| Description | Roderick Impey Murchison, fieldbooks & diaries: Ireland
British Association, Cork Meeting, 1843 (p1); stratigraphy and fossils of Ireland (pp3-5);
Notes likely Murchison's thoughts on the Permian system (pp6-31), notably correlating the geology of Europe, including Permian plants and fish of Germany, glaciers (pp6-9); notes on the Mayence Basin (pp11); [Johann] Kaup's collection (pp15-17); 'Griffith' [Richard Griffith] rough geological sections with notes on palaeozoic stratigraphy of Ireland such as Kildare, Mayo, Waterford, etc. (pp21-23); notes on Pleistocene remains (elephants, Mastodon, rhinoceros, elk, pigs) with brief reference to Siberia (pp25-31);
Sat 25 Aug 1843: Cork to Bantry via Bandon, Ross Carberg and Skibbereen (pp33-35) including Irish phrases; Miss McCarthy complaining about the price to attend the British Association Meeting in Cork (pp36-38);
From back of book: Partial draft of Murchison's address to the British Association and the dinner (B1 to end of book);
"Notes of a tour of S of Ireland after the Cork Meeting of the British Association 184[3]": Bantry - Glengarriff (B5); sections (B6-7); General section of the gap at Danloe between Glengarriff and Kenmare (B13); Killarney (B20); Sketch 'View from Sneem' (B23); Derrynane (B25);
31 Aug-1 Sep: Notes and sections of Valentia Island, County Kerry accompanied by "the Knight of Kerry" [Sir Maurice Fitzgerald?], including Valentia Slate Quarries with section (B27); sketch of the columnar basalt of Begnish Island with sections and notes (B30-34); rough sketch of the strata of Dowlas Head (B35); Dingle (B37-39);
Tralee (B41); Limerick (B44); 4 Sep: Killaloe by steamer to Portumna, meets 'Old Dr and Mrs Fowler' (B47); 4-7 Sep: Castle Parsonstown [Birr Castle] with brief reference to the telescope and a pleasant scientific gathering (B48); 9 Sep: Left Parsonstown by coach through Portarlington, Kildare and Naas to Dublin (B49); Dublin (B50-51).
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