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4th December 2024 at 7.20 pm This meeting will co-incide with the lecture night presented by Nigel Monaghan. There are two items on the Agenda for this EGM, as agreed at our AGM on 24th April 2024 Venue: M4 Lecture Theatre, Museum Building, Trinity College Dublinand on Zoom To Register for this lecture, in person or online, please do so HEREMany thanks to Prof. Jerry Dickens, Prof. David Chew and staff at Geology, TCD for their work in facilitating this IGA event

Irish Geological Association Lecture Speaker: Nigel Monaghan (Retired Keeper of Natural History at NMI) The National Museum is well known for the Dead Zoo on Merrion Street in Dublin, but this is primarily a zoology gallery and their rich geological collections are much less well known. The earliest collections are from the 1786 mineral survey of the Dublin Society, who started a museum in earnest with a major German mineral collection in 1792. A succession of Professors managed the museum and built up the collections to the point that a full-time curator was able to open the purpose built building … Continue reading →

Turlough Hill Pumped Hyrdo Station To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Turlough Hill, Ireland’s only pumped storage power station, ESB is hosting a series of public tours during National Heritage Week. Follow the link below for full details and booking information. Full details here

IGA Day Excursion to Hwoth Head, Dublin Date: Sunday 30th June Time: 9am – c. 3pm Location: Howth/Balscadden area of North Dublin Leader: Prof. JohnWalsh (UCD, iCRAG)To Register, please Click HERE or e-mail us at info@geology.ie Please note: This excursion is not accessible by DART on Sunday as notrain arrives in time. Car pooling is available so please state if you areinterested in this option and we will do our best to facilitate you. DescriptionIn 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 … Continue reading →

STILL SOME SPACES Excursion to TICKNOCK and the RHA Annual Art Exhibition Saturday 13th July 2024. Leader Bill Sheppard 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. This year the event is expanded into … Continue reading →