Reminder – Annual Excursion Booking

Just a reminder that the Society’s annual 3 day Excursion will take place from Thursday 16th to Saturday 18th May 2013, to Sligo and Roscommon,  by coach, and will be led by Hugh Crawford, Vice President. Details and booking form

Damage to Curragh

Report and photographs of more damage to the Curragh from the supplementary feeding of sheep( includes a short video) here.

Lord Walter Fitzgerald Prize Winners

The list of Prize Winners of the Lord Walter Fitzgerald Prize for Research is to be found here. It is intended to publish the prize winning articles as they become available. “The Kildare Lock Hospital” by Hugh Crawford, prize winning article for 2005 can...

Supplementary Feeding on the Curragh

This photograph of supplementary sheep feeding on the Curragh in November 2012 was submitted by a regular visitor to the Curragh. The report of the Environmental Policy Board for the Curragh Lands (1998) commented on the practice as follows: “71.   Importation...