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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 16/09/2026

A face from the past. This head, with an elongated neck and a somewhat anxious expression, protrudes from above the doorway of the ruined medieval church at Kilcatherine on the Beara Peninsula. It may represent a saint, a patron, or it may reflect that some heads were believed to ward off evil

A medieval carved head with large eyes and a long protruding neck

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 17/09/2026

Whether you're a geological enthusiast, researcher, or just curious about your area, BGS offers a suite of interactive mapping tools that allow you to: 🪨 Explore bedrock and superficial geology 🗺️ Access onshore and marine datasets 🌱 Track soil types and groundwater www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-d...

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

✨ Celebrate Culture Night at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street! 📅 Friday 18 September 📍 Kildare Street ⚔️ Viking Ireland Tour | 17:00 🏺 Highlights of the Archaeology Collection | 18:30 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... 🎟️ Free admission #CultureNight #IrishHistory

The Tara Brooch on a bright pink background above the words Culture Night.

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The Geologists' Association @geolassoc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We are pleased to announce that Dr Lucia Pérez-Diaz will deliver one of the headline talks at the Festival of Geology this year: The Secret Ingredient for a Habitable Planet. Lucia will also be signing copies of her latest children's books: How the Oceans Work & How the Earth Works.

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Disappointed a couple of people by explaining the Viking Congress is an academic conference, no, we do not sing rowing songs wearing horned helmets while guzzling heroic amounts of mead. The Proceedings of the Viking Congress is a volume of research papers, not a saga of our antics #medievalsky

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 04/08/2026

Dún Aonghasa • Inis Mór This iconic fort is formed of three curving walls forming an outer, middle and inner enclosure (pictured), that terminate at the edge of a sheer 90m high cliff. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Archaeology #WildAtlanticWay

A circular drystone fort perched at the edge of an Atlantic cliff on Inis Mór

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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 27/07/2026

#DIBLives Antarctic explorer Tom Crean (d. #OTD 1938) spent more time in the Antarctic than Scott or Shackleton; he was awarded the Albert Medal and the Polar Medal with 3 Antarctic clasps. The Crean Glacier in South Georgia and Mount Crean in Antarctica are named for him. www.dib.ie/biography/cr...

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London Geodiversity Partnership @londongeodiversity.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We had a very enjoyable trip to Crystal Palace Park today to visit the newly restored prehistoric creatures and geological illustrations. We were unanimously impressed! It’s great to be able to see everything so clearly #urbangeology #crystalpalacedinosaurs @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social

The sculptures of Megaloceras (Giant Irish Elk)

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Capping off a wonderful, whirlwind geological tour with another important place for #HPS #histsci #histgeo Siccar Point. Thank you @scottishgeologist.bsky.social & @federicabocchi.bsky.social for an educational & fun geoadventure to remember. 🧡 ⚒️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 27/06/2026

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Dr Gavin Hughes FRHistS FRGS @drgavinhughes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Rediscovered this! It still makes me laugh...

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Michael O'Connell @moconnell007.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The strand at #Silverstand this pm packed with swimmers taking advantage of the heatwave. Nearby, freshly eroded drumlin face has provided new nesting sites for a substantial #sandmartin population which is busy feeding a new brood

A layer of fine sand with conspicuous holes below a stoney deposit at the top of drumlin face provides suitable material for sandmartins to dig into and make their nests (25/06/2026; M. O'Connell)

Sandmartin nests in the layer of fine sand close to the top of drumlin face. Two sandmartins at their nests; that on LHS just arriving at nest (25/06/2026; M. O'Connell)

Sandmartins (3) at their nests in the layer of fine sand close to the top of drumlin face. Chicks can be seen in the nest at which a sandmartin has just arrived (mid-picture, near LHS) (25/06/2026; M. O'Connell)

View to west. Sandmartins and gulls in front of the drumlin face. Dark clouds, bringing thunder and lightning, approaching from the Atlantic Ocean (25/06/2026; M. O'Connell)

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Last Saturday, GGA summer fieldtrip, day 1, explored complex #geology of S #Mayo trough (Ordovician sandstones mudstones ignimbrites) led by Dr Brian McConnell @geolsurvie.bsky.social. Explored Leenane to Louisburgh via Doo Lough, & then coastal area west of Mweelrea. Summer finally arrived, TG!

