Lectures

Close Encounters of the Third(Geological) Kind
Monday 20th Oct 2025
Talk by Stephen Thompson
6.30 for 7.00pm
Venue MCB
University Rd
Belfast

Wild Ireland: An exhibition at the Ulster Museum
Thursday 26th June, 10.45 a.m.
Meet in the entrance hall of the Ulster Museum.
A curator-led tour (by Mike Simms) of the exhibition (open until 31st August), showcasing 60 paintings by Julian Friars who worked in collaboration with Mike to explore the changing fortunes of some of Ireland’s wildlife, from long-extinct giant millipedes, through Ice Age ‘monsters’, to extant wildlife.

The mining heritage of County Antrim and its legacy
Monday 19th May
Talk by Kieran Parker BGS
6.30 for 7.00pm
Venue QUB Geography Dept ,Elmwood
Avenue,Belfast

Belfast Geologists 2025 AGM
AGM and Alaska Presentation Tuesday April 8th at Methodist College Belfast
6.00pm- 6.30pm AGM
6.30-7.00pm Tea/Coffee
7.00pm ‘An Alaskan Adventure’ by Ian Enlander

Ireland’s Fossil Heritage – bringing geoscience to the public
18th March 2025
Talk by Dr Jess Franklin
Venue Methodist College Belfast
Time 6.30-8pm

Fun with Fossils !
Sat 22nd Feb
Karen Parks
Carrickfergus Museum( part of NI Science Festival)
10.30- 2.30

Close Encounters of the Third(Geological) Kind
Monday 20th Oct 2025
Talk by Stephen Thompson
6.30 for 7.00pm
Venue MCB
University Rd
Belfast

Wild Ireland: An exhibition at the Ulster Museum
Thursday 26th June, 10.45 a.m.
Meet in the entrance hall of the Ulster Museum.
A curator-led tour (by Mike Simms) of the exhibition (open until 31st August), showcasing 60 paintings by Julian Friars who worked in collaboration with Mike to explore the changing fortunes of some of Ireland’s wildlife, from long-extinct giant millipedes, through Ice Age ‘monsters’, to extant wildlife.

The mining heritage of County Antrim and its legacy
Monday 19th May
Talk by Kieran Parker BGS
6.30 for 7.00pm
Venue QUB Geography Dept ,Elmwood
Avenue,Belfast

Belfast Geologists 2025 AGM
AGM and Alaska Presentation Tuesday April 8th at Methodist College Belfast
6.00pm- 6.30pm AGM
6.30-7.00pm Tea/Coffee
7.00pm ‘An Alaskan Adventure’ by Ian Enlander

Ireland’s Fossil Heritage – bringing geoscience to the public
18th March 2025
Talk by Dr Jess Franklin
Venue Methodist College Belfast
Time 6.30-8pm

Fun with Fossils !
Sat 22nd Feb
Karen Parks
Carrickfergus Museum( part of NI Science Festival)
10.30- 2.30