These were their topics
Lily Toomey: “'A national resource of primary importance': Transforming Ireland’s peatlands in the twentieth century"
Gabriel Coleman: "Carrying Capacity: Nitrogen and the Intensification of Irish Pasture Systems, 1945-2007"
@historytcd.bsky.social @tcdtceh.bsky.social /2
Our very own Francis Ludlow featured in the NY Times
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
Filmmaker Jeanna Kolesova @jeannakolesova.bsky.social made a moving speculative documentary about peat & peatlands in the USSR, drawing, in part, on stories from my 🔥Burning Swamps🔥. The trailer & stills give you a sense of what I struggled to convey in writing
👉 jeannakolesova.com/in-zombie-fire
This is how it looks: the splendid future of 20th c. Irish environmental history! Earlier this month, we celebrated the graduation of Dr Gabriel Coleman & Dr Lily Toomey. It was such a privilege to supervise these two brilliant minds. Watch out for their work! /1
(image posted with permission)