Mike Baldwin
@mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social
Historian, Dr of organology, PhD supervisor, SEN teacher, harp maker, and author of Mizen: Rescued Folklore, Skibbereen: Rescued Folklore, Béara: Rescued Folklore, and Harp Making in Late-Georgian London. GHOSTS OF COUNTY CORK out 22 September 2026
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OUT NOW: Ghosts of County Cork
Forty stories of restless spirits, strange warnings, haunted houses, and ruined castles recovered from County Cork.
Available now in paperback: ISBN 9781036958244 from mike-baldwin.net and bookstores
#GhostsOfCountyCork #CountyCork #GhostStories #Folklore
Forty stories of restless spirits, strange warnings, haunted houses, and ruined castles recovered from County Cork.
Available now in paperback: ISBN 9781036958244 from mike-baldwin.net and bookstores
#GhostsOfCountyCork #CountyCork #GhostStories #Folklore
OUT NOW: Ghosts of County Cork
Forty stories of restless spirits, strange warnings, haunted houses, and ruined castles recovered from County Cork.
Available now in paperback: ISBN 9781036958244 from mike-baldwin.net and bookstores
#GhostsOfCountyCork #CountyCork #GhostStories #Folklore
Forty stories of restless spirits, strange warnings, haunted houses, and ruined castles recovered from County Cork.
Available now in paperback: ISBN 9781036958244 from mike-baldwin.net and bookstores
#GhostsOfCountyCork #CountyCork #GhostStories #Folklore
September 22, 2026 at 5:34 PM
OUT NOW: Ghosts of County Cork
Forty stories of restless spirits, strange warnings, haunted houses, and ruined castles recovered from County Cork.
Available now in paperback: ISBN 9781036958244 from mike-baldwin.net and bookstores
#GhostsOfCountyCork #CountyCork #GhostStories #Folklore
Forty stories of restless spirits, strange warnings, haunted houses, and ruined castles recovered from County Cork.
Available now in paperback: ISBN 9781036958244 from mike-baldwin.net and bookstores
#GhostsOfCountyCork #CountyCork #GhostStories #Folklore
Cork has stories best read after dark.
From the White Lady of Dunlough to a ghost ship off Galley Head.
My new book, Ghosts of County Cork, gathers rescued folklore from across the county. Published Tuesday, 22 September.
Where would you read it?
www.mike-baldwin.net
From the White Lady of Dunlough to a ghost ship off Galley Head.
My new book, Ghosts of County Cork, gathers rescued folklore from across the county. Published Tuesday, 22 September.
Where would you read it?
www.mike-baldwin.net
September 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Cork has stories best read after dark.
From the White Lady of Dunlough to a ghost ship off Galley Head.
My new book, Ghosts of County Cork, gathers rescued folklore from across the county. Published Tuesday, 22 September.
Where would you read it?
www.mike-baldwin.net
From the White Lady of Dunlough to a ghost ship off Galley Head.
My new book, Ghosts of County Cork, gathers rescued folklore from across the county. Published Tuesday, 22 September.
Where would you read it?
www.mike-baldwin.net
Cork, 1853.
Stones strike a house beside the Friends’ Burial Ground night after night. Rumours of a ghost spread. Around 2,000 people turn up to see it. Then the police discover who - or what - is responsible.
From Ghosts of County Cork, published 22/9/26
#CorkHistory #IrishFolklore #GhostStories
Stones strike a house beside the Friends’ Burial Ground night after night. Rumours of a ghost spread. Around 2,000 people turn up to see it. Then the police discover who - or what - is responsible.
From Ghosts of County Cork, published 22/9/26
#CorkHistory #IrishFolklore #GhostStories
September 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Cork, 1853.
Stones strike a house beside the Friends’ Burial Ground night after night. Rumours of a ghost spread. Around 2,000 people turn up to see it. Then the police discover who - or what - is responsible.
From Ghosts of County Cork, published 22/9/26
#CorkHistory #IrishFolklore #GhostStories
Stones strike a house beside the Friends’ Burial Ground night after night. Rumours of a ghost spread. Around 2,000 people turn up to see it. Then the police discover who - or what - is responsible.
