Siar agus Aniar 12 Deora Dé is the Irish name for the fuchsia. This plant was introduced into Ireland as a hedging material and now has naturalized. It is considered an invasive non-native species. It outcompetes native plants in hedgerows. These hedges are significant habitat in Ireland because of the loss of most of itsContinue reading “Deora Dé”
Monthly Archives: June 2024
Loch na Naomh
Siar agus Aniar 11 I went walking to Loch na Naomh – the Lake of the Saint. It is always windy there. The lake is on top of a granite hill between An Cheathrú Rua and Galway Bay in Conamara. Few trees, many bogs, low heather and gorse, wonderful wildflowers and orchids. The bedrock isContinue reading “Loch na Naomh”
Names have meaning – Logainmneacha
Siar agus Aniar 10 In Canada, we know that language has politics built into it. The suppression of minoritized languages is an overtly political act. It is a situation that has been going on for millenia in Ireland. Some people try to keep language and politics separate. Is this really possible? I recently spent aContinue reading “Names have meaning – Logainmneacha”
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