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Caroline G.

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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 02/10/2026
Irish National Opera has bought an old church on Abbey Street, to turn it into a performing arts space. The chapel on the ground floor is too small for a theatre “but it's the kind of place where you could have recitals, a piano player or string quartet”.
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Irish National Opera buys old church on Abbey Street, to turn it into a performing arts space
The chapel on the ground floor is too small for a theatre “but it's the kind of place where you could have recitals, a piano player or string quartet”, says Diego Fasciati, the executive director.
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Tina Claffey Photography @tinaclaffey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Always magical to find this tiny little beauty, Green Elfcup fungi. What a colour to find in nature 💚 I found this little beauty in Abbeyleix bog's wet woodland a few years ago, one of those beautiful crisp Autumnal mornings @peatlandecr.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social
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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🍎 Volunteers at Trooperstown Nursery recently processed over 1,000 Crab Apple seeds collected from St. John's Wood and Ardan Wood. The seeds have been sown into stratification trays and, once grown, will help restore native woodlands in their counties of origin. 🌱
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Mary-Anne Boermans @dejafoodie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New Blog Post - 17thC Apple Fritters! Yeast-raised, boozy, spiced puffs of apple-y goodness. 😋 More delicate, more aromatic, more flavourful than many modern recipes. dejafood.uk/2026/09/24/a...
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Apple Fritters
The Wellcome Collection has digitised thousands of resources related to the medical field, including hundreds of manuscripts, and made them freely available online. Many of these manuscripts also c…
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mornin’ Go for a quick walk around the sanctuary I decided. Sure a t-shirt will be fine I decided. Rain’s not due for another hour or so the forecast decided… Think I better run now…nature decided. #weather #Ireland #thunder #worldbeesanctuary #nature
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The Orchard Project @theorchardproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We hate waste, especially when it comes to fruit, so we jumped at Martyn from Agriton's offer to write a blog for us about using Bokashi composting to turn apple pulp into nutrient-rich soil conditioner 👉 www.theorchardproject.org.uk/blog/bokashi... #Bokashi #CommunityOrchards #Composting #Apples
Partly chopped green apples starting to brown, on sawdust and straw
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Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ten years ago today, the first episode of Britain's Lost Masterpieces* was on BBC4. Here's a thread of all the pictures we featured, with the new attributions and before & after photos. (*internationally, Amazon Prime etc, as 'The Art Detectives')
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Caroline G. @tlodge60.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Archaeology grants from Royal Irish Academy - closing date 15 Oct www.ria.ie/grants/
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Grants - Royal Irish Academy
In line with its aims and remit the RIA has a long history of promoting, supporting and communicating research. The Academy began providing research grants in 1876, and this legacy of supporting acade...
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Last week I walked a remarkable 100-mile stretch of Offa’s Dyke. Now you can walk it with me – a five-minute escape into another world through photographs and field notes, from your armchair or on your commute. 🔗 👉 www.digest.andymarsh...
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Caroline G. @tlodge60.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A fascinating film illustrating the different geologies underlying some of the bogs of Offaly. John Feehan is an engaging presenter and an obvious store of vast knowledge of the bogs and their development. A film to bookmark.
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National Monuments Service @nationalmons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Underwater Archaeology Unit summer work in Streedagh, Co Sligo. The beach here is the site of three Spanish Armada wrecks which sank on 21 September 1588. Copyright and Photo credit: NMS #UnderwaterWednesdays #UnderwaterArchaeology #ClimateActionIRL #HeritageIreland2030 #ProtectOurPast
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hearing a lot of 'what can be done?' to stop mega donors buying British democracy So I asked a real expert- former Electoral Commissioner David Howarth - to explain how we can fix our broken system Would recommend reading his piece: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/stop-billi...
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Stop billionaires buying our politics
Ex-Electoral Commissioner David Howarth on Reform's £72m crypto donation, the loopholes that allow big money to buy our democracy – and three ways to close them
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Caroline G. @tlodge60.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
An interesting comment on the original post about waulking - how work songs helped process the ream evenly bsky.app/profile/manx...
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Cannot tell you how much I adore this clip from 1941 of women from the Western Isles of the Outer Hebrides singing as they work their Harris Tweed. It was shot by the Oscar-winning cinematographer JACK CARDIFF.
