Ryan Shirlow

Norn Irish 🇮🇪 writer @forteantimes / folk music 🪕and audio collage on @woodford_halse / @ryanshirlow.bsky.social

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New record out now on @woodford_halse - set in the asbestos ridden archives of a fictional occult university on the north coast of Ireland.

https://t.co/xRb83Mg4RM

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It’s here, with thanks to Chris @Porszphotos and Martin Orr for the ace sleeve:

https://t.co/wbeBJOXPH0

[Woodford Halse @woodford_halse]

Ace new digital single from @RyanShirlow and friends. Keep an eye out for something from Ryan on @FennyCompton_ later this year https://t.co/6YsPO7ow1F

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Ace new digital single from @RyanShirlow and friends. Keep an eye out for something from Ryan on @FennyCompton_ later this year https://t.co/6YsPO7ow1F

[Bob Fischer @Bob_Fischer]

Love this. @RyanShirlow's 'Automatic Leprechaun' story is one of my favourite-ever @forteantimes features, and he's turned it into an ace audio drama! How he and his friends developed mass hysteria on a school trip, unable to stop staying the phrase 'automatic leprechaun'...

[Ryan Shirlow @RyanShirlow]

A spooky Christmas treat:

In 1996 a group of Presbyterian schoolboys were taken on a field trip into the Mourne Mountains.

High on sugar and lack of sleep they fell one by one to a strange obsession with the wild landscape & their forbidden irish roots

https://t.co/r2w49zbs1j

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@JudeAvalon @DavidPenrose18 @herbieharry @nationaltrust ok

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@Archie_V ah will look for you over there

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I have 1% the number of followers on Blue Sky, but the levels of engagement, likes, replies etc are *exactly the same*, because I’m not competing with the wall of noise, hyped verified accounts, and adverts for crypto scams.

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For those of you in the Other Place I have now opened an account with the same username @RyanShirlow

[Ryan Shirlow @RyanShirlow]

For those of you in the Other Place I have now opened an account with the same username @RyanShirlow

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@JaseHeeley I’m… waiting for my code…

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boy I’d pay £8 a month for the old twitter back

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@CastlesInSpace @wearecultonline Gosh. That could have a bit of a domino effect. The old Fortean crowd are already really quiet on here, if the music crowd bail there won’t be much left of my timeline.

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@Eva_Burke1 fast forward a few years and everything needs fixing and replacing again! god that’s heartbreaking. staring down the barrel of the third patch-up to the conservatory roof in this rain.

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@Pixel_Deep aye that would cost each monthly twitter user a one off fee of $80 / £60 to give Musk all his money back and then we’d own it ourselves

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@thatsnotmycow yep and don’t I know it

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@SilverDraws It’s true! …the 7 top investment tips Mark Silver let slip on This Morning

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@HorneyMedia and the rat / raptor, and the rapids, and the black pearl, and the restaurant at the pirate section, place is half shut, really sad

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@HorneyMedia yep it feels like its on its last legs, went today and honestly feel in my gut it could be the last time, staff trying very hard though

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@YNWAANDY28 children still enjoyed it, but if you remember the glory days you’ll feel very old… and also struggle to find an open toilet block

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@YNWAANDY28 it’s running on a shoestring, many rides you remember closed and dismantled, few fairground attractions camping on the concrete stands, they’ve cut the prices and going for a younger crowd with the handful of rides left, atmosphere is all rather sad, staff trying hard though