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Newport Lighting Project – Phased Implementation
Read More: Newport Lighting Project – Phased ImplementationNewport is considered the gateway town to Mayo Dark Sky Park and has been a community host town to Mayo Dark Sky Festival since its inception. The town is becoming known as a dark sky destination, attracting a growing number of international visitors in winter months, boosting the local tourism economy during the off-season. However, the growth of artificial…
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Women in Dark Skies – Guided Stargazing – a new activity for Nature Parks and Resorts
Read More: Women in Dark Skies – Guided Stargazing – a new activity for Nature Parks and ResortsGuided Stargazing – a new activity for Nature Parks and Resorts ONLINE Event – 22nd September at 7pm (registration below). We are delighted to welcome Etta Dannemann to our series of Women in Dark Skies talks. In this talk, Etta Dannemann will talk about Guided Stargazing as a new activity for dark sky areas.…
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Shhh: Ireland Has Some of the Best Stargazing in Europe
Read More: Shhh: Ireland Has Some of the Best Stargazing in EuropeCheck out our feature in Yvonne Gordon’s article on the best stargazing spots in Ireland – see link below: https://www.afar.com/magazine/where-to-stargaze-in-ireland-and-northern-ireland
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Dark Sky Events for Heritage Week 2022
Read More: Dark Sky Events for Heritage Week 2022We are delighted to celebrate Heritage Week 2022 with a number of events of a dark sky theme, both in person and online and hope you can join us. As the darker evenings are just around the corner, Heritage Week is the perfect opportunity to start thinking about looking up into our lovely dark skies…
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Mayo Dark Sky Project in the Sunday Independent
Read More: Mayo Dark Sky Project in the Sunday IndependentOur local community group, the Friends of Mayo Dark Skies – was featured in the Sunday Independent Magazine recently, to feature the work on the Newport Lighting Project (funded by the Heritage Council). This article also included important viewpoints from around Ireland and from Dark Sky Ireland on the issues surrounding light pollution. Independent Article