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The Idea that Shook the World

Location: Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin
Date: Saturday 21st June 2008 8:00pm

One of the most important advances in human understanding and surely the most enduringly controversial scientific discovery of all time is 150 years old and its discoverer Charles Darwin celebrates his 200th Birthday in 2009. All around the world this advance in human understanding will be celebrated. This event was organised iSCAN to highlight the coming anniversary and to stimulate interest and encourage activity for 2009. more...

The Genius of Charles Darwin

Location: Channel 4 Television
Date: Monday 4th August, 8pm - Monday 25th August 2008

Channel 4 Celebrates the forthcoming anniversary of "Origin of Species" with this 3 part documentary by Richard Dawkins. more...

Darwin200 Belfast Meeting

Location: W5 Science Centre Belfast
Date: 20 September 2008 11.30 - 17.00

A very successful meeting was held at W5 Belfasat with many groups and individuals who are interested in becoming involved in Darwin year. more...

How the giraffe got its neck by Tall Tales

Location: Stockwell Street Theatre Drogheda
Date: Thursday 23rd October 2008 10 am and 12 pm

How the giraffe got its neck by Tall Tales Thursday 23rd October Have you ever wondered how the giraffe got his long neck, how the camel got her bump or how the leopard got his spots?Find out in this brand new show from the company that brought you the Gruffalo, the Snow Dragon and Monster Hits. Stories, Silliness and a very confused giraffe combine in this ridiculous new show for 4's and up. School audiences only Admission: 5 euro more...

Life of Darwin

Location: National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology
Date: Thursday 15th January 2009 1pm & 6 pm

Dr Miguel De Arce from the School of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin will deliver this lecture at 1 pm and 6 pm. Admission Free more...

Charles Darwin (1809-1882), Hon. MRIA: The Man and the Myths'

Location: Academy House 19 Dawson St.
Date: Monday 19th January 2009 at 6pm

To mark Darwin year the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) are presenting a public discourse on Charles Darwin (1809-1882), Hon. MRIA: The Man and the Myths', by Professor Peter Bowler MRIA, History Dept., Queens University Belfast. more...

BBC Darwin Programme launched

Location: BBC TV & Radio
Date: Throughout 2009

The BBC announced their Darwin 200 schedule at a launch in Chelsea on 20th January attended by Eoin Gill of Darwin200 Ireland. A range of exciting programmes will be broadcast through the year including a major new series from David Attenborough more...

Evolution of Humans

Location: National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology
Date: Thursday 29th January 2009 1pm & 6 pm

Professor Tom Hayden, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin will deliver this lecture at 1pm and again at 6 pm. Admission Free more...

Irish Skeptics Society - Darwin and Human Evolution

Location: Davenport Hotel
Date: Wednesday February 11th 2009 7pm

Irish Skeptics Society 2009 lecture series will begin on Wednesday February 11th with a special event marking Charles Darwin's 200th Birthday, which occurs the following day. Professor Tom Hayden, UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, will address on the topic of Charles Darwin and Human Evolution. The lecture will be held at 8.00pm in the Davenport Hotel, Merrion Sq, Dublin 2. Further details will be posted soon www.irishskeptics.net more...

Darwin, genetics, and the nature of humankind"

Location: Davis theatre, Arts building,Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Thursday 12th February 2009, 7.30 pm.

The annual Darwin Day Lecture, as arranged by the Humanist Association of Ireland, will be given this year by Professor David McConnell, Professor of Genetics,TCD Title - "Darwin, genetics, and the nature of humankind" more...

Mr Darwin's Big Idea

Location: National Botanical Gardens Education and Visitor Centre.
Date: Thursday 12th February 2009 3pm

This event was a resounding success with over 250 people turning up to mark Darwin's 200th Birthday. In order to accommodate the eager audiences Dr. Mattthew Jebb delivered the presentation twice! more...

Darwinian Party Games

Location: Science Gallery Dublin
Date: 6pm Thursday February 12th 2009

Darwinian party games including "survival of the fittest" musical chairs and "evolution twister" more...

