James Costello O’Reilly
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PhD on Northern Irish poetry @QUBelfast / interested in the relationship between literature and mass media (yes, even Twitter)
Belfast
Joined April 2012
Delighted to have my article on Ciaran Carson and the news out with @IrishStudiesRev - please do have a read!.
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This article explores Ciaran Carson’s engagement with print and television news media. While critics have emphasised the news’s importance to Breaking News (2003), this article argues that the coll...
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RT @RTEBrainstorm: Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: 'As I become increasingly aware of my diminishing attention span, I find myself drawn to He….
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As I become increasingly aware of my diminishing attention span, I find myself drawn again to Heaney's poems of concentration
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Ahead of the tenth anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s death, I wrote something for @RTEBrainstorm on slowness, ‘Sunlight’, and Leontia Flynn’s ‘August 30th 2013’.
As the 10th anniversary of his death approaches, @jamescoreilly @QUBelfast @qub_ael writes about why Seamus Heaney's best poems are those that remind us to go slow
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RT @notsecretGarden: And great to hear @jamescoreilly give a stunningly astute paper, '"Full of conversation"?' on dialogue, peace, politic….
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Such a brilliant week in Cairo for the @IASIL3 conference! Whether in the heat of the desert or the cool of the lecture theatre, so many wonderful things to see and hear. And many thanks to @QUBScholarships for sending me!
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Had a brilliant time in Valencia last week courtesy of.@aedei_es ! We had such a friendly welcome and it was great to hear some really interesting papers. Already looking forward to next year!
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Happy #IASILPostgrad day everyone! I work on contemporary Northern Irish poetry and I’m interested in how writers absorb/negotiate/respond to mass media and the news. Would be great to hear from anyone doing something similar!.
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RT @AnnaKaigorodov3: NI Teachers Wanted!!!.Research Interview.If you're a school teacher in NI and would like to share your teaching experi….
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RT @LiamThorpECHO: A headline I never thought I would write .
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Hilarious mix-up may have highlighted a potential issue with the vaccine roll-out
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“But man, proud man,.Drest in a little brief authority,.Most ignorant of what he’s most assur’d;.His glassy essence, like an angry ape,.Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven,.As make the angels weep.”.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock becomes emotional hearing the words of the first man in the world to receive the vaccine, William Shakespeare. He tearily says ‘it makes you so proud to be British’. @piersmorgan| @susannareid100 . Watch the full interview👉
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Keep it coming, Biden. At this rate I'll have a cushy column in the Guardian by 2024
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The president-elect has often quoted Heaney’s poetry, with his reading of The Cure at Troy going viral after his election victory
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RT @bookshop_org_UK: Today's the day. 🚀📚. On behalf of the UK team, thank you for everyone's good wishes, support and helping to spread the….
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Bookshop.org, which launched in the US earlier this year, has accelerated UK plans and goes online this week in partnership with more than 130 shops
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This bloke was my landlord a couple of years ago, and he refused to get rid of our mice infestation even after the pest control guy called the house "a mouse farm". Now he has an opinion on public health, apparently.
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RT @ilya_poet: in 1981 census, a return was received from someone who described their profession as "sculptor of stone lions". In answer to….
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The library at the southbank centre is a national treasure - and especially important for widening access to poetry. Please sign if you can!.
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As somebody with 14 years of Football Manager experience under my belt, I can confirm that it has quite a significant influence on nearly every aspect of your life.
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RT @GiveBatsABreak: @Pontifex On the contrary Holy Father, the darkness brings to the bat precisely that which it DOES want to face, not wh….
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