Grow Smart Ireland
Celebrating and commenting on all things Irish and of Ireland.
I’ve spread my brief of getting smart about Ireland in the more general way of communicating stories, history, folklore, travel, nature and wild places’ photography, always with environmental concerns to the fore.
My GrowSmartIreland channel was initially aimed at growing smart using traditional methods of growing potatoes and other vegetables. I showed how the Irish ridge-making method - which fed millions very well in the centuries before the Famine - leads to super-bountiful harvests whilst conserving the environment.
Crossed Over - Seduction,Transformation and Non-Redemption, a story of a lost soul in Peru!
A Quest - Film selected for BFF film festival 2023. Introducing actor and co-director Vicky Sheehan
A Quest - Trailer for Beara Film Festival entry July 1st 2023
Tony O’Malley - Sculptor
GRAMNet: Making Connections
Achill Island - ‘World Famous’ Keem Beach
Mayo - 5 videos to come: Sharks, Keem Strand, Captain Boycott, The Deserted Village and The Mission.
Ireland - Highest Cliffs and a Bansheep!
Piracy in Bantry Bay - Part II
In Peril in Peru
Dublin - Part 2, Book of Kells, Yeats Exhibition, National Museum - and a scandal! Oh, and Lego.
Plant potatoes the only way - the Irish way! #potatoes #plantingpotatoes #
Murder and execution during the Irish Famine. #IrishFamine #potatoes #IrishHistory
The Oldest Pilgrimage - The Feast Day of St Gobnait
Dublin - a Rare Visit Jan 2023
The Contract - Blood, sweat and tears for a gun!
Pirates in Bantry Bay
From Russia with - a Kiss SD 480p
A Black Christmas - #Irish #discrimination #racism #pubviolence #bomb
A Song for Halloween - The Night Visiting Song #halloween #halloweensong #horror #vampire #romance
Return of the Rings - #diamonds #diamondsareforever #diamondring #romance #breakup #reconciliation
Publishing Scraps - and Growing Smart @ GrowSmartIreland
Brazil! #deforestationbrazil #Virginjungle #jaguar #InvisiblePeople #Rainforestdestruction
Migrant policy, academics becoming activists in Scotland. Gramnet (my edit).
Traditional Irish Potato Planting. A complete workshop Part 3 @GrowSmartIreland
Traditional Irish Potato Planting. A complete workshop Part 2
Traditional Irish potato planting. A complete workshop Part 1
Story - Oh Fairy Godmother! @GrowSmartIreland
Story - A Circus Act @GrowSmartIreland
Patricia’s Garden @GrowSmartIreland