Brian McConnell provides information and orientation near Doo Lough.
Map from: Graham, J. 2021. Geology of South Mayo. A Field Guide. Geological Survey of Ireland, Dublin

N end of Doo Lough which has lake-shore exposures of Derrylea Formation. Background Mweelrea (13 June 2026; M. O'Connell)

Coastal W Mayo, near Dooaghtry (view to N). In background, Clare Island and Achill Island (13 June 2026; M. O'Connell)

Ordovician (Derrylea Formation) at Dooaghtry. View to SW. Diamond Hill (Connemara Nat Pk) and Tully mountain (Renvyle Peninsula) in background (13 June 2026; M. O'Connell)

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The Geologists' Association @geolassoc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Join us & @rockwatch.bsky.social on 13-14 June at Lyme Regis Fossil Festival for a weekend full of family-friendly fossil-related fun. Look out for our stand in the Lister Gardens Marquee. Plus, Ben Cunningham, one of our Student Representatives, will be giving a free talk at the Driftwood Cafe.

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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 08/06/2026

#WorldOceansDay. ‘No daughter of mine will leave home except as a married woman’. Born on Valentia Island, self-taught marine biologist Maud Delap was the first person to successfully breed jellyfish in captivity. Our colleague Angela Byrne has put together a short reel about her life.

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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The Basking Shark at the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History has for well over a century been hanging from the ceiling of the Dead Zoo (as Dubliners fondly call the museum) but has been moved, which is a challenge to say the least #sharks #museums #SpeirGorm www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Vic O’Sullivan (The Guardian) writes a lyrical piece on Joyce Country and Western Lakes Unesco Geopark that runs from the L. Corrib / Mask lowlands to Killary Fjord @wildatlanticway.bsky.social. It describes several features of this, up to now, largely hidden landscape on the Galway/Mayo border

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 23/05/2026

Is time running out for sand? That was the question BGS geoscientist Tom Bide addressed in an article for Building Engineer magazine. Tom shares how sand overconsumption is destabilising ecosystems and makes a call for more robust sand extraction policy. www.buildingengineer.org.uk/intelligence...

A large yellow digger extracting sand in a tropical environment. Behind the sand you can see palm trees and shrubbery.

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 27/04/2026

In today's edition of our Monument Monday newsletter, we set off on a prehistoric pilgrimage to Donegal where we encounter the spectacular Beltany Stone Circle. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Archaeology #Prehistory #Donegal

An aerial view of a stone circle on a sunny but hazy day in County Donegal

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Michael O'Connell @moconnell007.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Beautiful illustrations

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Congratulations to #JoyceCountry and #WesternLakes #Geopark on achieving #UNESCO Global Geopark status. A fabulous natural region shretching from L. Corrib/Mask lowlands to @wildatlanticway.bsky.social at Killary Harbour joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie/en/our-herit... @geolsurvie.bsky.social

NW arm of L. Corrib looking west towards Joyce Country uplands & mountains of Connemara (photo: 18 March 2022, M. O’Connell)

View of northern part of L. Corrib with its many wooded lakes. A long-abandoned house is in the foreground (photo: 18 March 2022, M. O’Connell).

GGA fieldtrip in Joyce Country, led by Dr Benjamin Thébaudeau, geologist, Joyce Country and Western Lakes Geopark.
L. Nafooey is in the background (photo: 23 March 2024, M. O’Connell)

Killary fjord; view towards west (mouth of fjord) from near village of Leenane (31 Jan 2026; M. O'Connell)

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

#Cáisc shona daoibh uile! Happy #Easter! Sunset last evening in the Kilkishen drumlin countryside, east Co #Clare; #StormDave had passed leaving +/- no havoc in its wake

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 03/04/2026

Good Friday is the day when Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at Calvary. The scene is a common theme in religious art. This short thread has a few examples of how the crucifixion has been depicted in Irish art through the centuries. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #GoodFriday #Medieval

An ornate stone cross decorated with figurative carvings of biblical scenes. Overlaid text reads 'Irish Depictions of the Crucifixion' the image is further captioned with 'The West Cross, Monasterboice, Louth. c.10th century'

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Michael O'Connell @moconnell007.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Yet another paper on the Burren, a favourite of mine in all seasons. Congratulations to all involved.

