UNESCO Global Geopark for Connacht

The talk will explore the rich geodiversity of the region translates into a multitude of habitats, large parts of which are protected within the European Union NATURA 2000 network.

The Joyce Country and Western Lakes region, located in the west of Ireland to the north of the Connemara region in the counties of Galway and Mayo, is well-known to geologists, particularly in Ireland, Britain, and North America, for having the most complete record of the Ordovician to Devonian Grampian-Taconic orogeny.