ABSTRACT

Funding based on research grant-aided by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources under the National Geoscience Programme 2007-2013. The views expressed in this study are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. The authors thank assistance in the collection of data by R. Sasco, E. McGrory, L. Sammon, S. Dolan, and J. Staunton. Field assistance by university technical staff (H. O’ Donnell and J. Coyne) is greatly appreciated. This work was also supported by funding from the Irish Higher Education Authority’s Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions, Cycle IV for NUIG. This work includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSi Licence number NUIG200803. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Ordnance Survey Ireland and Government of Ireland copyright. © Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2012.