@thesilvervoice.bsky.social
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@irishrainforest.bsky.social doing God's work on the Beara Peninsula.
My grandfather and 1000s more emigrated from Beara to the Butte, MT mines in early 1900s. He took up bootlegging instead. Took $ back & moved the family north to easier farming in County Meath
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
My grandfather and 1000s more emigrated from Beara to the Butte, MT mines in early 1900s. He took up bootlegging instead. Took $ back & moved the family north to easier farming in County Meath
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The result was amazing’: one man’s mission to reforest a barren Irish hillside
Eoghan Daltun has spent 14 years rewilding part of Beara peninsula into a showcase of diversity
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
@irishrainforest.bsky.social doing God's work on the Beara Peninsula.
My grandfather and 1000s more emigrated from Beara to the Butte, MT mines in early 1900s. He took up bootlegging instead. Took $ back & moved the family north to easier farming in County Meath
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
My grandfather and 1000s more emigrated from Beara to the Butte, MT mines in early 1900s. He took up bootlegging instead. Took $ back & moved the family north to easier farming in County Meath
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The beautiful landscape of the Ards Peninsula is a place soaked in stories and historical significance, and now Tuatha Members can explore it with our brand new itinerary!
December 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The beautiful landscape of the Ards Peninsula is a place soaked in stories and historical significance, and now Tuatha Members can explore it with our brand new itinerary!
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Sword Hilt • Donegal • c.2000 years old
This bronze sword hilt was found by fishermen in the harbour at Ballyshannon, Donegal.
It has similarities with Iron Age examples from the 1st century BC from France and Yorkshire.
You can see it on display in the Treasury of @nmireland.bsky.social
This bronze sword hilt was found by fishermen in the harbour at Ballyshannon, Donegal.
It has similarities with Iron Age examples from the 1st century BC from France and Yorkshire.
You can see it on display in the Treasury of @nmireland.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sword Hilt • Donegal • c.2000 years old
This bronze sword hilt was found by fishermen in the harbour at Ballyshannon, Donegal.
It has similarities with Iron Age examples from the 1st century BC from France and Yorkshire.
You can see it on display in the Treasury of @nmireland.bsky.social
This bronze sword hilt was found by fishermen in the harbour at Ballyshannon, Donegal.
It has similarities with Iron Age examples from the 1st century BC from France and Yorkshire.
You can see it on display in the Treasury of @nmireland.bsky.social
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Folks, I’m waiting for any news station to call Donald a liar. They’re not announcing the news properly if they don’t, bc it is news when a the president of the U.S. lies every time he opens his mouth. 👠
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Folks, I’m waiting for any news station to call Donald a liar. They’re not announcing the news properly if they don’t, bc it is news when a the president of the U.S. lies every time he opens his mouth. 👠
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The new episode of Transatlantic is live! We chat with Terry Golway about the long history of Tammany Hall. Why was it so tied to Irish America, and why does popular memory link them so heavily to corruption? We also explore the overlooked good the organisation did: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
Tammany Hall: The Irish Political Machine in New York | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
shows.acast.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The new episode of Transatlantic is live! We chat with Terry Golway about the long history of Tammany Hall. Why was it so tied to Irish America, and why does popular memory link them so heavily to corruption? We also explore the overlooked good the organisation did: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
The absolute state of us!
"Our waters are crying out for a break from the pollution, Irish people [want] clean water, but our voices are drowned out in a world of political wrangling and vested interest.
[But] you can’t drink politics."
Excellent piece by
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
[But] you can’t drink politics."
Excellent piece by
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Most Irish people want clean water, not a nitrates derogation
Has the Government ever asked the people of Ireland if they agree with pulling on the green jersey to convince Europe to give us another derogation?
www.irishexaminer.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The absolute state of us!
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It's just f**king relentless.
Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.
Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.
It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future
It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future
Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It's just f**king relentless.
Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.
Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.
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New episode of Amplify Archaeology Podcast!
In this episode I chatted with Dr Jessica Smith, Dr Neil Carlin, and @suegreaney.bsky.social about the important recent paper that discusses Neolithic society, kinship, death, ancient DNA, and how we understand and interpret the story of the past.
In this episode I chatted with Dr Jessica Smith, Dr Neil Carlin, and @suegreaney.bsky.social about the important recent paper that discusses Neolithic society, kinship, death, ancient DNA, and how we understand and interpret the story of the past.
December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New episode of Amplify Archaeology Podcast!
In this episode I chatted with Dr Jessica Smith, Dr Neil Carlin, and @suegreaney.bsky.social about the important recent paper that discusses Neolithic society, kinship, death, ancient DNA, and how we understand and interpret the story of the past.
In this episode I chatted with Dr Jessica Smith, Dr Neil Carlin, and @suegreaney.bsky.social about the important recent paper that discusses Neolithic society, kinship, death, ancient DNA, and how we understand and interpret the story of the past.