From Ghosts of County Cork, published 22/9/26
#CorkHistory #IrishFolklore #GhostStories
Lanterns burned aboard the ship, but no crew could be seen.
The Ghost Ship of Galley Head is one of the unsettling stories rescued in Ghosts of County Cork, published 22 September.
Watch with the sound on.
#IrishFolklore #CountyCork #GhostStories
The Ghost Ship of Galley Head is one of the unsettling stories rescued in Ghosts of County Cork, published 22 September.
Watch with the sound on.
#IrishFolklore #CountyCork #GhostStories
September 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Lanterns burned aboard the ship, but no crew could be seen.
The Ghost Ship of Galley Head is one of the unsettling stories rescued in Ghosts of County Cork, published 22 September.
Watch with the sound on.
#IrishFolklore #CountyCork #GhostStories
The Ghost Ship of Galley Head is one of the unsettling stories rescued in Ghosts of County Cork, published 22 September.
Watch with the sound on.
#IrishFolklore #CountyCork #GhostStories
--------- Ghosts of County Cork ---------
Forty short stories from across the county
My new book is available from 22 September 2026.
Forty short stories from across the county
My new book is available from 22 September 2026.
September 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
--------- Ghosts of County Cork ---------
Forty short stories from across the county
My new book is available from 22 September 2026.
Forty short stories from across the county
My new book is available from 22 September 2026.
Teach Duinn, the House of Donn, was said to be a gathering place for the souls of the dead before their final journey.
Discover the story of the otherworldly island and its association with Bull Rock in Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September.
#IrishMythology #Beara #IrishFolklore #GhostStories
Discover the story of the otherworldly island and its association with Bull Rock in Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September.
#IrishMythology #Beara #IrishFolklore #GhostStories
August 27, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Teach Duinn, the House of Donn, was said to be a gathering place for the souls of the dead before their final journey.
Discover the story of the otherworldly island and its association with Bull Rock in Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September.
#IrishMythology #Beara #IrishFolklore #GhostStories
Discover the story of the otherworldly island and its association with Bull Rock in Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September.
#IrishMythology #Beara #IrishFolklore #GhostStories
Reposted by Mike Baldwin
Cf 'Flannan Isle', by WW Gibson.
August 19, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Cf 'Flannan Isle', by WW Gibson.
High in the ruins of Coppinger’s Court, in an opening that had once belonged to a substantial chamber, there was a figure.
“It remains in the walls. It remains, perhaps, in the ground.”
From Ghosts of County Cork. Available 22 September.
#Rosscarbery #WestCork #GhostStories
“It remains in the walls. It remains, perhaps, in the ground.”
From Ghosts of County Cork. Available 22 September.
#Rosscarbery #WestCork #GhostStories
August 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
High in the ruins of Coppinger’s Court, in an opening that had once belonged to a substantial chamber, there was a figure.
“It remains in the walls. It remains, perhaps, in the ground.”
From Ghosts of County Cork. Available 22 September.
#Rosscarbery #WestCork #GhostStories
“It remains in the walls. It remains, perhaps, in the ground.”
From Ghosts of County Cork. Available 22 September.
#Rosscarbery #WestCork #GhostStories
In 1856, winter storms delayed the relief boat for weeks. Robert Reading, Fastnet’s first head keeper, died of pneumonia on the rock - yet he continued on watch.
From Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September.
#FastnetRock #WestCork #IrishFolklore
From Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September.
#FastnetRock #WestCork #IrishFolklore
August 19, 2026 at 1:17 PM
In 1856, winter storms delayed the relief boat for weeks. Robert Reading, Fastnet’s first head keeper, died of pneumonia on the rock - yet he continued on watch.
From Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September.
#FastnetRock #WestCork #IrishFolklore
From Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September.
#FastnetRock #WestCork #IrishFolklore
He was playing in Bantry when a string broke. At that same hour, many miles away in Goleen, his mother died.
“The distance had not prevented whatever needed to reach him from reaching him.”
“The Lights at Dough”, from Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September.
#Goleen #WestCork #IrishFolklore
“The distance had not prevented whatever needed to reach him from reaching him.”
“The Lights at Dough”, from Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September.
#Goleen #WestCork #IrishFolklore
August 17, 2026 at 12:52 PM
He was playing in Bantry when a string broke. At that same hour, many miles away in Goleen, his mother died.
