resources
Téarmaíocht d’IFSA (Useful Irish words)
An Taisce Green Schools
CRANN Trees for Ireland
CELT Conservation
Coillte Nature
Native Woodland Trust
Leave No Trace
LEAF Ireland
Field Studies Ireland
Heritage in Schools
Forest School Association (England)
Children and Natural Alliance of Canada
Outdoor & Woodland Learning in Scotland (OWL)
Nature Days
Lasmuigh – the professional practice journal for the Outdoor Sector on the Island of Ireland
Pocket Forests
IFSA Chair Joan Whelan outlines Forest School pedagogy
NIFSA (The Northern Ireland Forest School Association)
NIFSA (The Northern Ireland Forest School Association) is our sister organisation in the North of Ireland. Find out more about the Northern Ireland Forest School Association.
Arts in Education Portal
IFSA are guest bloggers for the next few months on the Arts and Education portal. Read about some of our members approach to creativity in Forest School here
Crann
(Trees for Ireland)
Click on this link for information about the latest issue of the Crann magazine and where to find it. The Winter 2018 issue carries a nice piece about our Autumn Gathering in Clandeboye in October 2018.
Trisha McLoughlin on The Glen Outdoor Preschool Co Donegal — Poster
See this poster of a small research study on outdoor play carried out by one of our members, Trisha McLoughlin on The Glen Outdoor Preschool, Co. Donegal.
Outsider.ie
Read article:
Back to the Basics: Outdoor Schools and Programmes Building Confidence and Promoting Well-Being
LEAF Ireland
The Learning about Forests (LEAF) programme is designed for schools and encourages environmental education through awareness raising among students, teachers and the wider community. The programme looks at all the functions of forests, ecological, social, economical and cultural. The overall aims of the programme are to see an increased level of awareness and knowledge about the key role forests play for sustainable life on our planet and to stimulate activities that will help students achieve an increased level of environmental maturity irrespective of age and previous knowledge. Here is a link to their website.
‘Exploring the “Construction” strand in the Irish Primary School Visual Arts Curriculum through the Forest School approach’
– Marie Claire Murphy
Contact us for access to a paper written by one of our members, Claire Murphy, about her research on the links between the Primary School Visual Arts Curriculum and Forest School. This is the first published empirical research on Forest School in Ireland – so it really represents an important landmark for our movement. Congratulations Claire!
Booklist and resources on Myth as our collective home – March 2024
with thanks to Clare Murphy
To keep you sane:
Sacred Nature by Karen Armstrong
A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
A Way of Being Free by Ben Okri
Walking on the Pastures of Wonder by John O Donohue
A Spell of the Sensuous by David Abrams
Becoming Animal by David Abrams
The Flowering Wand by Sophie Strand
Actual myth sources
Ireland; a sacred journey by Michael Dames
The Encyclopaedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore by Patricia Monaghan
The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines by Patricia Monaghan
Over Nine Waves by Marie Heaney
http://www.bardmythologies.com
Lebor Gabála Erenn by Macalister
Cath Maigh Tuiread by EA Gray
The Lore of Ireland by Daithi O hOgain
The Book of the Cailleach by Gearoid O Crualaoich
Duanaire Finn- Irish Texts Society (can be bought from the Royal Irish Academy online)
Tales of the Elders of Ireland /Acallam na Senórach by Ann Dooley and Harry Roe
Girls Who Slay Monsters by Ellen Ryan
Legends of Skye by Otta Swire (*HAZELNUTS””)
Non binary authors/LGBQT
Hermaphrodieties by Raven Kaldera
Queer heroes of myth and legend by dan jones
Shikhandi and other tales they don’t tell you by Devdutt Pattanaik
Folklore & Wisdom storybooks
Folktales of Ireland by Sean O Sullivan
Zen Flesh Zen Bones (short Buddhist tales)
Heart of the Enlightened by Anthony De Mellow (short wisdom tales)
Pantheon Press (any folklore collections by Pantheon are pretty reliable)
The Irish Storyteller by Zimmerman
Websites of events in Ireland connected with story:
https://www.thedublinstoryslam.com/
https://www.storytellersofireland.org/ (check this for yarnspinner and other story clubs near you)
https://www.sparkchange.ie/project/the-gab/ (Cork story group)
Resources
An Taisce Green Schools
CRANN Trees for Ireland
Native Woodland Trust
Leave No Trace
LEAF Ireland
Field Studies Ireland
Heritage in Schools
Forest School Association (England)
Children and Natural Alliance of Canada
Outdoor & Woodland Learning in Scotland (OWL)
Nature Days
Lasmuigh – the professional practice journal for the Outdoor Sector on the Island of Ireland
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