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"Today’s vote by the European Nitrates Committee to approve an extension of Ireland’s nitrates derogation for another three years is a bad day for Irish waterbodies and for everyone who relies on clean quality water in Ireland"
www.antaisce.org/news/eu-nitr...
www.antaisce.org/news/eu-nitr...
EU Nitrate Derogation decision a bad day for Irish waterways
Today’s vote by the European Nitrates Committee to approve an extension of Ireland’s nitrates derogation for another three years is a bad day for Irish waterbodies and for everyone who relies on clean...
www.antaisce.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Today’s vote by the European Nitrates Committee to approve an extension of Ireland’s nitrates derogation for another three years is a bad day for Irish waterbodies and for everyone who relies on clean quality water in Ireland"
www.antaisce.org/news/eu-nitr...
www.antaisce.org/news/eu-nitr...
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We had a wonderful day at @nmireland.bsky.social for our final TuathaTour of the year!
Prof. Muiris O'Sullivan led us through the prehistoric collections, as we discussed the journey from finding an artefact on site to having it on display, with a focus on Muiris's work on the Mound of the Hostages
Prof. Muiris O'Sullivan led us through the prehistoric collections, as we discussed the journey from finding an artefact on site to having it on display, with a focus on Muiris's work on the Mound of the Hostages
December 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We had a wonderful day at @nmireland.bsky.social for our final TuathaTour of the year!
Prof. Muiris O'Sullivan led us through the prehistoric collections, as we discussed the journey from finding an artefact on site to having it on display, with a focus on Muiris's work on the Mound of the Hostages
Prof. Muiris O'Sullivan led us through the prehistoric collections, as we discussed the journey from finding an artefact on site to having it on display, with a focus on Muiris's work on the Mound of the Hostages
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This is only the 2nd day the Ottawa river has been frozen side to side and already there has been a kill on the #ice. It wasn't large enough to have been a deer and I didn't have time to send the drone out for a closer look. Here is the best shot I got of the two #Coyotes
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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I watched yesterday's webinar on this subject, and it really does feel like a whole new frontier of exciting possibilities and potential is opening up in how we grow food, and how that impacts on the natural world.
Hope at a time when it's in short supply!
Hope at a time when it's in short supply!
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I watched yesterday's webinar on this subject, and it really does feel like a whole new frontier of exciting possibilities and potential is opening up in how we grow food, and how that impacts on the natural world.
Hope at a time when it's in short supply!
Hope at a time when it's in short supply!
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I popped into Hodges Figgis after our tour today for a bit of Christmas shopping, and I saw they had a little recommendation on my Wild Atlantic Way book — was so chuffed! The temptation to tell everyone walking past 😅
Such a lovely surprise!
Such a lovely surprise!
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I popped into Hodges Figgis after our tour today for a bit of Christmas shopping, and I saw they had a little recommendation on my Wild Atlantic Way book — was so chuffed! The temptation to tell everyone walking past 😅
Such a lovely surprise!
Such a lovely surprise!
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A badger in the rainforest at night, captured in this image by Ross Bartley.
7,319 of these amazing, gorgeous native animals were culled by the Irish state last year alone, and 66,000 since 2014, in a pointless, cruel attempt to eliminate bovine TB, despite a promise to switch to vaccinations.
7,319 of these amazing, gorgeous native animals were culled by the Irish state last year alone, and 66,000 since 2014, in a pointless, cruel attempt to eliminate bovine TB, despite a promise to switch to vaccinations.
December 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A badger in the rainforest at night, captured in this image by Ross Bartley.
7,319 of these amazing, gorgeous native animals were culled by the Irish state last year alone, and 66,000 since 2014, in a pointless, cruel attempt to eliminate bovine TB, despite a promise to switch to vaccinations.
7,319 of these amazing, gorgeous native animals were culled by the Irish state last year alone, and 66,000 since 2014, in a pointless, cruel attempt to eliminate bovine TB, despite a promise to switch to vaccinations.
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It's near certain the American Civil War saw more Cork men in uniform than any other conflict. That's reflected in the 19th century U.S. pensions paid out in Ireland, where Cork tops the list with almost 100 men and women identified so far. Interactive Map here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's near certain the American Civil War saw more Cork men in uniform than any other conflict. That's reflected in the 19th century U.S. pensions paid out in Ireland, where Cork tops the list with almost 100 men and women identified so far. Interactive Map here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
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Oileán Thoraí • Tory Island • Donegal
The 7th of December is traditionally believed to be the birthday of Colmcille, one of Ireland's three patron saints, alongside Patrick & Brigid.
One of the places associated with the saint is Tory Island, set in the Atlantic some 14km off the Donegal coast.
The 7th of December is traditionally believed to be the birthday of Colmcille, one of Ireland's three patron saints, alongside Patrick & Brigid.
