Fake Histories #23   Did a neutral Irish weather station make a huge contribution to the success of D-Day? mylesdungan.com/2019/06/07/fak… via Myles Dungan

IPA Yearbook entry for April Fools Day Hazel Birch, Irish pioneer of dendrochronology (tree ring dating) born in Roundwood Co Wicklow

Cuckooflower or Lady's Smock flowers appear around Lady Day March 25 when the cuckoo 'begins to sing her pleasant note'

Wild Garlic 'Eat leeks in Lide (March) & Ramsons in May And all the yeare after physitians may play' 17th cy proverb

Chomh searbh me creamh 'as bitter as wild garlic' Donegal saying for someone sharp or full of bitterness Ramsons

Fionn & his men were put to sleep with a potion made of bluebell & tormentil by Grainne before she & Diarmaid eloped

Irish bogs: home to strange & wonderful plants, mosses, ancient bog oak & deal, bog butter, bodies & turf for the fire

Lousewort, Red Rattle or Bainne ghabhar (Goats Milk) from the belief that goats feeding on it produced more milk

Heading off tomorrow on a hunt for the elusive Spring Gentian Having never seen it in real life I am nerdily excited!

Greater Stitchwort used for relieving stitches in the side by chewing the flowers in Irish Tuirseach: sad/dejected

Thanks Roisin Lennon for a wonderful hoof across the Burren, home to an amazing array of plants some that can't be seen anywhere else FAB!

The stunning Spring Gentian only to be viewed The Alps, Teesdale in the UK or our very own Burren Co Clare *happy sigh*

A plant of the Arctic Mountain Avens thrives on the limestone pavements of the Burren A joyous sight!

A sketch of mine from last weeks megalithic sketch trip:... fb.me/1zF98CjC0

#ff J G O'Donoghue Felicity Hayes-McCoy Jen Catherine Drea 🌿 Roisin Lennon Jane Steger-Lewis Rabbitdigital Design @IrishGenCoach maura mc phillips

Flower lovers, do #ff Lorna Louise Elms :-) am looking forward to her photos from her upcoming Burren trip!!

“Aoife O'Toole: heritagecouncil.ie/events/view-ev… Lorna Louise Elms Wild Flower identification workshop! I don't need to tell u!” Catherine Drea 🌿 might like

My interest has been peaked by Marguerite O'Molloy who is seeking an image of a Cowslip ball or Tisty Tosty: a old method of love divination