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The Isle of Mull is the large stepping stone between Oban (W. Scotland) and Iona, the latter forever associated with St Colmcille (Columba). The video is well worth viewing

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 24/03/2026

Kilmacduagh • Galway The sprawling monastery of Kilmacduagh is believed to have been founded by St Colmán in the 6-7th century, and grew to become one of the most important ecclesiastical centres in the region. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Galway #Medieval #Archaeology 🏺

The ruins of a medieval complex, featuring roofless churches and a tall round tower. A cow lies in the foreground, enjoying a rest from all that history.

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 25/03/2026

Updated geological assessment of the Southern North Sea set to underpin future offshore infrastructure development 🗺️ The first update for 30 years, the data will support various offshore projects, inc the 2030 target of 45 to 50 GW generated through offshore wind. www.bgs.ac.uk/news/new-geo...

Chronostratigraphy of Southern North Sea

Map of offshore wind farm sites which informed the new assessment

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Michael O'Connell @moconnell007.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Macgillycuddy's Reeks incl. Carrantoohil from the Beara peninsula & c. an hour later from Moll's Gap. Sprinkling of snow on the peaks of #Kerry / #Killarney while sunny & warm on the lowlands. Little tourist traffic; lovely to have the Kingdom to myself for the day

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Arts & Science meet at www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/cur... in #GalwayArtsCentre. Fine exhibits on display lent by #IMMA, @geolsurvie.bsky.social, & #HeritageCollections & #MitchellMuseum @uniofgalway.bsky.social. Iconic names (#geologists) incl. GH Kinahan, GF Mitchell, C MacDermot, T Robinson

Sections of the Castlecomer coal-field by GH Kinahan (GSI, 1859)

Detail from Sections of the Castlecomer coal-field by GH Kinahan (GSI, 1859) and rock specimen exhibiting a geological fault (lent by James Mitchell Museum, University of Galway)

Illustrations of Carboniferous limestone fossils, Aran Islands by Conor MacDermot (GSI; ca. late 1970s)

Folding in migmatite rock (lent by James Mitchell Museum, University of Galway

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

#FossilFriday February 26, 1779, birthday of German-British naturalist Johann Samuel Müller, also known as John Samuel Miller. In 1801 he emigrated to the U.K., becoming an accountant in Bristol. There he started collecting fossils, self-publishing a monumental work on sea lilies (crinoids) ...

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

#GGA (Galway Geological Association) Zoom lecture: Advances on geochemical data collection - Tellus programme, on Tuesday, 10 Feb, 2026 at 7 pm. Speaker: Victoria Kavanagh (on behalf of Tellus, GSI). Map kindly provided by VK @geolsurvie.bsky.social For link email: galwaygeology@gmail.com

New Tellus map covering the region about the river Shannon Estuary, Western Ireland. Kindly provided by Victoria Kavanagh (on behalf of Tellus, Geological Survey of Ireland) [February 2026]

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

February 1836: newspapers across the country report that #MaryAnning, defrauded of her savings, had been awarded £300 from the government after her friends at the Geological Society lobbied the Prime Minister. With a further £200 they had collected in Dublin in 1835, this gave her an annuity of £25.

Portrait of Mary Anning wearing a green cloak and straw bonnet, holding a hammer and with a basket over her arm.

