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Reasons to go: Perhaps not a once in a lifetime but a once in a decade opportunity to visit Toraí, Tory Island, a true jewel of the North Atlantic! Tory Island is a remote, rocky island lying some 11km to the north of B…
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IGA Members' Night and Lecture - Wednesday 7th June, 6-10pm Reasons to go Come, meet your fellow IGA members at our friendly gathering of chat, geological curiosities and themed refreshments! This year we will meet in…
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Damien will talk about the geology of gem deposits and tell you how you can visit many of the these deposits yourself, safely to look for gemstones, and show you exactly what rock and mineral clues you need to searc…
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Since the early days in the 1990s with Des Cowman’s talks on the heritage of the Copper Coast area and European Geopark Network membership in 2001, the Copper Coast Geopark has elucidated the geology and heritage of this…
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Radon gets a very bad press these days with concerns about its cancer-causing health effects and the whole new remediation industry that it has created. As with mercury, asbestos and health foods, the facts often become …
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Britain's Greatest Hits: In search of giant meteorite craters In 2008, an Oxford geologist published proof that an obscure layer of rock in north-west Scotland, assumed for many years to be volcanic in origin, had been …
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When and where: The lecture theater in the Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggars Bush, Dublin 4 on Wednesday, December 14th, between 6:30 and 7:30 pm. Coffee and biscuits will available from 5:30 pm. All welcome.
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Dear Members, Dr. Ruth Carden (Consultant Palaeontologist) will be giving a talk on "The Irish Cave Bones Project" at the Geological Survey of Ireland on the 30th of November. Please see below for further details. Abstra…
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Dear Members, Dr. Ian Sanders (Trinity College Dublin, emeritus) will be giving a talk on "Meteorites and the Origin of Planets" at the Geological Survey of Ireland on the 19th of October. Please see below for further …
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Dear Members, Prof. Emeritus Chris Stillman (Trinity College Dublin) will be giving a talk on "The Volcanic Islands of the Atlantic" at the Geological Survey of Ireland on the 9th of March. Please see below for further …
