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Latest Articles: Irish Journal of Earth SciencesTWOProject MUSE®Irish Journal of Earth Sciences2009-00640790-1763Latest articles in Irish Journal of Earth Sciences. Feed provided by Project MUSE®Corkite from Glandore Mine, County Cork, and the Discovery of Five Mineral Species New to Ireland: Chalcosiderite, Churchite-Y, Delafossite, Kidwellite, and Kintoreite
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/958562
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Although manganese ores are widespread across Ireland, Glandore Mine (also called Aghatubrid Mine) is one of only a few places in the country where such ores have been found in sufficient quantity to merit mining. The other localities are the nearby Roury Glen Mine, County Cork, and a mine at Howth, County Dublin. Of these, Glandore is by far the most significant (Cole 1922).The history of Glandore Mine has been described by O’Sullivan (2002), and the summary herein is largely taken from that account. The initial discovery was in 1810 by a Colonel Robert Hall, and was of copper, not manganese. Hall was a Cornishman who had been recently discharged from military service, and who was prospecting for, and opening
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallCorkite from Glandore Mine, County Cork, and the Discovery of Five Mineral Species New to Ireland: Chalcosiderite, Churchite-Y, Delafossite, Kidwellite, and Kintoreite2025-04-24text/htmlen-USCorkite from Glandore Mine, County Cork, and the Discovery of Five Mineral Species New to Ireland: Chalcosiderite, Churchite-Y, Delafossite, Kidwellite, and Kintoreite2025-04-242025TWOProject MUSE®1795982026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-04-24Onshore Provenance of Clasts from Offshore Glacial Deposits, Nw Irish Continental Shelf
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/964646
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The British Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) covered approximately two thirds of Britain and Ireland during the Devensian Last Glacial Maximum around 27,000 years ago (Clark et al. 2012). Knowledge of the development and extent of the Devensian BIIS, in both onshore and offshore regions, is critical to understanding how present-day ice sheets could change in the future. Our knowledge of the BIIS is limited by an incomplete record of bedrock and Quaternary geology onshore, but more so, in offshore areas (Fig. 1). Seabed surveys of the Donegal Bay and Malin Shelf have allowed the identification of submerged glacial landforms (Benetti et al. 2010; Dunlop et al. 2010), which provided much needed insight into the extent of BIIS
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallOnshore Provenance of Clasts from Offshore Glacial Deposits, Nw Irish Continental Shelf2025-07-09text/htmlen-USOnshore Provenance of Clasts from Offshore Glacial Deposits, Nw Irish Continental Shelf2025-07-092025TWOProject MUSE®1888902026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-07-09First Irish Record of Denticles of the Enigmatic Paleozoic Shark Listracanthus Hystrix from the Carboniferous of County Clare, Ireland
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/964647
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Listracanthus is a form genus of Paleozoic shark known only from its distinctive barbed and 'feathery' dermal denticles. Some of these denticles can be up to 76mm long (Chorn and Reavis 1978) and have been found in abundance at some localities and it is therefore considered that the fish that bore them was of considerable size (Mutter and Neuman 2006). Some specimens of Listracanthus from the USA show mass clusters of dermal denticles (Chorn and Reavis 1978) and it has been interpreted that much of the body of the fish was covered by these spines, which would have given the fish a very distinctive appearance. Globally, Listracanthus spines are known to range from the Mississippian to the Triassic (Mutter and Neuman
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallFirst Irish Record of Denticles of the Enigmatic Paleozoic Shark Listracanthus Hystrix from the Carboniferous of County Clare, Ireland2025-07-09text/htmlen-USFirst Irish Record of Denticles of the Enigmatic Paleozoic Shark Listracanthus Hystrix from the Carboniferous of County Clare, Ireland2025-07-092025TWOProject MUSE®626502026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-07-09Lungfish from the Early Pennsylvanian of Ireland and the Phylogeny of Carboniferous Dipnoi
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/966484
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Vertebrate fossils are rare in the Pennsylvanian of Ireland. Before the recent discovery of tetrapod bones at Doolin, County Clare (Doyle and Ó Gogáin 2019), Jarrow Colliery, at Castlecomer in County Kilkenny, was the only known locality. It was originally discovered in 1864 (Brownrigg 1865), and over the next few years a large and diverse collection of fishes and tetrapods was assembled by a number of very active local collectors. This led to rivalries and intrigues (DeArce et al. 2011) that in some way may have unintentionally devalued the importance of the collection, as only one paper of significance was published at that time (Huxley and Wright 1867). This manuscript concentrated on the abundant tetrapod
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallLungfish from the Early Pennsylvanian of Ireland and the Phylogeny of Carboniferous Dipnoi2025-07-24text/htmlen-USLungfish from the Early Pennsylvanian of Ireland and the Phylogeny of Carboniferous Dipnoi2025-07-242025TWOProject MUSE®1762572026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-07-24First Record of the Xiphosurid Euproops cf. danae from Ireland – A Newly Discovered Specimen from the Pennsylvanian of County Clare