Extract from a newspaper: 'Mary Anning, a female in humble lite, residing at Lyme Regis having by great industry and perseverance attained considerable proficiency in the science of Geology, was lately, by the sudden death of a gentleman to whom she had entrusted, without receiving any acknowedgement, a small property of about £200, the fruits of her savings, to invest for her in the most advantageous manner reduced to straitened circumstances, while her health was impaired from the hardship to which she had exposed herself, and the distress of mind consequent on her loss. A number of the most distinguished members of the Geological Society, Messrs. Lyell, Murchison, Drs. Buckland and Bostock, Colonel Sykes &c., interested themselves very much for this meritorious individual, and represented her case to Lord Melbourne with a view to obtain a small pension for her. His Lordship found, on inspecting the pension list, that it was full; and considering that Mary Anning is one of those individuals on whom it was intended that the public bounty should be bestowed, he ordered £300 to be granted to Trustees to be disposed of in the manner which they might conceive best adapted for securing to her some provision for her declining years'

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Michael O'Connell @moconnell007.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Pleased to do honours at launch of ‘Booleying in Ireland’ by Theresa McDonald. Anything you will ever wish to know re. #booleying #transhumance in Achill & beyond is here. Fruits of years of interdisciplinary research @universityofgalway.bsky.social @globalgalway.bsky.social @nmireland.bsky.social

Booleying in Ireland. A study of an ancient farming tradition in Achill, County Mayo BY Theresa McDonald
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2025
ISBN 1036447448, 9781036447441
331 pp; 10 Chapters + bibliography & index
No. of illustrations: 116 – line drawings, photos incl. ‘old photographs’ cf. Lawrence Collection, archaeological drawings, graphs. Recent colour photographs
No. of tables: 6
Front cover illustration: 'A Home in Achill’ 1905. Francis Sylvester Walker’s late nineteenth century watercolour of a booley house somewhere on Achill Island (© National Library of Ireland, 62911)

Dr Theresa McDonald (author of: Booleying in Ireland. A study of an ancient farming tradition in Achill, County Mayo)
Dr Kieran O’Conor (PhD supervisor; Archaeology, University of Galway)
Professor Jim McAdam (editor of the volume; emeritus Queen’s University Belfast)
Professor Michael O’Connell (launched the volume; emeritus University of Galway)
Location: National Museum of Ireland, Country Life at Turlough, Castlebar, Co. Mayo

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Michael O'Connell @moconnell007.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Great looking forward to #GGA lecture by Bernd Zolischka on Thursday 7pm. The Eifel volcanic field is spectacular; easily reached but also easily missed (nr Andernach on Rhine). Ash (#tephra) deposits from Laachersee eruption ca. 12900 y ago spread far & wide; local deposits an impressive sight

Thick ash deposits near the Laachersee from a volcanic eruption dating to 12900 y ago, i.e. preceding the start of the Younger Dryas climatic oscillation - an exceptionally cold period that lasted about 1000 y & that was followed by the post-glacial (Holocene). Photos: Michael O'Connell; 2 Sep 2008

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

#GGA Z Lecture, Thursday, 22 January at 19.00 h ‘The Eifel volcanic field, Germany: type-location of "maars”, archives of exceptional palaeo records’ BY Prof. Dr. Bernd Zolitschka, Institute of Geography, @unibremen.bsky.social. For link email: galwaygeology@gmail.com. @quaternaryirl.bsky.social

Lake coring can be fun especially in fine weather but, as photo 2 shows, it can also require grit and brawn. Photos kindly provided by Professor Berndt Zolischka, University of Bremen

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Happy New Year! At midnight on Hogmanay, the Watch Stone will move from its position guarding the approach to the Ness of Brodgar to take a drink from Stenness loch. (Or so it is said!) Wishing you all a wonderful 2026, filled with folklore, fun and many a hike to an ancient site 💚🪨🎉

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 31/12/2025

It’s been so great to see the Tuatha community grow over the past year! Here's a short thread of some of what we've been up to: This year has seen the production of twelve brand new itineraries, helping you to explore landscapes like the Ards Peninsula, Galway, the Fermanagh Lakelands, and more.

