{"id":835,"date":"2023-03-31T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/?p=835"},"modified":"2024-04-19T13:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T13:37:59","slug":"international-dark-sky-week-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/ga\/news\/international-dark-sky-week-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"International Dark Sky Week 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/International-Dark-Sky-Week-2023-724x1024.png\" alt=\"International Dark Sky Week 2023 Poster\" class=\"wp-image-836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/International-Dark-Sky-Week-2023-724x1024.png 724w, 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Ireland is playing a leading role, particularly in County Mayo, home of Mayo Dark Sky Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayo Dark Sky Park consists of 15,000 hectares of natural wilderness in the Wild Nephin mountains, and it is a very special and unique place, much loved by the close-knit rural communities surrounding it.Those communities have planned a virtual roadshow of the county, taking in the dark sky communities of Newport, Mulranny, Ballycroy and Achill Island and welcoming urban areas in Westport and Castlebar as well as new hosts in Blacksod for the first time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are so lucky here in Mayo, as we have some of the darkest skies in Europe, a resource that the world is starting to appreciate more and more, as excessive levels of artificial light continue to obliterate our view of the night sky. &nbsp;&nbsp;We are only now beginning to appreciate just how important natural skies are for our planet.Many of us think of science and stargazing when we think of the night sky, but 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