DOCSLIB.ORG

A Checklist of Collectors of Irish Native Flowering Plants

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
A Checklist of Collectors of Irish Native Flowering Plants A CHECKLIST OF COLLECTORS OF IRISH NATIVE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS REPRESENTED IN THE HERBARIUM, NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDENS, GLASNEVIN, DUBLIN (DBN), WITH BIOGRAPHICAL ANNOTATIONS. E. CHARLES NELSON National Botanic Gardens. Glasnevin. Dublin 9, Ireland.* * Present address: Tippitiwitchet Cottage, Hall Road, Outwell, Wisbech PE14 8PE, U.K. PATRICK A. REILLY 26 Nephin Road, Dublin 7. Glasra new series 3(1): 1 – 30. publication date i. 1997 ABSTRACT. A checklist is provided of collectors represented in the Irish section of the herbarium of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin (DBN), with brief biographical notes about some collectors. INTRODUCTION The native phanerogams and ferns section of the herbarium in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, has been accumulated during almost two centuries. The complicated history of the herbarium, including its transfer in 1970 from the Natural History Section of the National Museum of Ireland, has been variously documented (e.g. Bal11890; Johnson 1891; Anonymous 1970; Nelson & McCracken 1987; Nelson 1990), and catalogues of other sections or parts of the herbarium are published elsewhere (e.g. Murphy & Synnott 1979; Nelson 1980; Synnott 1978, 1980). Papers discussing the collections of various individuals have also been compiled but none so far issued has concerned collections made in Ireland - for example, Augustine Henry's forestry herbarium (Walsh 1957), Robert Brown's Australian plants (Powell & Morley 1976), R. LI. Praeger's Crassulaceae (Nelson 1994), N. J. Winch's plants (Nelson 1987), James McNab's painted herbarium (Nelson 1989), Dr Patrick Neill's garden plants (Nelson 1992), C. E. H. Ostenfeld's specimens from Western Australia (Nelson & Scannell 1978), James Niven's Cape of Good Hope hortus siccus (Nelson & Rourke 1993), and Shetland Islands' gatherings by Dr Gilbert McNab and others (Nelson 1995). No listing of the collectors represented in the section of the herbarium containing Ireland's native flowering plants and ferns has been issued hitherto, and as can be seen, only a small proportion of the collectors are cited in standard reference catalogues (e.g. Kent & Allen 1984; Desmond 1994) and other works (e.g. Synnott 1986). METHODS OF COMPILATION The checklist has been compiled from three separate sources: 1. Sampling of herbarium specimens from a small number of common or more notable species (i.e. those which are unusual and likely to have been collected by local and visiting botanists). 2. Accession registers compiled by the Botany Division, Natural History Section, National Museum of Ireland, and later in the National Botanic Gardens, listing specimens and collections added to the herbarium 3. Published catalogues, especially Scannell & Synnott (1990, noted as Occ. papers 5) and Reynolds & Scannell (1992, noted as Occ. papers 7). In the following checklist, collectors are listed alphabetically, and (for deceased persons only) their dates of birth and death are stated when known. As this checklist is not intended to be a comprehensive record of all the localities represented by specimens collected by each individual, county names and dates are only representative names and dates and do not indicate the entire range of an individual's collecting activities. A curlicue (§) in front of a name indicates that the person is treated in Desmond (1994) and an asterisk (*) in front of the surname in the checklist indicates that this collector is listed by Kent & Allen (1984). Records of plants in the herbarium of the School of Botany, Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) are extracted from Kent & Allen (1984) and Webb (1991), and for the Ulster Museum, Belfast (BEL) from Hackney (1992) and Kent & Allen (1984). CONTENTS OF HERBARIUM, NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDENS, GLASNEVIN The herbarium of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, incorporates the following herbaria (as listed in Kent & Allen 1984). CRK: Department of Botany (latterly Department of Plant Science), University College, Cork (catalogues by O'Neill (1976, 1997) are headed Herbarium, Botanic Gardens, Fota). Only part of this herbarium is incorporated in DBN. The majority of specimens that survived in 1989 in CRK were transferred to the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, because they were not required by University College, Cork, for teaching or research and space for housing the herbarium was inadequate. The transfer was also desirable