One of the places associated with the saint is Tory Island, set in the Atlantic some 14km off the Donegal coast.
December 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Oileán Thoraí • Tory Island • Donegal
The 7th of December is traditionally believed to be the birthday of Colmcille, one of Ireland's three patron saints, alongside Patrick & Brigid.
One of the places associated with the saint is Tory Island, set in the Atlantic some 14km off the Donegal coast.
The 7th of December is traditionally believed to be the birthday of Colmcille, one of Ireland's three patron saints, alongside Patrick & Brigid.
One of the places associated with the saint is Tory Island, set in the Atlantic some 14km off the Donegal coast.
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A number of the U.S. pensions paid in 19th century Ireland relate to mass loss of life at sea. Three Ulster pensions relate to this event in 1870, when USS Oneida went down following a collision off the coast of Japan. They are memorialised in Tokyo. Map: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A number of the U.S. pensions paid in 19th century Ireland relate to mass loss of life at sea. Three Ulster pensions relate to this event in 1870, when USS Oneida went down following a collision off the coast of Japan. They are memorialised in Tokyo. Map: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
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IGRS Top Research Tip #183: Was one of your Irish ancestors in receipt of a US civil war pension? Try this new online resource:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
IGRS Top Research Tip #183: Was one of your Irish ancestors in receipt of a US civil war pension? Try this new online resource:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
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Mothers who lost sons at the Little Bighorn & on USS Maine; Widows of Antietam & Gettysburg; veterans who lost limbs and narratives of loss and murder. Some of the 720+ stories in the "Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905 Interactive Map": storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map
An interactive map with biographical info and addresses of 700+ women, men and children who received U.S. pensions in 19th century Ireland.
storymaps.arcgis.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Mothers who lost sons at the Little Bighorn & on USS Maine; Widows of Antietam & Gettysburg; veterans who lost limbs and narratives of loss and murder. Some of the 720+ stories in the "Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905 Interactive Map": storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
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I'm very pleased to formally launch "Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map" with location/bio info on 720+ women & men receiving U.S. pensions in Ireland-significantly more than previously thought: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map
An interactive map with biographical info and addresses of 700+ women, men and children who received U.S. pensions in 19th century Ireland.
storymaps.arcgis.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I'm very pleased to formally launch "Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map" with location/bio info on 720+ women & men receiving U.S. pensions in Ireland-significantly more than previously thought: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
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Cnoc Raithní • Inis Oírr
This unusual feature, with its two upstanding pillar stones, marks a burial mound that was rediscovered and excavated in 1885 after a storm blew away the sand that covered it.
The dig revealed Bronze Age urns and human remains that were dated to c.1500 BC.
#Ireland
This unusual feature, with its two upstanding pillar stones, marks a burial mound that was rediscovered and excavated in 1885 after a storm blew away the sand that covered it.
The dig revealed Bronze Age urns and human remains that were dated to c.1500 BC.
#Ireland
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Cnoc Raithní • Inis Oírr
This unusual feature, with its two upstanding pillar stones, marks a burial mound that was rediscovered and excavated in 1885 after a storm blew away the sand that covered it.
The dig revealed Bronze Age urns and human remains that were dated to c.1500 BC.
#Ireland
This unusual feature, with its two upstanding pillar stones, marks a burial mound that was rediscovered and excavated in 1885 after a storm blew away the sand that covered it.
The dig revealed Bronze Age urns and human remains that were dated to c.1500 BC.
#Ireland
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To my Irish Bluesky community interested in environmental hazard & protection. Does anyone know of research or policy documents on Aughinish Alumina & potential harm to community or environment. There is very little data outside of EPA public health report in 90s, newspaper articles etc #speirgorm
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
To my Irish Bluesky community interested in environmental hazard & protection. Does anyone know of research or policy documents on Aughinish Alumina & potential harm to community or environment. There is very little data outside of EPA public health report in 90s, newspaper articles etc #speirgorm
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Trump's peace plan for Gaza totally biased towards Israel, fascist genocidal imperialist.
Trump's peace plan for Ukraine totally biased towards Russia, fascist genocidal imperialist.
Anyone see a pattern here?
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Trump's peace plan for Ukraine totally biased towards Russia, fascist genocidal imperialist.
Anyone see a pattern here?
share.google/LaXcGHUcLOBk...
Zelenskyy to negotiate with Trump over US-Russia peace deal requiring painful concessions
Ukrainian president’s office issues statement after other officials condemn ‘absurd’ plan to end conflict
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November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Trump's peace plan for Gaza totally biased towards Israel, fascist genocidal imperialist.
Trump's peace plan for Ukraine totally biased towards Russia, fascist genocidal imperialist.
Anyone see a pattern here?
share.google/LaXcGHUcLOBk...
Trump's peace plan for Ukraine totally biased towards Russia, fascist genocidal imperialist.
Anyone see a pattern here?
share.google/LaXcGHUcLOBk...