{"id":965,"date":"2023-01-20T16:12:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T16:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/?p=965"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:52:20","slug":"episode-2-botanically-yours-with-alexis-fitzgerald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2023\/01\/20\/episode-2-botanically-yours-with-alexis-fitzgerald\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 2 &#8211; Botanically yours with Alexis Fitzgerald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-966 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Heritage-at-the-Heart-Image-2-241x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Heritage-at-the-Heart-Image-2-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Heritage-at-the-Heart-Image-2-648x807.png 648w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Heritage-at-the-Heart-Image-2-154x192.png 154w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Heritage-at-the-Heart-Image-2.png 718w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5UZtrrCR5buw4Nwn1aAXuD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LISTEN HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alexis Fitzgerald, botanical recorder for County Monaghan meets Shirley Clerkin, Heritage Officer on the shores of Lough Muckno, Castleblayney to talk about what inspires him in the natural world, and his forthcoming publication on the flora of the county.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LISTEN HERE Alexis Fitzgerald, botanical recorder for County Monaghan meets Shirley Clerkin, Heritage Officer on the shores of Lough Muckno, Castleblayney to talk about what inspires him in the natural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Episode 2 - Botanically yours with Alexis Fitzgerald - Heritage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2023\/01\/20\/episode-2-botanically-yours-with-alexis-fitzgerald\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Episode 2 - Botanically yours with Alexis Fitzgerald - Heritage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LISTEN HERE Alexis Fitzgerald, botanical recorder for County Monaghan meets Shirley Clerkin, Heritage Officer on the shores of Lough Muckno, Castleblayney to talk about what inspires him in the natural [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2023\/01\/20\/episode-2-botanically-yours-with-alexis-fitzgerald\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Heritage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-20T16:12:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T15:52:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/Heritage-at-the-Heart-Image-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"718\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"894\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"niamhmurray\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"niamhmurray\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2023\/01\/20\/episode-2-botanically-yours-with-alexis-fitzgerald\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2023\/01\/20\/episode-2-botanically-yours-with-alexis-fitzgerald\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"niamhmurray\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/#\/schema\/person\/d3d54d769b3e6770988280355a8454df\"},\"headline\":\"Episode 2 &#8211; 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