Brendan Smith
@speediecelt
Educationalist, Environmentalist, Science Advocate, Technologist, Community Activist, Rebel, Lover of most things Irish,Travel addict.Views expressed are my own
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http://speediecelt.com 24-08-2009 18:14:44
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Gaza: In the largest and most shameful concentration camp of the 21st century, Israel is genociding the Palestinians one neighborhood at the time, one hospital at the time, one school at the time, one refugee camp at the time, one 'safe zone' at the time. With US and European
1804 Optical Telegraph- a reenactment of Ireland’s first coast-to-coast communications system. 2pm, August 17 at Insight SFI Research Centre Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway. The event will be followed by a guided tour of the Computer & Communications Museum of Ireland. To register go to mariaedgeworthcenter.com/maria-edgewort…
Commodore Users Group Ireland held workshop at #Insight #Galway using array of 1980s #Amigas & #Commodores. Great to see Insight acting as a hub for digital makers/user clubs & events. Attendees then enjoyed a visit to Computer & Communications Museum Insight SFI Research Centre Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
Thanks Connacht/CityTribune for publishing my article of the huge anti-war protest of Jun 1984 against US President Reagan being conferred with honourary degree from #UCG. It united,like never before,a wide strata of society & saw socially & globally aware active Ireland start to crystalise
Hiding in plain..ish sight on Dominick Street🔍...The City of Galway Cycle Depot! 🙂 Thanks to all who came along for our #HeritageWeek Sunday cycle, we'll be doing it again this Wednesday at 7pm. Meet at the Spanish Arch, booking via: [email protected] #GalwayArchitecture
History was made in #HeritageWeek2024 when first #semaphore messages since 1805 were sent between Galway & Dublin! c100 people at #Edgeworthstown,Kilmainham Hospital, Insight SFI Research Centre Galway, Ramallah #Palestine,Austria, USA...witnessed reenactment of Richard Edgeworth's invention
Frank McCurry gave a wonderfully informative demonstration of how #Marconi’s 1890s radio wave-based wireless #telegraphy system worked at the Computer & Communications Museum of Ireland. #HeritageWeek2024 Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
When US President #RonaldReagan came to #Galway in 1984, thousands of people from all backgrounds (families, youth, nuns, priests, academics, trades unionists,students, business people, artists...)came onto the streets not to welcome him but to condemn him connachttribune.ie/no-red-carpet-…
What a wonderful day spent at a packed Insight Plenary in UCD!So much brilliant research taking place in Insight SFI Research Centre benefiting people & planet.Great too to see Education & Public Engagement being so valued in Insight & for my Galway colleagues to do so well in this category!
Tuatha volunteers have spent summer working with Galway City Council parks staff transforming #TerrylandForest Park into an #OutdoorClassroom. Latest addition is the #EndangeredSpecies Trail as we prepare for the park's 25th birthday in 2025. Part of the Galway National Park City vision. London National Park City*
Thank you Andrew Ó Baoill🌹[email protected] for the very generous sentiment. Greatly appreciated
Tuatha volunteers spent summer working with Galway City Council parks transforming #TerrylandForestPark into an #OutdoorClassroom.Tatiana paints a swan sculpture in our 'Nature in Irish Mythology Trail' as we prepare for park's 25th birthday in 2025.Part of Galway National Park City vision.London National Park City*
School tours return to #Insight #Galway after summer break.Italian students were introduced to our research & enjoyed guided hands-on tour of ComputerMuseum. Next week German student group & a #GTI Software Development class will visit Insight SFI Research Centre Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway