Gen X
Mobile phones have become the soothers of gen x because they were never parented, and so this device gives them comfort they never had……
Family Crest
Even the mighty oak does fall Under the burden of it all When its roots aren’t stable In the ground below. Even when the swallows come Full of hope and swooping song If the rain keeps battering on They ebb without flow. Some acorns don’t become great, big mighty oaks. Some leave us way too…
MAJOR THREATS TO WILDLIFE IN IRELAND AND AREAS TO FOCUS CONSERVATION ACTIONS
(A study I did in 2022 while studying for the MSc in World Heritage Conservation at UCD, still relevant in 2025) INTRODUCTIONThis report will endeavour to introduce the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and the IUCN Red List they established to identify the species in danger of extinction in the…
Reimagining Ardagh Heritage and Creativity Centre
(Another of the projects from my recent MSc in World Heritage Conservation with UCD, with some updates – originally written in 2023. Funding wasn’t available to implement it but it may help others in Heritage Conservation). Figure 1: Bilberry Sunday 2018 (Corkery, 2018) IntroductionCultural Heritage faces several threats, some are obvious such as armed conflict…
The dream of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of the Mid Shannon Biosphere & Environs
IntroductionThe people of the Midlands in Ireland have had a tempestuous relationship with the bog since the time of legends. In Tochmarc Étaíne, or The Wooing of Etain, the human king Eochaid demanded of the Tuatha De Danann prince Midir a road over a bog that no man had trodden on before and his spy…
He who washed his hands
I don’t believe that people didn’t knowthey knew, they just chose to ignore The events of the last yearhave made it clearto me and surely all of you That people knew about the holocaustas it happened. The Gorta Mór too and the Bengal Famine. They chose to ignore it. Just like people are choosing to…
Presidential candidates Ireland November 2025
I had a chat with ChatGPT about this; Who would be equally qualified as all our last Irish presidents and current one that should go up for the role next November, 2025? Any suggestions? A few prominent figures come to mind who might align with the historical qualifications of past Irish presidents—primarily individuals with strong…
Face your history
As long as you believe the fairytale you never will grow… The United States of America was built on black slavery, genocide of native americans, exploitation and indentured labour of anyone not white anglo saxon protestant….. never were you the land of the free…you are colonised and colonisers… you are not the voice of democracy,…
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Ann Gerety Smyth 