Each year, Geological Survey Ireland holds a photo competition in honour of George Victor Du Noyer (1817-1869), an Irish geologist, artist and antiquary. Du Noyer began working for the Survey in 1848, and was a prolific documenter of geological landscapes, both via his work in mapping and geology, and in his vivid and detailed watercolours and sketches. 

Du Noyer photo competition gallery 2018

Du Noyer photo competition gallery 2017 

Du Noyer photo competition gallery 2016  

Du Noyer photo competition story map.

(Image: Fani  Papageorgiou, 2018 winner. Sea cliffs of 395 million year old Devonian Period purple and green mudstone and siltstone at Faill na gCaorach, near Portmagee, Co. Kerry. )

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