Neanderthal coasteering and the first Portuguese hominin tracksites🏺🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Carlos Neto de Carvalho, @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social, @gibgerry.bsky.social, @clivefin.bsky.social et al Oldest-known hominin track sites in SW Europe and clues to hunting patterns of Neanderthals

Prof Clive Finlayson, Director #GibraltarMuseum & Gorham’s Cave Complex UNESCO World Heritage Site wooed a packed house with his lecture on #Neanderthal people in #Gibralter this evening. 7th William King lecture @uniofgalway.bsky.social 📷Clive Finlayson presentation

One of the most beautiful trees in Europe is the 550 year old Arbour Oak in Wollaton Park, Nottingham My youngest son is at university in the City, and took this photo 30mins ago

Reminder: 7th William King Lecture 6pm, TODAY in Ó hEocha Theatre, Arts Millennium Building, S. Campus, University of Galway BY Prof Clive Finlayson, Director #GibraltarMuseum & Gorham’s Cave Complex UNESCO World Heritage Site. Introduction by Prof David Burn, President, @uniofgalway.bsky.social

Also impressive interview with Oliver Callan on @rteradio1.bsky.social this morning. Go n-éirí an bothar leat, a Shoilse!

High pressure dominating for days but no sun in #Salthill; only stillness, low cloud & some drizzle. 1 pm on 13th, tide on the ebb, a few strollers explored Grattan Beach, a handful of Brent geese were joined by several others & 3 cormorants sat patiently on a rock awaiting ideal fishing conditions

Reminder: this evening’s (Wed, 15 October at 7pm) GGA @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social Zoom lecture: Coastal boulder deposits on the #AranIslands BY Professor Rónadh Cox (Williams College, MA, USA). For Z link email: [email protected] 😉🌊 @wildatlanticway.bsky.social

Heute beginnt die Frankfurter Buchmesse. hpd-Autor Helmut Ortner gibt aus diesem Anlass zehn Buchempfehlungen zur Wappnung und Warnung in der heutigen Zeit. Aktuelle Neuerscheinungen und einige Bücher, die zwar nicht ganz druckfrisch sind, aber zum Verständnis beitragen können, in welcher Lage sich

"👻Long-melted #glaciers 🧊 haunt us, as terraformers that shaped the land👻". 👋Meet Elizabeth Case, a glacial hauntologist. In this #GeoTalk, you will learn about her journey and her science-art projects. 🧵Read more: https://bit.ly/4onOInX

Introduction to EBSCOhost Research Databases at University of Galway Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 Time: 11:00 - 12:30 Online Event - Registration required More information and Register on this link: universityofgalway.libcal.com/event/4416526

Thoroughly enjoyed the @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social #geology fieldtrip to Co. Offaly on Saturday led by Dr John Feehan, the expert on all things #Offaly and much more besides. This thread of 4 posts gives an idea of the interesting places that fully engaged everybody's attention

Join us on 14 Oct at the RIA for a Panel event to discuss the future of funding for fundamental scientific research in Ireland. The event includes a keynote by Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, former @erc.europa.eu president. Tickets available: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1861191

Still some places in this #GGA #geology fieldtrip to #eskers (& more besides) of Co. #Offaly; lots to experience, guided by John Feehan. Weather forecast good. Email: [email protected] or myself for details. Fáilte roimh cách!

#Salthill prom: high tide & sun going down on #GalwayBay this evening. I'm told by year-round swimmer, sea temperature 12C; 14C earlier in week. Mackerel appear to be rather scarce but the fishermen still try their luck @wildatlanticway.bsky.social

October 6 was declared International #GeodiversityDay by the UNESCO in 2021. On this day we celebrate the abiotic beauty and diversity of Earth - including rocks, soils, landscapes, rivers, lakes, minerals & fossils ⛰️🪨🐚💎

This recalls the fine fieldtrip at around this time of year 2022 that included a magical walk during which we explored the Knockbarron #esker, nr Kinnitty, Co Offaly led by Dr John Feehan. Looking forward greatly to another magical day on Saturday

Greatly looking forward to this lecture by Prof Rónagh Cox on this highly topical subject - given the increased frequency of severe storms on the NW Atlantic coasts and especially western Ireland

Photos from recent travels to mark #InternationalGeodiversityDay. Dalradian metamorphic rocks with quartz veins #Connemara National Park, W Ireland; sandstone, slate etc, medieval tower house, St Marys & All Saints church, Conwy, Wales; dykes & Watt, Langwarder Groden, west of Bremerhaven, Germany

Storm #Amy was at max in #Galway at about 3 pm yesterday. Photos from about 6 pm on #Salthill Prom as winds abated, skies cleared & sun appeared to give fine rainbows; and @catherinegalway.bsky.social still standing!

So sorry to learn that Machán Magan has died. You certainly showed us the relevance of the past for the present; cf. your bestseller 'Thirty-Two Words for Field. Lost Words of the Irish Landscape'. 'Ireland in Iceland' another intriguing title. #Machán your enterprising & free spirit will be missed!

We stood and pondered on the stones,whose plan displays their pattern still; the small blunt arc, and, sill by sill, the pockets stripped of shards and bones. The legend has it, Ossian lies beneath this landmark on the hill Excerpt from Ossian’s Grave, John Hewitt (1962) #nationalpoetryday

#JaneGoodall, 3 Apr 1934 – 1 Oct 2025. A life well lived. An icon for the ages and particularly for the times we live in. Photo is a screengrab from a fine #BBC interview with Terry Wogan bbc.com/news/article...