“The distance had not prevented whatever needed to reach him from reaching him.”
“The Lights at Dough”, from Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September.
#Goleen #WestCork #IrishFolklore
“The distance had not prevented whatever needed to reach him from reaching him.”
“The Lights at Dough”, from Ghosts of County Cork. Out 22 September.
#Goleen #WestCork #IrishFolklore
“The boats rowed. The island waited. And then, when the leading boats were perhaps half a mile from it, it began to go.”
The strange tale of Ballycotton’s vanishing island appears in Ghosts of County Cork, available 22 September 2026.
#Ballycotton #CountyCork #IrishFolklore #GhostStories
The strange tale of Ballycotton’s vanishing island appears in Ghosts of County Cork, available 22 September 2026.
#Ballycotton #CountyCork #IrishFolklore #GhostStories
August 16, 2026 at 11:19 AM
“The boats rowed. The island waited. And then, when the leading boats were perhaps half a mile from it, it began to go.”
The strange tale of Ballycotton’s vanishing island appears in Ghosts of County Cork, available 22 September 2026.
#Ballycotton #CountyCork #IrishFolklore #GhostStories
The strange tale of Ballycotton’s vanishing island appears in Ghosts of County Cork, available 22 September 2026.
#Ballycotton #CountyCork #IrishFolklore #GhostStories
Reposted by Mike Baldwin
@mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social thank you for finding us. Our stories can be read in any order but we think for you this might be a good place to start.
Little Treasures.
A Willerby Story.
willerby.substack.com/p/little-tre...
Little Treasures.
A Willerby Story.
willerby.substack.com/p/little-tre...
Little Treasures
A Willerby Story
willerby.substack.com
August 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
@mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social thank you for finding us. Our stories can be read in any order but we think for you this might be a good place to start.
Little Treasures.
A Willerby Story.
willerby.substack.com/p/little-tre...
Little Treasures.
A Willerby Story.
willerby.substack.com/p/little-tre...
“In old places, the dead do not always vanish cleanly.”
Weeks after his burial, an old man was seen standing at the upper window of his empty house in Crookhaven, watching the road below.
From Ghosts of County Cork, available 22 September 2026.
#IrishFolklore #GhostStories #WestCork
Weeks after his burial, an old man was seen standing at the upper window of his empty house in Crookhaven, watching the road below.
From Ghosts of County Cork, available 22 September 2026.
#IrishFolklore #GhostStories #WestCork
August 14, 2026 at 9:38 AM
“In old places, the dead do not always vanish cleanly.”
Weeks after his burial, an old man was seen standing at the upper window of his empty house in Crookhaven, watching the road below.
From Ghosts of County Cork, available 22 September 2026.
#IrishFolklore #GhostStories #WestCork
Weeks after his burial, an old man was seen standing at the upper window of his empty house in Crookhaven, watching the road below.
From Ghosts of County Cork, available 22 September 2026.
#IrishFolklore #GhostStories #WestCork
From Cork city to the remotest parts of its countryside, the county is alive with tales of the dead.
Ghosts of County Cork gathers forty stories of haunted houses, phantom coaches, restless sailors and spirits that refuse to be forgotten.
Published 22 September 2026.
#CorkFolklore #IrishBooks
Ghosts of County Cork gathers forty stories of haunted houses, phantom coaches, restless sailors and spirits that refuse to be forgotten.
Published 22 September 2026.
#CorkFolklore #IrishBooks
August 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
From Cork city to the remotest parts of its countryside, the county is alive with tales of the dead.
Ghosts of County Cork gathers forty stories of haunted houses, phantom coaches, restless sailors and spirits that refuse to be forgotten.
Published 22 September 2026.
#CorkFolklore #IrishBooks
Ghosts of County Cork gathers forty stories of haunted houses, phantom coaches, restless sailors and spirits that refuse to be forgotten.
Published 22 September 2026.
