MEMBERS, if you haven’t received any recent IGA emails, please check your SPAM folder as we are now sending our announcements via Mail Chimp. Thank you! ****LECTURE****: 11th December 2019 – Patrick Wyse Jackson (TCD) – “Sixty Years of the Irish Geological Association: A Diamond Jubilee History” ****LECTURE****: Date TBC…
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Sixty Years of the Irish Geological Association: A Diamond Jubilee History By Prof. Patrick Wyse Jackson (Trinity College Dublin) Abstract: The IGA is Ireland’s oldest geological organization aimed at both the professional and the amateur geologist. Born of a meeting of geology professors in 1959, the IGA has gone on…
Mark the date! Details TBC On Friday, 22 November 2019 at Luther House on Adelaide Road in Dublin is the much-anticipated IGA Diamond Jubilee Concert. This will take place between 19:30 and 21:30; doors will open at 18:30. Please arrive early. Nine soloists or groups, from all geo-backgrounds and from…
IGA Diamond Jubilee Special Lecture: “The Leinster Granite: Sixty Years of Wondering” By Dr. Pádhraig Kennan Abstract: There was a time when batholiths were batholiths – large bodies of coarse-grained granite that had slowly crystallised deep in the earth’s crust from liquid rock (magma) intruded from even greater depths. These…
Weekend Workshop: Experience the Ancient Craft of Silversmithing with Tina Keating, Geologist, Gemmologist and Jeweller – November 16th and 17th 2019 – Tramore, Co. Waterford. Would you like to design and make your own piece of silver jewellery or, as the festive season is almost upon us, create a unique…