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Posted on September 30, 2018September 22, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 30th, the crane

The final species I have selected for this month of Irish extinctions is the crane. The crane only went extinct in late medieval times, and features much in Irish poetry…

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Posted on September 26, 2018September 15, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 26th, Large copper (Lycaena Dispar)

The first butterfly to feature on the melancholy month of Irish extinctions is the Large Copper Another permanent Irish extinction is the Straffan Butterfly Farm which is now permanently closed.…

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Posted on September 25, 2018September 23, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 25th, the mud pond snail, Omphiscola glabra

The common understanding of “extinct” is, well, “no longer existing as a species.” So therefore most people may think “extinct in Ireland” means “never found in Ireland.” Looking into the…

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Posted on September 24, 2018September 22, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 24th- Rannoch rush (Scheuchzeria pallustris) and the life of John Moore

From Wikipedia: Scheuchzeria palustris (Rannoch-rush,[2] or pod grass), is a flowering plant in the family Scheuchzeriaceae, in which there is only one species and Scheuchzeria is the only genus. In…

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Posted on September 23, 2018September 22, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 23rd, the North Atlantic right whale

Pádraic Fogarty lists the North Atlantic right whale or Nordcapper (also known as the Northern Right Whale) as one of the mammals extinct in Ireland since human habitation here: Regularly…

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Posted on September 22, 2018September 12, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 22nd – the purple sea urchin -Paracentrosus lividus

One of the themes I have found emerging from my project of blogging about species extinct in Ireland since human habitation is how hidden much of this biodiversity loss is.…

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Posted on September 21, 2018September 11, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, September 21st – the red squirrel

OK, this entry in my September series of species rendered extinct in Ireland since human settlement here may cause many readers to do a double-take. The red squirrel? Extinct? But…

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Posted on September 20, 2018September 10, 2018

Extinct in Ireland, 20th September, the Woodlark

From Pádraic Fogarty‘s Whittled Away: Woodlark Formerly common along the Eastern counties, it had disappeared as a breeding bird by the start of the twentieth century. Gerald Manley Hopkins attempted…

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