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Seven Scientific Wonders of Ireland

Seven Scientific Wonders of Ireland named as part of launch of new Atlas of scientific people and places

Did you know . . . Ireland has some of the world’s oldest fossil ‘footprints’? Irish algebra helped to land a man on the Moon? The great telescope at Birr was the biggest in the world for over 70 years? And we have an astronomical observatory that is 1,000 years older than Stonehenge?

These national treasures are among the seven wonders of Ireland featured on a new Irish Atlas launching today [May 16, 2012]. The ‘Atlas of Ingenious Ireland’ has been designed to highlight local and national sites of scientific interest around the country for people to discover, and is part of the Dublin City of Science 2012 programme. The Atlas is an interactive online map, that people can explore at www.atlas.ingeniousireland.ie.

The seven wonders include natural and man-made wonders, and a Eureka! moment of discovery. The atlas also features 60 top places of scientific interest around the country. From museums to commemorative plaques, to wildlife watching, the website has it all, including some of Ireland’s best gardens, and the top 10 astronomy and science sites.

www.atlas.ingeniousireland.ie is supported by Dublin City of Science 2012 and is part of the year-long celebration of science with a programme of over 160 science-related events that cross the worlds of art and culture to entertain the general public and visitors to Ireland’s capital.

For more information, please visit www.atlas.ingeniousireland.ie