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The Great Irish Fossil Hunt is here!

2 Apr 2025

The Great Irish Fossil Hunt is here! This is your chance to help scientists at UCC find Ireland's hidden fossil treasures.  

We can find fossils in natural rocky outcrops and also in urban buildings and footpaths. We need your help to gather information on what fossils can be found in locations all over Ireland. Simply take a picture of any fossil you find while you're out and about in your local village, town or city, and send it to the UCC team—who will check out as many finds as possible. Your discoveries will help build a brand new fossil map of Ireland!  

See our interviews on:

 RTE Drivetime at 2:13:37                | RTE Today at 1:00:43

 

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See our interviews on:

 RTE Drivetime at 2:13:37                | RTE Today at 1:00:43

NewsTalk Moncrieff                         | C103 Cork Today

Today FM Dave Moore at 2:43:30   | RTE The History Show at 34:42

Find out more!

Maria McNamara Research Group

Experimental and analytical taphonomy

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University College Cork (UCC), Butler Building, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, T23 TK30, Ireland

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