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Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt
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Finally the research has been published to prove that wild cat (Felis silvestris) lived in Ireland 5,500 years ago. Many claims over the years but the backup genetics was needed and a good number of bones have been recovered to provide enough material www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Wildcat bones found in Co Clare dated to 5,500 years ago
The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago.
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Finally the research has been published to prove that wild cat (Felis silvestris) lived in Ireland 5,500 years ago. Many claims over the years but the backup genetics was needed and a good number of bones have been recovered to provide enough material www.rte.ie/news/munster...
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‘The Great Famine remains a decisive turning point in Irish history. It came to be seen not merely as a natural disaster, but as a political event – a symbol of colonial exploitation and neglect.’
Niamh Gallagher:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Niamh Gallagher:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Niamh Gallagher · Carrion and Earth: Ireland’s Great Famine
Although Ireland had endured earlier famines – including one in the 1740s that, proportionally, claimed more lives...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
‘The Great Famine remains a decisive turning point in Irish history. It came to be seen not merely as a natural disaster, but as a political event – a symbol of colonial exploitation and neglect.’
Niamh Gallagher:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Niamh Gallagher:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Halloween's mood
IC2118 - The Witch's Head Nebula
IC2118 - The Witch's Head Nebula
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Halloween's mood
IC2118 - The Witch's Head Nebula
IC2118 - The Witch's Head Nebula
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October 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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'Solar System' quilt by Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, US in 1876, she used her textile work as a teaching aid for her lectures on astronomy in the small towns of her state.
Find out more in the first Womensart book, Unravelling Women's Art on textile artist rebels and pioneers!
Find out more in the first Womensart book, Unravelling Women's Art on textile artist rebels and pioneers!
October 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
'Solar System' quilt by Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, US in 1876, she used her textile work as a teaching aid for her lectures on astronomy in the small towns of her state.
Find out more in the first Womensart book, Unravelling Women's Art on textile artist rebels and pioneers!
Find out more in the first Womensart book, Unravelling Women's Art on textile artist rebels and pioneers!
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Mary Concepta Lynch, an Irish nun and skilled calligrapher, who spent 16 years (1920-1936) decorating the Oratory of the Domincan Convent, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland #womensart
October 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Mary Concepta Lynch, an Irish nun and skilled calligrapher, who spent 16 years (1920-1936) decorating the Oratory of the Domincan Convent, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland #womensart
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There are few places to match Glendalough in October 🍂
What a beautiful day at one of my favourite places!
What a beautiful day at one of my favourite places!
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
There are few places to match Glendalough in October 🍂
What a beautiful day at one of my favourite places!
What a beautiful day at one of my favourite places!
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Kiva-step vase, 1993, by Jean Bad Moccasin, artist of the Lakota Sioux Nation #WomensArt
October 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Kiva-step vase, 1993, by Jean Bad Moccasin, artist of the Lakota Sioux Nation #WomensArt
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Rachel Ruysch (1664 – 1750), still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands who specialized in flowers, achieving international fame in her lifetime #WomensArt
October 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Rachel Ruysch (1664 – 1750), still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands who specialized in flowers, achieving international fame in her lifetime #WomensArt
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Autumn painting by US modern impressionist Erin Hanson #WomensArt
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Autumn painting by US modern impressionist Erin Hanson #WomensArt
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Take an unforgettable journey through time, myth, and legend as you explore the historic heartlands of Roscommon with our latest itinerary.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Roscommon #DiscoverIreland
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Roscommon #DiscoverIreland
October 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Take an unforgettable journey through time, myth, and legend as you explore the historic heartlands of Roscommon with our latest itinerary.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Roscommon #DiscoverIreland
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Roscommon #DiscoverIreland
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Sarah Ross-Thompson, fine art printmaker based on the South West Coast of Scotland, looking out over the Irish Sea #WomensArt
September 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sarah Ross-Thompson, fine art printmaker based on the South West Coast of Scotland, looking out over the Irish Sea #WomensArt
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Labby Rock Portal Tomb • Sligo • c.3500BC
This distinctive dolmen is a place steeped in myth and legend. Its name Labby derives from the Irish 'leaba', as it is another location where Gráinne and Diarmuid slept as they fled from Fionn mac Cumhaill.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm 🏺 #Archaeology #Folklore
This distinctive dolmen is a place steeped in myth and legend. Its name Labby derives from the Irish 'leaba', as it is another location where Gráinne and Diarmuid slept as they fled from Fionn mac Cumhaill.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm 🏺 #Archaeology #Folklore
September 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Labby Rock Portal Tomb • Sligo • c.3500BC
This distinctive dolmen is a place steeped in myth and legend. Its name Labby derives from the Irish 'leaba', as it is another location where Gráinne and Diarmuid slept as they fled from Fionn mac Cumhaill.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm 🏺 #Archaeology #Folklore
This distinctive dolmen is a place steeped in myth and legend. Its name Labby derives from the Irish 'leaba', as it is another location where Gráinne and Diarmuid slept as they fled from Fionn mac Cumhaill.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm 🏺 #Archaeology #Folklore
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Another gargoyle reading in the wild.
September 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Another gargoyle reading in the wild.
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Some interesting variation in Merveille du jour moths ,from the trap. #mothsmatter
September 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Some interesting variation in Merveille du jour moths ,from the trap. #mothsmatter
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A new JWST image, showing the star-forming region Sagittarius B2.
Open up the image and lose yourself in the stars...
Open up the image and lose yourself in the stars...
September 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A new JWST image, showing the star-forming region Sagittarius B2.
Open up the image and lose yourself in the stars...
Open up the image and lose yourself in the stars...
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New from Practicing Anthropology: Educational, But Ethical? The Tension Within Historic Skeletal Collections by Jennifer Barron, Bryan Bayles & Michelle D. Hamilton
doi.org/10.1080/0888...
@practicinganthro1.bsky.social
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #PracticingAnthropology
doi.org/10.1080/0888...
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#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #PracticingAnthropology
September 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New from Practicing Anthropology: Educational, But Ethical? The Tension Within Historic Skeletal Collections by Jennifer Barron, Bryan Bayles & Michelle D. Hamilton
doi.org/10.1080/0888...
@practicinganthro1.bsky.social
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #PracticingAnthropology
doi.org/10.1080/0888...
@practicinganthro1.bsky.social
#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #PracticingAnthropology
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August 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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I was out hiking on one of those misty mornings I love to photograph so much when these three came walking across the field towards me.
It was perfect
It was perfect
August 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I was out hiking on one of those misty mornings I love to photograph so much when these three came walking across the field towards me.
It was perfect
It was perfect
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'Californian Morning' (mid 20thc) by US artist and printmaker Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998) #WomensArt
August 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
'Californian Morning' (mid 20thc) by US artist and printmaker Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998) #WomensArt
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Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
Needs flowers tonight
August 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
Needs flowers tonight
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Jomon ceramic. The Jomon culture was a neolithic period in Japan that lasted from 10,000 BC to 300 AD
August 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Jomon ceramic. The Jomon culture was a neolithic period in Japan that lasted from 10,000 BC to 300 AD
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A young Great Blue Heron waves a wing at a Great Egret as if to tell the bird to shoo. The Great Egret took the hint and flew off.
July 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A young Great Blue Heron waves a wing at a Great Egret as if to tell the bird to shoo. The Great Egret took the hint and flew off.
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The sawmill, 1914 by Ester Dorothea Almqvist, Swedish pioneer of Expressionist painting #WomensArt
July 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The sawmill, 1914 by Ester Dorothea Almqvist, Swedish pioneer of Expressionist painting #WomensArt