Latest posts tagged with #Kilteevan on Bluesky
The story of our bog butterfly project #Kilteevan Roscommon with Eileen Fahey and the children from Kilteevan NS. They explored the local cloonlarge bog, created beautiful art work with @anniehollandart.bsky.social and we made postcards with it!
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Ruth picked a Holly Blue in our bog butterfly and art creativity project #Kilteevan Roscommon and said it inspired her to get more into nature and be curious about bog wildlife. We ran the project in June and came back this month with postcards for the children of their artwork and stamps! #LoveBogs
Kilteevan NS with their bog art butterfly postcards - they created with Tóchar Stories
We had a wonderful morning yesterday with the children of #Kilteevan NS Roscommon when we brought back their postcard series from their June bog butterfly art project with @anniehollandart.bsky.social and Eileen Fahey - we also left them a box of stamps so they can start to send them out !
butterfly drawn by children
butterfly drawn by children
butterfly common blue drawn by children
butterfly drawn by children
We're just printing postcards of the children's artwork from our bog talk/walk and art creativity project in #Kilteevan Roscommon - aren't these beautiful? Contact us if you'd like to receive postcards from the series - follow us and DM #Spéirghorm #LoveBogs #CloonlargeBog
How the people of #Kilteevan became custodians of local bog, Cloonlarge #Roscommon #LoveBogs - our post sharing the story, of #EileenFahey and the village Tidy Towns group who have worked to protect nature, people and place www.tocharwetlands.ie/fen-restorat... @communitywetlands.bsky.social
Therese Kelly @npwsireland.bsky.social on why & how we conserve bogs and
process of bog rehabilitation. Part of #TócharStories #HeritageWeek bog talk/walk #Kilteevan - a useful resource for anyone interested in bogs vimeo.com/1116770365?s... @shirleynature.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social
Therese Kelly, NPWS, gave a really accessible talk on why bogs matter and how we conserve them during our #HeritageWeek event in #Kilteevan on Saturday - we stopped her along the bog walk afterwards to capture her story #bogs #wetlands #Ireland #Spéirghorm vimeo.com/1111939928?s...
Eileen Fahey, chair of Kilteevan Tidy Towns is a champion of bog restoration at Cloonlarge Bog Roscommon - we asked her to share a little of her story and why she's become a passionate advocate for #bog conservation at our #HeritageWeek event in #Kilteevan over the weekend
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group shot at bog loop walk - heritage sign - on Cloonlarge Bog Roscommon
Our group shot of the #bog walk in #cloonlarge #LoughRee on Saturday with #Kilteevan community, NPWS with local volunteer leader Eileen Fahey and Tóchar naturist and guide Katie Smirnova. #NationalHeritageWeek
Join us on Saturday in #Kilteevan #Roscommon for an insight on how bog restoration works - why we do it and what positives it can bring - and then take a guided walk with us on #CloonlargeBog nearby - a #HeritageWeek event with NPWS and Kilteevan community www.eventbrite.ie/e/bog-eco-ta...
and if you'd like to join us on August 16th 11am for the bog nature talk and walk in #Kilteevan, Roscommon - with NPWS and Kilteevan Tidy Towns - here's the eventbrite link for booking www.eventbrite.ie/e/1476955727... - it's free! #Spéirghorm #Ireland #bogs #nature
If you are in Roscommon, near Lough Ree SAC, join us for a free bog talk and walk on August 16th as part of Heritage Week in #Kilteevan www.eventbrite.ie/e/bog-eco-ta... #TócharStories and do spread the word?
We're facilitating a bog talk/ walk in #Kilteevan Roscommon #Spéirghorm for Heritage Week,August 16 Saturday 11am - talk indoors with Kilteevan bog volunteers + NPWS experts and then guided walk on nearby Cloonlarge Bog. Register if you are in area and want to join? www.eventbrite.ie/e/bog-eco-ta...
How the #Kilteevan NS children in Roscommon got to discover more about the butterflies of their local bog and create their own paintings and mini exhibition @tocharstories.bsky.social #bogs are us!
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Ruth with her butterfly painting
samrathana painting her comma butterfly
the classes after their bog walk exploration for butterflies with artist Annie Holland and Therese Kelly NPWS with teacher Michelle Whyte and principal Colette Brennan
We'd a wonderful time this past week in #Kilteevan, Roscommon working with the National School on a butterfly/bog and creative art project - where the children aged 8-13 got to know more about their local bog Cloonlarge Bog, and the butterflies there and created their own artwork
#TócharStories
Nice video from #CommunityWetlandsForum with #Kilteevan Community Tidy Towns Leader Eileen Fahey who has been an inspiring light in bog protection and community custodianship. #TócharStories - we're working with Eileen and hope to back at Cloonlarge Bog soon.
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And like this video from #Roscommon County Council & Eileen Fahey, #Kilteevan Tidy Towns, on how local people became custodians of #Cloonlarge Bog and began learning about its unique biodiversity and the need to protect it as well as its #climate action.
#TócharStories
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