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A friend's son, who lives in Cork, joined us in the pub last night, and through him I learnt of the death of Paul Whelan, documenter of Ireland's Lichens (https://www.lichens.ie).
https://rip.ie/death-notice/paul-a-whelan-limerick-615640
I met Paul on a course almost exactly 18 years ago, early on in his Lichen project, bought his first book in 2011, but his 2 volume magnum opus is still on the wish list.

https://www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/lichens-of-ireland-and-great-britain-a-visual-guide/

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Before lichens he ran a range of websites under the biology.ie banner: revision material for school exams; Web 2.0 mapping to collect phrenology, roadkill etc. He was a pioneer in using the Internet for citizen science.

I found him a kind, thoughtful, interesting companion on the field. I learnt much from him. His excitement when we saw a lizard in a wall in Glen Tilt, didn't stop him from carefully getting a good photo.

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