Author of award-winning bestseller An Irish Atlantic Rainforest. 17 years living with 73 acres of wildland. MOVED TO BLUESKY: @irishrainforest.bsky.social
Beara, West Cork
Joined January 2017
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After 2 years of work, I've finally taken delivery of an actual printed copy of my second book 'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest: A Visual Journey'.
I've done my best to capture the essence of these priceless, but mostly dying, ecosystems, and am over the moon with the results.
Just popping back in here solely to ask why the F**K you're all still engaging on a hellsite owned and constantly, massively influenced by an open nazi, who uses it to promote global fascism?
I moved to Bluesky early last year, and it's *SO* much better.
On the day that Trump takes over in the USA, this will be my last ever post on this platform. Why?
X has been turned into a weapon for global fascism, and engaging on here helps fuel that.
I've moved to Bluesky (WAY better), and urge you to do likewise. See you there!! 🌍
'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest' in good company alongside Seán Ronayne @SoundsIrish's 'Nature Boy' on the top shelf of @eason Dundrum's bestselling books.
@HachetteIre
A hulking old alder in Uragh Woods, Beara.
Ancient trees like this are so special and rare. But just imagine how once, they were almost everywhere.
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A cascading river swirls around an island in arbutus-filled forest, Killarney.
If invasive sika deer, goats, and rhododendron were seriously tackled, this place could be a global wonder, instead of the dying wreck it is.
Eoghan Daltun 🌍 retweeted
Hard to fathom the mentality of people who shoot protected birds, like this female White-tailed Eagle, collected from a nest in Verdal, Norway, in 2022 as part of the reintroduction programme...
Rare white-tailed eagle shot dead in Co Westmeath rte.ie/news/2025/0114/149081… via @rte
In Glengarriff Woods: something sadly rare in my place: old holly trees. This species is super vulnerable to bark-stripping (causing death) by invasive sika deer + goats.
And it's such a shame: despite the lack of epiphytic growths, holly becomes a very special tree as it ages.
Pottering about with the dog in an area of full throttle natural regeneration, and a brief winter shower sweeps through.
Long enough to run for rocky cover, and be forced to stand and enjoy a spectacular Atlantic panorama.
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"Exquisite photography and words create a precious window on to our rich last fragments of native Irish rainforest.
Informative, poetic writing extends this way beyond a coffee-table book."
High praise for 'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest' in yesterday's @IrishTimes.
Eoghan Daltun 🌍 retweeted
Have a copy myself on loan from @dubcilib, half way through, great read so far, you should be Minister for the Environment, keep up the good work.
I was in the wonderful @WaterstonesCrk earlier, signing copies of 'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest'.
Apparently the book has been selling "fantastically well"!!
@HachetteIre