in order to prevent further deterioration in the condition of the specimens, and to facilitate their use by research botanists. In 1987 and 1988, most of the Australian phanerogam genera were sent on long-term loan to the School of Botany, Trinity College, Dublin (TCD); this material included specimens collected by J. J. H. de Labillardiere and James Drummond. In 1989, the remaining phanerogam specimens (as catalogued by O'Neill 1976, 1977; Cullinane & Whelan 1977a & 1977b; Cullinane 1971; see also Parkes 1953, O'Neill 1969) were sorted and transferred to DBN. With reluctance, specimens rendered valueless by insect damage were removed to prevent infestation of the collections in DBN; in the end it was apparent that more than half of the'CRK specimens were irrecoverably damaged by moths. Among the material transferred to DBN, but not listed by O'Neill, were specimens of native Irish plants collected by e.g. Isaac Carroll, Thomas Chandlee and William Hincks, as well as specimens (especially Poaceae) from the herbarium of Professor Walter Wade (d. 1825) who was the 'founder' of Glasnevin Botanic Gardens. Bryophytes have been transferred to DBN, and the lichen specimens are now deposited in TCD. The only specimens remaining in University College, Cork are the marine algae, many of which were collected by William Henry Harvey. DBC: Department of Botany, University College, Belfield, Dublin. This herbarium was transferred to DBN in 1976, and all specimens that originated in DBC bear the accession number 1976:100. This herbarium was especially rich in French ~n~~imen~- and was assembled after c.1900. The specimens originally in the Royal College of Science did not form part of this collection, but were incorporated into the botanical collections of the National Museum of Ireland. DBN: Natural History Division, National Museum of Ireland. All botanical specimens and botanical books were transferred to the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, in 1970, and the acronym DBN was adopted for the amalgamated collections (Anonymous 1970; Nelson & McCracken 1987). DUB: National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. This herbarium comprised material gathered in the Gardens during the 1920s and 1930s, and thus was largely a collection of cultivated plants. As many specimens were poorly documented and others were severely damaged by insects, only a small proportion of this collection survived. LIMFC: Limerick Field Club (see Reynolds & Scannell1992). LIMK: Limerick Museum (see Reynolds & Scannell1992). MII: Museum of Irish Industry . In 1845, the Museum of Economic Geology was formed in Dublin to hold the geological specimens of the Irish Ordnance Survey; David Moore's botanical specimens were also part of this collection (O'Riordan 1981). The title was changed in 1853 to Museum of Irish Industry, and the following year the Royal Dublin Society's professors were transferred to the Museum of Irish Industry. The Museum was abolished in 1867 when the Royal College of Science was established as a teaching institution; the Royal College of Science became University College, Dublin. The museum's zoological specimens were then transferred to the National Museum of Ireland, and the botanical collections to the Botanic Gardens, where a pre-fabricated building, called the Museum of Economic Botany, was erected to hold the collections (Nelson & McCracken 1987). In the 1890s most of the botanical specimens were transferred to the Natural History Section of the National Museum, and in 1970 returned to Glasnevin (Nelson & McCracken, O'Riordan [1983]) OSI: Ordnance Survey of Ireland. The only collection involved is the set of ten volumes of flowering plants and ferns collected by David Moore in counties Antrim and Londonderry (1834-1838). There are also some specimens collected by Charles Moore, David's younger brother, who briefly succeeded his brother as botanist in the Ordnance Survey. It is not known if Charles Moore's specimens came through the Surveyor the family (i.e. David Moore). From the Ordnance Survey the specimens passed to the Museum of Irish Industry, and thence to the National Museum of Ireland (for a history of the collections see O'Riordan 1981). RDS: Royal Dublin Society The Royal Dublin Society established the National Botanic Gardens in 1795 (Nelson & McCracken 1987). The complicated history of the Society's museum is noted above under MIl. REFERENCES Anonymous. 1970. The Irish National Herbarium at Glasnevin, Dublin. Taxon 19 653-654. Ball, V. 1890. General guide to the Science and Art Museum, Dublin. Dublin: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Cullinane, J. 1971. Isaac Carroll herbarium, University College, Cork. University College Cork record 45: 14-16. Cullinane, J. P. & Whelan, P. M. 1977a. The bryophyte herbarium, University College, Cork. Irish naturalists journal 19: 90-91. Cullinane, J. P. & Whelan, P. M. 1977b. The bryophyte herbarium, University College, Cork. Catalogue of the herbarium, Botanic Gardens, Fota, Co. Cork. Part III. Cork: Botany Department, University College, Cork. Desmond, R. G. C. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists. (Revised and
