Michael Viney

Michael Viney

Contributor

The late Michael Viney was an Irish Times contributor, broadcaster, film-maker and natural-history author. In 1977 he abandoned a busy and successful media career in Dublin for 'Another Life' with his wife, Ethna, in Thallabawn, Co Mayo. His chronicles of that life became classics of Irish journalism.

Michael Viney: Three of his best columns from a 60-year career

The late journalist was best known for his Another Life column, describing life in Mayo and interactions with nature

Michael Viney: Why I moved to Mayo in 1977 and never came back

In this 2015 article, the late Irish TImes journalist looks back on his life on the road less travelled

Michael Viney: 20 of his finest drawings and paintings from a 60-year career

As well as being a master of words, the late journalist produced all his own illustrations, inspired by the Mayo landscape

Wild Waters by Richard Nairn: Study of Ireland’s rivers and lakes is a timely contribution

Ecologist’s latest book completes a compelling trilogy on Ireland’s natural history

Island of Woods: Michael Viney on Ireland’s complicated relationship with trees

Paul McMahon examines the problems with Irish forestry and possible alternatives

The first Another Life: Those who see us as ‘retiring’ should try humping sacks of potatoes and cement

Michael Viney’s introductory column from his family’s new home on an acre of Co Mayo appeared in The Irish Times in October 1977

Michael Viney’s final Another Life column – more than 45 years after the first

Another Life: On the eve of its writer’s 90th birthday, the long-running natural world column draws to a close

Another Life: Deer out, beavers in - which way for nature?

Michael Viney: The lynx is currently favoured for Irish rewilding as a means of controlling the plague of’ wild’ deer damaging forests and eating too much farmers’ grass

Another Life: A future for ‘wild’ goats and ancient sheep

The Old Irish Goat, now officially recognised as an Irish native rare breed, is controlling the growth of unwanted plants on opposite sides of the island of Ireland

Find the ancient marks and you can watch the setting sun roll down Croagh Patrick’s side

Michael Viney: In Listen to the Land Speak, Manchán Magan aims to ‘send shards of light’ to illuminate the landscape and our history in it

Ireland finds common cause in biodiversity

Michael Viney: Plenty of talk about ramification and refinement, but nature has grown short of time

Michael Viney: Spices worth more than their weight in gold

Another Life: In ancient times black pepper was used as dowry, tax and rent

Another Life: Saving the sea world of six nations

Michael Viney: Clasped between islands, the Irish Sea shapes ecosystems with a huge variety of wildlife

What satellites and treetop ‘phenocams’ tell us about Ireland’s changing seasons

Michael Viney: This is the new face of phenology, the age-old study of the timing of changes in nature

Another Life: A head start to save our threatened birds?

Michael Viney: Captive breeding of eggs taken from the wild can contribute to our conservation programmes