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 2021 

Du Noyer photo competition gallery 2020

Du Noyer photo competition gallery 2019

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: Michael Gavin, 2021 winner. Kerry Cliffs - Aillte Chiarraí - Faill na gCaorach, Co Kerry. Purple mudstone and siltstone of the Valentia Slate Formation. Deposited in the Middle Devonian Period (393 to 383 million years ago).  First place in the 2021 Du Noyer photographic competition.

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