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Cynhaliwyd yr arddangosfa ryngweithiol yn Pontio a mae'r deunyddiau a gafodd eu harddangos bellach ar gael i bawb ar-lein yma. The interactive exhibition was hosted at Pontio and the material on display has now been made available to all through this online space. reframing.wales/newid-eryri

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DARLITH FLYNYDDOL | ANNUAL LECTURE 2025 Dr Melvin Humphreys POWIS CASTLE: THE RESILIENCE OF AN ARISTOCRATIC ESTATE IN WALES - INHERITANCE, ENCLOSURE & MINING FOR LEAD 5.30pm, Dydd Mercher, 2 Ebrill | Wednesday, 2 April MALT, Prifysgol Bangor | Bangor University Croeso i Bawb | All Welcome

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I went to the new 'Wild Ireland' exhibition in the #UlsterMuseum today which is about many of the animals that became extinct here. It features the utteh glorious art of #JulianFriers ( julianfriers.com) and I'm sharing a few to whet your appetite....

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"It is the morning of a world become suddenly evening." Deprivation, R. S. Thomas @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social Looking towards #Ireland from #Wales across #IrishSea #Wales #poetry

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'Rathlin Golden Hares' by Angela Harding, UK artist and printmaker. In #folklore the hare is often associated in #March with madness, due to the antics of their wild mating dances #Spring

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"Conversation between a #Daffodil and a #Daisy" by Alla Chakir from "On Other Shores" at Oriel Môn - a reflection of the emotional journey from #Ukraine to #Wales #StDavidsDay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St. David's Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Be joyful & do the little things. Offerings to life and #nature continue in Bryn Celli Ddu chambered tomb. 💚 #Wales #Cymru #archaeology #heritage

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'Daffodils' by Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker #WomensArt #March1st

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Opens tomorrow 1 March We're inviting people to explore relationships with freshwater in the Conwy river catchment. Discover a Conwy coracle, ask the river a question, listen to the voices of people named after local rivers, imagine how a water molecule learns on its life’s journey! bit.ly/415oAny

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New #EnvHist article! In this collaboration with art historian Rachel Kase, I explore what the visual legacy of #Arctic whaling can tell us about the possibilities - and perils - of #ClimateChange adaptation. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Aberystwyth University academics investigate erosion of Egg Rock and appeal for other historic images #envhist #Wales #coast @aberuni.bsky.social www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/aberyst...

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#Hellebore season at Plas Cadnant historic garden #Anglesey #YnysMôn #Cymru #r4today #Spring #Flowers #Gardening #envhist #botany plascadnant.co.uk/2/en-GB/THE-...

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These deeply beautiful maps show the migration patterns of––respectively––Curlew, Kittiwake & Blackcap. From this interactive migration atlas recording migrations of 300 bird species: migrationatlas.org Birds both tether us to places & stitch the world together.

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Launched today by #JNCC - Really good to see partnership working and importance of collaboration by technical experts included in new UK National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan #UKNBSAP #Wales #Scotland #England #UK #NorthernIreland #nature #conservation #networks jncc.gov.uk/news/uk-nbsa...

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With rake power comes rake responsibility 😀 Cutting and raking these verges on #Anglesey to remove a build up of nutrients is vital for maintaining these living seed banks. Some of the species which occur on these meadow corridors are themselves on the 'verge' of survival in the larger landscape!

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Arguably "British" limnology began at Hayes Island Biological Station Lough Derg #Shannon but was abruptly halted by political violence and uncertainty before Irish Free State established. Glen George Freshwater Biological Association Fellow #envhist #historyofscience www.fba.org.uk/articles/lou...

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Amazing to think that historic Irish #cattle trade may be having #nature #conservation benefits on Anglesey today! Article from the recent @antiquariansmon.bsky.social Day School exploring #Ireland #Anglesey connections by James Robertson. #IrelandWales #envhist nation.cymru/feature/lett...

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Welcome to all of our new followers! We are a newly launched #womenshistory podcast, exploring the lives of women from the past who deserve to be better known. They can be from anywhere in the world and any era. Available on all good podcast platforms: open.spotify.com/show/32oPso9... #history

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A 3-minute clip of the Irish Mail Boat docking at Holyhead in 1898. Both my grandmother & then my mother were sent from Dublin to boarding school in England, travelling alone by boat and rail - my granny mentioned once the delight of seeing the welcoming lights at port at the end of a crossing

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ANNOUNCING A MAJOR NEW @EmpirePodUK SERIES: IRELAND & EMPIRE Episode One- COLONISING IRELAND: Henry VIII, Elizabeth I & The Tudor Conquest of Ireland

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It was a pleasure to take part in this Day School, if only virtually and from some distance. Congratulations to the society for organising it. @cduigan.bsky.social

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Another excellent piece in @nation.cymru mentioning our recent Day School about connections between Anglesey and Ireland. Read it at: nation.cymru/feature/lett...

