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Táin Bó Cualinge
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Queen Meadhbh and the Brown Bull of Cooley
Táin Bó Cualinge
Welcome to our workshop!
Welcome
Our workshop is about Geology
Geology is the study of rocks and the landscape around us
Today's workshop
Geology
More about Geology
The study of the Earth, the rocks that make the Earth and how they change over TIME
Geologists don't think about time the way that we do.
The Earth has been around for a LONG time, so Geologists must think about time on a scale that covers this whole time period, 4.6 billion years!
When a geologist calls something young, it may still be many tens of millions of years old!
For this workshop you will need:
- Open eyes and ears
- To become a scientist
- To become a detective
- To become a storyteller
Do you know the story of
Queen Meadhbh and the Brown
Bull of Cooley?
The
Myth
Let's Learn Together!
Once upon a time...
Queen Meadhbh lived in a castle in what is now Rathcroghan, County Roscommon
Both Queen Meadhbh and her husband were fabulously wealthy, but they argued about which of them had the most money
They were equal in everything, except that Ailill owned Finnbennach, the fearsome white bull
The Brown Bull of Cooley - Donn Cuailnge
Donn Cuailnge was the Brown Bull of Cooley. He could rival Finnbennach, the white bull!
Donn Cuailnge lived in County Louth and Queen Meadhbh had to have him to rival her husband!
Borrowing the bull?
Nope! Daire Mac Fiachna would not lend Queen Meadhbh the bull.
She started a war to steal Donn Cuailnge back to Rathcroghan!
The fight
To those that watched it, it was like mountains moving!
Donn Cuailnge wanted to go home
He investigated some amazing geological places on the way!
Rathcroghan
The home of Queen Meadhbh and King Ailill of Connaught
Rathcrogan
Oweynagat
Oweynagat
The Cave of Cats!
Leinster house, one of Ireland's most famous buildings, is made of limestone from fossils!
Folded and crumpled up rocks?
Iapetus Suture
Ireland used to be part of two separate islands, or landmasses
Why do the rocks look like this?
How did they come together?
Islands and land can't move, can they?
Yes they can!!
The Earth has layers
The Earth is like a cake!
We live on the earth's crust
Let's learn how!
The Earth's crust is made up of different plates, like a giant jigsaw! Plates float on the mantle and can move.
Moving plates can cause:
A floating jigsaw!
- Earthquakes
- New land to form
- Volcanoes!
In Ireland, two plates crumpled together!
What happened in Ireland?
This brought the landmasses of Laurentia in the North and Avalonia in the South together.
Where they crashed, the rocks got pushed up and crumpled together. Some rocks melted, others got folded and broke up!
Suture
The Iapetus Suture!
Dinosaurs died out
66 Million Years Ago
Oldest
Slieve Foye
Slieve Foye is an extinct volcano
Geologically young?!
Slieve Foye Formed
58 Million Years Ago
Slieve Foye
Middle
Neanderthals were alive
0.4 Million Years Ago
Youngest
Rock is popped out of the ground!!
Unruly magma!
A really weird thing...
Donn Cuailnge is finally home!
Thank you for joining the Brown Bull on his geological journey home!
We hope you enjoyed our workshop, and have learned lots of interesting and exciting information about Irish myths and legends and, or course, geology!