A second Irish record of Limnephilus borealis (Zetterstedt, 1840) (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) from Northern Ireland

2018 ◽  
Vol 154 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-128
Author(s):  
James P. O'Connor ◽  
Cathal McNaughton
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
British Isles

The discovery of the caddisfly Limnephilus borealis at a second site in Northern Ireland strongly suggests that the species is an established native. Within the British Isles L. borealis was previously known only from Scotland.

Constraints on the significance of the Orlock Bridge Fault within the Scottish Southern Uplands: A discussion of “The Orlock Bridge Fault: a major Late Caledonian sinistral fault in the Southern Uplands terrane, British Isles” by T. B. Anderson and G. J. H. Oliver

1987 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Floyd ◽  
P. Stone ◽  
R. P. Barnes ◽  
B. C. Lintern
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Strike Slip ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Giant Step ◽  
Major Strike ◽  
Strike Slip Movement

In their account of the Orlock Bridge Fault of Northern Ireland and its presumed continuation into the Scottish Southern Uplands (the Kingledores Fault) Anderson and Oliver (1986) provide welcome detail in support of major strike-slip movement. However, their identification of the Kingledores Fault as a line of massive strike-slip movement is based on a number of assumptions which are permissible only because biostratigraphical control is generally sparse. In particular the assertion that the Kingledores Fault is a “giant step in the diachronous southerly ascent of the turbidite base” is founded largely on a misinterpretation of evidence recorded by Peach and Horne (1899), Griffith and Wilson (1982) and others.

The distribution of metacercariae of Maritrema arenaria (Digenea: Microphallidae) in the barnacle Balanus balanoides at three sites on the east coast of Northern Ireland

1980 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 959-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. B. Irwin ◽  
B. C. Irwin
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Littorina Littorea ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Littorina Saxatilis ◽  
Nucella Lapillus ◽  
Detailed Survey ◽  
Marked Preference ◽  
Balanus Balanoides

Overall incidence of metacercariae of Maritrema arenaria differed substantially at each of the three sites investigated. In each case, however, numbers were higher than those previously observed in the British Isles. Results indicate that gulls rather than waders are the more important final hosts of this parasite in the areas investigated. At one site where a more detailed survey was carried out metacercariae were more abundant on the upper half of the shore and they displayed a marked preference for barnacles on living Littorina littorea shells as compared to barnacles on rocks. Evidence would suggest that the two most likely molluscan hosts of this trematode are Littorina saxatilis and Nucella lapillus.

Conference Report: Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Engineering

1988 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-85 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Biomedical Engineering ◽  
Conference Report ◽  
City Hospital ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Rehabilitation Engineering ◽  
Belfast City Hospital ◽  
Engineering Society ◽  
Engineering Centre

Papers were invited on the above theme for a Meeting which took place at the Belfast City Hospital on Friday, 27 March 1987. The aim was to provide an opportunity for presentation and discussion of work in rehabilitation and orthopaedic engineering from units throughout the British Isles. The Abstracts below reflect the success of the Meeting and the dedication of the scientific contributors to their topic. The Meeting was jointly organised by The Ulster Biomedical Engineering Society (TUBES) and the Northern Ireland Rehabilitation Engineering Centre and sponsored by Cardiac Services Limited, Belfast.

scholarly journals Climatology, Storm Morphologies, and Environments of Tornadoes in the British Isles: 1980–2012

2015 ◽  
Vol 143 (6) ◽  
pp. 2224-2240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelsey J. Mulder ◽  
David M. Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Interannual Variability ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
High Shear ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Diurnal Cycles ◽  
Isle Of Man ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Tornado Outbreaks

Abstract A climatology is developed for tornadoes during 1980–2012 in the British Isles, defined in this article as England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. The climatology includes parent storm type, interannual variability, annual and diurnal cycles, intensities, occurrence of outbreaks (defined as three or more tornadoes in the same day), geographic distribution, and environmental conditions derived from proximity soundings of tornadoes. Tornado reports are from the Tornado and Storm Research Organization (TORRO). Over the 33 years, there were a mean of 34.3 tornadoes and 19.5 tornado days (number of days in which at least one tornado occurred) annually. Tornadoes and tornado outbreaks were most commonly produced from linear storms, defined as radar signatures at least 75 km long and approximately 3 times as long as wide. Most (78%) tornadoes occurred in England. The probability of a tornado within 10 km of a point was highest in the south, southeast, and west of England. On average, there were 2.5 tornado outbreaks every year. Where intensity was known, 95% of tornadoes were classified as F0 or F1 with the remainder classified as F2. There were no tornadoes rated F3 or greater during this time period. Tornadoes occurred throughout the year with a maximum from May through October. Finally, tornadoes tended to occur in low-CAPE, high-shear environments. Tornadoes in the British Isles were difficult to predict using only sounding-derived parameters because there were no clear thresholds between null, tornadic, outbreak, and significant tornado cases.

