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A Landmark Returns. |
| Following a prolonged absence, a famous specimen of the Giant Irish Deer, has been reinstalled in the upper lobby of the Biology Building. The specimen was presented to the Department of Zoology by the Earl of Mayo. It was housed originally in The College of Science, Merrion Street, before moving to Belfield in the 1960s. Because of its position, close to the windows of the Biology Building, it became one of the well known landmarks on campus and is one of the features of the department remembered fondly by many graduates. |
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The specimen was loaned to Newman House for an exhibition on the history of the college and, from there, it went to The Natural History Museum where it formed part of the exhibit on Extinct Irish Mammals. Now, after some twenty years, it has been reinstalled in a new exhibit in the Biology Building. Billy Clarke, a member of the Zoology Department staff, has painted a beautiful backdrop to the exhibit. The painting illustrates the landscape as it would have appeared when the animal was alive. It also includes an illustration of the Giant Deer which was developed based on the known structure of the skeleton and cave paintings found in various parts of Europe where the species would have been known to humans. The new exhibit and the Zoology Department's newsletter, Zoology Gnus, were launched at a reception before Christmas. The department hope that people will come to see the exhibit and their newsletter is available on the web at http://www.ucd.ie/zoology/ZoologyGnus.pdf
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