Stephen Daly

Mostly working on The Evolution of Ireland Project, exploring the past, present, and future of Ireland's land, life, and people. Sometimes drinking Beamish.

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

Interesting BBC article on the origins of #Halloween, with one contender being a cave in #Roscommon known as '#Ireland's Gate to Hell':
https://t.co/p86K37F184

#theevolutionofireland #irishhistory #samhain #irishbooks

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

#NationalHeritageWeek: Explore Millions of Years of Ireland's Heritage in The Evolution of Ireland MiniMag Kenya Special

Click here to explore Ireland's heritage as you never have before: https://t.co/LaBYI0EWD4

#HeritageWeek2020 @HeritageWeek @irishexaminer @irishtimes

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

https://t.co/5IFxHZKNSw

#wallythewalrus #westcork #crookhaven

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

#Wally the #Walrus Wanders West: Yesterday, Wally was spotted relaxing in a small boat in #Crookhaven in #WestCork, 75km west of #Courtmacsherry, having stopped in #Clonakilty Bay along the way

#theevolutionofireland #wallythewalrus #ireland #nature #wildlife #arctic #sea

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

More bad climate news over the weekend with the report that this July was the #hottest month ever recorded. Yet, as this article makes clear, we should not give into #climatedoom and profound change for the better is still within our grasp:
https://t.co/wHywwXbjqH

#climateaction

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

Climate Crisis & Ireland: 'Fifteen of the top 20 warmest years on record in #Ireland have occurred since 1990, report finds'
: https://t.co/B4ZFYGNgc9

#theevolutionofireland #climatecrisis #climatechange #nature #risingtemperature

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

#Sicily may have registered the #hottest temperature ever recorded in #Europe (48.8C) yesterday, caused by an anticyclone aptly-named Lucifer. If verified, this would overtake the current record of 48C from #Athens in 1977:
https://t.co/wAdzqZG4YS

#climatecrisis #climatechange

[Tomás Daly @DemocracyTalk]

It's out! In the wake of the alarming #IPCCReport issued Monday, our latest @Government_UoM #GoverningDuringCrises Policy Brief tackles how democracy needs to be reformed to give us a fighting chance to effectively address the #ClimateCrisis

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

Wally Watch: #Wally the #walrus is now making waves in #Cork, with some people out boating off Broad Strand in #Courtmacsherry having an unforgettable encounter with this #Arctic adventurer:
https://t.co/9XiEAXhVG4

#theevolutionofireland #nature #wildlife #ireland #sea

[Christopher O’Sullivan TD @COSullivanTD]

Just received this footage of Wally the Walrus in Courtmacsherry, Co Cork.
What an absolutely majestic animal.
Vid credit John Collins.

[Christopher O’Sullivan TD @COSullivanTD]

Just received this footage of Wally the Walrus in Courtmacsherry, Co Cork.
What an absolutely majestic animal.
Vid credit John Collins.

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

'#Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the #GulfStream... Such an event would have catastrophic consequences around the world, [including] increasing storms and lowering temperatures in #Europe':
https://t.co/9oE6PhqkgM

#climatecrisis #anthropocene

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

Wally Watch! #Wally the walrus, first spotted on #Valentia Island in SW #Ireland in mid-March has now turned up in the seaside town of #Ardmore in #Waterford in the SE after an epic 4,000-km trip to #Wales, #England, #France, and even #Spain.

#theevolutionofireland #nature #sea

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@DemocracyTalk 😄😄😄

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

New species of #giant #rhino, #Paraceratherium linxiaense, which lived in NW #China 26.5 million years ago, is one of the largest #mammals to ever live, reaching a jaw-dropping 7 metres tall and 21 tonnes in weight:
https://t.co/di2WQumlEW
Image: Yu Chen

#theevolutionofireland

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

'Scientists unearth #woodlice cousins that roamed #Ireland 360m years ago: Researchers built picture from fossil of #Oxyuropoda found in Co #Kilkenny in 1908':
https://t.co/1l6xUHkQHL

#theevolutionofireland #evolution #nature #devonian #carboniferous #ancientireland

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

#Egyptian #vulture spotted in #UK for first time since 1868, on the Isles of #Scilly off #Cornwall. 'It has been featured in Egyptian #hieroglyphs, and is one of the only #birds of prey known to use tools when hunting':
https://t.co/DAPSfmIxle

#theevolutionofireland #nature

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

Last week, #Australia's largest dinosaur was named, but this week it's the turn of its largest-ever #crocodile - #Gunggamarandu, the 7-metre-long 'river boss' that lived in a wetter SE #Queensland c. 5 million years ago:
https://t.co/ggvs6S6HHM

#theevolutionofireland #evolution

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

The #echidna's fascinating reproductive system includes males with a four-headed penis.
(Note: this article claims that echidnas and #platypuses are #marsupials, but their group, the #monotremes, is entirely separate):
https://t.co/Ul6MMNifjd

#theevolutionofireland #australia

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

Dr Hercules: Dr Pat O’Callaghan from #Cork was a 6-foot-two-inch, 17-stone two-time #Olympic champion hailed as ‘the greatest all-round #athlete in the world’ before an ill-fated spell in American #wrestling in 1938:
https://t.co/x2g13zUF3B
#theevolutionofireland #sport #ireland

[Stephen Daly @sdalywriter]

If, like me, you do not have a pair of eclipse sunglasses or a pinhole projector, you can watch the partial #SolarEclipse live here from around 10-12.20 am GMT to prevent any eye damage:
https://t.co/Pju1cfkqxm

#theevolutionofireland #eclipse #eclipse2021 #sun #ireland