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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240221T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240221T200000
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UID:2926-1708540200-1708545600@geology.ie
SUMMARY:IGA Hybrid Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Putting fossils in a ‘nuclear oven’ may not sound like a good idea\, but high-energy radiation from a nuclear reactor can provide a unique\, non-destructive approach to examine fossils\, inside and out. Such non-destructive methods are being increasingly sought after by fossil researchers to avoid making potentially regretful mistakes when preparing and examining these irreplaceable relics from our past.In this talk\, Dr Chris Mays will discuss the applications of various high-energy imaging techniques to ‘virtually extract’ and ‘virtually dissect’ fossils\, even those still embedded deep within their host sedimentary rocks. Chris will demonstrate these new tools in the palaeontologist’s toolkit with a series of case studies from his specific research on fossil plants and mass extinctions.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-hybrid-lecture-2/
LOCATION:y Zoom and in-person in Museum 4\, Museum Building\, Trinity College Dublin.
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240306T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240306T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20240305T091007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T091009Z
UID:2935-1709751600-1709755200@geology.ie
SUMMARY:Visit to Earth Surface Research Laboratory
DESCRIPTION: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 will follow led by the Director of ESRL\, Dr. Michael Stock. \n\n\n\nNumbers: Limited to 15 attendees.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/visit-to-earth-surface-research-laboratory/
CATEGORIES:Events,Field trip,Field Trips,other,Other event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240403T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240403T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20240325T203837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T203839Z
UID:2941-1712170800-1712174400@geology.ie
SUMMARY:Modern Advancements in Volcano Monitoring
DESCRIPTION:Claire Harnet (UCD) and Mike Stock (TCD) are organising a special evening seminar for the 60th Anniversary of the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group\, a special interest group of The Geological Society. This will be held in Trinity on Wednesday 3 April and is open to the public. Prof Chris Bean (DIAS) and Dr Swetha Venugopal (TCD) will be speaking about modern advancements in volcano monitoring.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/modern-advancements-in-volcano-monitoring/
LOCATION:Museum Building\, Trinity College Dublin
CATEGORIES:Events,Non IGA Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240417T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240417T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20240410T134005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T134007Z
UID:2951-1713380400-1713384000@geology.ie
SUMMARY:The Changing Roles of Long-lived Faults in MountainBelts: Examples from the Variscides of Southern Ireland
DESCRIPTION:Once initiated and developed\, faults tend to have prolongedactivation histories that highly influence tectonic deformation\, fluid flow\, andassociated mineralisation in the brittle upper crust. The fault systems associated with Devonian/Carboniferous crustal extension and subsequent Variscan crustal shortening from southern Ireland offer an opportunity to explore the various stages and roles of faults throughout their long lifespans. This talk will primarily look at the temporal and spatial distribution of Variscan tectonic strain across the northern margin of the Upper Devonian Munster Basin\, which was very much influenced by pre-collisional basin architecture\, particularly by inherited extensional fault systems.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/the-changing-roles-of-long-lived-faults-in-mountainbelts-examples-from-the-variscides-of-southern-ireland/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240424T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240424T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20240325T205014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T205016Z
UID:2947-1713985200-1713990600@geology.ie
SUMMARY:IGA Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Annual General Meeting of the Irish Geological Association follow by a wine and cheese reception.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-annual-general-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240531T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240602T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20240522T111009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240522T111011Z
UID:2965-1717156800-1717329600@geology.ie
SUMMARY:IGA Whit Weekend Excursion
DESCRIPTION:Roundstone\, Co. Galway and Environs\n\n\n\nLeader: Maria Cullen \n\n\n\nThree Granites\, Two Beaches\, One Island and Lots of Life!\n\n\n\nThis weekend excursion (2 days of the long bank-holiday weekend)\, we will explore three distinct Caledonian Granites (c. 400Ma) of the Bertraghboy Bay area – Murvey\, Errisbeg and Roundstone – in their type localities. Errisbeg Mountain (300m) displays the boundary between the granite there with older Lower Palaeozoic Amphibolite rocks\, of the Metagabbro-Gneiss Suite (470Ma)\, to the north. We will visit two stunning Foraminifera “sand” beaches\, at Dog’s Bay and Gorteen. In between the beaches lies an Isthmus leading south to a hammerhead-shaped Tombolo with Earawalla Point in the West and Gorteen Point to the East. Inis Ní\, an island\, connected by a causeway just east of Roundstone Village\, will another focal point of our excursion.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-whit-weekend-excursion/