Darwin Exhibition Opens at UCC Library

Location: UCC library
Date: Opening February 12th 2009

Exhibition extended due to popular demand. Specimens collected by Charles Darwin during the voyage that led to the publication of "On the Origin of Species", will be on display at UCC's Postgraduate Library as part of the University' s celebration of Darwin's 200th anniversary. more...

Darwin's Study

Location: Glasnevin
Date: Opening 12th February 2009 Weekdays 9am - 5pm

A special small Exhibition of Charles Darwin's correspondence with David Moore of the National Botanic Gardens. more...

Royal Mail Stamps

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Date: Launched 12 February 2009

The Royal Mail has issued a set of stamps to mark Darwin200 A stamp will also be issued in the Republic of Ireland. more...

Darwin 200 Dinner

Location: Malone Lodge Hotel
Date: Friday, 13th February 2009, 7 30 for 8 pm

The talk will be on- Darwin and Markets: Theory and Dogma Speaker will be Dr. Keith Farnsworth, Lecturer in Theoretical and Applied Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast. more...

Public Lecture Series "Darwin's Legacy"

Location: Boole 4 Lecture Theatre University College Cork
Date: January 14th 2009 8pm

The theory of evolution through natural selection is probably the most important and influential scientific theory ever formalised. It is not only the central unifying theory in biology but has important implications for many other fields e.g. religion. Even today some people refuse to accept the theory and it can generate heated debate. In this lecture Professor William Reville will explain the theory in outline and discuss some of its major implications. more...

Plant Evolution Walk and Talk at Airfield House

Location: Airfield House
Date: Sunday February 15th 2009 3 pm

To celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Darwin's birth, Head gardener Emer O'Reilly will give a talk on plant evolution. Ticket price includes entry fee to gardens. Adult €6.00 Child €3.00 Concessions more...

Charles Darwin: Geology, Geography and the Theory of Evolution

Location: St Bartholomew's Church Hall, Stranmillis Road, Belfast
Date: Monday 16th February 2009 7.30 pm (Wine Reception 7pm)

History of Science Professor and Darwin expert, Peter Bowler, QUB, will deliver the Harold Wilson Memorial Lecture as part of the Belfast Geologist's Society's winter lecture program. more...

Climate change, plant extinction and evolution:

Location: LTEE3, Hamilton Building, Trinity College
Date: 26th February 2009 4pm

Fossil plant groups have waxed and waned over geological time since their first tentative steps onto land over 450 million years ago. This talk will place the composition of current world vegetation into a 'deep time' perspective by illustrating the macroevolotionary and macroecological patterns of different plant groups over the last 450 million years. more...

“Charles Darwin and Ireland ” by Dr. Miguel DeArce,

Location: G19 Kane Building UCC
Date: Thursday 12 th March 7pm

“Charles Darwin and Ireland ” by Dr. Miguel DeArce, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin Searches of Darwin's correspondence show that some 160 letters crossed between him and naturalists and others with an Irish address. more...

Issue of Darwin Stamps Republic of Ireland

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Date: 20 March 2009

A special Darwin Stamp will be issued by An Post on 20 March to mark the bi-centenary of Charles Darwin The Royal Mail have already issued a set of Darwin stamps more...

Darwin - the Man and the Myths by Peter Bowler

Location: ISTA Conference, University of Limerick
Date: Saturday 21 March 2009 11 am

Professor Peter Bowler of History department, QUB will give a talk on Charles Darwin - The Man and the Myths as part of the programme at the Irish Science Teachers' Association AGM in Limerick on March 21st. more...

Darwin - Life and Legacy by Eoin Gill

Location: Holland Theatre, University of Limerick
Date: 21 March 2009

Eoin Gill filled in for Peter Bowler at the ISTA Conference. Eoin is coordinator of Darwin 200 Ireland and chair of iSCAN. He spoke about the life of Charles Darwin and the influences in his early life, in particular his possible exposure to ideas surrounding evolution. He described the Beagle Voyage and subsequent researches and writing. The careful formulation of the theory of evolution by means of natural selection and the events preceeding and following publication of Origin of Species. There was a discussion about the acceptance of the theory then and now and this was followed by a description of Darwin 200 activities in Ireland and activities such as the Wellcome Trust programmes for UK schools and the Evolution Megalab that can be done in Irish schools more...