Wonderful tribute to Tim Robinson, cartographer, writer, recorder of landscapes of #AranIslands #Burren & #Connemara in #NationalConcertHall, Dublin. Afterwards met 2 of contributors, #poet Moya Cannon & scholar & sean-nós singer Lillis Ó Laoire. Tim & Mairéad you have contributed so much to us

#Langwarder #Groden - Natur des Jahres 2024 - final stop in palaeo Tuexen excursion today in Lower Saxony. Impressive dikes grazed by folks of sheep, bare mud, species-rich saltmarsh, a haven for bird life & all within sight of the busy Bremerhaven container port

#Museum of English #Rural Life in #UniversityofReadind a real gem.

9 Sept 1674: d. Murrough O'Brien 1st Earl of Inchiquin #otd (Manchester Gallery of Art/ British Museum)

For ferry passengers on #DublinPort #Holyhead route, the tall sailing #ship from #Peru in #Dublin Port a delight to see

#Galway makes its feelings felt today re. #Gaza & the awful plight of the Palastinian people. A huge turnout that walked, with flags flying in the stiff breeze, from Westside over Wolfe Tone Bridge, & then up High St & Shop St & onto Eyre Square where a rally was held. Photos 1-3 from start point

also just for you -- not part of my set (by H.C. White) but a super image I came across -- Galway market women having a laugh with local constabulary www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...

Seven #butterfly species enjoying #wildflowers in the sunshine along the #Galway Bay shore yesterday. 😊 My first ever Clouded Yellow. Dozens of courting Green-Veined Whites. Small Tortoiseshell. Red Admiral. Common Blue. Meadow Brown. Speckled Wood.

A scholarly volume by Dr Leesa Wheatley on writings by #German travellers to #Ireland in late 18C & early 19C. No 10 in the series Irish-German Studies, eds J Fischer & G Holfter of #UniversityofLimerick. For me, Pückler-Muskau has a special place in this pantheon; see bsky.app/profile/moco...

Explore Ireland with our free Monument Monday newsletter! In today's mail, we take a trip to the outskirts of lovely Lismore in County Waterford to cross a bridge to nowhere. One of Irish history's most remarkable testaments to folly and notions of grandeur! #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

Yesterday, the IBSG and Fair Seas unveiled a life size sculpture of a basking shark for Heritage Week in Galway! The sculpture created by well-known prop-maker Tommy Casby was part-funded by The Heritage Council and with support from Galway City Council.

I feel seen.

Late summer perfect time for #Connemara. On Thursday headed for the #ConnemaraNationalPark. First stop the Inagh Valley; the ice-sculptured #TwelveBens looking as spectacular as ever. Turf cutting, now largely no more, still to be seen. Connemara mountainy sheep seek out best grazing on road verges

The Drombeg stone circle lies in the very south of the Emerald Isle in Ireland is perhaps the most famous of the prehistoric stone circles in Ireland. The reason is that the skeleton of a youth was found during excavations in 1950, perhaps sacrificed. #StandingStoneSunday

Light rain in #Lyon yesterday made a brief visit all the more agreeable. Roman amphitheatres (2) & museum were highlights. Lugdunum, the Roman name, of Celtic origin 1/2

On way from Briançon to Grenoble managed to stop briefly at La Grave to photo one of the most iconic mountains of the Haute #Alpes, La Meije (3982 m), associated glaciers & scoured rock faces. A raptor also included by sheer chance. Skyscape also dramatic. La belle #France

In today's edition of our free #MonumentMonday newsletter, we're going further back in time than we have ever done before. To around 380 million years ago, when Ireland was a radically different place! Check your inbox to delve into Ireland's deep time. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

“With their strong, short bills the turnstones probe among the wrack and turn over any stones that may be there” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

#Briançon is noted for Vauban (AD 1700) fortifications. Lifts go to 2100 m. Climbed to 2566 Prorel peak. What stupendous views for relatively little effort. This just for starters ...

The French dolomites hard to surpass. #MonsAiguille eye-catching whenever & from where ever viewed #Vercors #Trièves

Brilliant sun & spectacular mountain scenery in the French village of Gresse-en-Vercors #Veymont

Today we’ve turned a new illuminated page in the Irish Gospels of St Gall (Cod. Sang. 51). Explore the beauty of cross-carpets and Chi-Rhos in our latest blog, then see them in person at Words on the Wave 📍 National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street 🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

Launch this evening: Bunting’s Honey by well-known #Galway #poet #MoyaCannon in #CharlieByrne's. Another Galway poet Rita Ann Higgins did the honours; Moya read several of her new poems to a packed house; evening rounded off by old Irish tunes played by Breda Keville & Cormac Cannon. #CarcanetPoetry

A memorable adventure on 10 April during an exceptionally fine spell. #Inishturk #island off coast of #Mayo on @wildatlanticway.bsky.social my destination. A real odyssey from beginning to end. Hope you like #photography #IslandsOfIreland

As it's the #AllIrelandHurlingFinal today here's a sporting warrior from another age. The gravestone of Magnus Mac Orristin in Clonca Church on Donegal's Inishowen Peninsula. The depiction of a sword alongside a stick & ball illustrates how sport was deeply ingrained with medieval warrior culture

A 300 million year old lycopsid tree from Brymbo Fossil Forest, on display in National Museum Cardiff (was National Museum of Wales). The trunk is about 30cm diameter. #FossilFriday #paleobotany 🧪⚒️🌍🌿

That’s how the biggest and the longest river in Poland looks like today - Vistula river. It has reached the lowest level in its history - 15cm and it practically turned into temporary river. It is not only drought due to climate change it is also lack of proper water policy and retention