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Newsletter 4
    PHYCOLOGICAL NEWSLETTER A PUBLICATION OF THE PHYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA WINTER INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 2008 PSA Meeting 1 SPRING 2008 Meetings and Symposia 2 Editor: Courses 5 Juan Lopez-Bautista VOLUME 44 Job Opportunities 11 Department of Biological Sciences Trailblazer 28: Sophie C. Ducker 12 University of Alabama Island to honor UAB scientists 18 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Books 19 [email protected] Deadline for contributions 23 ∗Dr. Karen Steidinger (Florida Fish and 1 2008 Meeting of Wildlife Research Institute) presenting The Phycological Society of America a plenary talk entitled “Harmful algal blooms in North America: Common risks.” New Orleand, Louisiana, USA NUMBER 27-30 July The associated mini-symposium speakers will be Dr. Leanne Flewelling (Florida Fish he Phycological Society of America (PSA) will and Wildlife Research Institute) present- hold its 2008 annual meeting on July 27-30, ing a talk entitled “Unexpected vectors of 1 T2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The brevetoxins to marine mammals” and Dr. meeting will be held on the campus of Loyola Jonathan Deeds (US FDA Center for Food University and is being hosted by Prof. James Wee Safety and Applied Nutrition) present- (Loyola University). The meeting will kick-off with ing a talk entitled “The evolving story of an opening mixer on the evening of Sunday, 27 July Gyrodinium galatheanum = Karlodinium and the scientific program will be Monday through micrum = Karlodinium veneficum. A ten- Wednesday, 28-30 July. The PSA banquet will be year perspective.” Wednesday evening at the Louisiana Swamp Ex- hibit at the Audubon Zoo. Optional field trips are *Dr. John W.
    [Show full text]
  • Causeway Coast Way
    Causeway Coast Way Sweeping bays, sandy beaches, dramatic cliffs and world class natural heritage await you on the Causeway Coast Way RATHLIN Welcome to the PORTSTEWART ISLAND BALLYCASTLE Causeway Coast Way This superb, two-day walking route takes you along Northern Ireland's most celebrated coastline. High cliffs, secluded beaches and numerous historic and natural Benbane Head landmarks are just some of the 6 Sheep Island treats on offer. With frequent access Giant’s Causeway Carrick-a-rede Island White points and terrain suitable for all fit Dunseverick Park Bay Castle BALLINTOY walkers, this is one route you'll remember for years to come. The Skerries A2 PORTBALLINTRAE 7 Ramore Head 4 Clare A2 1 Wood BUSHMILLS B BALLYCASTLE B17 B17 A2 A2 Broughgammon PORTRUSH Wood East Strand, Portrush 17 4 B 4 PORTSTEWART A Ballycastle Moycraig 67 Forest 9 B Contents 2 Wood B B 1 A 8 8 6 Capecastle 04 - Section 1 5 Cloonty A Wood 2 Wood Portstewart to Portrush Mazes B 7 4 Wood 7 6 7 06 - Section 2 B1 2 B6 1 B Portrush to Portballintrae B 14 7 6 7 08 - Section 3 6 8 B67 B B Route is described in an clockwise direction. Portballintrae to Giant’s COLERAINE However, it can be walked in either direction. Causeway 10 - Section 4 Giant’s Causeway to Key to Map Dunseverick Castle SECTION 1 - PORTSTEWART TO PORTRUSH (10km) 12 - Section 5 Dunseverick Castle to SECTION 2 - PORTRUSH TO PORTBALLINTRAE (9.3km) Ballintoy Harbour SECTION 3 - PORTBALLINTRAE TO THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (4.3km) 14 - Section 6 Ballintoy Harbour to Ballycastle SECTION 4 - GIANT’S CAUSEWAY
    [Show full text]
  • Irish Botanical News
    IRISH BOTANICAL NEWS Number 3 February, 1993 Edited by: Dr Brian S. Rushton, University of Ulster Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA Published by: The Committee for Ireland Botanical Society of the British Isles COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND, 1992-93 BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF THE BRITISH ISLES Elected at the Annual General Meeting, held in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin on 3rd October, 1992 (office bearers were subsequently elected at the first Committee meeting): Mr John C.L. Phillips, Chairman (retiring October, 1993) Dr Ralph S. Forbes, Secretary (retiring October, 1993) Dr David W. Nash, Field Meetings Secretary (retiring October, 1994) Miss Maura J.P. Scannell (retiring October, 1994) Dr Micheline