CATEGORIES:Events,Field trip,Field Trips
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240630T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240630T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20240626T115417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240626T115417Z
UID:2982-1719738000-1719759600@geology.ie
SUMMARY:The Faulty Side of Howth Head
DESCRIPTION:In this field trip we’ll examine the geology and structure of Howth Head.We’ll see how the Howth Fault juxtaposes Carboniferous limestone andCambrian clastic sequences\, which have very distinctive geologicalhistories and structures. The outcrops visited provide nice examples offractures\, veins\, minor faults\, fault rock and fault-related mineralisation.Not only does the Howth Fault highlight the structural characteristics ofthose faults responsible for Ireland’s Zn-Pb deposits\, it has also had animportant role in the formation of Dublin Bay. Places on this excursionare limited to 30 and there is still some space left.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/the-faulty-side-of-howth-head/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240713T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240713T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20240623T115632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240623T115635Z
UID:2978-1720866600-1720891800@geology.ie
SUMMARY:RHA Annual Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Following the success of last year’s IGA visit to the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA)\, Ely Place\, Dublin\, Bill Sheppard will again lead you through the Exhibition this year.  This is a great opportunity to review the current works of leading Irish artists and to seek out a geological spin within the works on show. Artist-members are particularly welcome and non-member artists are urged to express an interest in the event. \n\n\n\nThis year the event is expanded into a full day excursion.  The group will meet at Ticknock Wood\, south of Dundrum\, Co.Dublin to view the landscape and exchange perceptions and information within the realms of Geology in Art\, Geologically Perceived Landscape and Landscape Art.  In the afternoon the group will visit the RHA exhibition.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/rha-annual-art-exhibition/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20241204T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20241204T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20241128T142932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241128T142932Z
UID:3009-1733338800-1733342400@geology.ie
SUMMARY:Geology within the National Museum of Ireland
DESCRIPTION:Irish Geological Association Lecture \n\n\n\nNigel Monaghan (Retired Keeper of Natural History at NMI)
URL:https://geology.ie/event/geology-within-the-national-museum-of-ireland/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250301T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250301T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20250228T230304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250228T230305Z
UID:3086-1740853800-1740857400@geology.ie
SUMMARY:2025 IGRM Keynote Lecture
DESCRIPTION:This lecture is being presented by Prof. Frances Wall who is based at the University of Exeter in England. The topic is critical rare earth minerals\, now very sought after\, causing significant socio-economic and environmental challenges.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/2025-igrm-keynote-lecture/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250319T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250319T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20250307T230129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T230132Z
UID:3099-1742412600-1742416200@geology.ie
SUMMARY:LECTURE: Fin Whale Song in Seismic Land Data
DESCRIPTION:(In-person event only\, all are welcome) \n\n\n\nTitle:“Fin Whale Song in Seismic Land Data: New Opportunities for Coastal Cetacean Monitoring” \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Martin Möllhoff (Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies) \n\n\n\nVenue: Lecture at M4\, The Museum Building\, Trinity College Dublin
URL:https://geology.ie/event/lecture-fin-whale-song-in-seismic-land-data/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250322T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250322T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20250307T092309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T225825Z
UID:3092-1742644800-1742662800@geology.ie
SUMMARY:Excursion: MINE LANDS with Artist Judy Carrol Deeley
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition/Excursion: MINE LANDS with Artist Judy Carrol Deeley followed by an Excursion to the Summit of Bray Head\, Co. Wicklow \n\n\n\nVenue: Mermaid Art Gallery\, Bray Co. Wicklow and an Excursion to Bray Head \n\n\n\nIGA Leader:  Dr. Bill Sheppard
