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@mooregroup.bsky.social

An archaeological and environmental consultancy based in Galway, Ireland. You can also find us on Mastodon here: @mooregroup@mastodon.social and, for the time being on Twitter @mooregroup.

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Why were there few tied houses in Ireland and Scotland? I used to wonder why almost all the pubs in England were tied, but those in Scotland and Ireland mostly free. Why didn't brewers rush to own...

Why were there few tied houses in Ireland and Scotland? barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...

07.08.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Galway pubs toasted among Irelandโ€™s best by The Sunday Times - Galway Daily www.galwaydaily.com/news/galway-...

05.08.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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News - Researchers Identify Traces of Honeycomb in Sixth-Century B.C. Bronze Jars - Archaeology Magazine OXFORD, ENGLANDโ€”According to a statement released by the University of Oxford, researchers resolved a decades-old [โ€ฆ]

News - Researchers Identify Traces of Honeycomb in Sixth-Century B.C. Bronze Jars - Archaeology Magazine archaeology.org/news/2025/08...

05.08.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What if after a year of hoarding a derelict property a billboard was put on your family home identifying you as contributing to the housing crisis?
My idea is more fun and probably much more effectiveโ€ฆ

04.08.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

New rain gardens bringing colour to Galway City's westend - Galway Daily www.galwaydaily.com/news/new-rai...

01.08.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Revoking EPAโ€™s endangerment finding isnโ€™t simple and could have unintended consequences Most of the United Statesโ€™ major climate regulations are underpinned by one important document: Itโ€™s called the endangerment finding, and it concludes that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat toโ€ฆ

Revoking EPAโ€™s endangerment finding isnโ€™t simple and could have unintended consequences www.desmog.com/2025/07/30/r...

01.08.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"The decision follows repeated announcements by Prime Minister Robert Golob that if the European Union does not adopt concrete measures against Israel by mid-July, Slovenia will act independently"

National media report.

"The decision follows repeated announcements by Prime Minister Robert Golob that if the European Union does not adopt concrete measures against Israel by mid-July, Slovenia will act independently" National media report.

Slovenia has had enough. Strikes a blow for humanity.

01.08.2025 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos The woman, aged about 50, was buried in a Siberian ice cave and discovered millenia later.

2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos www.bbc.com/news/article...

31.07.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump to scrap landmark finding that regulates carbon emissions Experts warn the move will severely curb the federal government's ability to combat climate change.

Trump to scrap landmark finding that regulates carbon emissions www.bbc.com/news/article...

31.07.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump's environmental policies are reshaping everyday life. Here's how. The presidentโ€™s rollbacks and funding cuts are affecting your food, water, and air โ€” even if you donโ€™t realize it.

Trump's environmental policies are reshaping everyday life. Here's how. grist.org/politics/tru...

30.07.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Planning approval for new wastewater infrastructure in Galway City - Galway Daily www.galwaydaily.com/news/plannin...

29.07.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Daily Mail lead with a photo of triumphant Irish and Ghanaian heritage Lioness players + another anti-immigration story. What hypocritical graceless fuckwits.

27.07.2025 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1332    ๐Ÿ” 333    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

The arrival of amazon.ie has vacuumed billions already from the local market. Shop small, shop local. Kenny's is a great bookshop, Liber in Sligo and Chapters in Dublin too.

27.07.2025 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OK so there were two exchanges between Gemma and Flatley in 2019.

(I don't accept that she suddenly became like this after รras '18 btw)

26.07.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Remember: Palestinians in Gaza are not โ€˜starving to deathโ€™, they are BEING starved to death by Israel as part of its genocide. Small difference but a crucial distinction.

24.07.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 137    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

We have done this experiment one billion times and it has worked great all one billion times.

24.07.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20889    ๐Ÿ” 7531    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 236    ๐Ÿ“Œ 116
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News - Dinner Guests Brought Pigs to Neolithic Party - Archaeology Magazine ASIAB, IRANโ€”Modern etiquette mandates that guests invited to a holiday gathering should bring something to [โ€ฆ]

News - Dinner Guests Brought Pigs to Neolithic Party - Archaeology Magazine archaeology.org/news/2025/07...

24.07.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

weโ€™re not.

thisโ€™s the commentary class projecting on to the rest of us.

23.07.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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First Cromwell, now this.

22.07.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 263    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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Trump pulls US out of Unesco in blow for UN culture and education agency White House cites Unescoโ€™s focus on โ€˜divisive social and cultural causesโ€™ in latest withdrawal from global bodies

U.S. now pulls out of UNESCO, the most important global education project.

22.07.2025 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 119    ๐Ÿ” 93    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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Archaeologists reveal ancient noblesโ€™ ringfort overlooking Galway Bay Rathgurreen Ringfort www.galwaydaily.com/news/rringfo...

22.07.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This game should be streamed free for the entire world.....

20.07.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Maga faithful expected Trump
to finally unveil proof that many of the countryโ€™s most powerful people were secretly pedophiles. But since the Mad King is also a Chief Pedophile the DOJ is going to keep protecting him. ๐Ÿ˜ˆ
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

19.07.2025 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The all Ireland hurling final, fastest game on grass is on shortly. Non Irish followers, watch this video intro. This is the best sport in the world... share.google/oszzJpahIF4K...

20.07.2025 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Is this Irelandโ€™s earliest hurley? A possible 7th century AD cammรกn from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick Prof Aidan Oโ€™Sullivan UCD School of Archaeology, and Cathy Moore, MA and Archaeological Wood Expert, describe a carved wooden object fromย Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick. A stick dated toโ€ฆ

Is this Irelandโ€™s earliest hurley? A possible 7th century AD cammรกn from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick earlymedievalarchaeologyproject.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/i...

20.07.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That'd be the Rathkeale Rovers, at one point allegedly the wealthiest organised crime gang in the world..

20.07.2025 09:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scary tech Hereโ€™s some news to give you the heebie-jeebies. There is a vulnerability in trains where someone can remotely lock the brakes with a radio link. The railroad companies have known about this โ€ฆ

MS001 is able to see, analyze, decide, and strike without external commands. It also.. can operate as part of a swarm; take independent actions...identify targets, select the highest priorities, and adjust its trajectories. โ€œIt is a digital predator,โ€ freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

19.07.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unique ice, 1.5m year old, to be melted to unlock mystery BBC News went inside -23C freezers to see the ice that could "revolutionise" our knowledge of climate change.

Unique ice, 1.5m year old, to be melted to unlock mystery www.bbc.com/news/article...

19.07.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It may be a war crime but how does it affect FDI?

18.07.2025 07:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Swimming ban at Ballyloughane beach due to bacteria levels - Galway Daily www.galwaydaily.com/news/swimmin...

18.07.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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