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Blooming Orchids

Mooney Goes Wild by RTÉ

Jul 6, 20260:15:14Science & Medicine

Did you know Ireland is home to 30 species of wild orchids? Terry Flanagan visited St. Theresa's in Mount Merrion, where Larry Gordon and Kate McLoughlin have spent 25 years caring for a meadow now blooming with four dif...

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