Our new series of web talks “Women in Dark Skies” starts appropriately on St Brigid’s Day. Our first speaker of the year is Dajana Bjelarac, Founder of “Carpe Noctem” in Serbia – an NGO established to tackle environmental light pollution. Dajana’s talk is titled “Defending the dark skies with resourcesfulness and creativity” Join Us from…

Join us in Ballycroy for a self-guided looped walk especially for Space Week. Find out what makes our precious Peatland Ecosystems so similar to “Our Place in Space” and how protecting our local habitats will also help keep our world habitable. You can download this special booklet launched for Space Week 2021 Below: 

International Observe the Moon Night is an annual world-wide public engagement event that encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of our Moon and its connection to NASA planetary science and exploration. Everyone on Earth is invited to join the celebration whether observing at home or at an organised event.   Our team at Wild Nephin National Park will…

Join our guides for a Bat & Nature Walk as dusk falls, followed by introduction to the Night Sky over Mayo Dark Sky Park.  We can facilitate up to 15 people (maximum) per tour by prior booking only to ballycroyvisitorcentre@housing.gov.ie  Weather permitting we will enjoy some stargazing and perhaps even a meteor or two for those…

We are sharing the Dark Sky LOVE and inviting new communities seeking dark sky status to join a special event on how to create a dark sky place.  With expertise from the International Dark-Sky Association, USA and Unihedron, Canada, this a blue-print for how to create a dark sky place in Ireland.  Registration is via…