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Geological Survey Ireland @Dept_ECC July County Geosite is Corlea Trackway, Co Longford. Underlain by Lower Carboniferous limestone bedrock, the oak plank trackway is set in Quaternary age peat.

Geological Survey Ireland @DeptCEE image for July is St John’s Point, Co Donegal. Lighthouse and Éire 70 sign on Carboniferous calcareous sandstone and sandy oolite of the Muckros Sandstone Formation. Photo by Aloke Tiwary

RT @dias_geophysics: A huge thanks to everyone involved! 👏. #DIASdiscovers #DIAS85. @DIAS_Dublin @GeolSurvIE @quakeshake_ .@raspishake @CCU….

@LaoisCouncil Link to County Geological Site of the Month

The Geological Survey Ireland @Dept_ECC June County Geosite is Abbeyleix Bog, Co Laois @LaoisCouncil. The bog formed in marshy conditions around 7-10ka during the Quaternary. It's underlain by Lower Carboniferous limestone bedrock. County Geological Site of the Month

Geological Survey Ireland @DeptCEE image for June is Carrownrush, Co Sligo. Vertical Palaeogene Period dolerite dyke approximately 60 million years old, cutting through horizontal Carboniferous Period 300 million year old limestone beds. Photo by Rory Smith

RT @dias_geophysics: ⚠️ Earthquake Update!. M1.5 #earthquake in the Irish Sea from 2025/05/22, recorded by stations of the Irish National S….

The Geological Survey Ireland @Dept_ECC May County Geosite of the month is the Little Brosna-Shannon confluence, Co Offaly @offalycoco and Co Tipperary @TipperaryCoCo. It’s a good example of an anastomosing channel - multiple, interconnecting channels.

The Geotechnical Society of Ireland will hold its Spring Half Day Seminar on Tuesday, 13 May in Dublin. For more information and registration details see website.

May’s image of the month for @GeolSurvIE @Dept_ECC is of the Burren, Co Clare. Burren or boíreann in Irish means rock, rocky country, or karst. It is internationally known for its limestone pavement and associated flora and fauna. Photo by Pawel Zygmunt.

RT @Dept_ECC: In the last ten years @GeolSurvIE has invested nearly €17 million in 226 research projects directly funding almost 160 resear….

RT @followtheboats: Have you tried out our Surveys, Reports, and Metadata Viewer?. Explore previous or planned surveys, follow vessel track….

📣 Only 1 week left to apply for the 2025 Graduate Geologist job competition at @GeolSurvIE , @Dept_ECC.There are 6 Graduate Geologist positions, each of 11 months duration. More info:

RT @quakeshake_: A Magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred 21 km SE of Marmara Ereğlisi, Turkey 2025-04-23 09:49:10 (UTC time)🇹🇷. The epicentre i….

Geological Survey Ireland, a division of @Dept_ECC is pleased to announce the opening of the 2025 Graduate Geologists job competition. There are 6 positions, each of 11 months duration. More info:

April's County Geological Site for @GeolSurvIE @Dept_ECC is is Murrens Esker, Co Meath & Co Westmeath. Murrens Esker formed by the deposition of sand and gravel by a subglacial river extending over 15km between counties Meath & Westmeath. More info:

RT @followtheboats: Congrats to all involved in delivering the 2025 #INFOMAR #SeabedMapping MSc module co-created with @Maynoothgeog . St….

RT @IrishFossils: #TheGreatIrishFossilHunt is here!.We need your help to find fossils in natural rocky outcrops and also in urban buildings….

April's image for Geological Survey Ireland, @Dept_ECC is of An Branán Mór sea stack, Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare. It shows horizontal beds of Carboniferous mudstone, siltstone, & sandstone of the Central Clare Group. Photo by: James Grandfield.