Geology of Connemara in Western Ireland: Unravelling the Region’s Tectonic, Metamorphic, and Magmatic Histories

The Connemara region in Western Ireland is world-renowned for its outstanding geology and spectacular landscapes. This book and its many colorful illustrations, maps, diagrams, field, and landscape images, detail the origin and formation of Connemara’s igneous rocks in deep time, geological observations, and current research results.

Martin Feely is an Emeritus Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, at the University of Galway, Ireland with teaching and research experience since 1976. He established in 2004 the 2-year Diploma in Gemmology, and the University of Galway Geofluids Research Lab in 1989. He has authored and co-authored over 220 geology publications including Connemara Geology, Geofluids in Global Settings. He has been an editor for numerous international geology journals. His career includes also: 1997-2006 - Adjunct Assoc. Professor, Boston University, Massachusetts; 2006-2020 - Adjunct Professor at James Madison University, Virginia; Co-established the BU/JMU’s 6-week annual geology field camp in Connemara, and a 4-week annual geology summer school for The College of William and Mary, Virginia (2008-2019).