The Making, Meaning(s), and Tasks of the 1998 Agreement

2019 ◽  
pp. 175-229
Author(s):  
Brendan O’Leary
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Making Meaning ◽  
Good Friday ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Intergovernmental Cooperation ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

This chapter provides a detailed account of the contents and significance of the Belfast or Good Friday Agreement of 1998, and of its consociational and non-consociational components. It conforms to all aspects of a consociational settlement—namely, parity, proportionality, autonomy, and veto rights among the partners—but it is not just a consociation. The agreement encompasses a peace agreement, a substantive program to complete the reform of Northern Ireland, cross-border cooperation across Ireland, and intergovernmental cooperation between Ireland, Northern Ireland, and all the British Isles. It can be seen as creating a “federacy” in Irish eyes; in unionist eyes every component of the agreement can be modified by normal UK legislation. An assessment of why the agreement was made is offered, as well as a preliminary evaluation of its early difficulties in implementation.

Triassic

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Warrington ◽  
H. C. Ivimey-Cook
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Marine Environments ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Northern Margin ◽  
Mountain Chain ◽  
Clastic Sedimentary

Abstract"The Triassic rocks of Great Britain, if one may judge from statements in the textbooks, are among the simplest of our deposits; but a closer inspection reveals a number of very difficult and intensely interesting problems hidden behind this apparent simplicity." L. J. Wills, 1910.During latest Permian times, northerly-sourced epeiric marine environments, in which the Zechstein sequence formed, were replaced by predominantly clastic sedimentary regimes. The succeeding Triassic deposits, representing about 45 million years, are largely continental; some formed under transient marine influences but few are biogenic. They succeed Permian deposits conformably and overstep these to rest unconformably upon older rocks. Over much of the region the youngest Triassic deposits represent a transgression that re-established marine environments before the end of the Period.The region lay in Laurasia, the northern part of the Pangaean supercontinent, some 15 to 20° north of the equator and close to the northern margin of the Tethys (Tollmann & Kristan-Tollmann 1985) but separated from that ocean by the Variscan mountain chain, denudation of which continued from Permian into Triassic times. A monsoonal climate is envisaged (Robinson 1973; Parrish & Curtis 1982; Parrish et al. 1982).The principal onshore Triassic occurrences are in England and Northern Ireland; others in the British Isles are relatively minor (Warrington et al. 1980, figs 2 & 3). Concealed developments in The Netherlands (Map Tr2) and northeast France (Mégnien & Mégnien 1980; Debrand-Passard 1980; Berners et al. 1984; Maps Tr2-3b & 4c) are contiguous with the tripartite German sequence from

scholarly journals The incidence of lung cancer in Northern Ireland: 1991–1992

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Wilkinson ◽  
Joe MacMahon ◽  
Gilbert MacKenzie
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Quadratic Function ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Female Data ◽  
Irish Data ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Incident Cases

Abstract Introduction Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in many Western countries, but its incidence has never been studied in Northern Ireland. Aims Accordingly, the present study was mounted to determine, for the first time, the incidence of the condition in Northern Ireland and to compare the findings with other regions in the British Isles. Methods A notification study of the incidence of lung cancer (ICD 162) was conducted in Northern Ireland during 1991/1992. Notifications from 6 sources were computerised and linked. Incident cases were identified and analysed in relation to Age, Sex and Geographical region—Northern Ireland, England and Wales, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland. Results Some 900 incident cases of lung cancer were identified. The incidence rate per 100,000 population was found to be 57.04. Mortality underestimated incidence by 12.5%. ($$p<0.05$$ p < 0.05 ). The male to female incidence ratio was 2.1: 1, and this ratio was similar in other regions, except Scotland, where the ratio was 1.7:1. The null hypothesis of a common incidence distribution across regions was formally rejected. A variety of models were fitted and a model in which the log-odds on incidence was a quadratic function of age fitted most of the regional data. Conclusions Northern Ireland had the lowest incidence of lung cancer in the UK, but its overall rate was still 40% higher than that observed in the Republic of Ireland which had the lowest rate in the British Isles. Across regions, the pattern of incidence by age and sex was complicated, but a linear logistic model fitted all of the Irish data and the female data in Scotland, satisfactorily.

The Megalithic Tombs of Northern Europe

Antiquity ◽  
1938 ◽  
Vol 12 (47) ◽  
pp. 297-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Megalithic Tombs ◽  
The Many ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
And Diffusion

During the 19th century conclusions of great value concerning the origin and diffusion of the megalithic tombs of Europe were arrived at by the study of a few tombs in various regions : Montelius’s Orienten och Europa marks the culmination of research on these lines. In the last twenty-five years it has been gradually realized that before we can speak with assurance of the many problems which the megalithic tombs involve, before we can disperse what has aptly been called ‘the murky fog surrounding the megalith question’, we must have accurate and detailed regional surveys of the prehistoric burial-chambers of south-western, western and northern Europe. As is well known, such surveys have already been produced in many regions; for example those in Iberia by Obermaier, Vergileio Correia and Pericot y Garcia, and in Brittany by le Rouzic and Forde. In the British Isles we have been exceptionally fortunate in this respect: the work of Crawford and Hencken in England, of Hemp and Grimes in Wales, of Childe in Scotland, and of Estyn Evans in northern Ireland, has made the megalithic tombs of the British Isles better known than those of any comparable region in Europe.

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