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Claire Nolan

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Researcher, archaeologist, heritage & wellbeing, social & ecocultural value of archaeology, prehistory/early history, landscape, peatlands, trees, mindfulness, ecopsychology, music………… Web: https://ucc-ie.academia.edu/ClaireNolan

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Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · 24d

Honoured to have contributed to this awesome volume! Well done to @justrena.bsky.social and @saveknockiveagh.bsky.social!

(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 25d

Here it is.
The newborn book.

My thanks as always to #Trivent Publishing for a beautiful job.

trivent-publishing.eu/home/214-404...

Knock Iveagh: Memory and Materiality in a Community Landscape Cover eBook

Edited by Rena Maguire, Veronica Kelly, Arlene Pattison, Anne Harper Publication date: September, 2025 Pages: 159, 29 images ISBN 978-615-6696-92-2 Paperback, €31.00 ISBN 97...

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Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · 3h

Appalling

Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · 3h

Aw, sorry for your loss, David. Here’s to Poose🥂

Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · 4h

An appropriate time to remind ourselves of the vital benefits of trees: www.ucc.ie/en/tree-expl... @eoinlettice.bsky.social

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Heartbreaking

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Prehistoric Portugal @prehistoricpt.bsky.social · 8h

The Cromeleque da Portela de Mogos is a beautiful stone circle standing in a cork oak forest in Portugal's Alentejo. It's only 12km from the famous Almendres cromlech but this one is famously unknown!

Take a virtual visit by video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5H3...

#StandingStoneSunday

A photograph of standing stones (menhirs) in a cork oak tree forest: the Cromeleque da Portela de Mogos

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Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · 19h

Amazing - congratulations!🥂

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 2d

Timely reminder that if you're an assoc prof or above in history you can nominate someone for the nobel peace prize.
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nobel-peace-...

Criteria for nominators - Nobel Peace Prize

A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize is only considered valid if submitted by a person who meets certain criteria.

www.nobelpeaceprize.org

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Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · 2d

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 3d

You are warmly invited to The Discovery Programme’s Martin Doody Memorial Lecture 2025:
"Animal Kin, Animal Others in Early Bronze Age Britain”

It will be delivered by Prof Joanna Brück of @ucddublin.bsky.social

Sign up here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/martin-doo...

Thurs 4 Dec
7.30pm
Online
Free

Martin Doody Memorial Lecture 2025

The Discovery Programme's annual Martin Doody Memorial Lecture, delivered this year by Prof Joanna Brück of University College Dublin

www.eventbrite.com

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 3d

Just extraordinary to witness this nature-hating government sabotaging Labour’s own legacy. And for absolutely no reason: nature protection isn’t blocking development - it’s a necessary prerequisite for it (& for everything else, come to that…)

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com

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Kim @kim4thebabies.bsky.social · 10d

RIP Queen

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Richard Roche @rrocheneuro.bsky.social · 9d

Very sad to hear this, had a lovely chat with him about art and the brain for his Almanac podcast, and he became a real champion for our CúChulainn books. A fascinating, interested and kind soul, RIP a chara

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 9d

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

www.rte.ie

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Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · 9d

What did one context say to the other when it saw the archaeologist coming? ‘Quick, act natural’!

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Jack O'Lantern 🎃 @muninnherself.bsky.social · 11d

#DailyMegalith #TombTuesday

Coom wedge tomb, nr #Ballinskelligs #CountyKerry #RepublicofIreland (2025).
Handy for the road (despite an electric fence) and in an absolutely beautiful setting with views across Ballinskelligs Bay towards Waterville.

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A beautiful sunny September day with blue skies, fluffy clouds and strong shadows. The tomb is set in rough pasture, and photographed from the unusual open antechamber or portico end, with the large capstone and chamber visible beyond.

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Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · 11d

Yeah, very special spot✨✨

Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · 13d

So cool!

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KateU @kateullman.bsky.social · 14d

The southern row of Les Alignements du Moulin, Sainte-Just in Brittany. Great place to visit - this stone row just one of many megalithic sites on Les Landes de Cojoux. #StandingStoneSunday

A cloudy by blue sky provides a background for several tall standing stones in alignment. The stones are grey in colour.

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Chris Bond @vibracobra23.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14d

The pecked stones of an altar with niche at Mnajdra Megalithic Temple Complex near Qrendi on Malta. Photo taken on 21 March 2014.

#Mnajdra #malta #megaliths #StandingStoneSunday

Three large pecked stones, two uprights and a lintel, surround four similar but smaller stones, through which a rectangular opening or niche can be seen.

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 14d

Labby Rock Portal Tomb • Sligo • c.3500BC

This distinctive dolmen is a place steeped in myth and legend. Its name Labby derives from the Irish 'leaba', as it is another location where Gráinne and Diarmuid slept as they fled from Fionn mac Cumhaill.

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm 🏺 #Archaeology #Folklore

A megalithic tomb consisting of a large capstone covered in moss and heather, supported by upright stones. A non native wood is planted behind the tomb

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Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · 15d

Super exciting! Congrats!!🎉

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