J. Sheehy Skeffington (retiring October, 1994) Mr John J. Earley (retiring October, 1995) Mr Alan Hill (retiring October, 1995) The following are also members of the Committee: Mrs Sylvia Reynolds, B.S.B.I. Council Representative Mr Paul Corbett, Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Representative Dr Brian S. Rushton, co-opted October, 1992 Irish Botanical News is published by the Committee for Ireland, Botanical Society of the British Isles and edited by Dr B.S. Rushton. © Dr B.S. Rushton and the authors of individual articles, 1993. The cover illustration is of representative leaves of Plantago coronopus L. from two geographical areas, the north coast of Ireland and inland areas of England. The leaves are derived from plants grown from seed and kept under identical greenhouse conditions. 2 CONTENTS Editorial ..........................................................................................…………. 4 Biological recording in Northern Ireland – The Northern Ireland Biological Records Centre (N.I.B.R.C.). D. Mitchel .............................5 Getting to know RECORDER – a user’s experience.
    [Show full text]
  • GREAT INTERIORS HECTOR Mcdonnell HECTOR Mcdonnell
    GREAT INTERIORS HECTOR McDONNELL HECTOR McDONNELL GREAT INTERIORS Exhibition dates 3rd - 21st November 2015 21 Bruton St, London, W1J 6QD I have been working on the paintings in this exhibition over the last two years. They concentrate on what has been a constant theme for me - an endless fascination with interiors both for what they tell us about the people who inhabit these places even when they are not there and the curiosity aroused by half-seen glimpses spied through windows and doors. The mystery of the not-quite-known is forever enticing. Hector McDonnell, October 2015 CHATSWORTH - THE STATE ROOMS 2015 Oil on canvas 102 x 76 cm (40” x 30”) £15,000 + VAT CHATSWORTH - LOOKING TOWARDS THE CASCADE 2015 Oil on canvas 102 x 76 cm (40” x 30”) £15,000 + VAT CHATSWORTH - THE DRAWING ROOM 2015 Oil on canvas 122 x 91.5 cm (48” x 36”) £24,000 + VAT CHATSWORTH - SUNLIGHT IN THE PRIVATE DINING ROOM 2014 Oil on canvas 122 x 91.5 cm (48” x 36”) £24,000 + VAT BEN AT THE CASTLE 2015 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 cm (30” x 20”) £12,000 + VAT WINDOW IN THE TOWER HOUSE, KENSINGTON, LONDON 2015 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 cm (30” x 20”) £12,000 + VAT THE GALLERY 2015 Oil on canvas 76 x 102 cm (30” x 40”) £12,000 + VAT WINDOW AT CASTLE WARD 2015 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 cm (30” x 20”) £12,000 + VAT WGF IN THE REFORM CLUB 2014 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 cm (30” x 20”) £12,000 + VAT THE ATRIUM OF THE REFORM CLUB 2015 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 cm (30” x 20”) £12,000 + VAT REESY’S FRONT DOOR, GARRISON, NEW YORK 2015 Oil on canvas 102 x 76 cm (40” x 30”) £15,000 + VAT BATHROOM WINDOWS
    [Show full text]
  • Hunt, Stephen E. "'Free, Bold, Joyous': the Love of Seaweed in Margaret Gatty and Other Mid–Victorian Writers." Environment and History 11, No
    The White Horse Press Full citation: Hunt, Stephen E. "'Free, Bold, Joyous': The Love of Seaweed in Margaret Gatty and Other Mid–Victorian Writers." Environment and History 11, no. 1 (February 2005): 5–34. http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/3221. Rights: All rights reserved. © The White Horse Press 2005. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism or review, no part of this article may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, including photocopying or recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission from the publishers. For further information please see http://www.whpress.co.uk. ʻFree, Bold, Joyousʼ: The Love of Seaweed in Margaret Gatty and Other Mid-Victorian Writers STEPHEN E. HUNT Wesley House, 10 Milton Park, Redfield, Bristol, BS5 9HQ Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT With particular reference to Gattyʼs British Sea-Weeds and Eliotʼs ʻRecollections of Ilfracombeʼ, this article takes an ecocritical approach to popular writings about seaweed, thus illustrating the broader perception of the natural world in mid-Victorian literature. This is a discursive exploration of the way that the enthusiasm for seaweed reveals prevailing ideas about propriety, philanthropy and natural theology during the Victorian era, incorporating social history, gender issues and natural history in an interdisciplinary manner. Although unchaperoned wandering upon remote shorelines remained a questionable activity for women, ʻseaweedingʼ made for a direct aesthetic engagement with the specificity of place in a way that conforms to Barbara Gatesʼs notion of the ʻVictorian female sublimeʼ.
