Host of a moderately cool radio show. Record collector. Illustrator. PhD student in Irish literature + narrative theory @ Uni of Yorkhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3mh6pyktdxk2cThe easy answer here for western Montana is Yellowstone National Park, but my favorite teacher in the 6th grade also took each of her classes to her ex-husband’s basement where he kept hundreds of taxidermied animals he had shot over the decades. Our personal Museum of Natural History. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6pyktdxk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3mh5dya3s322uSinners more like Winners16 Mar 2026 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5dya3s322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3mh5dqpcfsk2uOne Award After Another16 Mar 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5dqpcfsk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3mf3v35xua22jSo very excited to present at Senate House on Thursday along with @paddy-brennan.bsky.social - come around if you're in London! I'll be talking about Pádraic Ó Conaire's amazingly bizarre & fun novella Exile and metafictionality. @ies-sas.bsky.social https://ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/ecr-double-header-mikelyn-rochford-university-york-paddy-brennan-university-liverpool18 Feb 2026 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3v35xua22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3megewboec22xFellow Irish Studies postgrads!! Do this!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Feb 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3megewboec22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3me7kc7c72k2jIf you’re in London on 19 Feb! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Feb 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7kc7c72k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3lyy2z2tvp22pHappy 40th birthday to one of my favorite albums of all-time, Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love 💜16 Sep 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyy2z2tvp22phttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3lye7xjifyc2jNow that it’s in print, if you’re feeling like reading about two of my favorites (O’Brien & Ó Cadhain) and their wild wild stories, check out my little article in Irish Studies Review 🚲🪦08 Sep 2025 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lye7xjifyc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3ltbzrnrzhc2nBelated, but what a good time the @flannobriensoc.bsky.social conference in Strabane was 🚲06 Jul 2025 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltbzrnrzhc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3lscsopokgs2tHello to Strabane and hello to the one and only Brian O’Nolan 👋24 Jun 2025 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lscsopokgs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3lruya3tblk2iFiancé decided to join me on my upcoming Ryanair flight to Belfast and got dropkicked from the seat next to me at the very last minute due to a tech glitch. Got on social media and this is the first thing I saw 🤣18 Jun 2025 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lruya3tblk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3lrquc352kk2dFootage of Bloomsday - June 16, 1954 (50 years after the events of Ulysses). Celebrated by Brian O’Nolan (Flann O’Brien), Patrick Kavanagh, Anthony Cronin, John Ryan, Tom Joyce, & Con Leventhal. Started at the Martello tower and didn’t get far. Happy Bloomsday!!16 Jun 2025 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrquc352kk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3lp7tvffcus2oLove when the pals win together 🤝 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7tvffcus2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3lp7tqlyfw22obig fan of BAIS ✨✨✨ [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7tqlyfw22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3lmxo5476qs2lSenator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visited my home (red) state of Montana on their Fighting Oligarchy tour today. They filled the stadium with a crowd of 7,500 and an overflow of 1,500. Nearing 1% of Montana’s population.16 Apr 2025 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxo5476qs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3lmxatj7urc2jAnd by this I mean a UFO, not rural Montana. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2025 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxatj7urc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3lmjy54krr223Cosmic Mind at Play by The Paisleys (1970). Psychedelic garage rock from the Midwest.11 Apr 2025 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmjy54krr223https://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3lmi5nk3dbc2yPJ Harvey’s White Chalk (2007). I love all the PJ eras (she never misses for me) but this one had a sound I particularly really love.10 Apr 2025 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmi5nk3dbc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikelyn.bsky.social/post/3lmfux2hot22mHappy 60th birthday to Begin Here by The Zombies (1965)!! One of my comfort bands.09 Apr 2025 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:phhtnsfdys2dldpcwfjye4bo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfux2hot22m