Extinct in Ireland, September 13th – Lapidary snail, Heligonica lapicida
Included in Red List No. 2, Non Marine Molluscs as extinct, albeit perhaps in this case its presence in Ireland in the first is debated: Known in Ireland only from limestone…
Category: nature writing
“The Forgotten Beasts in Medieval Britain: a study of extinct fauna in medieval sources” Ph.D thesis by Lee Raye
Over the course of my September posts on extinct species in Ireland, the importance of archaeology and literary scholarship in determining which species have been extant in Ireland is striking.…
Extinct in Ireland, September 11th. Meadow Saxifrage
I began this exploration of species extinct in Ireland with a fish, the sturgeon., have moved through mammals and insects, but only now am moving to plants. And predictably enough…
A prayer of gratitude for creation – Fiona Murdoch, Eco-Congregation Ireland
On the Irish Franciscan’s Praying Nature page, there is a section of “eco prayers”: A Franciscan presence and spirit requires living a way of life that cherishes Gospel values as St. Francis…
“Be Still”, Agnes Hunt RHSM – poem in Glencomeragh, Co Waterford.
I have posted photos of Glencomeragh in February and photos of Glencomeragh in August. Glencomeragh was a Rosminian retreat centre near Kilsheelan (which is in Tipperary, but Glencomeragh is across the Suir…
“Green Fire – Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic For Our Time”
Aldo Leopold died of a heart attack while battling a fire on a neighbour’s property on April 21, 1948. He is one of those literary figures better known and much…
“it is the August-blooming ling that covers the hills with amethyst”
from “The Living Mountain” by Nan Shepherd (previous Nan Shepherd posts here and here: Lower on the mountain, on all the slopes and shoulders and ridges and on the moors below, the…
Where are all the hedgehogs?
I have posted quite a few hedgehog posts. This is perhaps as they are frequent garden visitors/residents. Or were, it seems. So far in 2018 I have not seen a…
Séamus Sweeney 