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/968156
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Xiphosurids are arthropods and are commonly called horseshoe crabs. Despite their name, they belong to the subphylum Chelicerata, making them closer relatives to scorpions and spiders, rather than true crabs from the subphylum Crustacea. Xiphosurid body fossils are known from at least the Late Ordovician (Rudkin et al. 2008), although undescribed material from the Fezouata Formation in Morocco (Van Roy et al. 2010; Bicknell and Pates 2020) may push them further back to the Early Ordovician, and four species are extant at present (Lamsdell 2020). Despite their long-ranging and abundant fossil record, xiphosurid fossils are very rare in Ireland, with the only previous records known from the Westphalian
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallFirst Record of the Xiphosurid Euproops cf. danae from Ireland – A Newly Discovered Specimen from the Pennsylvanian of County Clare2025-08-26text/htmlen-USFirst Record of the Xiphosurid Euproops cf. danae from Ireland – A Newly Discovered Specimen from the Pennsylvanian of County Clare2025-08-262025TWOProject MUSE®1192742026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-08-26Late Pleistocene Glacial History of the Carlingford Mountains
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/969613
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The Carlingford Mountains, also known as the Cooley Mountains, are significant topographic features of east-central Ireland and are surrounded by the coastal plain of the Carlingford (or Cooley) Peninsula of County Louth. Although evidence for late Pleistocene glacial dynamics has been examined in detail from ice-retreat sites along the Carlingford Peninsula coast and from adjacent areas around Dundalk Bay and the Mourne Plain (e.g. McCabe et al. 1987; Merritt et al. 2018), there is a lack of information on the glacial history of the Carlingford Mountains themselves. This contrasts with adjacent mountain massifs, such as the Mourne Mountains (Wilson 2004; Barr et al. 2017) and the Wicklow Mountains (Ballantyne et
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallLate Pleistocene Glacial History of the Carlingford Mountains2025-09-16text/htmlen-USLate Pleistocene Glacial History of the Carlingford Mountains2025-09-162025TWOProject MUSE®1348082026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-09-16Papers on the History of Irish Geology
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/970058
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This thematic set of five papers draws together recent research into various aspects of the history of Irish geology from the early eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries. This compilation is based on papers delivered to a meeting of the History of Geology Group [HOGG] (affiliated to the Geological Society of London) held in Dublin in August 2023, which explored the theme ‘Aspects of the history and progress of geology in Ireland’. This four-day programme of events comprised a day of lectures held in the iconic Museum Building of Trinity College Dublin, followed by field excursions in the city and neighbourhood of Dublin.The lecture session provided delegates with the opportunity to present and discuss a wide range
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallPapers on the History of Irish Geology2025-09-16text/htmlen-USPapers on the History of Irish Geology2025-09-162025TWOProject MUSE®69402026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-09-16The Fossil Collections of Sir Richard John Griffith (1784–1878)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/971063
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Richard Griffith is well known as the ‘father of Irish geology’ (Kinahan 1878) and the geologist who produced the first geological maps of the whole of the island of Ireland (Herries Davies 1983). Following his early education in geology in London in 1802, and Edinburgh in 1806 (Herries Davies 1980a) he returned to Ireland. Griffith’s career included formal posts as Engineer to the Bog Commissioners (from 1809), surveyor of the Leinster Coalfield (1809–14) on behalf of the Dublin Society (from June 1820, the ‘Royal’ Dublin Society or RDS), Inspector of Irish Mines (from 1811), head of the Boundary Survey (from 1825) and Mining Engineer to the RDS (1812–29). Many of these appointments were in the form of part-time
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallThe Fossil Collections of Sir Richard John Griffith (1784–1878)2025-10-04text/htmlen-USThe Fossil Collections of Sir Richard John Griffith (1784–1878)2025-10-042025TWOProject MUSE®1298332026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-10-04An Early Geological Map of Ireland: A Collaboration of Richard John Griffith and George Bellas Greenough
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/971064
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Richard John Griffith (1784–1878) was an eminent public figure in nineteenth century Ireland who is now best known for his directorship of various valuation surveys, for which he received a baronetcy in 1858, to his geological map of Ireland. His life and considerable contributions are assessed in detail in the compendium of essays edited by Herries Davies and Mollan (1980) and so are not recounted here. It is sufficient to recall that Griffith, who received his geological education in Edinburgh under Robert Jameson, returned to Dublin where he took up positions as a surveyor of mining districts for the Dublin Society in 1809 and, at much the same time, as a surveyor to the Bog Commissioners. In that year on 1
