EPISODE · Oct 25, 2025 · 53 MIN
# No 19. Sacred Sperrins Living Land :A Conversation with Kerry McCory
from The Sperrins: Mining, Power & Community in Northern Ireland · host buttonsoptions4u
In this episode, I speak with Kerry McCrory, who lives in Coneyglen in the heart of the Sperrins. Through her holistic practice, Kerry helps people reconnect with balance, colour, and the deeper rhythms of nature — but over the years, her care for human well-being has become inseparable from her care for the land itself - through her opposition to the gold mine to challenging the spread of industrial wind farms. Kerry speaks movingly about the sacred relationship between people and place.This is a conversation about the sacred, in its truest sense: the everyday holiness of the hills, the quiet power of community, and the call to protect what we love before it’s gone. For the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soil we grow from — together, we hold the line. 📣 Share, review, and help amplify our story #dontmineus #SaveOurSperrins #notoxicmining #EnvironmentPodcast #JusticePodcast #ActivismPodcast #IrishPodcast #HumanRights Links for Kerry Kerry's new website www.sacred-rainbow-weave.com The summit that Kerry organised can be found here: www.sacredrainbowcurrent.com Facebook page Kerry https://www.facebook.com/kerry.mccrory.79 Facebook page Coneyglen https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064599586019 Email [email protected] SAVE OUR SPERRINS ( Social Media) https://linktr.ee/saveoursperrins LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES http://caimnetwork.org/mining-in-ireland/ Mining in Ireland is a contentious issue, with 19% of the Republic of Ireland and 27% of Northern Ireland’s land area issued in prospecting licences. While mining companies claim to bring jobs and development, communities like those near Tara Mines and Gypsum Ltd have faced significant environmental and social impacts. Communities Against the Injustice of Mining (CAIM) is an all-island network resisting prospecting and extraction. https://yestolifenotomining.org/ The Yes to Life, No to Mining website is a global hub for communities resisting destructive mining projects. It shares stories from the frontlines, practical resources for local campaigns, and research that exposes the true costs of extraction. The network connects people around the world who are protecting their land, water, and ways of life, and promotes alternatives grounded in care for nature and community wellbeing. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/after-the-goldrush-by-gerry-mcgovern/id1681123169 Do Irish people know that Ireland has been selected as a Green sacrifice song for the so-called green technology, renewable energy transition from the beautiful wilds of Clare, Wicklow and Leitrim to the outstanding natural beauty of the Sperrin mountains of Tyrone. Rural Ireland is on Big Mining's chopping block. This podcast is about the power of community, about how communities of Ireland are organising to stop this disaster happening. For short term returns, the government wants to sell Ireland to mining interests as silently and quietly as possible. Let's make some noises. We will try to unravel why the Irish government is doing this LINKS TO Greencastle People’s Office(GPO) Facebook Page - and the site of the GPO ( The GPO is a humble caravan which has become a hub for the campaign against the goldmine ) https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063579042613&sk=about https://maps.app.goo.gl/Cz7FHdUoi5ByxECz7?g_st=ipc
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