Nigel Monaghan
@nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social
Geologist / palaeontologist in Dublin, retired museum curator National Museum of Ireland, still digging... mostly in 18-19th centuries
Professor Jennifer Mc Elwain in conversation with the ever-curious Blindboy on #paleobotany #botany #fossils
New podcast. I chat with a paleobotanist about the evolution of plants and how they shaped life on earth. open.spotify.com/episode/4BCU...
Speaking with a professor about the evolution of plants, terraforming planets and extinction events
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November 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Professor Jennifer Mc Elwain in conversation with the ever-curious Blindboy on #paleobotany #botany #fossils
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A secret history of volcanoes in Ireland. Aoife Ryan-Christensen on how Ireland is dotted with extinct volcanoes that have shaped the island we know today - with insights from John Reavy @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
The secret history of volcanoes in Ireland
You might not know it, but Ireland is dotted with extinct volcanoes that have shaped the island we know and love today
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November 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A secret history of volcanoes in Ireland. Aoife Ryan-Christensen on how Ireland is dotted with extinct volcanoes that have shaped the island we know today - with insights from John Reavy @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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US customers: contrary to what you might have heard, art and books from the UK are still TARIFF-FREE! Plus, all import duties are pre-paid by me, so you WON’T have to pay any extra!
It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
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It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
(Shop link in pinned post).
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
US customers: contrary to what you might have heard, art and books from the UK are still TARIFF-FREE! Plus, all import duties are pre-paid by me, so you WON’T have to pay any extra!
It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
(Shop link in pinned post).
It’s proving hard to get this message out there, so if you could please repost this. 🙏
(Shop link in pinned post).
Presidential Salute! Meanwhile, behind the scenes at the museum vibration detectors monitor safety of collections as they do for on-site music concerts. I think they have a ‘no stampede’ rule also. Emotional support wildebeest excepted.
Today Collins Barracks will host the 21 gun salute for Catherine Connolly's Presidential Inauguration.
The Inauguration Ceremony takes place in Dublin Castle but due to the city centre location, the gun salute needs to be further afield but within hearing distance.
The Inauguration Ceremony takes place in Dublin Castle but due to the city centre location, the gun salute needs to be further afield but within hearing distance.
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Presidential Salute! Meanwhile, behind the scenes at the museum vibration detectors monitor safety of collections as they do for on-site music concerts. I think they have a ‘no stampede’ rule also. Emotional support wildebeest excepted.
Irish President left office at midnight and well wishers included Sanctuary Runners, a great group that brings asylum seekers and locals together in fitness. He is their patron and reflects the best of us. jrnl.ie/6870482
President Higgins and wife Sabina given roses and cheered as they leave Áras for the final time
President Higgins was late departing as he and his wife Sabina wanted to ring the peace bell one last time.
jrnl.ie
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Irish President left office at midnight and well wishers included Sanctuary Runners, a great group that brings asylum seekers and locals together in fitness. He is their patron and reflects the best of us. jrnl.ie/6870482
It’s great to live in a country where your president gets an informal public guard of honor of Bernese Mountain dogs and their owners as he travels out of the official residence for his last day in office. #SpeirGorm he is so popular he appears in children’s books and even as a tea cosy
President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina are preparing to leave Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening as his term comes to an end.
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It’s great to live in a country where your president gets an informal public guard of honor of Bernese Mountain dogs and their owners as he travels out of the official residence for his last day in office. #SpeirGorm he is so popular he appears in children’s books and even as a tea cosy
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🧪 Curious minds welcome!
Families, drop into the Dead Zoo Lab at Collins Barracks for a hands-on science experience this Saturday #ScienceWeek2025.
📅 Sat 15 Nov | 🕒 11–1pm
🎟️ Free & family-friendly – no booking needed!
Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Families, drop into the Dead Zoo Lab at Collins Barracks for a hands-on science experience this Saturday #ScienceWeek2025.
📅 Sat 15 Nov | 🕒 11–1pm
🎟️ Free & family-friendly – no booking needed!
Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🧪 Curious minds welcome!
