Graveyards instinctively suggest places of sadness and gloom, but the older ones especially can be teeming with life. Apart from the occasional outing with the mower or strimmer, habitats remain relatively untouched for year after year, allowing colonies of plants, insects, birds and mammals to establish a permanent base. Graveyards in towns can provide oases for species struggling to survive, and in some rural areas are the last examples of ancient grassland meadow. Don’t keep those old graveyards too neat and tidy!
To develop this theme, Dr Siobahn Geraghty, North Tipperary Heritage Officer, will be giving a talk at the Cabragh Wetlands on Wednesday 21st May at 8.00pm sharp. The title is appropriate: “Graveyards: Full of Life”.
The evening is organized in conjunction with the Holycross Tidy Village Committee which, like so many other groups around the county, does such vital work in keeping up appearances and preserving valuable habitat. We invite all other such groups and those interested in graveyards to come along to the Cabragh Wetlands to hear Siobahn’s talk. She is an expert in the unusual subject of archaeo-botany, and it really does promise to be a fascinating event.
There is no charge for the talk, though donations will be welcome. This is a chance to hear about an important and unusual topic, and no doubt Siobahn will be willing to take a few questions on her wider role as Heritage Officer.
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