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Building Ireland - Geography on TV!This summer on RTÉ One, Dr Susan Hegarty (Geography, SPD) joins two colleagues (Tim Joyce, OPW and Orla Murphy, Architecture, UCD) as they explore some of the finest examples of Ireland’s building and engineering heritage. Supported by the Geographical Society of Ireland, the series looks at how geography has influenced, and been influenced by, major engineering and architectural feats of the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
This six part documentary series from Esras Films in association with Brian Gray was produced for RTÉ One with Sound and Vision funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Programme One looked at The Cork to Bandon Railway. Engineer Tim Joyce investigates how you bore an 800 metre tunnel through Goggins Hill and build a viaduct across Laune valley at the dawn of Ireland’s railway age. Architect Orla Murphy explores the relationship of gunpowder with tunnel construction and Geographer Susan Hegarty discovers the markets and industries fuelling the railways. Future programmes will look at the banking halls of Dublin, the quay and port of Waterford, Limerick's St John's Cathedral, the Boyne viaduct at Drogheda and the town of Westport and its linen trade. Next episode on Tuesday 15 July 7pm RTE One - Catch up on the RTE Player here #BuildingIreland |
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Call for PapersCall for Papers - GIS Research UK 2015
Date: 15-17 April 2015 Location: University of Leeds The GISRUK conference series is the UK’s national GIS research conference, established in 1993. GISRUK conferences attract delegates from all parts of the UK, together with the European Union and North America and from disciplines including Geography, Computer Science, Planning, Archaeology, Geology, Geomatics and Engineering. Extended abstracts (up to 1500 words) are now invited. All abstracts will be peer reviewed; accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings and some will have the opportunity to be written up as full papers and submitted to a special issue of Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. More information - including how to submit an abstract Deadline: 7 November 2014 Upcoming in 2014/2015GSI Logo competition
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Postgrad News!Viva Voce launched in June 2014 and was created by current PhD student Gemma Sou. It is a new platform that supports the dissemination and impact of social science research by PhD students, PostDocs and Early careers researchers (academic and non-academic). Set up a short, sweet and engaging podcast about your research that is also accessible to the general public. We group Podcast profiles by 3 keywords and discipline so that you are visible on four pages, which creates greater exposure for you and your research.... More Info click here
Useful LinksOpen Access Maps from NY Public LibraryThe New York Public Library has made over 20,000 maps free to download from their website here.
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