    [Show full text]
  • Scammonden, Baitings and Boothwood
    Accompanying Persons Tours Leaving Queens University Belfast at 10.15am returning at approximately 5pm. Thursday 4th September 2014 9.30am Pick up from Halls 10.00am Coffee at Stormont Castle Coffee Shop 11.00am Stormont Castle Tour (approx 1 hour long) 12.00pm Coach pick up from Stormont 12.30pm Merchant Hotel at the Great Room for 2 course lunch 1.45pm Coach pick up from the Merchant 2.00pm Titanic Belfast Tour (approx 2 hours long) 4.00pm Coach pick up from Titanic and back to Halls 5.30pm Pick up from Halls 6.00pm Binnie Lecture at Andrews Gallery Titanic Belfast 7.30pm Reception and Gala Dinner Titanic Belfast Friday 5th September 2014 Free Time Before 10am Some information on local interest will be provided 10.15 am Whitla Hall coach departure for Dam inspection tours Saturday 6th September 2014 Before 9.00am Breakfast at the Halls 9.30am Ulster Museum visit 11.00am Coffee at the Ulster Museum 12.00noon Botanical Gardens 1.00pm Lunch at Whitla Hall 1 Thursday 4 September 2014 You will be picked up from the halls at 9.15am and driven to the coffee house below which is situated within the grounds of Stormont Storm in a Teacup. This cleverly named bistro is perfectly poised in the upper gate house of Stormont Estate, home of NI's iconic Stormont Parliament Building. It’s equally elegant, albeit smaller scale façade gives way to a glam interior boasting glistening chandeliers and quirky cafe twists on art classics - think George Washington gazing through a glazed doughnut or Constable's The Haywain hauling a French Fancy Food runs from stylish breakfasts to hot and cold lunches and a BYOB bistro on Fri and Sat.
    [Show full text]
  • Best of Ireland
    BEST OF IRELAND 10-day / 9-night Itinerary Our best of Ireland package is packed with ideas and visitor suggestions and includes your choice of a self-drive or a chauffeur drive option. You’ll spend four nights along the “Wild Atlantic Way” north west of Belfast in Dunfanaghy. The itinerary is book ended with two-nights in Belfast and three-nights in Dublin which makes for a perfect town and country experience. A lovely “Best of Ireland” itinerary for first timers or anyone wanting to reconnect with Irish traditions, culture and the land of saints and scholars. Naturally, we can customize the details to meet any combination of needs. BEST OF IRELAND Itinerary Summary DAY 1 Belfast: Arrival DAY 2 Belfast: City tour, Titanic Center, Ulster Museum DAY 3 Belfast/Dunfanaghy: Bushmills Distillery, Giant’s Causeway & Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Dark Hedges, Dunluce Castle, Walled City of Derry DAY 4 Dunfanaghy: Explore Dunfanaghy, Hornhead, Fanad Lighthouse DAY 5 Dunfanaghy: Donegal Food Tour, Slieve League, Glencolmcille Folk Village DAY 6 Dunfanaghy: Glenveagh National Park, Bloody Foreland DAY 7 Dunfanaghy/Dublin: Newgrange en route DAY 8 Dublin: St Patrick’s Cathedral, Guinness Storehouse, National Gallery of Ireland, The National Museum DAY 9 Dublin: The Phoenix Park, Pearse Lyons Distillery, Kilmainham Goal, Grafton Street DAY 10 Dublin: Departure Many of the attractions are self-guided with entrances paid on the spot. However, for a more exclusive itinerary, we are happy to organize every detail along with private guides. And if the attractions above aren’t enough, we are happy to tailor more for your specific needs.
