Most informative discussion in the #MooreInstitute @uniofgalway.bsky.social this pm as historians, Róisín Healy & Caitríona Clear discuss the nuts, bolts & challenges of writing ‘A concise history of Ireland’ www.cambridge.org/core/books/c.... Congratulations Caitríona @historyatgalway.bsky.social

lá deas siúl agus breathnú ar plandaí le @timoceallaigh.bsky.social sna Mám Toice - bhí Saxifraga oppositifolia faoi bhláth agus speiceas suimúil eile ann ar nós Seligeria sp. (beidh orm cuartú capsules aibí arís) chomh maith le rudaí eile...

An assemblage of nice liverworts from Corcóg in the maamturks last week/réimse go aelusanna deas uaigh Corcóg sna Mám Toirce le @timoceallaigh.bsky.social an seachtain seo caite - Scapania ornithipoides, Radula aquelegia agus Anastrepta orcadensis (níl mé 100% faoin ceann deireadh fós)

Our new review is finally out! 🌿 I’m especially excited because this is the first chapter of my PhD! Have a read to see what shapes the range limits of alpine plants besides freezing temperatures ❄️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Yesterday on the east bank of the #Corrib river at Menlo, #Galway, spring tentatively making its presence felt with blackthorn bushes here & there flowering profusely. Little in leaf but the air full of bird song & ash (often ivy covered as in photo) about to flower. Summer beckons ...

📆 Tues. 3/31 @ 6PM: We join Long Now Boston in welcoming Andrew H. Knoll to the Harvard Geological Museum for a discussion of his new book "Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation". He will be joined in conversation by Robin Wordsworth. Get info and RSVP for free here: buff.ly/8Qm7Ahz

“May your troubles be less, and your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door.” — Traditional Irish blessing Green flowers, symbolising good health and good fortune, to wish the Emerald Isle a happy St. Patrick’s Day. #StPatricksDay #LaFeilePadraig

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh uile! Happy St Patrick’s Day! Past & present meet at Mám Éan #Connemara. #StPatrick overnighted there in Leaba Phádraig (Patrick's Bed) (5C); Bartlett sketched the scene in early 19C The tradition reestablished in recent decades; lovely to visit at any time & esp. today

Joyous occasion @ria.ie today as Prof Mary Daly, historian @ucddublin.bsky.social receives Cunningham Medal from Prof Pat Guiry, President #RIA, for her outstanding contribution to scholarship. Also in photo Prof Dan Carey @uniofgalway.bsky.social who was elected President RIA for next 3 years

Bhíos ag plé seo inné (ag FÍS ó @cnagaeilge.bsky.social) le daoine eile a d'fhreastail ar lá na Gaeilge ag an mBleaist Eolaíochta - ní raibh mórán sna meáin faoi. Ach bhí 115 seastán ann le turgnaimh STEM spéisiúla acu. Sin ós cionn míle dalta díocasach ó thaobh STEM as Gaeilge. Bualadh bos ESB+RDS!

Meanwhile, at the O'Connell Monument, The Liberator looked down on yet another demo on behalf of a cause that is in danger of being forgotten about in a world goes from crisis to crisis

These are my days for gadding about. Today at #ECBL #EnnisBookClubFestival. Hugo Hamilton on Conversation with the Sea discussed his work with Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. It relates to Achill / Germany / the human condition & yet highly relevant to our troubled times. Looking forward greatly to reading

Macgillycuddy's Reeks incl. Carrantoohil from the Beara peninsula & c. an hour later from Moll's Gap. Sprinkling of snow on the peaks of #Kerry / #Killarney while sunny & warm on the lowlands. Little tourist traffic; lovely to have the Kingdom to myself for the day

Another great day in SW Ireland. On the tip of the #Beara peninsula. Stunning views incl. Dursey with sea-stacks Calf & Bull, & the Sceiligs [Michael & Little] rising majestic out of the Atlantic. Thanks to #Castletownbere Historical Society for the kind invite to these unique parts of #Ireland