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Tony O @tony-o.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Saturday’s #BlueSkyArtShow The #Undulating fields near Cushendun on the north Antrim coast... with the ruins of Altagore Cashel - a stone ringfort Image: 2012, Antrim, Ireland #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Photography #BlueSkyArt #BlueSky #Art #EastCoastKin #Antrim
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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 11/09/2026
"There's a connection between the environment and the Irish language," says Mairéad Nic Craith. "It reflects a people who took more notice, and who had maybe more time to notice the environment than we do nowadays." www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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Eagles and wolves: The long-lost animals that live on in Irish place names
Long-standing Irish place names hark back to a world alive with cranes, wolves and eagles. Now these old names are piquing the interest of nature-lovers and ecologists.
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Kenny Muir @kennymuir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Finally, after many years putting it off, I have managed to get my website updated. All Scotland’s Caledonian forest for now, and a few new shots mixed into the 4 galleries, including this one a couple winters back www.kennymuir.com
Scots pine and birch at the waters edge in the Caledonian forest
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📍Loci: The Magic of Twilight in Ludlow www.digest.andymarsh...
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
✨ What is the Genius Loci Digest? I believe certain places still have the power to change the way we see the world. That's why I created the Genius Loci Digest. If you've ever wondered what it's all about, this is the best place to begin. 👉 www.digest.andymarsh...
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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We're delighted to release the video of our Women in Revolution webinar. Hear short talks by Jane Ohlmeyer, Catriona Kennedy + Lindsey Earner-Byrne on the revolutionary lives of women from the 17th to the 20th century. Many thanks to our panelist for taking part. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIu4...
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Women in Revolution: From the Margins to the Centre
This webinar examined the central role played by women in revolutions across time. The video of the webinar shared here includes introductory remarks by Joel Herman (Trinity College Dublin) and a…
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The Orchard Project @theorchardproject.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
📖 Calling all teachers & home schoolers! We’ve created 20 inspiring primary & secondary PDF lesson plans to help you bring the classroom outside. Simply choose which subjects you feel your students will enjoy the most: www.theorchardproject.org.uk/school_lesso... #CommunityOrchards #LessonPlansUK
A woman is smiling at the camera and kneeling down with a tape measure on grass as children in uniform help to measure out spacing between trees ahead of planting.
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
✨A room with a yew. The ancient yew tree at Crowhurst in Surrey is possibly 4000 years old, has a door, and has been used for meetings in the past. More 📸 of inside 👉 www.digest.andymarsh...
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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Cúil an Chéachta, Cill Mhantáin Coolakay, Wicklow (Logainm.ie #55110) 'the recess, nook of the plough'
Íomhá ón mBailiúchán Grianghraf © Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD.
https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/10476
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Tóchar Stories @tocharstories.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We've been adding to our audio stories for Tóchar - so check out Soundcloud or Spotify - Where the Curlew Calls - #podcast #community #Curlews soundcloud.com/athena-media...
poster of where the curlew calls
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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Volunteers from our Roscommon Branch collected, prepared & sowed 800 hazelnuts from Rinnagan Wood and nearby St John's Wood this weekend! Thanks to all our volunteers and to Roscommon County Council for continued support of this important ancient woodland expansion project! #Tommorrow'sTrees
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
✨ A special one for Friday: the day I met a host of angels in King's Lynn where holiness was in the the earth-song of the peeling paint and the arborescent echo from the fissured faces 👉 www.digest.andymarsh...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The AI companies claim their technology will enhance human creativity. But they are quietly undertaking a massive campaign to destroy human creativity. Let me tell you the story of the AI companies' effort to feed rare books into their AI models and then destroy them.
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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Explore life on the estates of the "Big Houses" through this online exhibition drawing on many of the National Library of Ireland's photographic collections: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/onlin…
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Online Exhibition | Power and Privilege: The Big House in Ireland
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Wow! 🤩
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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
See also this week's theme: More orchards, more apple-trees and native folk etymologies www.logainm.ie/en/themes/184 "Little wonder, then, that úll “apple” and abha(i)ll “apple-tree” should feature in so many townland names down to our own times." - The Placenames Branch
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More orchards, more apple-trees and native folk etymologies. Avalbane/Abhaill Bhán “the white apple-tree (i.e. orchard)” (see logainm.ie #[40526](https://www.logainm.ie/en/40526))
The official bilingual database of placenames in Ireland.
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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Dutch merchant & spy Jan Huygen van Linschoten from II Par Indiae Orientalis (1599). Van Linschoten copied important Portuguese nautical charts while on assignment in Goa, which opened up the East Indies to Dutch traders.
Page from a 16th century book showing an engraving of a man and text in Latin below.
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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We just spent Saturday morning online, my beloved oldest son C— and me, trying to purchase something for his 18th birthday. Hopefully it will go well… it will almost certainly go better than below though www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2024/04/i...