'Celebrating Darwin – evolution and the creation of a controversy'

Location: Cathcart Room, 69 University Street, Belfast
Date: 27th March 1 pm

School of Education & Stranmillis University College lunchtime Research Seminar Celebrating Darwin – evolution and the creation of a Controversy Speaker: James D. Williams University of Sussex School of Education more...

Alien Evolution

Location: Blackrock Castle Observatory
Date: April 6 - April 19 2009 from 11 am

The Alien Evolution workshop takes a fun look at how aliens might have evolved on very different planets. Spend a morning making aliens over the Easter break at Blackrock Castle Observatory. Just drop in any day from next Monday April 6 to Sunday April 19 from 11am for the one and a half hour workshops. Price €5.00 per child. Suitable for children aged 6-10. Younger children are welcome if accompanied by a parent. more...

Ancient DNA: Bones in the light of molecular evolution

Location: Room LTEE3, Trinity College Dublin
Date: Tuesday 7th April 2009 4 pm

TCD Genetics Society present Michael Hofreiter from Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, speaking about Ancient DNA: Bones in the light of molecular evolution. more...

Debating Darwin

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Date: Fridays 8.30pm March / April 2009

A new six-part series about how Darwin's ideas have survived into the 21st century. Of the great 19th century thinkers including Marx and Freud only Darwin seems to have grown in stature and importance into the 21st century. However Darwin's ideas have been controversial ever since they were first published in the mid 19th century. Most people have a vague idea of what his ideas are, survival of the fittest (not a phrase that Darwin used) and so on. But Darwin's theory of evolution was complicated. In this series Damien Walsh explores how Darwin's ideas have survived and developed into the 21st century. more...

Darwin the Botanist

Location: National Botanical Gardens Education and Visitor Centre.
Date: Wednesday 6th May 2009 3pm

Dr Matthew Jebb, Keeper of the National Herbarium at the National Botanic Gardens will present a talk highlighting Darwin's work on plants following the publication of the Origin of Species. more...

The Dead Zoo at Large

Location: National Museum of Ireland - Collins Barracks
Date: Opens on 7th May 2009

Selection from the Natural History Collection has been put on display at the Riding School, Museum of Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Dublin more...

Bealtaine Festival of Outdoor Science

Location: Southeast Ireland
Date: 17th - 24th May 2009

The annual Bealtaine festival of outdoor science in the Southeast is organised by CALMAST at Waterford IT and will have as its theme this year : Biodiversity through natural selection. Over 50 events scheduled. more...

Is the Human Y Chromosome Running Out of Time?

Location: Royal College of Surgeons - O'Flanagan lecture Theatre
Date: Wednesday 20 May 2009 7 pm

This year in honour of Charles Darwin's 200th year anniversary, we are delighted and privileged to welcome Professor Jennifer A. Marshall Graves to give the annual outreach lecture - the theme Evolution. In this exciting lecture, Professor Jenny Graves outlines why the human Y chromosome is running out of time and how it could lose its last 45 genes in just 10 million years. What happens when SRY disappears? Would this be the end of the line for humans? Professor Graves explains the latest scientific research and discuss why, as the human Y runs out of options, new sex determining genes may evolve, potentially leading to different hominid species. Jenny is an inspirational speaker and this event promises to be one of the most entertaining events in our calendar this year. more...

Beagles and Watches: Why Religion Mattered to Darwin'

Location: Galway City Museum
Date: Thursday 21 May 2009 at 8pm

Venue: Galway City Museum Date: Thursday 21 May 2009 at 8pm Talk: 'Beagles and Watches: Why Religion Mattered to Darwin' By: Dr. Aileen Fyfe, Department of History, National University of Ireland, Galway Contact: +353-91-532460 museum@galwaycity.ie Admision: FREE more...

