Cillian Roden
Dr. Cilian Roden is an Irish botanist and ecologist specializing in aquatic plants and natural heritage, based in Kinvara, Co. Galway, and formerly a lecturer at Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (now Atlantic Technological University).
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May 24, 2026
Cillian RodenGUEST
Well, where are we? We're on the slopes of Ootmalara, and we're looking out over the Burren.
Cillian RodenGUEST
And we've come up high enough to be sitting on what's really the most characteristic vegetation of the Burren.
Cillian RodenGUEST
The first is the very famous spring gentian, with its electric bloom, which is very hard to paint.For a slightly technical reason, the blue is partly caused by light being emitted from the gentian.
Cillian RodenGUEST
So it's not just reflective, and it's very hard to duplicate that when you're painting or even taking photographs.