IRELAND AND PLANET EARTH HAVE COME A LONG WAY TOGETHER
Doctor Padhraig S. Kennan
Sponsored by Irish Geological Association, Trinity College Dublin, Irish Quaternary Association
Dublin
Wednesday 3rd December 2008 at 18.00pm
Ed Burke Theatre, Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin
Kerry
Thursday 4th December 2008 at 20.00pm
The Malton Hotel (Formerly The Great Southern Hotel), Killarney, Co. Kerry
Have you ever visited Rhodinia, or Gondwana, or old Avalonia? Or crossed the wide Iapetus Ocean? Have you ever seen the first plants that ever grew, or the first animal to leave a footprint? The rocks of Ireland have been there, and have seen it all as they were forced to wander by a demanding machine - planet Earth.
Pádhraig taught geology at University College Dublin for many years. He is a research geologist who has published widely on granites and granite-related mineral deposits in Ireland and latterly in Poland. He is also a skilled communicator - well known as the writer and presenter of the popular television series Written in Stone.
The language of this lecture will be ordinary, everyday and non-technical.