Aughrim River

The Aughrim river is formed by the meeting of the Ow and the Derry at Aughrim

A lovely River

A river full of wet water

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Annual mean benzene concentrations in Dublin and Cork 2001 – 2009 (Air Quality in Ireland 2009: EPA)

Michael Viney, Author of the Climate Change Featured Article

Michael Viney is perhaps most known for his weekly nature column, ‘Another Life’ in The Irish Times, which began in 1977 and is written from his home on the coast of County Mayo. Among his books are A Year’s Turning and Ireland: A Smithsonian Natural History, and, most recently, Ireland’s Ocean: A Natural History, co-authored with his wife Ethna.

Farmers' market stall

© Cork City Libraries

Agriculture

Farming in Ireland is at the core of Irish heritage and the rural community

Courtesy of Frank O'Donovan, Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry

seasonal foods

Midland Great Western Railway Station Athlone

Early 20th Century view of the Midland Great Western Railway Station Athlone, architect J.S. Mulvany. This is an Edwardian view of the Midland Great Western Railway Station in Athlone, which was one of two railway stations in Athlone. Located on a site at Ranelagh on the west side of Athlone, the road which was constructed to connect this station with the town centre became the main Athlone-Galway road. The station opened in 1851 when the first train crossed the Shannon to the west of Ireland. It was designed by the architect J.S. Mulvany who also designed the Broadstone Station in Dublin. It consists of a long Italianate frontage of seventeen bays. This spacious building once housed both a busy railway station and a railway hotel. It closed in 1983 and now serves as engineering offices for Irish Rail.

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