Third Kilkee Civic Trust talk goes wild this week

Kilkee Civic Trust present the third of their summer talks series this week.

Hosted through the summer at Cultúrlann Sweeney, Kilkee, the talks cover a wide range of topics such as the history, music and wildlife of West Clare.

On Wednesday at 8pm, Éanna Ní Lamhna will give a whirlwind tour of the fascinating and unique wildlife of Co. Clare. She will explain about the original native Scots pines that still exist in the Burren as well as the butterflies there that occur nowhere else in Ireland. The unique situation leading to both Arctic Alpine and Mediterranean plants living side by side on the Burren will also be described.

Admission is free of charge. Culturlann Sweeney is advising attendees to arrive early to secure a seat as a large turnout is expected.

Kilkee Civic Trust to kick off 2023 summer talks series

Éanna Ní Lamhna holds science degrees from UCD. Her thesis on the ecology of sand dunes and salt-marshes was published in the Journal of Life Sciences. She set up the Irish Biological Records Centre in 1974 and is responsible for the original distribution maps of mammal and insects. She lectured post graduates on sustainability for 20 years in TU Dublin.

Her publications include a series of five studies on Irish Air Quality, eight books including Wild Dublin and her most recent – Wild Musings. She was President of An Taisce from 2004 – 2009 and was until recently President of the Tree Council of Ireland.

A highly respected radio and television broadcaster on environmental issues; she has been an expert on the RTÉ Mooney Goes Wild radio programme since it began in 1995 and also appears regularly on Virgin Media’s The Six O’Clock Show with an environmental and wildlife slot.

A donations box is available at each talk to assist Kilkee Civic Trust in defraying essential and necessary expenses.