Publication: Darwin, Praeger and the Clare Island Surveys.

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Date: May 2009

Darwin, Praeger and the Clare Island Surveys. A new publication by the Royal Irish Academy, edited by Roisin Jones and Martin Steer. more...

Charles Darwin - his life and legacy

Location: Waterford Central Library
Date: Friday 22 May 2009 3pm

In this talk on International Biodiversity Day, Eoin Gill will introduce Charles Darwin, consider his family background, early life and influences and the journey of discovery that led to the theory of evolution by natural selection 150 years ago. It will also consider the reaction to the theory then and since. more...

International Day for Biological Diversity

Location: Worldwide
Date: 22 may 2009

May 22nd is designated international Day for Biological Diversity. The theme for 2009 is Invasive Alien Species more...

The X Club - Thomas Henry Huxley

Location: National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology,
Date: Saturday 6 June 2009

Known as Darwin's Bulldog, Huxley was one of the first anatomists to link birds to dinosaurs. Join an anatomy class with a difference! more...

Ice age mammals, tales of survival and extinction

Location: Davenport Hotel, Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Date: 10 June 2009 8pm

Geologist and Keeper of the Natural History Museum, Nigel Monaghan, will address the Irish Skeptics Society on the topic of ice age mammals, tales of survival and extinction. more...

Exhibition: Darwin, Praeger and the Clare Island Surveys

Location: Meeting Room, Royal Irish Academy,
Date: July - December 2009

An exhibition curated by Petra Schnabel will focus on how Robert Lloyd Praeger and other Irish scientists were influenced by Darwin's ideas and how this brought about the gathering of eminent researchers from all over Europe on this small exposed Atlantic island, culminating in the publication of the Clare Island Survey more...

Science and Technology in nineteenth-century Ireland

Location: Meeting Room, Royal Irish Academy,
Date: 2-3 July 2009

The ‘Science and Technology in nineteenth-century Ireland’ conference is organised by RIA National Committee for the History of Science and The Society for the Study of nineteenth-century Ireland, with funding from The Open University. more...

The Irish Response to Darwinism

Location: Meeting Room, Royal Irish Academy,
Date: 2 July 2009 6:30pm

Thomas Duddy of NUI Galway will present this talk as a plenary session of the conference on 'Science and Technology in Nineteenth-century Ireland'. more...

Anyone for Science Summer Camps

Location: Venues around the country - see more info below
Date: 6th July - 13 August 2009

Anyone 4 Science is taking Charles Darwin as our featured scientist this year at our summer camp and each day we will include some information about his life, his work and his contribution to our understanding of science. more...

Darwin the Naturalist

Location: Lecture Theatre Botany TCD Dublin
Date: Friday 10th July 2009 11 a.m.

School of Natural Science Seminar Professor Browne graduated in Zoology from Trinity College Dublin in 1972. She is recognised as one the leading authorities on the life of Charles Darwin. She is author of the acclaimed two-volume biography Charles Darwin, for which she received the James Tait Black award for non-fiction, the WH.Heinemann Prize from the Royal Literary Society, and the Pfizer Prize from the History of Science Society. more...

Film: Creation

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Date: Opening 25th September 2009

Creation a film directed by Jon Amiel Release Date: September 2009 Starring: Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Jones, Jermey Northam, Benedict Cumberbatch more...

Robert Lloyd Praeger and the Darwinian Revolution

Location: Meeting Room, Royal Irish Academy,
Date: November 3 Lunchtime 1-2 pm

Robert Lloyd Praeger and the Darwinian Revolution Greta Jones of the University of Ulster will present this talk in a lunchtime series to mark the work of the Clare Island Survey. For other talks in the series see www.ria.ie under Events more...

Darwin's Legacy

Location: UCC
Date: Monday November 9th 2009 6 pm

UCC Athiests Society presents a talk coinciding with the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species. Professor David McConnell of the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin will give a special talk on Darwin's Legacy. more...

