Great Sugar Loaf Mountain, Red Lane Car Park, Co. WicklowOne of the most iconic landscape features of the North Wicklow area is surely the Sugar Loaf. It is a fitting location for an event during this particular Heritage Week given … Continue reading
Hook Peninsula, Co. WexfordThe Hook Head peninsula is renowned for exquisite rock exposures with a variety of geology that encapsulates many of the important events in the Palaeozoic history of south east Ireland. The outcrops are all coastal and require … Continue reading
This will take around 2 hours. It will involve a preliminary talk by Victoria Lowe to illustrate how the facilities of the lab have been applied to a contemporary research project. A tour of the lab and its analytical facilities … Continue reading
Roundstone, Co. Galway and EnvironsLeader: Maria CullenThree Granites, Two Beaches, One Island and Lots of Life!This weekend excursion (2 days of the long bank-holiday weekend), we will explore three distinct Caledonian Granites (c. 400Ma) of the Bertraghboy Bay area – … Continue reading