URL:https://geology.ie/event/mine-lands-with-artist-judy-carrol-deeley/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250326T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250326T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20250307T231317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T231319Z
UID:3104-1743015600-1743019200@geology.ie
SUMMARY:Excursion: National Centre for Isotope Geochemistry at Science Centre East\, UCD
DESCRIPTION:The visit will be led by Prof. Frank McDermott\, who was appointed to the full-time lecturing staff in the UCD Dept. of Geology in 1999. He is currently Professor of Geochemistry at UCD and has been Director of the National Centre for Isotope Geochemistry since 2021. His research spans aqueous and low-temperature geochemistry\, mineral weathering\, isotope geology and U-series dating methods\, palaeoclimatology and related atmospheric processes. He served as a Member of the Editorial Board for the international geochemistry journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta from 2014-2023.  He was elected as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA) May 2020.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/excursion-national-centre-for-isotope-geochemistry-at-science-centre-east-ucd/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250429T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250429T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20250421T131855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T131857Z
UID:3117-1745951400-1745956800@geology.ie
SUMMARY:IGA 2025 AGM and Council Nominations
DESCRIPTION:Irish Geological Association Annual General Meeting \n\n\n\n\n\nDublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)\, 5 Merrion Square\, Dublin 2 \n\n\n\nIn person and by ZoomDate: Tuesday\, 29th April from 6.30pm
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iga-2025-agm-and-council-nominations/
LOCATION:Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)\, 5 Merrion Square\, Dublin 2
CATEGORIES:Events,Lecture,Lectures,other,Other event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250726T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250726T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20250618T095435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250711T220647Z
UID:3216-1753524000-1753549200@geology.ie
SUMMARY:The 3rd Annual IGA Visit to the Royal Irish Academy (RHA) Annual Art Exhibition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Leader Bill Sheppard \n\n\n\n\n\nBill Sheppard\, having attended the opening of the Exhibition\, is delighted to confirm that this year’s RHA Annual Art Exhibition has much to offer the geological enquiring mind. Many of Ireland’s  leading Irish artists again exhibit works on which to base discussion of the geological aspects within their works. The exhibition also affords the opportunity to enjoy/be challenged by the range of art on show.  Artist-members of the IGA are particularly welcome.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/the-3rd-annual-iga-visit-to-the-royal-irish-academy-rha-annual-art-exhibition-2025/
CATEGORIES:Field trip,Field Trips,Lecture,Lectures,other,Other event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250802T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250803T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20250512T094918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T094926Z
UID:3196-1754130600-1754236800@geology.ie
SUMMARY:Joint IGA and BGS Weekend Excursion: 2nd-3rd August 2025
DESCRIPTION:Please Mind the Gap – Groundwater Flow through Permo-Triassic rocks of Northern Ireland
URL:https://geology.ie/event/joint-iga-and-bgs-weekend-excursion-2nd-3rd-august-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250906T070000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250906T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20250725T132529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250819T153724Z
UID:3235-1757142000-1757188800@geology.ie
SUMMARY:Lambay Island
DESCRIPTION:Excursion to the island of Lambay on the 6th September 2025. Places still available. Book Now!
URL:https://geology.ie/event/lambay-island/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250920T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250920T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20250909T090502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T090506Z
UID:3255-1758366000-1758387600@geology.ie
SUMMARY:Peter Lewis Memorial Gold Panning Excursion
DESCRIPTION:The outing promises to promote interpersonal interactions among participants\, providing yet another opportunity for the eclectic gatherings of the IGA to enjoy a great day out. Everyone will have the chance to pan for gold and witness the small sluice in action in the field\, encouraging collaboration and a pleasant\, shared experience. As always\, what makes the day is the participants that choose to come along.
URL:https://geology.ie/event/peter-lewis-memorial-gold-panning-excursion/
CATEGORIES:Events,Field trip,Field Trips,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260520T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260528T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T195647
CREATED:20251127T213455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251127T213501Z
UID:3265-1779264000-1779987600@geology.ie
SUMMARY:Iceland 2026 Excursion
DESCRIPTION:Joint IGA and BGS Excursion to Iceland: 20th-28th May 2026
URL:https://geology.ie/event/iceland-2026-excursion/
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