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Jennifer Hetzel @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social · 14h

Green Drinks continues to grow! Thanks to everyone who's attending and supporting this great event 💚

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 17h

Another great turnout for this months Green Drinks event, cheers to all who joined us!

@david-smyth-eco.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @bkollmann.bsky.social @stevil-weevil.bsky.social

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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 6h

Freisin bhí 'hummocks' deasa S. austinii agus Racomitrium

cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 6h

Portach an-deas i chathair innui. An chéad uair go bhfaca mé Sphagnum beothuk ar feadh píosa le aelusanna beaga ag fás tríd agus ina measc sin bhí Kurzia sp. agus Odontoshisma sphagni

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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 6h

Montane heath with juniper and bearberry from Binn Gleann uisce yesterday

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 16h

Go give blood

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 16h

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has made an urgent appeal for blood donations as current supplies for most groups have fallen to under three days of stock.

Ahead of the upcoming bank holiday, the IBTS said it is struggling to stay on top of demand.jrnl.ie/6844970

Urgent appeal for blood donations as supplies for most groups run 'critically low'

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service said it needs 12,000 donations over the next four weeks to respond to patient need and meet hospital demand.

jrnl.ie

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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 15h

An oddly green Gymnomitrion crenulatum pretending to be something more exciting, áit aicint sna mám toirce

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 17h

Another great turnout for this months Green Drinks event, cheers to all who joined us!

@david-smyth-eco.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @bkollmann.bsky.social @stevil-weevil.bsky.social

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 2d

VENUE CHANGE ! We've had to change the location for tomorrow's Green Drinks to the Dew Drop Inn (upstairs).

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 29d

The next Galway Green Drinks is Oct 14! We're excited to have Dr. Nóirín Burke & Dr. Maria Vittoria Marra from Galway Atlantaquaria speak about ocean literacy and the multiple ways they foster it through their work in the aquarium. Register: eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1685827217589

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 2d

Sorbus scannelliana, S. anglica & S. rupicola from Killarney National Park recently
##WildflowerHour

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Donncha Ó Catháin @donncha-oc.bsky.social · 3d

Nice afternoon of botanising in Sliabh Aughty, Co. Clare. Highlights - a new site for gametophyte of Killarney fern and 2nd county record for Polystichum x bicknellii (hybrid between P. aculeatum and P. setiferum) Need to confirm ID of latter but it seem to fit the description 🤞

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Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 3d

Great weekend clearing rhododendron from coill gleann dá loch again. Lots of progress made with another 1.7 acres cleared. Thanks to everyone who came out @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @bkollmann.bsky.social @stevil-weevil.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social

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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 3d

Hopefully 🤞

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Jennifer Hetzel @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social · 8d

Will you be at the next Green Drinks in Galway?

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 8d

A reminder that our next Green Drinks is in one week! Hope to see you there.

Rhodo Rangers @rhodorangers.bsky.social · 29d

The next Galway Green Drinks is Oct 14! We're excited to have Dr. Nóirín Burke & Dr. Maria Vittoria Marra from Galway Atlantaquaria speak about ocean literacy and the multiple ways they foster it through their work in the aquarium. Register: eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1685827217589

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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 5d

Is fíor dhuit é, d'aithin mé é mar gheall do go bhfuair mé an deis é a fheiceail condae lú anuraidh, murach é sin...

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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 5d

Very happy to confirm this moss as Braunia imberbis growing on Gabbro in north Conamara. A new record for Galway and likely to be fairly abundant here. Thanks to Thomas Blockeel from the BBS for confirming. Speiceas nua go Conamara agus fiú Connacht

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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 7d

Oak living on the ledge at the southern end of Conamara national park today. At 335m, anyone else see oaks at this elevation here?

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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 9d

Great spot for exploring yesterday in sna mám toirce. So many beautiful lichens and mosses (would be worth a trip for a lichenologist). One of the highlights was this beautiful Douinia ovata which looks to have last been recorded in Conamara (beanna beola) in 1965

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David Smyth 🦇🌳 @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social · 10d

Traipsing the bogs of Conamara for Snapshot Galway!

Year 3 of camera trapping set up - hoping the wind and rain didn't knock them out

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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 10d

as the old farmer out that way said to me 'its cheaper to buy them'. Not many a hill farmer you see growing the noble spud these days

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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 11d

Coill seanna gharráin inniu. Áit fíor speisialta @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @rewildingire.bsky.social

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Kevin Lally @kevinlally32.bsky.social · 11d

Catherine Connolly leading the poll to be our next president.

Without a doubt, she is the candidate with the vision, passion, and energy to bring us towards Unity!

Ar aghaidh linn 🇮🇪

#Áras25 #SpéirGorm

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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 12d

Suaimhneas síoraí ar a anam Gaelach. 💚

B’ambasadóir é Manchán dár nglúin féin agus duine a bhí lárnach san athbheochán a tharla ar na mallaibh sa chultúr agus sa Ghaeilge. Sheas sé i lár an aonaigh agus thiocfadh a rá nár chuir sé é féin ansin ach gur chuir an pobal ann é.

Ina bhealach séimh féin, chuir sé i gcuimhne dúinn fán ról atá ag an teanga maidir le tuiscint níos doimhne a fháil ar an cheantar thart orainn agus orainn féin.

Mairfidh a oidhreacht i meon fiosrach spreagúil na nGael agus iontu siúd a théann sa tóir ar shaol níos doimhne agus fíoraithe.

Suaimhneas síoraí ar a anam Gaelach. 💚

Perhaps unwillingly, he was the foremost cultural ambassador for our generation and instrumental in the resurgence of Irish language and culture.

He gently reminded us of the role the language has in understanding our surroundings, and knowing ourselves.

His legacy will live on in the curious minds of the Irish and beyond, in those who seek a deeper and more fulfilling life.

Suaimhneas síoraí ar a anam Gaelach 💚

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Michael O'Connell @moconnell007.bsky.social · 12d

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!

Manchán Magan @manchanmagan.bsky.social · Apr 30

On 11 June I'm giving a talk at The Fumbally Café in Dublin 8 to mark the launch of my new book, Ireland in Iceland: Gaelic Remnants in a Nordic Land.
I'll be selling and signing this book, as well as all my previous ones.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/ireland-in...

Ireland in Iceland - book launch

Come join us for the launch of "Ireland in Iceland" where we'll explore the fascinating connections between these two beautiful countries

www.eventbrite.ie

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TG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 12d

Manchán 🕯️

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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 13d

Best of luck with your search :) 🤞

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