Families, drop into the Dead Zoo Lab at Collins Barracks for a hands-on science experience this Saturday #ScienceWeek2025.
📅 Sat 15 Nov | 🕒 11–1pm
🎟️ Free & family-friendly – no booking needed!
Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Families, drop into the Dead Zoo Lab at Collins Barracks for a hands-on science experience this Saturday #ScienceWeek2025.
📅 Sat 15 Nov | 🕒 11–1pm
🎟️ Free & family-friendly – no booking needed!
Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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We're hiring! Two posts related to sustainability, working with me at @ucc.ie.
1. A postdoc researcher, developing climate-aware energy systems scenarios: www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah...
2. An administrator, managing the new BSc Sustainability: www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah...
1. A postdoc researcher, developing climate-aware energy systems scenarios: www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah...
2. An administrator, managing the new BSc Sustainability: www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah...
We're hiring! The Energy Policy and Modelling Group is recruiting a postdoctoral/senior postdoctoral researcher to integrate climate-aware approaches into national energy and power system models… ...
We're hiring! The Energy Policy and Modelling Group is recruiting a postdoctoral/senior postdoctoral researcher to integrate climate-aware approaches into national energy and power system models, addr...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We're hiring! Two posts related to sustainability, working with me at @ucc.ie.
1. A postdoc researcher, developing climate-aware energy systems scenarios: www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah...
2. An administrator, managing the new BSc Sustainability: www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah...
1. A postdoc researcher, developing climate-aware energy systems scenarios: www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah...
2. An administrator, managing the new BSc Sustainability: www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah...
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🪲 Freshwater Insects of Ireland - Join Dr Helen James, Senior Curator at National Museums NI and Belfast Naturalists Field Club for a special INJ Centenary talk!
📅 Tues 11 Nov 2025, 7:30 pm
📍 Ulster Museum (Lecture Theatre) or online
💻 Bookings: IrishNaturalistsJournal@gmail.com
#INJCentenary
📅 Tues 11 Nov 2025, 7:30 pm
📍 Ulster Museum (Lecture Theatre) or online
💻 Bookings: IrishNaturalistsJournal@gmail.com
#INJCentenary
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🪲 Freshwater Insects of Ireland - Join Dr Helen James, Senior Curator at National Museums NI and Belfast Naturalists Field Club for a special INJ Centenary talk!
📅 Tues 11 Nov 2025, 7:30 pm
📍 Ulster Museum (Lecture Theatre) or online
💻 Bookings: IrishNaturalistsJournal@gmail.com
#INJCentenary
📅 Tues 11 Nov 2025, 7:30 pm
📍 Ulster Museum (Lecture Theatre) or online
💻 Bookings: IrishNaturalistsJournal@gmail.com
#INJCentenary
Coming 26 November. Includes my favorite #fossil #Megaloceros in another groundbreaking series, this time on the ice age
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Coming 26 November. Includes my favorite #fossil #Megaloceros in another groundbreaking series, this time on the ice age
Honeybees go fast and break things. Perhaps we should be more like a bumblebee, taking time to be considerate and accurate. Daily wisdom from the insect world via Ireland’s Bee Sanctuary, well worth a follow. #Mindfulness #Bees
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 209
# 208 contd
Bumblebee v Honeybee
When searching for a specific ‘target’ #bumblebees are slower but more accurate than #honeybees which are faster/more impulsive and make more errors. Bumblebees sacrifice speed for accuracy.
#bees
#nature
#facts
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 209
# 208 contd
Bumblebee v Honeybee
When searching for a specific ‘target’ #bumblebees are slower but more accurate than #honeybees which are faster/more impulsive and make more errors. Bumblebees sacrifice speed for accuracy.
