The Institute of Geologists of Ireland

CGA Ted Nevill Lecture: “Intraplate magmatism: plumes, volatiles and more”
2022-11-30 19:30 (Europe/Dublin) | Ted Nevill Lab, Enterprise Centre, North Mall campus, UCC and Online, Ted Nevill Lab, Enterprise Centre, North Mall campus, UCC, Cork, Ireland
Cork Geological Association’s lecture: “Intraplate magmatism: plumes, volatiles and more”
Speaker: Professor Linda Kirstein, Professor of Earth Dynamics at the University of Edinburgh
Time: Wednesday 30th November at 7.30pm
Veneu: Ted Nevill Lab, Cork Enterprise Centre, North Mall Campus, UCC.
The event is co-hosted by CGA and The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UCC. The speaker is and will give the Ted Nevill Lecture, entitled Professor Kirstein is graduate of UCC and studied during Ted Nevill’s time.
Also virtually via MS Teams using the following link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MTcwMGYzZDMtODcyZC00NGVmLTg4YmMtNmRkMGI0NTVmYzE1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2246fe5ca5-866f-4e42-92e9-ed8786245545%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22149ddfb4-aca5-49a4-869e-9b03f6e0faa3%22%7d

Irish Association for Economic Geology (IAEG) AGM
2022-11-30 19:00 | Carlton Hotel, Blanchardstown, Dublin, Church Road, Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15, D15EYX5, Ireland
Irish Association for Economic Geology (IAEG) 2022 AGM
Wednesday November 30th
Carlton Hotel Blanchardstown at 7pm.
To register for the meeting, please ensure you are logged in (this is a member’s only event) and navigate to the events page on the website or click here .
Please note that it is an in-person event only.

IGA Day Excursion
2022-09-24 11:00 - 15:00 | Bohernabreena, Co Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland
The final Irish Geological Association (IGA) Day Excursion for 2022 will take place on Saturday 24th September.
Gordon Poole (FGS) will lead the Peter Lewis Memorial Gold Panning Day from 11am to 3pm at Bohernabreena, Co. Dublin.
Booking is now open for this fun and very popular excursion.
Please fill in booking form HERE . Registration is on a first come, first served basis. Exact meeting location will be communicated to those registered closer to the date. If any difficulties accessing the form, email info@geology.ie and full details are available on the IGA website www.geology.ie/events

Aim of Excursion: Our event leader Gordon Poole has significant experience in a range of lithological settings through his geological postings around the world. Gordon will demonstrate the basics of panning for gold and each participant can try this technique out for themselves. We are most grateful to have Gordon to lead us. Many thanks are also due to our colleagues in the Geological Survey of Ireland, particularly James Hodgson, for supporting this event with the provision of gold panning equipment.
General Advice: To best enjoy this light-hearted gold panning event, please wear wellington boots, bring waterproof gloves and dress for the weather conditions. If you have a trowel or gold panning equipment of your own, please bring it along. Public Transport is available to access this area. Car pooling is advised where possible as the nearest car park is small and busy.

Royal Irish Academy Lecture
2022-09-22 18:00 - 19:30 | Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2,, Dublin, D02 HH58, Ireland
Sustainability series: Challenges and Opportunities for Science in Society
Please see flyer (pdf) here
Tickets, Thu 22 Sep 2022 at 18:00 | Eventbrite

IBN Networking Event
2022-09-15 09:30 - 17:30 | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Square South, Dublin 2, D02 X338, Ireland
Ireland Brownfield Network – 10th Anniversary Event Tickets, Thu 15 Sep 2022 at 09:30 | Eventbrite

IGA Lecture
2022-09-14 19:00 - 20:00 | ZOOM
The next Irish Geological Association (IGA) Lecture will be held virtually via Zoom on Wednesday 14th September between 7pm and 8pm. IGA website
It is titled “Sir Arthur Russell and his Mineral Collection” by Roy Starkey, (Scientific Associate, Natural History Museum, London).
To register, email info@geology.ie.
A Zoom link will be sent on the day to those who have registered. For more details please see flyer here

IGA Day Excursion Wicklow with Pete Coxon
2022-09-10 08:30 - 17:30 | Wcklow, Co Wicklow, Ireland
Fellow Emeritus (TCD) Peter Coxon will lead an IGA Day Excursion on Saturday 10th September 2022. Pete Coxon’s Legendary Bus Tour of Wicklow – Wicklow in the Grip of an Ice Age, we will set out from Dublin by bus on this spectacular tour with this recently retired, world-renowned academic. We will visit many sites of Quaternary Geology interest in a beautiful route that includes Glencree, WMNP, the Glenealo Valley, Hollywood Glen and Blessington Lakes. Spaces are limited to 20 maximum so booking is open now on a first come, first served basis.
Participants are encouraged to join IGA as the annual fees are €5 for students, €20 for adults and €30 for family groups. However, non-members are most welcome for a sampler event before joining IGA so all are welcome.
The bus costs €35 per person for this memorable 9-hour tour of Wicklow. We also thank our colleagues at IQUA for the provision of the field guide “Wicklow in the Grip of an Ice Age (Coxon et al.). Further details are on our IGA website www.geology.ie and booking is open.
https://geology.ie/events/

IGA Excursion to Wexford
2022-08-27 - 2022-08-28 | Wexford, Wexford, Ireland
https://geology.ie/events/
Booking now open HERE