#CorkFolklore #IrishBooks
Every story in Ghosts of County Cork begins with an older trace: a newspaper report, collected tradition, local account or remembered encounter. The stories are rewritten, but kept close to what was recorded. www.mike-baldwin.net #GhostsOfCountyCork #IrishGhostStories #Ireland #Folklore #NewBook
August 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Every story in Ghosts of County Cork begins with an older trace: a newspaper report, collected tradition, local account or remembered encounter. The stories are rewritten, but kept close to what was recorded. www.mike-baldwin.net #GhostsOfCountyCork #IrishGhostStories #Ireland #Folklore #NewBook
Ghosts of County Cork is coming on 22 September. Forty stories, from Ballinascarthy to the Fastnet, rescued from folklore, newspapers and local memory. #GhostsOfCountyCork #CountyCork #IrishFolklore #GhostStories #CorkFolklore #Ireland #newbooks
August 11, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Ghosts of County Cork is coming on 22 September. Forty stories, from Ballinascarthy to the Fastnet, rescued from folklore, newspapers and local memory. #GhostsOfCountyCork #CountyCork #IrishFolklore #GhostStories #CorkFolklore #Ireland #newbooks
INSTRUMENTAL PODCAST featuring Deborah Henson-Conant: How Imagination, Exploration, Vulnerablity and the Harp Led to Artistic Breakthroughs. Out today - open.spotify.com/episode/7eYt...
February 20, 2026 at 1:29 PM
INSTRUMENTAL PODCAST featuring Deborah Henson-Conant: How Imagination, Exploration, Vulnerablity and the Harp Led to Artistic Breakthroughs. Out today - open.spotify.com/episode/7eYt...
Reposted by Mike Baldwin
Every time.
December 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Every time.
Instrumental, a podcast about musical instruments and organology, is out now. Episode 1 features John Hoare with Penny Johnson and Tom Greaves of Pilgrim Harps, reflecting on John’s 59-year career, Pilgrim’s founding in 1980, and the company’s future.
Listen on Apple, Amazon & Spotify.
Listen on Apple, Amazon & Spotify.
December 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Instrumental, a podcast about musical instruments and organology, is out now. Episode 1 features John Hoare with Penny Johnson and Tom Greaves of Pilgrim Harps, reflecting on John’s 59-year career, Pilgrim’s founding in 1980, and the company’s future.
Listen on Apple, Amazon & Spotify.
Listen on Apple, Amazon & Spotify.
Reposted by Mike Baldwin
A chat with Dr Philip Blood about 18C politics and my research on loneliness and leadership philipwblood.substack.com/p/in-convers... #skystorians 🗃️
In Conversation with Prof. Elaine Chalus
18th Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture, and the loneliness of command among Royal Navy captains.
philipwblood.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
A chat with Dr Philip Blood about 18C politics and my research on loneliness and leadership philipwblood.substack.com/p/in-convers... #skystorians 🗃️
Reposted by Mike Baldwin
Join me & director Natacha Horn this Sunday November 9th at 6PM at BFI for the premiere of my documentary, at the closing night of @docnrollfilms.bsky.social.
There will also be a Q&A hosted by Nikki Bedi, and you can get your tickets at the link in my bio or on the BFI website! See you there.
There will also be a Q&A hosted by Nikki Bedi, and you can get your tickets at the link in my bio or on the BFI website! See you there.
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Join me & director Natacha Horn this Sunday November 9th at 6PM at BFI for the premiere of my documentary, at the closing night of @docnrollfilms.bsky.social.
There will also be a Q&A hosted by Nikki Bedi, and you can get your tickets at the link in my bio or on the BFI website! See you there.
There will also be a Q&A hosted by Nikki Bedi, and you can get your tickets at the link in my bio or on the BFI website! See you there.
Reposted by Mike Baldwin
"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
Reposted by Mike Baldwin
Holy shit, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell corrected the orange felon’s lies on live television without hesitation. This is how you do it.
July 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Holy shit, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell corrected the orange felon’s lies on live television without hesitation. This is how you do it.
Reposted by Mike Baldwin
Here's Ireland's attempt to recruit researchers from abroad.
Improved funding opportunities for researchers already here doesn't seem to have occurred to them...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
Improved funding opportunities for researchers already here doesn't seem to have occurred to them...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland
Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...
www.researchireland.ie
July 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Here's Ireland's attempt to recruit researchers from abroad.
Improved funding opportunities for researchers already here doesn't seem to have occurred to them...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
Improved funding opportunities for researchers already here doesn't seem to have occurred to them...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...