Gwenda Hurst



You are invited to A Celebration of Geography to mark the Award of the Gwenda Hurst Medal 2017 and the publication of the new Junior Cycle Specification for Geography. Friday 24th November 2017,  8.30pm, Trinity City Hotel, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 The Gwenda Hurst Lecture “Climate Change: Geography’s New Integrator”  by Emeritus Professor John […]

A Celebration of Geography with Prof John Sweeney,  Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units


Which Leaving Certificate student has won the 2016 Gwenda Hurst Medal for the most meritorious examination paper in the 2016 Leaving Certificate Examination? The Annual Gwenda Hurst Lecture will be held on Wednesday 23rd November 2016, 8.00pm, The Museum Building, TCD. This year’s lecture will be presented by Brendan McGrath, […]

Who Has Won The 2016 Gwenda Hurst Medal?



‘Aalen’s Atlas’ Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape. Dr. Matthew Stout, Trinity College Dublin. Dr. Stout will talk about the contribution and vision of the late Fred Aalen for the Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape – a profoundly important publication on the geography of Ireland, first published in 1997 […]

Gwenda Hurst Memorial Lecture 2015


Matthew Jebb Director of the National Botanic Gardens ‘Cities, Woods and Fields’ Museum Building, T.C.D. 8pm Wednesday 26th November Matthew is co-editor of ‘Secrets of the Irish Landscape’ of the TV series fame presented by Derek Mooney, RTE. We will also be presenting the Gwenda Hurst medal to the winner […]

Gwenda Hurst Memorial Lecture 2014