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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My #thicktrunktuesday nomination is this European Beech in Green-Wood cemetery, Brooklyn

A big old European beech in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Several trunks have kind of fused together and it has a wide canopy of bright green leaves. The bark is smooth and gray. Around it there are old weathered headstones. It's a sunny day and the tree casts shade on the ground and path.

Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I was happy to see this Irish Yew tree, far from home. It's in the Green-Wood cemetery of Brooklyn. As I understand, it'll be genetically identical to the Florence Court tree in County Fermanagh, as they all trace back via cuttings.

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This was such a great show by @hhsofireland.bsky.social in Kilkenny Castle 🪉

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Edouard Manet @edouardmanet.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Pinks and Clematis in a Crystal Vase

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A tree of the day. Why not? I do like this lime tree with its garlic patch

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Wonderful show in Dublin. Big Thief and Laraaji

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

An excuse to post the Shakespeare joke I found actually funny... GLENDOWER: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. HOTSPUR: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? #shakespearesunday

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I had this little poem in my head all day By Kobayashi Issa (HT @bashosociety.bsky.social for sharing)

Autumn begins –
I thought by now this journey
Would have ended

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

This teasel plant self-seeded in my garden and is now my favouite. Its about 6ft, with lots of little pools of water where the leaves meet up the stems, making it v popular with insects too

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Mr Wisteria is, understandably, tree of the day

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Great article on the gap between how we value human and natural heritage. Interesting that in Portugal and Italy, anyone is able to recommend a tree for protection www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Why Veteran Trees Deserve the Same Protection as Ancient Monuments

The destruction of a venerable oak tree highlights the importance of safeguarding biodiversity.

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I really enjoyed Mikey 17. Hope it does well as it was such an original and fun sci fi & political satire, with great cast and performances. My one issue is how very naïve folks in sci fi stories are about the fact that death-followed-by-cloning still equals death. See also: teleporters in Star Trek

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

My #thicktrunktuesday nomination — yew tree at St. Andrew's Church, Totteridge. Perhaps the oldest living thing in London.

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

My tree of the day is this holm oak in Armagh

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

My #thicktrunktuesday nomination: The Ankerwycke Yew. At least 1400 years old, but very possibly more than 2000.

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I’ve never wanted to recommend a place to stay so much as the Manor House on Rathlin. Just the friendliest, cosiest place, with lovely staff and great food too. Really enjoyed walking the length of the island over the weekend

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Sunrise this morning, between Rathlin island (left) and Ballycastle

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

View from Rathlin Island just a moment ago. You can see across to Scotland at the end

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Just passing by and thought I’d take a little video. This is a 4000 year old tomb in the Sperrins, with a fairy thorn tree growing from it.

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Really happy to see @irishrainforest.bsky.social, all the way up from Beara Peninsula to talk about the value of restoring and expanding Ireland’s temperate rainforests 🌳

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

My #thicktrunktuesday nomination is this extraordinary 400 year old oak tree I saw outside Warsaw in summer. I’ll post a video below too.

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

This was a really interesting episode of Countryfile about the Mourne Mountains. I especially liked the interview with @davidscottni.bsky.social who highlights that native ancient forest—as found at Mourne Park—accounts for just 0.04% land cover in NI. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Countryfile - Mourne Mountains

Tucked away in the south east corner of Northern Ireland are the Mournes – a mountain range which stretches down to the coast. Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith uncover the threats the area faces.

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Tree of the day. Summer and winter

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I am deeply concerned to learn about this goblin-chatbot alliance.

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I quite like the fact that talking about different trees is, according to the Bible, indicative of great wisdom.

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Six leaves of different spinescence from the same old holly tree. (Yes, I just wanted to use that word.)

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

My tree of the day is this oak tree, which long ago would have been pollarded and harvested for timber. Now enjoying a long retirement

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I like this one very much. Journeys are most of life; so we should enjoy the time spent on them

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Taken in June. An old olive tree near the town of Luras in Italy. If I returned as an old man, it’d be like the blink of an eye in the lifespan of this one

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

A few more photos of this old beech. I think the summer look is my favourite

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

My tree of the day - a huge beech in the fog

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

My tree of the day — a pedunculate oak, still holding on to its leaves.

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

My tree of the day — a horse chestnut, ready for winter

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

My tree of the day submission — an old oak in Armagh

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The picture in my profile’s banner is of the suitably named ‘King Oak’ in Co Offaly; one of my favourite trees. Beautiful all year round

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A big old yew tree in Crom, Co Fermanagh. Apparently over 800 years old

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Whilst my initial impression of Bluesky is very positive, I’m reminded of a quote in a Jurassic Park movie -

Eddie: This is magnificent!
Malcolm: That’s how it always starts. Screaming and running come later.

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I’ve said it before, but I can never understand why the prospective murderer invariably proceeds to carry out their plot, even after the World’s Greatest Detective unexpectedly and coincidentally shows up on the scene. I’d 100% call it off, or at least postpone 🤭

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I really liked this one. A stone pine 🌲

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

An impressive holm oak tree— 250 years old—in the town of São Brás de Alportel 🇵🇹

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

For consideration on #thicktrunktuesday, this impressive ombu (phytolacca dioica) in Lisbon. Ombu are native to South America and characterised by a huge base that stores water & provides resilience to drought.

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Marc Connolly @marcconnolly.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

From last week. A holm oak tree in Fátima

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