#bees
#nature
#facts
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Honeybees go fast and break things. Perhaps we should be more like a bumblebee, taking time to be considerate and accurate. Daily wisdom from the insect world via Ireland’s Bee Sanctuary, well worth a follow. #Mindfulness #Bees
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Volume 41 – Ciarán Byrne reports on Microterys seyon, a parasitoid wasp new to Ireland from Co. Carlow, and comments on the genus . For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Wasps
#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Wasps
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Volume 41 – Ciarán Byrne reports on Microterys seyon, a parasitoid wasp new to Ireland from Co. Carlow, and comments on the genus . For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Wasps
#IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Wasps
A reintroduction of shellfish, just to improve water quality and not as a commercial fishery. Welcome news for #Dublin Let’s see how they get on. #rewilding www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
Oysters returned to Dún Laoghaire harbour after 200 years
More than 18,000 oysters are being deployed in Dún Laoghaire harbour in Dublin, as part of an effort to try to reintroduce the shellfish to Dublin Bay over 200 years after they became extinct from the...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A reintroduction of shellfish, just to improve water quality and not as a commercial fishery. Welcome news for #Dublin Let’s see how they get on. #rewilding www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
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The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is hiring!
Applications are invited for the position of Research and Engagement, Senior Programme Manager as part of the DRI team headquartered at the Royal Irish Academy.
Apply by 27.11.2025 at 3pm.
www.ria.ie/about/career...
Applications are invited for the position of Research and Engagement, Senior Programme Manager as part of the DRI team headquartered at the Royal Irish Academy.
Apply by 27.11.2025 at 3pm.
www.ria.ie/about/career...
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is hiring!
Applications are invited for the position of Research and Engagement, Senior Programme Manager as part of the DRI team headquartered at the Royal Irish Academy.
Apply by 27.11.2025 at 3pm.
www.ria.ie/about/career...
Applications are invited for the position of Research and Engagement, Senior Programme Manager as part of the DRI team headquartered at the Royal Irish Academy.
Apply by 27.11.2025 at 3pm.
www.ria.ie/about/career...
How #SpeirGorm is it to wait for a bus on College Green, Dublin and overhear two men bid goodnight:
I wrote a poem at the weekend.
Now ye tell me!
I wrote a poem at the weekend.
Now ye tell me!
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
How #SpeirGorm is it to wait for a bus on College Green, Dublin and overhear two men bid goodnight:
I wrote a poem at the weekend.
Now ye tell me!
I wrote a poem at the weekend.
Now ye tell me!
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we live in a world where this splendid animal exists, wow
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
we live in a world where this splendid animal exists, wow
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Got an object with a story? We believe every object holds a piece of history - and yours could be part of it.
From heirlooms to gig tickets- bring yours to the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks & chat with curators
📍 Thursday, 6th Nov 6-7 PM
🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.ie/e/late-night...
From heirlooms to gig tickets- bring yours to the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks & chat with curators
📍 Thursday, 6th Nov 6-7 PM
🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.ie/e/late-night...
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Got an object with a story? We believe every object holds a piece of history - and yours could be part of it.
From heirlooms to gig tickets- bring yours to the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks & chat with curators
📍 Thursday, 6th Nov 6-7 PM
🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.ie/e/late-night...
From heirlooms to gig tickets- bring yours to the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks & chat with curators
📍 Thursday, 6th Nov 6-7 PM
🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.ie/e/late-night...
While Irishman Sir Roger Casement was exploring colonial atrocities in the Peruvian Amazon he was also collecting butterflies that are now in the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History. He was later executed in London for treason. Paper just published revue-colligo.fr/index.php/vo...
November 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
While Irishman Sir Roger Casement was exploring colonial atrocities in the Peruvian Amazon he was also collecting butterflies that are now in the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History. He was later executed in London for treason. Paper just published revue-colligo.fr/index.php/vo...
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Really looking forward to giving a talk about past and present efforts to establish the @oldanatomytcd.bsky.social museum on Nov. 5th, organised by @dublincityheritage.bsky.social !
Get your tix here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/silent-tea...?
Get your tix here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/silent-tea...?
Silent Teachers to All: Opening the Doors of a Medical Museum (TCD)
A free public talk by Evi Numen hosted by Dublin City Council's Heritage Office. Part-funded by the Heritage Council.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Really looking forward to giving a talk about past and present efforts to establish the @oldanatomytcd.bsky.social museum on Nov. 5th, organised by @dublincityheritage.bsky.social !
Get your tix here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/silent-tea...?
Get your tix here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/silent-tea...?
Meet The Author: Peter Donnelly at the Dead Zoo Lab www.eventbrite.ie/e/meet-the-a...
Meet The Author: Peter Donnelly at the Dead Zoo Lab
Also enjoy a 20% discount on all Dead Zoo Lab merchandise making it the perfect opportunity for some early Christmas shopping!
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November 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Meet The Author: Peter Donnelly at the Dead Zoo Lab www.eventbrite.ie/e/meet-the-a...
ASIAN HORNET ALERT
📅 Date: Sat, Nov 01
🕒 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMT
📍 Online – Free to attend!
Important information session for beekeepers, educators, biodiversity recorders in Ireland on this recently arrived alien invasive species
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d33bf9...
📅 Date: Sat, Nov 01
🕒 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMT
📍 Online – Free to attend!
Important information session for beekeepers, educators, biodiversity recorders in Ireland on this recently arrived alien invasive species
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d33bf9...
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
ASIAN HORNET ALERT
📅 Date: Sat, Nov 01
🕒 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMT
📍 Online – Free to attend!
Important information session for beekeepers, educators, biodiversity recorders in Ireland on this recently arrived alien invasive species
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d33bf9...
📅 Date: Sat, Nov 01
🕒 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMT
📍 Online – Free to attend!
Important information session for beekeepers, educators, biodiversity recorders in Ireland on this recently arrived alien invasive species
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d33bf9...
Happy #Halloween from Ireland where a carved turnip started a craze. We celebrate ‘Samhain’ from sunset as an ancient Celtic tradition to mark the end of harvest and beginning of winter. Plaster replica of carved turnip in National Museum of Ireland - Country Life #samhain @nmireland.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Happy #Halloween from Ireland where a carved turnip started a craze. We celebrate ‘Samhain’ from sunset as an ancient Celtic tradition to mark the end of harvest and beginning of winter. Plaster replica of carved turnip in National Museum of Ireland - Country Life #samhain @nmireland.bsky.social
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Our magnificent basking shark sculpture was created by Tommy Casby. Commissioned by IBSG and Fair seas, part funded by The heritage council and with support from Galway City Council. On behalf of us all at IBSG we want to extend our thanks to Tommy for creating such an incredible sculpture.
October 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Our magnificent basking shark sculpture was created by Tommy Casby. Commissioned by IBSG and Fair seas, part funded by The heritage council and with support from Galway City Council. On behalf of us all at IBSG we want to extend our thanks to Tommy for creating such an incredible sculpture.
The last time this happened was about 12,000 years ago and Ireland became uninhabitable. This is the reality of the climate crisis
New research finds a 70% chance the AMOC collapses under current emissions…37% under moderate cuts, 25% even under low ones.
That collapse would upend rainfall, chill Europe, wreck crops, and raise seas.
We blame fossil fuel billionaires because mirrors are awkward.
cleantechnica.com/2025/10/25/r...
That collapse would upend rainfall, chill Europe, wreck crops, and raise seas.
We blame fossil fuel billionaires because mirrors are awkward.
cleantechnica.com/2025/10/25/r...
Risk of Atlantic Current Collapsing Much Higher Than Previously Expected - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Unsurprisingly, climate risks keep growing. However, it’s not great to hear that one of the possibilities that has concerned ...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The last time this happened was about 12,000 years ago and Ireland became uninhabitable. This is the reality of the climate crisis
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🦴 @paoloviscardi.bsky.social, Keeper of the Natural History collection shares how the Dead Zoo natural history helps us understand biodiversity via @siliconrepublic.bsky.social
📖 https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ireland-dead-zoo-living-natural-history-museum-keeper-biodiversity-research
📖 https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ireland-dead-zoo-living-natural-history-museum-keeper-biodiversity-research
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🦴 @paoloviscardi.bsky.social, Keeper of the Natural History collection shares how the Dead Zoo natural history helps us understand biodiversity via @siliconrepublic.bsky.social
📖 https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ireland-dead-zoo-living-natural-history-museum-keeper-biodiversity-research
📖 https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ireland-dead-zoo-living-natural-history-museum-keeper-biodiversity-research