Was in the Kingdom yesterday [Bridia valley, west of Macgillycuddy's Reeks]. Plenty of sheep, a Kerry pony, & hares & deer but much too fast to photo. Bird song everyplace - spring has definitely arrived

Fine crowd at the opening of exhibition 'usual and generous ways' curated by poet Padraig Regan. Padraig & Megs Morley (Director) set the scene last evening in the #GalwayArtsCentre in the heart of #Galway. Exhibits relate mainly to 'deep past' [geology] & recent [discovery & records of that past]

'The Celtic World - a History' by Prof. em. John Waddell @uniofgalway.bsky.social launched by Dr Edel Bhreathnach to a full house in #CharlieByrnes bookshop in the heart of Galway. Fine speeches by Edel & John. A joyous occasion www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2026/t...

Someone captured my colleagues an I servicing the cameras during Kīlauea’s episode 42. We stopped to discuss what we were seeing, but because I talk with my hands it looks like I’m fixing to push someone in… Credit: Volcano Hideaways

Signs of spring @universityofgalway.bsky.social, River Corrib-side campus, #Galway city, yesterday

This drawing of an approaching storm (around 1913) shows Paul Henry's consumate skill with charcoal, the location is likely to be the village of Dugort on the island of Achill on the west coast of Ireland.

Greatly looking forward to this @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social lecture on Tuesday 7pm. Much new data relating to the soils and sediments, especially of western Ireland, will be presented

A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️ A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm. Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887. 📷 National Museum in Szczecin #FindsFriday #Archaeology

The N59 leads to Leenane and Killary Fjord, looking respendent on Saturday, bathed in the low mid-day sun. The historic Leenane Hotel, recently extended & renovated, nestles among trees on the southern side of the inner fjord.

Travelled N59 Westport to Leenane on Saturday morning (31st Jan) on way to Galway. I had forgotten what a wonderful route it is. Photos from towards the southern end: sheep grazing on blanket bog & beyond wood pasture; Mweelrea with its enormous cirque towering to the west. A true kaleidoscope!

This elaborate, stave-built bucket was discovered in a peat bog in Derreen, Co Clare. Made from yew wood and ornamented with three bronze hoops, it dates from the 8th/9th century AD. irisharchaeology.ie/2013/03/the-...

Ahead of tomorrow's inevitable deluge of social media imboloxology, this, by @elvabjohnston.bsky.social is the most significant piece of relevant scholarship in years. Do yourself a favour... muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/arti...

Today, St Brigid’s Day, marks three years since Ireland’s first public holiday named after a woman. It’s a chance to celebrate the vital role women play in Irish culture and history. Discover St Brigid's story on the @dib.ie https://www.dib.ie/biography/brigit-brighid-brid-bride-bridget-a0961.

Today Lá Fhéile Bhríde, we celebrate St #Bridget, whose feast day marks the beginning of spring in olden #Celtic times. Weatherwise, it was certainly spring (almost summer) in #Connemara today. Climbered to Mám Éan, a pass in the Maumturks. Here St Patrick is reputed to have spent a night

Pleased to do honours at launch of ‘Booleying in Ireland’ by Theresa McDonald. Anything you will ever wish to know re. #booleying #transhumance in Achill & beyond is here. Fruits of years of interdisciplinary research @universityofgalway.bsky.social @globalgalway.bsky.social @nmireland.bsky.social

I didn’t expect to be posting about Stonehenge now but a new paper with yet more against the case for Salisbury Plain glaciers has been published. It prompted me to look at a discussion about sarsen last year which I missed. So here’s a thread about Stonehenge megalith sources /1

#Aurora borealis over #Galway Bay about 1 h ago. To naked eye it appeared as a light grey cloud with an ethereal feel. The camera saw it rather differently. @bgs.ac.uk says it is caused by geomagnetic storm caused by arrival of a coronal mass ejection that left the Sun on 18th January!

