🇮🇪 The flowers of Ireland
63 pages from Ireland: its flowers, the things made with them and the places to see them, across 25 cities and regions.
The flowers, flower customs and flower places of Ireland on Phool. An overview of the country's plant life has not been written yet.
Cities and regions of Ireland
Dublin 2West Cork 2Counties Down and Antrim 1County Carlow 1County Clare 1County Kerry 1County Kildare 1County Leitrim 1County Londonderry 1County Meath 1County Wexford 1Donegal 1Finglas 1Guernsey 1Jersey 1Killarney 1Killarney National Park 1Phoenix Park 1Republic of Ireland 1South Devon 1The Burren 1Tralee 1Uisneach 1West Kerry 1West Sussex 1
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Corn dolly
Straw figures shaped for harvest customs across Europe
🇮🇪 Ireland and 3 more · Flower craft
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May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Month-long Catholic customs honouring Mary with flowers, altars, and processions
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Custom, May
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May Day Festival
A spring festival with flowers, greenery, maypoles and bonfires on the first of May
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Custom, May
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BeltaneBealtaine / Là Bealltainn / Boaltinn
The Gaelic May Day festival with bonfires and yellow flower decorations
🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 more · Custom, May
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Remembrance poppy
An artificial red poppy worn to honour those lost in war
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
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White poppy
A peace symbol worn for Remembrance Day and Anzac Day
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
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Mothering Sunday
A British day for honouring mothers and the mother church, marked with violets and cake
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 more · Custom, Mar to Apr
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Rose of Tralee
Annual Irish festival celebrating women of Irish heritage in Tralee, County Kerry
🇮🇪 Ireland · Custom, August
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Morris & Co.
Handcrafted floral wallpapers, textiles, and stained glass from Victorian Britain
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 more · Art or design
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Parterre
A formal garden area with low, symmetrical patterns near a house
🇫🇷 France and 4 more · Garden style
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Walled garden
A garden sheltered by high walls for warmth, privacy and growing tender plants
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 more · Garden style
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Corn dolly: Renata ( talk ), Public domain, source
- May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary: Žemaitijos kelias, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- May Day Festival: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0, source
- Beltane: Stefan Schäfer, Lich, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Remembrance poppy: Heatherannej, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- White poppy: Nankai, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mothering Sunday: Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rose of Tralee: Pmk58, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Morris & Co.: Anonymous for Morris & Co., Public domain, source
- Parterre: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Walled garden: jimsohn1, CC BY 2.0, source