    [Show full text]
  • Botanical Collecting in the Central Pacific Ocean Region, Part II
    Botanical collecting in the central Pacific Ocean region, Part II Rhys Gardner This article is a continuation of Gardner (2007), grasses: "Cenchrus echinatus, Eleusine indica, which summarized botanizing activities in the central Digitaria sanguinalis, Panicum ... , Oplismenus Pacific Ocean region up to the year 1800. One burmanni (sic), Saccharum officinale " (Richard correction to that article is also noted. Part II covers 1833–4, p. viii). the nineteenth century up to the 1870s. The collections from D'Urville's voyage are at P. A The first important nineteenth century expedition of few D'Urville and Lesson collections from Tonga are discovery in our region was made under the cited by Hemsley (1894), but no Fijian collections, command of Louis Isidor Duperrey. His second-in- apparently, were made. command, Jules Sébastien César Dumont D'Urville, was also the official botanist, and was to be assisted The voyage of the Blonde, commanded by Captain by surgeons Prosper Garnot and René Primavere George Anson, Lord Byron, had as its melancholy Lesson. Their ship the Coquille sailed from Toulon in purpose the bearing home of the bodies of the 1822. They passed through the Tuamotus and the Hawaiian king and queen, who had died of measles Societies, and went on past Niue and Rotuma during their trip to London. It also carried a botanical without landing. France was regained in 1825. collector, James Macrae, in the employ of the D'Urville, with Bory St Vincent and Adolphe Horticultural Society of London. On the homeward Brongniart, wrote the three botanical volumes journey the Blonde made a day's stop at Mauke in relating this expedition's work.
    [Show full text]
  • Learning and Access in Museums
    Northern Ireland Museums Council Learning and Access in Museums Case Studies from Northern Ireland Bringing together, for the first time, examples of a range of learning projects provided right across the Northern Ireland museums sector. Learning and Access in Museums 01 Case Studies from Northern Ireland Contents 01 Causeway Museum Service 3 Community Outreach Project 02 Derry City Council Heritage and Museum Service 12 Flight of the Earls 2007 Education and Outreach Project 03 Derry City Council Heritage & Museum Service 16 Good Relations Programme at the Tower Museum 04 Down County Museum 20 Downpatrick Young Archaelogists’ 05 Fermanagh County Museum and Cavan County Museum 24 Connecting Peoples, Places & Heritage 06 Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum 27 Education for Employability 07 Mid-Antrim Museums Service 30 Making History Community History Programme 08 National Museums Northern Ireland 38 Coming to Our Senses 09 National Museums Northern Ireland: Ulster Folk & Transport Museum 44 Travelling Times Exhibition 10 National Museums Northern Ireland: Ulster Museum 47 Outreach Art Project 11 National Museums Northern Ireland: Ulster Museum Belfast Parks 51 and Belfast Zoo Rainforest 12 National Museums Northern Ireland: Ulster Museum 54 Sure Start Project 13 National Trust Castle Ward 57 Sort It Out! Conflict Resolution Programme 14 National Trust Florence Court 61 The Wedding Breakfast, Community Relations Programme 15 Naughton Gallery at Queen’s University 64 Community Alphabets Project 16 Naughton Gallery at Queen’s University
    [Show full text]
  • 2018-19 Annual Report and Accounts
    2018–2019 National Museums Northern Ireland Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2019 Laid before the Northern Ireland Assembly under Article 10 (2) (c) and 11 of the Museums and Galleries (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 by the Department for Communities on 15 October 2019 NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES OF NORTHERN IRELAND ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2019 All enquiries related to this publication should be sent to us at National Museums Northern Ireland, 153 Bangor Road, Cultra, Holywood, Co.Down, BT18 0EU or email: [email protected]. NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES OF NORTHERN IRELAND ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2019 Chief Executive’s Welcome Museums have a certain affinity for looking back on the past and studying it to tell stories of change, evolution and progress. In the future if we were to look back on financial year 2018-19 at National Museums NI, I’m confident it will be underlined as a year of great significance. This was the year when we opened The Troubles & Beyond gallery in the Ulster Museum laying down a marker of our intent to be braver and more active in facilitating understanding of our complex past. It was also a year of headliner exhibitions and broken records with the trio of loans – Dippy On Tour, Tim Peake’s Space Capsule and Leonardo 500 – contributing to our highest ever visitor numbers of 905,102 visitors, which will serve us well into the future in terms of new visitors returning. More critical than the record-breaking visitor performance, however, is the organisation’s progress along its journey of transformational change.
