Galway Advertiser 1999/1999_04_22/GA_22041999_E1_018.pdf 

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story of Connemara
by Keith Barrett

GALWAY will celebrate its world-renowned landscapes and scenery with the arrival of the Irish Geological Week and with a number of events including an educational trip into the heart of Connemara.
This annual event, which runs from May 1 to May which will take place on Saturday May 1 from 9am 8, is organised by the Irish Geological Association to to 5pm. A group will travel into the depths of the highlight aspects of geology in Ireland and its world famous region to see the changes which have taken place over the ages. Connemara's history contribution to the landscapes around us. 'Connemara - Behind the Scenery' is a day trip promises to be an interesting one, and will be fully century ambience, and contain rock minerals and explained over the day. The James Mitchell Museum in NUI,G will hold fossils from all over the world. During the open two open days on Sunday May 2 and Saturday May days member of the Department of Geology will be 8 between 2pm and 5pm. The museum gallery and on hand to answer questions. In addition, there will diaplays have recently been restored to their 19th be a number of displays from students who are currently studying geology in the college - including a reconstruction of what the Pomoroy area of Tyrone looked like 455 million years ago, including examples of organisms that lived there at the time. The next event on the list is "The Granite Face Of Connemara', another day trip - this time heading westward from Galway along the coast road and then northwards towards Screebe, examining the variety of colour and texture displayed by the granites in South Connemara. Further information on this trip, which takes place on Friday May 7, can be optained from Martin Feely on 524411 ext 2129. Finally, a field trip on Monday May 3 will take the group into the Burren for a day spent examining the limestone and cave formations which have developed over the centuries. The trip will also i highlight the danger of damage to the area; the limestone pavement which has made the Burren so famous is only one metre deep in places and easily destroyed. For this trip sturdy footwear is recommended as the rocks can be slippery when wel. The field trip will depart from the car park to the right of Doolin Quay in Clare at 2pm.
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decision to be incorrect. Whatever your concern, if y o u a r e t h i i n k i n g of making an appeal then we may be able to help you," the statement reads. For further information on welfare appeals, contact the Galway Centre for the Unemployed at Canavan H o u s e , N u n s Island in G a l w a y , or p h o n e (091) 564822.

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