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Another dataset I like is from the National Atmospheric Deposition Program, which has maps of the US that show we fixed the acid rain problem by implementing stricter emission controls on power plants. nadp.slh.wisc.edu/maps-data/nt...

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For #IrelandReads Day - Burning the Big House by Terence Dooley - for a sensitive and nuanced interpretation of the Anglo-Irish experience - great to have author as @ystadaucymru.bsky.social guest lecturer @bangoruniversity.bsky.social in 2024 #IrelandWales #heritage #research #WW1 #Revolution 📚

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Spring program for the Instructing Colonial Natural History Seminar Series. The first seminar is by the wonderful @nickytheprof.bsky.social on Wed 26 Feb, 3-4 pm C.E.T: The Land of True Britons: Edward Lhwyd's Survey of Wales.

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Memories can become obscured over time by the mists of the Irish Sea. Are my childhood recollections of visits to Wales from Ireland real or imagined? ✍️Catherine Duigan

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Our Day School ‘Anglesey and Ireland: connections through time’ features in an excellent piece in @nation.cymru by Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social. nation.cymru/feature/bren...

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And only one record in #Wales this winter. That was the case in 2021-24 too, after a complete blank in 2020. #BirdingWales

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A shared heritage- "I am a very rich woman to be able to call both islands home." #IrelandWales #Anglesey #YnysMôn #Ireland #Wales ☘️ 🇮🇪

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We were pleased to have the Consul General of Ireland in Cardiff, Denise McQuade, at our Day School, ‘Anglesey and Ireland: connections through time’, last Saturday, where she opened the proceedings.

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The Tide (1966) by US painter Renée Radell #WomensArt #Monday

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📸 Did you know that the National Library of Ireland is on Instagram? Follow @nlireland.bsky.social on one of our fastest-growing platforms: www.instagram.com/nationallibr...

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"The question is whether he or I shall govern #Ireland." Marquess of Anglesey on Daniel O'Connell A shared heritage - @antiquariansmon.bsky.social Day School delegates explore more #Anglesey & #Ireland connections at Plas Newydd @nationaltrust.bsky.social @angleseyhistory.bsky.social #history

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💌 Here is seasonal drama of a breeding seabird colony as chaotic clouds of returning guillemots and razorbills come around the corner of the island ✍️ Catherine Duigan

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A shared heritage- Marged Haycock @gwenddolen.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social introduces us to Cecile O'Rahilly, red-headed Kerry woman, UCD graduate, brilliant linguist and #IrelandWales academic. #IrishInWales #language @antiquariansmon.bsky.social

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A shared heritage - Jon Gower remembers #TheAsgard delivering its cargo of guns at Howth #Ireland 1914 & and in preparation Erskine Childers called in & got his #haircut in #Holyhead #Anglesey - @antiquariansmon.bsky.social celebrating #Ireland #Wales connections #IrishInWales

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A shared heritage - Exciting day ahead exploring connections through time between #Anglesey & #Ireland @antiquariansmon.bsky.social #IrishSea #Viking #Transport #infrastructure #MenaiBridge #Academia #language #envhist #IrishinWales #IrelandWales

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A shared heritage - delegates start to arrive from across the #IrishSea in the traditional way 🚢 for @antiquariansmon.bsky.social Day School on #Anglesey's Connections to #Ireland. @angleseyhistory.bsky.social

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"It scrubs And scours; it chews rocks To sand; its embraces Leave you without breath. Mostly It is a stomach, where bones, Wrecks, continents are digested. The Sea R S Thomas @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social #poetry #Wales #IrishSea #geology #coastalprocesses #heritage #erosion

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I will be giving a talk on the Windmills of Anglesey at Oriel Môn, in conjunction with their exhibition of artwork of the mills. All welcome! 29 March at 2:00pm. You can read more about the mills on my website: www.anglesey-history.co.uk/windmills/

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A shared heritage - The Ladies of Hengwrt: Frances Power Cobbe (born Newbridge #Ireland) shared her life with Mary Charlotte Lloyd (born Denbighshire #Wales) #Ireland #Wales #LGBTQ+ #IrelandWales

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World of Knowledge - read about the very exciting plans which will bring new life to the Old College @aberuni.bsky.social here: www.aber.ac.uk/en/oldcolleg...

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Housing🤝Nature To deliver much-needed housing while ensuring that our natural environment is protected and enhanced, the Government must work closely with ecologists, planners, landscape architects and other environmental experts.

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In 1st year of default 20mph limit in built-up areas casualties dropped by 28% That's 678 fewer people injured or killed A bigger drop than in Covid lockdown - more than double the reduction on such roads in any of the last 20 years Plus 20% fewer insurance damage claims and £50 fall in premiums

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Delivering research impact - Pioneering #freshwater ecologist Dr. Kathleen Carpenter will feature in new Wolfson Science Gallery, Old College - a very special gift for future generations - diolch yn fawr @aberuni.bsky.social #WomenInScience #museums #Wales #womeninSTEM #envhist #rolemodel

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