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When horsemeat was on the menu at Tara!
The Hill of Tara: 2,000 years ago horses were sacrificed and eaten here! Forget burgers! The recent controversy reminds us that, 2,000 years, we were eating horsemeat in Ireland . . . but not just any...
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Spoiler alert! The shamrock’s a sham
First published in The Irish Times March 15, 2012 Is this the real shamrock? Yellow clover (T. dubium). Wikimedia image by Kenraiz You might wear a sprig of ‘shamrock’ this St Patrick’s day — but did...
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New iPhone app for the Hill of Tara
Now you can follow in the footsteps of High Kings and heroes at Tara, with our new iPhone app. From our new iPhone app for Tara. Royal rituals, burials and battles, even sacrificial horses. . ....
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The last journey on Dublin’s atmospheric railway
The opening of Dalkey atmospheric railway in 1844, Illustrated London News A most unusual train connected Dun Laoghaire and Dalkey for 10 years, until the last journey took place on this day 1854, and...
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JD Bernal and the DNA double helix
The Sage of Science, biography of JD Bernal by Andrew Brown Watson and Crick would never have discovered the DNA double helix in 1953, if it hadn’t been for an ingenious Irish scientist, who was born...
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Up with (Ingenious) women!
Is there something in the air? Because suddenly — and happily — lots of people are interested in Ireland’s historic women scientists. There is a film in the making about two women from the mid-1800s:...
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The geeks are coming! New Dublin science walking tour
Press release: July 4th, 2013 Dublin’s newest walking tour has an air raid shelter, elephants, earthquakes and chocolate! On an air raid shelter deep in Dublin, are the geeky guides for Dublin’s newest...
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10 Free Geeky Things to Do in Dublin
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Women in tech — what to do?
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World’s first guided missile
The world’s first guided missile was invented in the 1870s by an ingenious Irish man, Louis Brennan. Brennan also invented what is probably the first tilting train and an early type of helicopter....
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When horsemeat was on the menu at Tara!
The Hill of Tara: 2,000 years ago horses were sacrificed and eaten here! Forget burgers! The recent controversy reminds us that, 2,000 years, we were eating horsemeat in Ireland . . . but not just any...
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Spoiler alert! The shamrock’s a sham
First published in The Irish Times March 15, 2012 Is this the real shamrock? Yellow clover (T. dubium). Wikimedia image by Kenraiz You might wear a sprig of ‘shamrock’ this St Patrick’s day — but did...
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New iPhone app for the Hill of Tara
Now you can follow in the footsteps of High Kings and heroes at Tara, with our new iPhone app. From our new iPhone app for Tara. Royal rituals, burials and battles, even sacrificial horses. . ....
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The last journey on Dublin’s atmospheric railway
The opening of Dalkey atmospheric railway in 1844, Illustrated London News A most unusual train connected Dun Laoghaire and Dalkey for 10 years, until the last journey took place on this day 1854, and...
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JD Bernal and the DNA double helix
The Sage of Science, biography of JD Bernal by Andrew Brown Watson and Crick would never have discovered the DNA double helix in 1953, if it hadn’t been for an ingenious Irish scientist, who was born...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Up with (Ingenious) women!
Is there something in the air? Because suddenly — and happily — lots of people are interested in Ireland’s historic women scientists. There is a film in the making about two women from the mid-1800s:...
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The geeks are coming! New Dublin science walking tour
Press release: July 4th, 2013 Dublin’s newest walking tour has an air raid shelter, elephants, earthquakes and chocolate! On an air raid shelter deep in Dublin, are the geeky guides for Dublin’s newest...
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10 Free Geeky Things to Do in Dublin
Dublin is famous for her writers and Riverdance, but the city also has a rich geeky past. Here are 10 highlights and secret Dublin treasures, from amazing fossils to a pioneering diving bell, and even...
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Women in tech — what to do?
The huge success of last month’s Dublin Web Summit helped to focus attention on how few women were participating – less than 10%, and many of those were moderators and not speakers. Trouble is, there’s...
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World’s first guided missile
The world’s first guided missile was invented in the 1870s by an ingenious Irish man, Louis Brennan. Brennan also invented what is probably the first tilting train and an early type of helicopter....
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