​​​​The Cunningham Awards, named in honour of the late Assistant Director, Mark Cunningham, are awarded to the best undergraduate mapping projects in an Irish university. 

Two prizes, of equal standing, were awarded in 2019.

Ellen Mullarkey, Trinity College Dublin, for The Geology of Villamanín, NW Spain.

and

Maria Noone, University College Dublin, for The Solid Geology if the Ord Window, Isle of Skye.

Presentations were also made to Aaron Cullen and Adam Doyle from Portmarnock Community School, Co Dublin, recepients of the Geological Survey Ireland prize at the 2019 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, for their work entitled "Cressing the Bridge from Earth to Mars: An Investigation into whether a Simulant of Martian Soil can Produce Plants in a Martian Environment." 

Congratulations to all our winners.

​​L to R: Koen Verbruggen, Director Geological Survey Ireland, John Cunningham, nephew of the late Mark Cunningham, Ellen Mullarkey, Trinity College Dublin, and Dr Brian McConnell, Principal Geologist, Geological Survey Ireland.

​​L to R: Koen Verbruggen, Director Geological Survey Ireland, John Cunningham, nephew of the late Mark Cunningham, Maria Noone, University College Dublin, and Dr Brian McConnell, Principal Geologist, Geological Survey Ireland.