing her book ‘The Keeper of the Bees - Bees and Beekeeping in Irish Folklore.’

Tickets are now available!

[Good Food Ireland® @GoodFoodIreland]

Hop into spring with “Spring on a Plate – with a Hint of Irish Honey” by Eimear Chaomhánach!
Celebrate Easter with seasonal flavours & sweet Irish honey.
Read & shop her books:
https://t.co/rkiuMymAth
🌸🍯🐣
#GoodFoodIreland #EasterRecipes #IrishFood

[Chapters Bookstore Dublin @chaptersbooks]

Eimear Chaomhánach in signing her book The keeper of the Bees - which is also in our window at the moment! 🐝❤️🐝

This is gorgeous book - beautifully conceived & illustrated, full of the important stuff we are in danger of forgetting.

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

I'm now over here: @beefolklore.bsky.social
🐝

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

'Flightless now and shivering,
around their Queen they cling;
every bee a gift of heat;
she will not freeze
within the winter cluster of the bees.'

✍️The Bee Carol by Carol Ann Duffy
#BookwormSat #Poetry #QueenBee 👑🐝

[Irish History Bitesize! @lorraineelizab6]

There's been some fabulous books published in 2024! Here's just some of them in my collection!!!

Do YOU have any favourites?! I'd love to see/hear about them! @OBrienPress @Gill_Books @WalkerBooksUK #IrishHistory #folklore #WritersLift 📚

[The O'Brien Press @OBrienPress]

Need some inspiration for additional #gifts for under the tree this #Christmas?🎄

‘The Keeper of the Bees’ by Eimear Chaomhánach, illustrated by Jane Carkill, and ‘A Place Called Home’ by Alice Taylor, are wonderful additions to any bookshelf!

Available in all good bookshops.

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you
🎶
A true legend:
Shane MacGowan 🖤The Pogues 🖤 Fairytale of New York 🖤

#LegendaryWednesday

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

Integrating candles into calendar customs is a beloved
tradition in Irish folklore. Lighting a candle & leaving it on a windowsill on #ChristmasEve was said to illuminate the path for the holy family should they be looking for a night’s shelter.
🕯️
#LegendaryWednesday

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

An absolute pleasure being interviewed by wildlife expert #ÉannaNíLamhna for @NatureRTE's 'Mooney Goes Wild' last night.

Listen back (45:30) for some bee folklore chat!
🐝 https://t.co/DrLADlwHVu…
@OBrienPress #TheKeeperOfTheBees #Bookchatweekly #FairytaleTuesday

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

@fromsaltintears Awe, how lovely. Hope you enjoy it 🐝

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

#StAmbrose was the patron saint of beekeepers, born in Germany, reared in Rome & known as St Ambrose of Milan.

As a baby, St Ambrose was visited by a swarm of bees in his crib. They were said to endow a #gift of eloquence; making the child honey-tongued!

#BookologyThursday

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

@Tales4All How beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing @Tales4All 🐝💛

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

@7kotow It's in most local bookshops plus Eason, Dubray etc & via the O'Brien Press website 🐝 https://t.co/qRyoiykbI0

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

@hipacrocapig 😆

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

Using a smoker to pacify the bees has ancient evolutionary origins. Bees associate smoke with their forest being on fire & it prompts them to huddle together, stay calm & weather the elements
🐝
#FolkloreSunday
#WeatheringTheStorm

[KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore @BeeFolklore]

'They are the last romantics, these candles:
Upside down hearts of light tipping wax fingers,
And the fingers, taken in by their own haloes...'

✍️Candles by Sylvia Plath

#BookwormSat #BookChatWeekly