IRISH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Spring-Summer 2009
www.geology.ie
January
Thu. 22
IGA New Year Lecture by Prof. Iain Stewart
(University of Plymouth)
Costing the Earth?
Venue: Walton Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin
Time: 8.00pm.
February
Sat. 21
IGA/IGRM lecture by Prof. John Underhill
(University of Edinburgh.) Where was
Odysseus' homeland? The geological,
geomorphological and geophysical evidence for
relocating Homer's Ithaca.
Venue: Walton Theatre, Trinity College Dublin.
Time: 6.00pm
March
Wed. 11
Lecture by Dr. Deirdre Lewis (SLR Consulting
Ltd.) Hubble, Bubble …… Can we safely store
carbon dioxide geologically in Ireland?
Venue: Room G01, UCD School of Geological
Sciences, Belfield, Dublin 4.
Time: 8.00pm, tea/coffee from 7.30pm
Thu. 12
Lecture by Dr. Deirdre Lewis (SLR Consulting
Ltd.) Hubble, Bubble …… Can we safely store
carbon dioxide geologically in Ireland?
Venue: Department of Geology, UCC
Time: 8.00pm, tea/coffee from 7.30pm
Sun. 29
Field trip to Chair of Kildare led by Matthew
Parkes (National Museum of Ireland)
April
Wed. 8
Lecture by Prof. Alan Jones (DIAS)
Title to be confirmed.
Venue: Museum 4, Museum Building, TCD
Time: 8.00pm, tea/coffee from 7.30pm
TBA
Lecture by Prof. Alan Jones (DIAS)
Title to be confirmed.
Venue: Dept. Earth and Ocean Sciences, NUI
Galway.
Time: 8.00pm, tea/coffee from 7.30pm
Sat. 18
Morning: Sand Workshop by Bettie Higgs (UCC)
Afternoon: follow up field trip to Killiney led by
Susan Pyne and Bettie Higgs
May
w/e 8-11
Field trip to Isle of Man led by John Morris
(GSI)
Wed. 13
Members' Night Bring along your rocks and
fossils to show off or to have them identified;
enjoy a couple of short talks and snacks, coffee,
tea, soft drinks, maybe a glass of wine.
Venue: Room GO1, UCD School of Geological
Sciences, Belfield, Dublin 4
Time: 8.00pm
June
w/e 13-14 Field trip to Connemara led by Barry Long
(Consultant)
For further details of our events see our website and Newsletters.
IRISH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
The IGA is an all-Ireland society open to all. We run field
trips at home and abroad, offer geological lectures in
various venues around Ireland and hold short courses and
other events of geological interest.
Council:
President:
Vice-Presidents:
Treasurer:
Excursions Secretary:
Newsletter Editor:
Peter Lewis
Dave Chew
Susan Pyne
Angela Casey
Dan O'Shea
Tom de Brit
Frank Clissmann, Bettie Higgs, Ed McKenna,
John Murray, Gordon Poole, Sophie Préteseille
Subscription rates:
Full membership: €20
Family membership €30
Student membership €5
For further information see: www.geology.ie
or contact: Angela Casey, 2 Munster Avenue, Galway