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  • The Isle Of Man Field Trip

    Field Report. Field Trip to Isle of Man May 2009 led by John Morris Report by Julian Menuge Download full report (PDF file)   PDF Download

  • The Poland Field Trip

    Field Report. Field Trip to Poland May 2008 Leader : Padhraig Kennan The trip centred on two areas in Southern Poland, the Variscan Karkonosze Granite in the western Sudetes on the northern margin of the Bohemian Massif and the Carpathian … Continue reading →

  • The Belmullet Field Trip

    Field Report. Field Trip to Belmullet Sat 21st / Sun 22nd June 2008 Leader : Julian Menuge (UCD) As the forecast predicted, Saturday morning was overcast and uninviting. A large gang met at the Broadhaven Bay Hotel and Julian gave … Continue reading →

  • The Iceland Field Trip

    GEOLOGY STUDY TOUR – ICELAND AUGUST 2006 – 23RD to 29th Leader: Frank Clissmann Coordinator: Angela Casey Originally in 2005 the idea of a trip to Iceland as a wonderful opportunity to visit the most hands on experience of geology … Continue reading →

  • The Rosslare Complex Sat/Sun 21/22 October 2006

    Field Report. The Rosslare Complex Sat/Sun 21/22 October 2006 Leader : Barry Long Weather forecasting was again proven hit and miss and very wrong yet again,when 13 dedicated and prepared to be weather-beaten attentive Holocene Homo-sapien students and real geologists … Continue reading →

  • THE BURREN

    IGA FIELD EXCURSION Saturday and Sunday, 1st / 2nd October, 2011 Lead by Dr. Ronán Hennessy (Burren Geopark) MEETING POINT: Saturday 1st October at the Flaggy Shore, New Quay, Co. Clare TIME: Saturday 10.00am REGISTRATION: It is necessary to pre-register … Continue reading →

  • Anatomy Of A Giant – The Navan Orebody

    IGA NEW YEAR LECTURE Wednesday 18th January, 2012 Dr. John Ashton, (Boliden Tara Mines Ltd) will present a lecture: ANATOMY OF A GIANT – THE NAVAN OREBODY VENUE: Synge Lecture Theatre, Art’s Block, (Nassau St. entrance) Trinity College, Dublin 2. … Continue reading →

  • MEMBERS NIGHT 2011

      IGA EVENT Wednesday, 7th December, 2011 IGA Council will hold: MEMBERS NIGHT VENUE: Room G01, UCD School of Geological Sciences, Belfield, Dublin 4. TIME: 8.00pm , tea/coffee from 7.30pm

  • Granites And Gneisses Of The Sudetes, Poland

    IGA LECTURE Wednesday, 14th September, 2011 GRANITES AND GNEISSES OF THE SUDETES, POLAND: LUMPS OF ROCK AND OLD-FASHIONED ISOTOPES Speaker: Dr. Patrick Wyse Jackson (TCD) VENUE: Museum 4, Dept. of Geology, Muesum Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. TCD MAP and … Continue reading →

  • Can Ireland store carbon safely?

      Wednesday 2nd November, 2011 – Dublin Thursday 3rd November, 2011 – Galway Can Ireland store carbon safely? Speaker: Dr. Brian McConnell (Geological Survey of Ireland) VENUE: 2nd November, Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggar’s Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4. TIME … Continue reading →