{"id":7045,"date":"2024-01-08T11:30:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T11:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=7045"},"modified":"2024-01-11T10:15:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T10:15:59","slug":"launch-of-the-mam-ean-geotrail-guided-walk","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/en\/events\/launch-of-the-mam-ean-geotrail-guided-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of the M\u00e1m \u00c9an Geotrail &#8211; Guided walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/attractions\/mam-ean-geotrail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M\u00e1m \u00e9an Geotrail<\/a> at the ancient pass crossing the Maumturks was commissioned by Joyce Country and Western Lakes GeoEnterprise, funded by Geological Survey Ireland GeoHeritage grant and produced by the JCWL Geopark in partnership with NPWS and county Galway RRO. It consist of 3 panels, two at either side of the pass and one at the col. These panels explore the geological links between the west of Ireland and north eastern America and the geotrail formed the basis for the inclusion of the whole <a href=\"http:\/\/thewesternway.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Way<\/a> national trail into the <a href=\"https:\/\/iat-sia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Appalachian trail<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/events\/launch-of-the-mam-ean-geotrail-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official launch of the M\u00e1m \u00c9an Geotrail<\/a> will take place on Friday 19 January at Ionad Pobail an Mh\u00e1ma from 7 to 9pm. This guided walk will be led by Benjamin Th\u00e9baudeau, JCWL geopark geologist, and two experts on the natural heritage of the area:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brian McConnell<\/strong>, retired Principal Geologist at Geological Survey Ireland,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carole Reynolds<\/strong>, education officer at the Connemara National Park.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A bus will pick up participants at the Ionad Pobail an Mh\u00e1ma (H91P29P) at 10am to drop them at the start of the geotrail on the Maam side. The pick up will then be on the Inagh side 2.5 hours later to bring people back to their cars in Maam. <span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">Please note: there is strictly a No Dogs policy on the Western Way, as the trail crosses active farmland and no dogs will be allowed on the guided walk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This event is <strong>free<\/strong> and open to all but registration using the following link is necessary due to limited spaces on the bus: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ie\/e\/780854144767\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ie\/e\/780854144767\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The M\u00e1m \u00e9an Geotrail at the ancient pass crossing the Maumturks was commissioned by Joyce&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7047,"template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[23],"class_list":["post-7045","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Launch of the M\u00e1m \u00c9an Geotrail - Guided walk &#8212; 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