Where did the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland come from?
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The material forming the cliffs originally came from small sea  creatures and shellfish that died over 200 million years ago when Ireland was mostly under water. In the intervening period, this sediment was compacted into limestone and eventually uplifted out of the sea to its present day position. Erosion over millions of years has formed the present day cliffs - normally the sea cuts into the stone at the base and eventually the higher layers fall off, exposing the 600 ft cliffs we see today. The forces of erosion are active all around the coast of Ireland.\n\nIncidentally most of the midlands of Ireland are made from limestone.
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France is NOT an island. Ireland is an island. Period.
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the place where the glaciers originate from.
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The history of the Catskill Mountains is a geologic story come full circle, from erosion, deposition and uplift back to erosion. The Catskill Mountains are more of a dissected plateau than a series of mountain ranges. The sediments that make up the rocks in the Catskills were deposited when the ancient Acadian Mountains in the east were rising and subsequently eroding. The sediments traveled westward and formed a great delta into the sea that was in the area at that time.\n\nThe eastern escarpment of the Catskills is near the former edge of this delta, as the sediments deposited in the northeastern areas along the escarpment were deposited above sea level by moving rivers and the Acadian Mountains were located roughly where the Taconics are located today (though significantly larger). The further east you travel, the finer the sediment that was deposited and the thus the rocks change from gravel conglomerates to sandstones and shales. Even further east, these fresh water deposits intermingle with shallow marine sandstones and shales until the end in deeper water limestones.\n\nThe uplift and erosion of the Acadian Mountains was occurring during the Devonian and early Mississippian period (395 to 325 million years ago). Over that time, thousands of feet of these sediments built up, slowly moving the Devonian seashore further and further west.\n\nBy the middle of the Mississippian period, the uplift stopped and the Acadian Mountains had been eroded so much that sediments no longer flowed across the Catskill Delta.\n\nOver time the sediments were buried by more sediments from other areas until the original Devonian and Mississippian sediments were deeply buried and slowly became solid rock. Then the entire area experienced uplift, which caused the sedimentary rocks to begin to erode. Today, those upper sedimentary rocks have been completed removed, allowing the Devonian and Mississippian rocks to be exposed. Today’s Catskills are a result of the continued erosion of these rocks, both by streams and in the recent past by glaciers.\n\nIn successive Ice Ages, both valley and continental glaciers have widened the valleys and the notches of the Catskills and rounded the mountains. Grooves and scratches in exposed bedrock provides evidence of the great sheets of ice that once traversed through the region. Even today the erosion of the mountains continue, with the region’s rivers and streams deepening and widening the mountains’ valleys and cloves.
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Whats the craic, Dublin here!!!!
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For research or purchase?\n\nFor research, try your local college library.  You may have to pay a fee for inter-library loan or to check the map out.\n\nFor purchase, I typed in "1750 ireland map" in Yahoo Search and got a few hits:\n\nhttp://www.murrayhudson.com/antique_maps/countries_maps/ireland.html\n\nhttp://www.frameworks.ie/maps.html\n\nYou can probably try "ireland antique map" for more results.
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If you're gonna be in Nova Scotia, make sure you spend some time on Cape Breton -- closest vistas to Ireland you'll see on this continent.\n\nNever played the course (just bought the shirt) so I don't know what the holes are like, but the area around Cape Breton Highlands has tremendous views.\n\nhttp://www.highlandslinksgolf.com/welcome.html
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No, all leprechauns live in Ireland because everywhere else they're known as dwarves, midgets, or little people (I have no idea which of those if any is the PC acceptable term).
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The Tuatha Dé Danann came to Ireland from four cities on four islands in the North; Murias, Falias, Gorias and Finias, bringing with them The Four Treasures, also known as The Hallows of Ireland.\n\nFrom Falias was brought the Stone of Fal (Lia Fáil), The Stone of Destiny which was supposedly located near the Hill of Tara in County Meath. It used to cry out beneath every king of Ireland. Said to hold Ireland above the waves. The Druid who lived in Falias was named Morfessa.\n\nFrom Gorias was brought the Spear of Destiny (Spear Luin). The Druid who lived in Gorias was named Esras. It was forged by the Smith of Falias for Lugh to use in his fight against Balor. No battle was ever sustained against it, or against the man who held it.\n\nFrom Findias was brought the sword of Nuada. The Druid who lived in Findias was named Uscias. No one ever escaped from it once it was drawn from its deadly sheath, and no one could resist it. A bronze sword in the National Museum in Dublin claims to be this sword.\n\nFrom Murias was brought the Dagda's Cauldron, the Coire Anseasc ("Undry Cauldron"). Semias was the Druid who lived in Murias. The cauldron was bottomless, capable of feeding an army. No company ever went away from it unsatisfied. Said to be able to heal the sick and raise the dead.
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I'm from Dublin, Ireland... Such a small city, but a lovely place to live :)
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It is on the south east area of England.  It is know for it's white cliffs and proximity to France.
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In 2004, the Republic of Ireland produced 2.9% (690 million kilowatthours out of 23260 million kilowatthours) of its electric energy from wind, geothermal, solar, wood, and waste combined.
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IM FROM IRELAND TRY LOOK HIS WEB SITE,\n\nWWWINFO@JEFFERYCAIN.IE
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Ireland...The culture is awesome and the guys aren't bad either... ;)
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Probably prehistoric man for scaling cliffs ....
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Did you know that Dracula was born in a part of the mountain glen called Glenulin, outside Garvagh, in Co. Derry in Northern Ireland?
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Cliff or steep rock face, on the coast or inland