Birr Castle Scientific and Heritage Foundation A site based around the lives and achievements of the Parsons family over the last four hundred years, and their contributions to astronomy, photography, engineering and botany. – Birr Castle Armagh ObservatoryThe Armagh Observatory is a modern astronomical research institute with a rich heritage. Founded in 1790 by Archbishop [...]
Science and Technology Act, 1987 Teagasc ResearchTeagasc is a leading research institute in Ireland, undertaking innovative research in the areas of bioscience, agriculture production, food, the environment and the rural economy. –Teagasc Food Safety Authority The Food Safety Authority of Ireland was established under the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act, 1998. The Act was [...]
Kay McNulty Mauchly Antonelli Pioneering Computer Programmer. Kathleen “Kay” McNulty Mauchly Antonelli (1921 – 2006) was born in the small village of Creeslough in the Gaeltacht area (Irish-speaking region) of County Donegal, in 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. She was one of the six original programmers of the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic [...]
Ernest Walton (1903–1995) was born in Waterford. Prof. Walton’s first researches involved theoretical and experimental studies in hydrodynamics and, at the Cavendish Laboratory, he worked on indirect methods for producing fast particles, working on the linear accelerator and on what was later to become known as the betatron. He followed this with work on the [...]
‘An LED that can go 80 years on a battery charge? William Henry, an applications specialist at Cork’s Tyndall National Institute, can’t tell you exactly how long one of the miniature LEDs the organization has developed will emit light. But it’s a long time.‘ see also Tyndall National Institute Environmental Protection Agency In Ireland, the [...]
Science Gallery The Science Gallery is a world first. A new type of venue where today’s white-hot scientific issues are thrashed out and you can have your say. A place where ideas meet. Science Gallery 10 Irish Inventions That Changed The World Modern chemistry? Tick. Color photography? Tick. Both Irish inventions, and, as you can [...]