An aerial view of the round tower and remains of the early monastery on Devenish Island, I loved visiting there this year

The twelve itineraries we made this year, they are: the Ring of Kerry, Inis Oírr, Lough Gur, Howth Peninsula, Galway City, Leitrim, South Mayo, Roscommon, Fermanagh Lakelands, the Liberator Trail that follows in the footsteps of Daniel O'Connell, and the Ards Peninsula

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

It is indeed a fascinating account. Well worth a close read

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Michael O'Connell @moconnell007.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Aithbhliain for shéan is fé mhaise daoibh uile. Happy New Year Earlier today in Loughshinny, nr. Skerries, Co. Dublin

Spectacular folding in Carboniferous limestone & shale strata in beautiful Loughshinny. Photos by Emer, December 31, 2025

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Catherine @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

The vibrant magnificence of #Earth: 22 breathtaking images from the 2025 #Landscape #Photographer of the Year awards. #landscapephotography #photography Be sure to take a look at all the amazing #photos by following this link: www.popsci.com/environment/...

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Merry Christmas / Nollaig shona / & Happy New Year / Aithbhliain faoi shéan is faoi mhaise díobh uile

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

2026 calendar by @corkgeological.bsky.social. Spendid photographs of geological structures, fossils, etc. from #Ireland & further afield. Several photos featuring memorable CGA/GGA trip to #Árainn (#InisMór), #AranIslands, led by @johnjfwalsh.bsky.social. @geolsurvie.bsky.social

Scan of front cover, CGA geology calendar 2026 showing participants on Carboniferous rock platform on western shore, near Poll na bPéist, Inis Mór, 28 May, 2025

Scan of back cover, CGA geology calendar 2026 showing participants climbing towards Dún Aonghasa (large Bronze Age fort) on cliff location, Inis Mór; in background Galway Bay and Connemara. 28 May, 2025

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 25/11/2025

The past is always present on the beautiful island of Inis Oírr. This is just one of the wonderful wealth of monuments that are featured on our itinerary, available now for Tuatha Members. Not a member yet? Start your Irish archaeological adventure today! www.tuatha.ie/join/

A promotional image for our Inis Oírr Itinerary featuring two of the featured sites and part of the illustrated map

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History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

November 22, 1842, contemporary sources describe clouds of ash "rolling up in great masses, wreathing as smoke from a pipe does, but on an enormous scale" over Washington and Oregon - one of the early documented eruptive episodes of St. Helens (who repeated this spectacle 138 years later)🌋

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

You responsible for wielding the sledgehammer, @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social?

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Nice to see Emain Macha / Loughnashade highlighted. A fine place to visit at any time of year. Photos taken on a fine June day 2015 during a visit to the Centre & this impresssive site. All the more memorable on account of the expert guidance by Prof Jim Mallory of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

The impressive earth works that surround the artificial mound on the hilltop at Emain Macha / Navan Fort; photo: 2015-06-13, Michael O'Connell

Empressive earthworks at Emain Macha / Navan Fort; photo: 2015-06-13, Michael O'Connell

Fine ash tree (one of many) and lush countryside at Emain Macha / Navan Fort; photo: 2015-06-13, Michael O'Connell

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Galway Geological Assoc (GGA) @galway-geol-ass.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

#GGA lecture this evening at 7 pm: The Ethics of Mineral Extraction by Dr Nick O'Neill. The subject matter has seldom been more topical 😳

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Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Panels of Irish ‘Marble’ in the foyer of what is now the Department of Justice in Dublin. Stunning example of #urbangeology

The entrance hall of this building is decorated with a series of numbered panels displaying marbles and decorative stones quarried in Ireland.

An example of a black ‘marble’ from Galway figured with a white fossil coral

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Michael O'Connell @moconnell007.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Climbed to the crater of #Vesuvius yesterday. Amazing to see gases emerging & smell S. Unfortunately, no explanations of the complex stratigraphy. Vegetation struggling to gain a foothold on the Volcanic deposits. Panoramic views of the Bay of Naples

Complex stratigraphy inside Vesuvius crater

Volcanic ash & large boulder beside path to crater

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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Farming side by side with nature in an upland region of Teneriffe, although this type of farming is clearly on the decline. Curaíocht traidisiúnta i sléibhte Teneriffe. Cuireann sé i gcuimhne dhom sléibhte Conamara beagán, tá fiú raithneach ag fás sna áiteanna nach bhfuil curtha níos mó...

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