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Carrauntoouhill
Carrauntoouhill
Photograph of summit of Carrauntoohill, County Kerry - Ireland's highest mountain (3414 feet)
Courtesy of Kevin Farnan, Tralee Mountaineering Club.
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carboniferous hums
carboniferous hums
Carboniferous hums, including Rock of Dunamase
Copyright Geological Survey of Ireland 2006.
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'In Connemara' painted by Paul Henry
'In Connemara' painted by Paul Henry
'In Connemara' painted by Paul Henry. This is an example of a great work of art that has been influenced by the physical landscape.
Courtesy of the Shane Grant collection.
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Hummocky moraine
Hummocky moraine
How parts of Ireland might have appeared after the last ice age: bare land surfaces in Iceland from which ice has recently retreated.
Courtesy of the University of Iceland
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Galty Mountains
Galty Mountains
Galty Mountains, Co. Tipperary. This range includes Galtymore, one of the few mountains in Ireland to exceed 900 metres (3000 feet) in altitude.
From 'Reading The Irish Landscape' by Frank Mitchell and Michael Ryan
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Cross section carbonate mounds
Cross section carbonate mounds
The discovery of 'carbonate mounds', has been among the most dramatic of recent offshore discoveries.
Courtesy of Arnold Horner 2006.
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Enclosures at Co. Clare
Enclosures at Co. Clare
A landscape of ancient fields and enclosures are illustrated here around a great stone cashel defended by an obstacle consisting of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame against enemies.
Copyright Reading the Irish Landscape.
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Cuilcagh Mountain
Cuilcagh Mountain
Satellite image showing Cuilcagh Mountain, County Fermanagh and the source of the river Shannon.
Image provided courtesy of Google Earth
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Donegal Batholith
Donegal Batholith
Block diagram of the three-dimensional shape of part of the Deonegal Batholith
Courtesy of Pitcher W.S. and Berger A.R.
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Ice Age Map
Ice Age Map
Some of the landscape features produced by the Ice Age are shown here. The map, which is simplified and generalized, shows the drumlin belt, and some (but not all) of the midland esker systems.
Map drawn by Stephen Hannon.