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Iddin-Sin's Letter, Written 4000 Years Ago, Is the Earliest Known Complaint from a Son to His Mother
We don't know what Zinu, a woman living in the Mesopotamian city of Larsa (about 15 miles southeast of Uruk in present-day Iraq), thought when she received the letter from her son Iddin-Sin. The yo...
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Some of Britain’s oldest living things are sitting silently in our churchyards. I’ve gathered the ancient yews that have stopped me in my tracks - photographs, locations and notes for finding them yourself: www.digest.andymarsh...
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Looking for a gentler corner of the internet? Here's a collection of my latest photographs, field notes and stories exploring the hidden gems and spirit of place across historic Britain. 👉 www.digest.andymarsh...
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Caroline G. @tlodge60.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Mapping the West—Tim Robinson - Books Ireland
As time moves forward into the unmapped territory of the digital age, and the problems of climate change and the necropolis of waste looms, the work of Tim
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Caroline G. @tlodge60.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Tim Robinson’s maps are incredibly beautiful. A cartographer by training his maps and accompanying books reflected his interest in the botany, geology, archaeology, history and local knowledge of the area.
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 05/08/2026
Calling Tim Robinson fans! RIA Publishing House is producing new editions of Robinson's iconic map series, Aran, The Burren and Connemara. How would you like to see these wonderful maps brought back to life? We would love to hear from you! Email publications@ria.ie with your feedback.
Black and white map of Connemara, County Galway, with marked regions and the author Tim Robinson's name displayed.
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
✨ What is the Genius Loci Digest? I believe certain places still have the power to change the way we see the world. That's why I created the Genius Loci Digest. If you've ever wondered what it's all about, this is the best place to begin. 👉 www.digest.andymarsh...
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Lauren Nofi @lenofi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We just hit 100 followers on here for @brparchaeology.bsky.social! It’s a small milestone, but we are hoping our friends from the other site find us here! #archaeology We are in week 3 of our dig at Bamburgh Castle, and we are posting every day about our finds and interpretations!
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Dr Katharine Jewitt (She/Her) @drkatharinejewitt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Incredible sight: Brioc, a replica high medieval leather boat, has sailed from Brittany all the way round England, Wales and now Scotland. The crew navigate, dress and cook exactly as their medieval counterparts would have⛵️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0n259yx7no
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Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I’ve had the best time visiting Hook Lighthouse in Co. Wexford. Dating from the early 13th century, it is believed to be the oldest purpose-built operational lighthouse in the world. The medieval tower is 36m tall with 4 levels and walls 4m thick. Originally it supported a fire beacon. #MedievalSky
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Tony O @tony-o.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#StandingStoneSunday #Stunday Clochafarmore Standing Stone aka Cúchulainn’s Stone which the mortally wounded hero tied himself to in a final defiance of death and his enemies - Louth, Ireland #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Neolithic #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin
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Tina Claffey Photography @tinaclaffey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It was such a pleasure to photograph the rare Pipewort wildflower in the heart of Connemara, at the edge of a bog pool. Its little spherical head mesmerising when viewed from the top! @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social
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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 31/07/2026
NEW: Happy Friday! Enjoy ye this latest edition of The Reengineer. Packed to the GILLS. I think it's possibly the biggest newsletter I've ever published. Includes: - Mini waterwheel - Solutions to drought-hit rails - Tour de France heat watch - And more! www.thereengineer.pro/p/mini-water...
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Mini waterwheel produces enough power to, in theory, supply multiple homes
Installing the floating contraption takes just a few hours
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 27/07/2026
#DIBLives Antarctic explorer Tom Crean (d. #OTD 1938) spent more time in the Antarctic than Scott or Shackleton; he was awarded the Albert Medal and the Polar Medal with 3 Antarctic clasps. The Crean Glacier in South Georgia and Mount Crean in Antarctica are named for him. www.dib.ie/biography/cr...
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Never let a river get in the way of your real estate. Victorian pragmatism in Rawtenstall, Lancashire.
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Looking for a gentler corner of the internet? Here's a collection of my latest photographs, field notes and stories exploring the hidden gems and spirit of place across historic Britain. 👉 www.digest.andymarsh...
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Tóchar Stories @tocharstories.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Barney Donlon, still farming in his mid 80s, shared his own bogland stories, and a lifetime with Bord na Móna, with us in Cloonlarge Bog, Co Roscommon #LoveBogs soundcloud.com/athena-media... #WheretheCurlewCalls
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I press the shutter button, but these photographs are made by members. Without their support, the free shoots at churches, skilled crafts and historic buildings would not exist. Can you help support me and create the next image? See what membership makes possible - www.digest.andymarsh...
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