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The geology of Ireland consists of ... The oldest known Irish rock is about 1.7 billion ... Doolin Cave is the site of one of the world's longest known free-hanging ...
Its creation took place in the year 1393 when a strong high tide cloud broke it and left it stranded near the sea. [citation needed]Evidence that it was once part of the mainland was presented in 1980 by researchers who landed on it and carried out surveys, where they found stone buildings and remains of sheep crossings.
Geological Survey Ireland produces maps, reports and databases, and acts as a knowledge centre and project partner in a number of aspects of Irish geology. [3] The organisation managed the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS, 1999–2005), which on completion was the world's largest civilian marine mapping programme.
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Sir Richard John Griffith Bt. FRS FRSE FGS LLD (20 September 1784 – 22 September 1878), was an Irish geologist, mining engineer and chairman of the Board of Works of Ireland, who completed the first complete geological map of Ireland and was the author of the valuation of Ireland; subsequently known as Griffith's Valuation.
The geology of Ireland is diverse. Different regions contain rocks belonging to different geological periods, dating back almost 2 billion years. The oldest known Irish rock is about 1.7 billion years old and is found on Inishtrahull Island off the north coast of Inishowen [4] [5] and on the mainland at Annagh Head on the Mullet Peninsula. [6]
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) [1] is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. [3] [4] It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
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