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallAn Early Geological Map of Ireland: A Collaboration of Richard John Griffith and George Bellas Greenough2025-10-04text/htmlen-USAn Early Geological Map of Ireland: A Collaboration of Richard John Griffith and George Bellas Greenough2025-10-042025TWOProject MUSE®707632026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-10-04A Colourised Photograph of Sir Richard John Griffith (1784–1878)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/971065
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Sir Richard John Griffith (1784–1878) was a notable public figure in Ireland who is perhaps best known for his leadership of the Townland and Rateable Valuations undertaken between 1830 and 1858 (Lee 1980; Vaughan 1980; Reilly 2000). During these surveys geological information and palaeontological collections were acquired by the surveyors, and the latter were documented in two monographs authored by Frederick M‘Coy (Wyse Jackson and Monaghan 1994; Monaghan 2025). This unofficial geological data assembly also informed Griffith’s work as a geological cartographer whose name was carried on the triumphant large-scale map published by the Railway Commissioners between 1839 and 1855 (Herries Davies 1977). Much of the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallA Colourised Photograph of Sir Richard John Griffith (1784–1878)2025-10-04text/htmlen-USA Colourised Photograph of Sir Richard John Griffith (1784–1878)2025-10-042025TWOProject MUSE®257722026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-10-04Irish Contributions to the Progress of Geology in India in the Nineteenth Century
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/972072
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The history of geological research in India in the nineteenth century can be considered as comprising two main phases. The period leading up to the early 1850s was dominated by the activities of the Honorary East India Company (HEIC) and saw the publication of more than 500 papers on various aspects of geology including around twenty geological maps. These were contributed in the main by officers of the company who were not trained geologists. These early investigations were mostly of a reconnaissance nature and fall into three main categories:Reports on natural resources (primarily coal, but also iron, copper, tin, salt, gypsum, water supply, and precious stones)Reports on ‘medical topography’ i.e. the effect of
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallIrish Contributions to the Progress of Geology in India in the Nineteenth Century2025-10-15text/htmlen-USIrish Contributions to the Progress of Geology in India in the Nineteenth Century2025-10-152025TWOProject MUSE®1827182026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-10-15An Irish Female Pioneer in Geology: Mary Katherine Andrews (1852–1914)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/973622
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Mary Katherine Andrews was born in Belfast on 5 October 1852. She was one of six children and the youngest of the four daughters to Jane Hardie and the eminent chemist Dr Thomas Andrews F.R.S. (Creese 2004), of whom numerous works have been written. Following his death a compilation of his papers and a memoir was published (Tait and Brown 1889), wherein the authors acknowledged the considerable assistance provided to them by Mary Andrews and her sister. Copies of the volume were donated by Mary to various institutions including Queen’s College Belfast and the Chester Society of Natural Science Literature and Art (Newstead 1904). Dr Andrews will also be remembered for his defence of the right of women to be admitted
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallAn Irish Female Pioneer in Geology: Mary Katherine Andrews (1852–1914)2025-10-31text/htmlen-USAn Irish Female Pioneer in Geology: Mary Katherine Andrews (1852–1914)2025-10-312025TWOProject MUSE®1276182026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-10-31The Disparid Crinoid Synbathocrinus Phillips from the Carboniferous of County Clare, Western Ireland
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/974660
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“… echinoderm palaeontology is often dependent upon a biased sample showing exceptional preservation… it is apparent how important a complete understanding of [echinoderm] taphonomic behaviour could be to our comprehension of this group”The echinoderm palaeontologist must, of necessity, wear several hats. Our studies of the Carboniferous echinoderms of County Clare have examined the most complete fossil crinoids available (Donovan and Doyle 2022), supplemented by accounts of fragmentary crinoids (Donovan and Doyle 2019) and echinoids (Donovan and Doyle 2024); another author has described the trace fossils of asterozoans (Lewarne 1964). We were delighted when one of us (E.N.D.) found the crinoid specimen described
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/811/image/coversmallThe Disparid Crinoid Synbathocrinus Phillips from the Carboniferous of County Clare, Western Ireland2025-11-08text/htmlen-USThe Disparid Crinoid Synbathocrinus Phillips from the Carboniferous of County Clare, Western Ireland2025-11-082025TWOProject MUSE®611022026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-11-08