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The Keeper of the Bees

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www.beefolklore.ie IG: eimear_beefolklore Sharing folklore & pictures of things I like. Lover of nature, bees, animals & the wonderful world of myths & legends across all folk traditions. Eimear Chaomhรกnach, author of 'The Keeper of the Bees' #booksky๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š

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The beautiful stone walls of the west of Ireland

I love that each stone is put in place by the human hand

#AranIslands #InisOรญrr #Galway #Ireland #landscape #heritage #culture #tradition

04.12.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My view this morning from Inis Oรญrr, the smallest of the three Aran Islands

#Ireland #AranIslands #gaeltacht #photography #Galway #spรฉirghorm

04.12.2025 08:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Bright by night

โ™ก Clontarf, North Dublin
#Blueskyartshow

#photography #cityscape #seascape #Ireland #moonlight

15.11.2025 10:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday !

St Annes Park, Dublin

#trees #photography #nature #autumn #ireland

11.11.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm always appreciative of my Mahonia delivering a burst of yellow in November

#sundayyellow #stunday #nature #autumn #bloomscrolling #photography #ireland #feastfortheeyes #allsoulsday

02.11.2025 11:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#autumn #blueskyartshow

02.11.2025 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One of those perfect autumn days today...

Djouce Woods, Co Wicklow

#trees #forest #scape #nature #outdoors #hiking #hikelife #seasons #ireland #photography

01.11.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Autumn in Dublin

(On a good day!)

#nature #leaves #trees #outdoors #photography #autumn #seasons

22.10.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Bees in #Irish #Folklore!
๐Ÿ โ˜˜๏ธ ๐Ÿ
Forwarding to
@ainekeenan.bsky.social:

19.10.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gorgeous.

18.10.2025 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for having me Sharon. It was such a pleasure chatting with you & Yodit

09.10.2025 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There's still some goodness to be got! ๐Ÿ’ซ

๐Ÿ“Today in Howth, North Dublin

#daisies #bumblebee #autumn #flowers #bloomscrolling #stunday #sundayyellow #outdoors #hiking #photography

05.10.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Retail, I would say approx 9euro...it can be higher than that of course, up to 11/12euro in places

05.10.2025 10:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Honey harvesting! We emptied the last super, extracted the honey & bottled the liquid gold โœจ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ

It's a bitter sweet moment (pardon pun) as the season is well & truly over

But yummy honey gets us through ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ

#honey #harvest #bees #nature #beekeeping #ireland #seasons #autumn #honeycomb

05.10.2025 10:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A yellow begonia for #SundayYellow

The last bulb to flower in my garden this year ๐Ÿ’›

#stunday #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #autumn #ireland

28.09.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Festival in Tipperary celebrates Irish folklore, wildlife, and traditional customs Shane Lehane, ร‰anna Nรญ Lamhna, and Eimear Chaomhรกnach bring Irelandโ€™s past and nature to life

Bringing folklore & wildlife together and in great company with Shane Lehane and ร‰anna Nรญ Lamhna

Looking forward to this!
Oct 9th - 12th: Dromineer Nenagh Literary Festival

www.tipperarylive.ie/news/arts---...

#nature #folklore #wildlife #festivals #speirghorm #DNLF
@theobrienpress.bsky.social

24.09.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
New Island cordially invites you and a guest to the official launch of The Hare's Corner by Jane Clarke, Catherine Cleary illustrated by Jane Carkill. Books Upstairs, Friday 26 September at 6.30pm

New Island cordially invites you and a guest to the official launch of The Hare's Corner by Jane Clarke, Catherine Cleary illustrated by Jane Carkill. Books Upstairs, Friday 26 September at 6.30pm

How wonderful does this sound! @newislandbooks.bsky.social is launching The Hare's Corner by @janeclarke.bsky.social and Catherine Cleary, illustrated by Jane Carkill. Books Upstairs, Friday 26 September at 6.30pm
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

23.09.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a gorgeous message to receive! Thank-you Sharon ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ

#bees #nature #outdoors #goodness #booksky

22.09.2025 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beautiful

16.09.2025 10:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Simply beautiful ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ’š

#macromonday

๐Ÿ“ทtaken last week in Tavira, Portugal
#photography #nature #beauty #flowers #plants

15.09.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, Tim applied it to be able to identify her quickly...

04.09.2025 09:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There she is. Dressed in green. In all her glory. The Queen ๐Ÿ‘‘

#InsectThursday ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ“Tim Regan's bees in Killarney #Kerry
๐Ÿ“ธme

#nature #photography #bees #honey #apiary #Ireland #autumn

04.09.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Looking forward to this ๐ŸŒฟโœจ

#nature #booksky #writers #biodiversity #dublin #speirgorm #wildlife #citylife #hiddengems

03.09.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There's no better place for #storytelling than JohnB's hometownโœจ

#Listowel International Storytelling Festival: 18-21 Sept๐Ÿ’ซ

Delighted to be part of it๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธhttps://kerrywritersmuseum.com/book-now/
#Folklore #Speirgorm #Festivals #Kerry #Art #Ireland
@theobrienpress.bsky.social @kerrycoco.ie

03.09.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Shiny Blackberries ๐Ÿ˜‹

#Blueskyartshow
๐Ÿ“Killarney, Co Kerry #Ireland

๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒฟ

#Autumn #photography #nature #Eastcoastkin #foraging #wildfruits

30.08.2025 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The girl can dance! ๐Ÿ’ƒ

The worker bees' waggle dance, telling the others where pollen & nectar can be found

Can you spot her?
#InsectThursday #joy ๐Ÿ’ซ
๐Ÿ“ฝ #Killarney #Kerry

#bees #nature #communication #hive #dancing

28.08.2025 07:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

How lovely

27.08.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How had I never seen crimson clover before?

Just beautiful ๐ŸคŽ

#wildflowers #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #killarney #thekingdom #speirgorm #simplicity #beauty

25.08.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I couldnt recommend it more Shannon...a little gem just a few km's from Killarney town. A breath of fresh air.

(Tim's wife had homebaked scones too! ๐Ÿ˜‹)

24.08.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is Tim Regan. He runs Killarney Bee Walks & Honey Tastings

A lovely way to spend the day ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

#Kerry #tours #tasting #honey #nature #wildflowers #beekeeping #spรฉirghorm #ireland #thekingdom

24.08.2025 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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