First stop of day 2 takes us to Drumlane Abbey and Round Tower, which was established in the 6th Century!
07.09.2025 10:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Our next stop takes us to the Cuilcagh Lakelands Geopark, where we discuss a wedge tomb located within the park!
06.09.2025 14:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
After a quick lunch stop, we headed to White Fathers Cave!
06.09.2025 13:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Up next, is the Gortalughany Viewpoint, where the views include ribbed moraines!
06.09.2025 11:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Next stop, just a hop down the road to Tullydermot Falls to discuss the relationship between the karstic landscape and the impact of water on that environment.
06.09.2025 10:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Field Trip Time! County Cavan! First stop is a discussion of geological features, including karstic landscapes, with a discussion led by Jasper Knight.
06.09.2025 09:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It isn't too late! Our field trip to Cavan is this weekend! The Friday evening social is at 19:00 in Belturbet. We'd love to see you all there! More info: iqua.ie/3rd-circular...
04.09.2025 22:49 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Join us 5-7 September for our next IQUA field trip in Cavan! Glacial landscapes and over 300 lakes await. Further details soon. Can't wait to see you all there!
08.07.2025 11:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Don't forget - our Spring Meeting and AGM is next Saturday, 29 March! Full details here: iqua.ie/invitation-i...
20.03.2025 13:02 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The deadline for our Eileen Reilly postgrad research award is tomorrow! Details on how to submit here: iqua.ie/iqua-call-op...
20.03.2025 13:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Don't forget - our Spring Meeting and AGM is next Saturday, 29 March! Full details here: iqua.ie/invitation-i...
20.03.2025 13:02 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Our Spring Symposium programme is here! Join us at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick on 29 March, followed by our AGM for IQUA members. iqua.ie/invitation-i...
10.03.2025 12:47 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Call for Abstracts: IQUA Spring Symposium and AGM 2025 β Irish Quaternary Association
Final deadline for abstract submission for our Spring Symposium and AGM in Limerick is this Friday at 5pm! Our spring focus is usually showcasing postgrad work within IQUA. Further details and how to submit here: iqua.ie/call-for-abs...
06.03.2025 16:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Call for Abstracts: IQUA Spring Symposium and AGM 2025 β Irish Quaternary Association
Our Spring Meeting and AGM will take place at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick on Saturday March 29th! Submissions for presentations and posters are welcome, particularly from ECRs (iqua.ie/call-for-abs...) More details to follow!
17.02.2025 11:59 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
IQUA Eileen Reilly Postgraduate Research Award β Call open! β Irish Quaternary Association
Eileen Reilly Postgrad Research Award call now open! β¬500 for research. More details and how to apply: iqua.ie/iqua-call-op...
04.03.2025 11:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Call for Abstracts: IQUA Spring Symposium and AGM 2025 β Irish Quaternary Association
Our Spring Meeting and AGM will take place at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick on Saturday March 29th! Submissions for presentations and posters are welcome, particularly from ECRs (iqua.ie/call-for-abs...) More details to follow!
17.02.2025 11:59 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Celebrating our new OPEN ACCESs book on Lakes in Ireland hdl.handle.net/10793/1973 with Michael OConnell #pollen specialist @epaireland.bsky.social @aicbrn.bsky.social @marineinst.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @foeireland.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social #nuigalway #lakesinireland
03.12.2024 19:23 β π 16 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
Our keynote speakers for our Autumn Symposium last Friday: Kate Flood, Dave Beilman, and John Connolly and our event organisers @biggusdaveusphd.bsky.social, Gill Plunket (IQUA committee), and Michelle McKeown (IQUA committee). Thanks to our sponsors GSNI, GSI, iCRAG, and Van Walt
03.12.2024 11:33 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
We are happy to present the abstracts and programme for our Autumn Symposium on Peatlands: Past, Present, and Future, upcoming this Friday 29/11/24. Can't wait to see everyone there! Further details can be found here: iqua.ie/invitation-i...
26.11.2024 12:16 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
Call for Abstracts: IQUA Autumn Symposium 2024 β Irish Quaternary Association
For anyone who may have missed our announcements on Twitter/X, our website, and Facebook - our Autumn Symposium is Friday, 29 November and abstracts are due Friday, 22 November. Details: iqua.ie/call-for-abs...
18.11.2024 20:16 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Staking out an IQUA presence on Bluesky.
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Ecosystem ecologist at University of York (SEI-Y).
Specialized on peatlands (hydrology, carbon, methane, water quality, vegetation).
Love the outdoors, trombones (!) & good music and a lively debate on important issues. Be kind to each other.
AI2Peat aims to deliver an All-Ireland, AI-enhanced peatland condition map on top of a data and knowledge-sharing platform called PeatSense. The AI2Peat consortium is composed of CeADAR, iCRAG, and the NPWS.
Website: https://ai2peat.ie/
We are the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Ulster University. Teaching environmental science and related subjects since 1968.
Bringing together researchers across the island of Ireland to tackle the #climate and #biodiversity emergencies.
Supported by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage through @npwsireland.bsky.social.
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Protecting the Irish environment and, as a direct result, the people of Ireland.
Irelandβs new competitive research and innovation funding agency
Irish member of the world's largest federation of environmental groups, campaigning for environmental justice & sustainability.
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Restoration Ecologist from Ireland @npwsireland.bsky.social. Interested in woodlands, peatlands, uplands and environmental change. Views my own.
Post-Doctoral Researcher with Teagasc. Research focus on geophysical mapping of soils in Ireland with an interested in organic soils using EMI, Radiometrics, satellite and airborne platforms and combining all these data with modern machine learning methods
Engineering Geologist, field trip organiser, Pompey fan & New Order/Moby appreciator
Geomorphologist and Quaternary Scientist interested in long term climate change. Professor in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland. (He/Him).
Associate Professor of Petrology at Trinity College Dublin | Love #MantleRocks and all things #Tephra | Tea drinker and trail runner. Mostly tired.
Geologist & author; writer on nature and science; science communicator; hiking guide at
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European Geosciences Union is the leading organisation supporting Earth, planetary & space science researchers in Europe. #EGU26 3-8 May 2026. Online Mon-Fri 10-5 CET.
Geo is a fully open access international journal publishing original articles from across the spectrum of geography and environment research.
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The Geological Society of London is the oldest geological society in the world, and the UK's learned and professional body for Earth & Planetary scientists with ~12,000 members worldwide. www.geolsoc.org.uk