    [Show full text]
  • A Review of Sub Tidal Kelp Forests in Ireland: from First Descriptions To
    A review of sub tidal kelp forests in Ireland: from first descriptions to new habitat monitoring techniques Kathryn Schoenrock1, Kenan Chan1, Tony O'Callaghan2, Rory O'Callaghan2, Aaron Golden1, Stacy Krueger-Hadfield3, and Anne Marie Power1 1NUI Galway 2Seasearch Ireland 3University of Alabama at Birmingham April 28, 2020 Abstract Aim Kelp forests worldwide are important marine ecosystems that foster high primary to secondary productivity and multi- ple ecosystem services. These ecosystems are increasingly under threat from extreme storms, changing ocean temperatures, harvesting, and greater herbivore pressure at regional and global scales, necessitating urgent documentation of their histori- cal to present day distributions. Species range shifts to higher latitudes have already been documented in some species that dominate subtidal habitats within Europe. Very little is known about kelp forest ecosystems in Ireland, where rocky coastlines are dominated by Laminaria hyperborea. In order to rectify this substantial knowledge gap, we compiled historical records from an array of sources to present historical distribution, kelp and kelp forest recording effort over time, and present rational for the monitoring of kelp habitats to better understand ecosystem resilience. Location Ireland (Northern Ireland and Eire).´ Methods Herbaria, literature from the Linnaean society dating back to late 1700s, journal articles, government reports, and online databases were scoured for information on L. hyperborea. Information about kelp ecosystems was solicited from dive clubs and citizen science groups that are active along Ireland's coastlines. Results Data were used to create distribution maps, analyse methodology and technology used to record L. hyperborea presence and kelp ecosystems within Ireland. We discuss the recent surge in studies on Irish kelp ecosystems and fauna associated with kelp ecosystems that may be used as indicators of ecosystem health and suggest methodologies for continued monitoring.
    [Show full text]
  • Landmarks in Pacific North America Marine Phycology
    Landmarks in Pacific North America Marine Phycology GEORGE F. PAPENFUSS Labore arlo de Flcolo fa o partamento de 8iolog(8 Facultad de Cfenclas UN M KNOWLEDGE of the marine algae of the Pacific coast of orth America hegins with the 1791-95 expedition of Captain George Vancouver. (See Anderson, 1960, for an excellent account of this expedition. ) On the rec­ ommendation of the botanist Sir Joseph Banks (who as a young man had been a member of the scientific staff on Cook's first voyage, 1768--71), Archibald Menzies, a surgeon, was appointed botanist of the Vancouver expedition. Menzies had earlier served on a fur-trading vessel plying the northeastem Pacific and had collected plants from the Bering Strait to Nootka Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in the years 1787 and 1788 (Jepson, 1929b; Scagel, 1957, p. 4), but I hav e come across no records of algae collected by him at that time. As a young midshipman Vancouver had been to the northeastern Pacific with Cook's third voyage in 1778. Now, in 1791, his expedition consisted of two ships, the sloop Discovery and the armed tender Chatham. The ships cam e to the north Pacific by way of the Cape of Good Hope, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, and the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). They sailed from Hawaii on March 16, 1792, sighted the Mendocino coast of Califomia ( or Nova Albion [New Britain], the name given to northem California and Oregon by Drake and the name by which thi s region was still known among English navigators in Vancouver's time) on April 18, and proceeded north to explore the coast.
    [Show full text]