Great looking forward to #GGA lecture by Bernd Zolischka on Thursday 7pm. The Eifel volcanic field is spectacular; easily reached but also easily missed (nr Andernach on Rhine). Ash (#tephra) deposits from Laachersee eruption ca. 12900 y ago spread far & wide; local deposits an impressive sight

Mid-Clare Way, immediately S of #Burren, weaves its way through rolling fields of pasture. Woodland copses, mature trees in hedgerows & scrub provide high diversity of habitat. A most attractive walk-way in the middle of the Banner County (next post Dysart O'Dea, end point of this New Year walk)

More than pleased that our recent #OA paper on Flora, Vegetation and Land-Use Changes on Dingle Peninsula, Ireland, appears in “Editor’s Choice Articles” www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17... As well as tracing vegetation & land-use history, it has new information on filmy fern spores, Arbutus & buckwheat

#Sunset this evening from historic Burrane graveyard, Co Clare, where Colleen Bawn is buried in grave of ancestor Peter O'Connell, compiler of early Irish dictionary. In foreground, Shannon estuary, beyond Kerry incl. Mount Brandon on Dingle peninsula & Atlantic Ocean @wildatlanticway.bsky.social

Happy New Year! At midnight on Hogmanay, the Watch Stone will move from its position guarding the approach to the Ness of Brodgar to take a drink from Stenness loch. (Or so it is said!) Wishing you all a wonderful 2026, filled with folklore, fun and many a hike to an ancient site 💚🪨🎉

A December sunset on Galway Bay. Happy Christmas 🎄

Remarkable!

Aithbhliain for shéan is fé mhaise daoibh uile. Happy New Year Earlier today in Loughshinny, nr. Skerries, Co. Dublin

Merry Christmas / Nollaig shona / & Happy New Year / Aithbhliain faoi shéan is faoi mhaise díobh uile

#Equinox on Galway Bay, #Salthill, was special this pm. Occasionally the low winter sun broke through the low cloud; cold but relatively calm. Tide coming in, so shore birds busy making the most of opportunities presented. Brent geese attracting much attention & deservedly so

In recent years, I usually see the odd pink anemone-like female Hazel catkin before Christmas. I was surprised this week though to see so many fully open male catkins & producing lots of pollen too!!!! #wildflowerhour

Recent lecture ‘Mineral Memories’ in Aula Maxima @uniofgalway.bsky.social by Bernie Colhoun www.instagram.com/bernie.colho.... Bernie wowed us by her multifaceted artistic endeavours, portraying #landscapes, #time, #archaeology & #geology of #Ireland; making the complex appear simple & to be enjoyed

The winter sun goes down on #Galway Bay. @salthill.bsky.social @wildatlanticway.bsky.social

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic

Are you a #teacher looking for training opportunities in #geosciences or seeking #financial assistance for events that promote geoscience #education? Apply now for the 2026 Field School for Teachers and Geoscience Education Event! 📆 31 December 2025: egu.eu/96EKUA 📸 Ole Zeising on #imaggeo

Ancient forest 🌳 in the Northern of Spain

I thanked someone working there and they were so nice about it, and even asked me to sign a few copies So you can probably get those ones at a discount now 😅

Ireland's evolving landscape the theme of #IQUA Autumn Symposium at @geolsurvie.bsky.social HQ, Beggars Bush, D4. Lectures ranged widely over time & space; many new ideas & fresh insights on the 11past, present & future at this critical juncture in Ireland's development @quaternaryirl.bsky.social

🎄 On the fifth day of #12PubsOfChristmas, we’re unwrapping Ireland’s past! Fintan O’Toole’s A History of Ireland in 100 Objects tells the story of Ireland through artefacts – from a Mesolithic fish trap to a modern AK-47. 🎁 A timeless gift for anyone curious about Ireland’s heritage.