Life and Legacy of Charles Darwin

Location: Waterford Institute of Technology
Date: Wednesday November 11th 2009 10 am

Eoin Gill and Rebecca O'Mahony will give a presentation on Darwin, his life, work and the significance of his theory of evolution by natural selection. Eoin Gill works with WIT's science outreach centre Calmast and Rebecca O'Mahony is a lecturer in Biology at WIT. more...

Charles Darwin: his Life and Legacy

Location: Waterford City Hall
Date: Wednesday 11 Nov 2009 7 pm

Eoin Gill and Rebecca O'Mahony will give a presentation on Darwin, his life, work and consider the importance of his theory of evolution by natural selection. Eoin Gill works with WIT's science outreach centre Calmast and Rebecca O'Mahony is a lecturer in Biology at WIT. more...

The Evolution of Darwinism at UL

Location: Main Reception Faculty of Science and Engineering
Date: 12 Nov 2009 11 am

this talk will review the evolution of the idea of Evolution aand examine the evidence. However recent research has shown that the evolution of workers in social insect colonies, such as bees and ants, provides very important support for Darwinian theory. more...

Boyle Medal Lecture

Location: RDS Concert Hall
Date: Nov 16th 2009 7pm

Boyle Medal Conferal and Lecture Biochemist Prof. Luke O'Neill will receive the RDS Irish Times Boyle Medal and deliver a lecture where he will explain why Charles darwin is one of his heroes! more...

Darwin: his Life and Legacy at Walkinstown Library

Location: Walkinstown Library
Date: 18 Nov 2009 7pm

Eoin Gill will give this lecture focussing on the life of Charles Darwin, particularly examining the influences in his life and his path towards the discovery of his theory of evolution of species by natural selection. This talk is aimed at the general public and will deal with Darwin's science only in general terms. more...

Human Genetics and Biogeography from an Irish Perspective

Location: Royal Irish Academy
Date: November 19th 2009 1pm

Lecture by Dan Bradley MRIA of TCD which is part of the "Darwin Praeger and the Clare Island Surveys" exhibition and lunchtime lecture series at the Royal Irish Academy more...

Darwin: His Life and Legacy at Coolock

Location: Coolock Library,
Date: 19 November 2009 6.30 pm

Origin of Species Anniversary Lecture

Location: RDS Dublin Concert Hall
Date: 24 November 2009 7 pm

Jonathan Silvertown of the Open University will deliver a lecture to mark the 150th anniversary of the book that changed the way we looked at the world: the Origin of Species by Natural Selection published in 1859. more...

Science Gallery Celebrates Origin 150th Anniversary

Location: Science Gallery
Date: Opens 24th Nov 2009

Evolvaphone Ladies and Gentlemen from throughout the animal kingdom, Introducing the Evolvaphone! The one and only booth that generates a musical composition from your identity in accordance with the laws of natural selection! Opening on November 24th, 2009 at Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin more...

Discovering Darwin - one day seminar

Location: Palatine Room, Collins Barracks.
Date: Saturday 28th November 2009, 9.30am to 4pm,

On the 28th of November the National Museum of Ireland- Natural History is holding a one-day seminar celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of "The Origin of Species". "Discovering Darwin" at Collins Barracks Sat 28th November "On the Origin of Species by Means of the Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin was published on the 24th of November 1859. Since then there has scarcely been a more revolutionary book in the realm of science. Talks will not only be based on the book's ideas, but also on how the theory of evolution has evolved over the last 150 years. more...

The Origin of Darwin's Origin

Location: Calmast Centre
Date: 18 December 2009

A talk by Eoin Gill on the origin of Darwin's theory of evolution followed by a discussion on the significance of the theory, the controversy that it met with at the time and the present day reluctance of many to accept the findings of science. more...

Mooney Show

Location: RTE Radio 1
Date: 31 December 2009 3 pm

Mooney Derek Mooney continues his wildlife series. As the 150th anniversary year of the publication of On the Origin of Species draws to a close, the legacy of Charles Darwin is explored. more...