Fourth annual young scientists' exhibition aer lingus

YOUNG -SCIENTIS -- -- ------CEATHRU TAISPEANTAS BLIANTUIL NA nEOLAITHE OGA

SPONSORED BY AER LINGUS IRISH

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REAMHRA On spreagadh ataimid a thabhairt don aos dg a suim san eolaiocht a mheadu is leir go bhfuil soil againn go meaddidh a speis inti mar ghairm bheatha agus go ndeanfaidh siad freastal amach anseo ar riachtanais an naisiuin sa bhitheolaiocht, sa cheimic, sa tireolaiocht, sa mhatamaitic, sa bhfisic agus i mbrainsi eile na heolaiochta. Is m6 is fiu chuige sin an teolas agus an taithi eta le fail ag na micleinn i mbeartu a dtaispeantaisi na buachan na nduaiseanna. Is fior sin araon don to a bhaineann duals amach agus don to nach neirionn leis sin a dheanamh. In aon chas, ni feidir duals a bronnadh ar dhuine amhain gan a dhiultu do dhuine eile agus go minic is andeacair an rogha sin a dheanamh. Nuair ata na duaiseanna a mbronnadh na dearmadaimis go bhfuil a scar fein der gcomhghairdeas le roinnt ar gach iomaitheoir sa chombrtas.

I mbliana beidh luach ÂŁ1,150 de dhuaiseanna le bronnadh ar chuigear is daichead de na hiomaitheoiri i gComortas na nEolaithe Oga. Bronnfar teastais aitheantais ar iarrthoiri eile a thuilleann iad.

Is flaithiuil iad na duaiseanna seo, go hairithe na cinn do Eolai Og na Bliana agus don bhuachaill agus don chailin is tanaiste db. Ls m6 is fiu d6 fein afach an sasamh ata le baint ag gach iarrthdir as a bbeartu fein a bheith curtha i gcrich go sasuil aige.

Se seo an ceathru uair do chuid de na molt6irl an dualgas sin a chomhlionadh. Ba mhaith Jinn $r mbuiochas a chur in iOl dOibh sin go hairithe agus do bhaill uile an phaineil as a gcinealtas Jinn. Is ondir Jinn gur thoiligh siad an seirbhis seo a sholathar duinn.

Ta focal speisialta molta ag dul do na hiarrthbiri a chruthaigh a dteecht aniar tri leanuint ar aghaidh lena mbeartaithe in ainneoin chur siar dosheachanta an Taispeantais.

Bainisteoir Ginearalta

Implicit in our wish to encourage young people to take a greater interest in science is the hope that more and more of them will adopt it as a career and so give Ireland the biologists, chemists, geographers, mathematicians, physicists and other scientists that she will most certainly need in the future. In this context, the winning of awards must be of less importance than the knowledge and experience that exhibitors gain in the course of preparing their projects. This holds good equally for those who win prizes and for those who do not. In any event, there can be no winners without losers and frequently the difference between the two is very small. So, when this year's winners are being deservedly congratulated, the unsuccessful competitors may also and justly share in the plaudits.

Prizes amounting to ÂŁ1,150 will be available to forty-five competitors in this year's Young Scientists' Exhibition. Other competitors, whose work is deemed to be sufficiently meritorious, will receive certificates of commendation.

It will be agreed that the awards are generous, in particular those that are to be won by the Young Scientist of the Year and by the boy and girl who prove to be runners-up. However valuable an award may be in the monetary sense, it is a reward of far smaller importance than the satisfaction which a competitor must derive from the successful accomplishment of a difficult task.

For many of our judges this will be the fourth successive occasion on which they have been asked to discharge an onerous and difficult task. To all members of this distinguished panel, we wish to express our gratitude for their help so readily given as well as our appreciation of the honour they do us in consenting to act in this capacity.

We wish to say a special word of thanks to competitors who, despite the set-back caused by the unavoidable postponement of the Exhibition, have shown such commendable perseverance in presenting their projects.

General Manager.

JUDGES

Chairman: Mr. P. J. Brennan , Secretary, Aer Lingus - Irish.

Secretary: Mr. D. J. Hayes, Air Education Officer, Aer Lingus-Irish.

Panel: Biochemistry: Professor M. G. Harrington, University College, Dublin.

Dr. P. Moore, Dublin Health Authority.

Biology.'

Dr. J. J. Duggan , Agricultural Institute.

Dr. M. Duhig, University College, Dublin.

Mr. M. Langan, Department of Education (Technical Instruction Branch).

Mr. C. Murphy, Irish Sugar Company.

Miss G. Roche, National Museum.

Miss M . Scannell, National Museum.

Chemistry: Dr. D. M. X. Donnelly, University College, Dublin.

Dr. D. Kehoe, Irish Meat Packers.

Dr. R. J . Nichol, Institute for Industrial Research and Standards.

Mr. P. Start, University College, Dublin.

Electronics: Dr. J. White, University College, Dublin.

Geography.'

Mr. F. H. Aalen, Trinity College, Dublin.

Mr. M. Dillon, St. Patrick' s Training College.

Dr. B. Miller , University College , Dublin.

Dr. L. Smith, University College , Dublin.

Mathematics: Dr. J. Mac Airt, Trinity College , Dublin.

Professor B. H. Murdoch , F.T.C.D., Trinity College , Dublin.

Professor T. D. Spearman , Trinity College , Dublin.

Physics: Rev. Father P. Burke, 0. Carm., National Centre of Research, Rome.

Mr. C. P. O'Toole, Institute for Industrial Research and Standards.

General Presentation and Layout: Mr. N. Mclvor, Acting Publicity Manager, Aer Lingus-Irish.

AGE GROUPS

Stand No.

Junior Section: Over 13 and not more than 16 years of age on September 30th, 1967.

Senior Section: Over 16 and not more than 18 years of age on September 30th, 1967.

LATE ENTRIES Due to late notification, certain projects may not have been included in this catalogue and their stands have been designated alphabetically in their respective sections.

Biochemistry

Bithcheimic

7

O'Connor, Nora Mary

8

Q 'Halpin, Dara

9

Opdebeeck, Goedele

Electrophoresis.

1

Byrne, Mary Jacinta

2

Kcating, Mary Anne

3

Kehoe, Ellen Mary

Notre Dame des Missions, Churchtown, Dublin.

Microbes, their growth, nutrition and interaction.

Our Lady's School.

Templeogue, Dublin, A study of 9-glucosides.

10

O'Sullivan, MS/r/n Patricia

11

O'Sullivan, Margaret Mary

12

Ryan, Sheelagh Margaret

Convent F.C.J., Bunclody.

Yeast being a source of the B-complex group of vitamins, to attempt to examine the ability of yeast to synthesise selected missing vitamins of the B-complex group, using standard, sterile laboratory techniques.

Convent F.C.J., Bunclody.

An attempt to measure some of the psychological effects of placebos on teenagers.

Convent of Mercy, Spanish Point An investigation of the effects of various antibiotics on the micro-organisms which cause bovine mastitis in the Spanish Point area in order to determine the most effective method of controlling or eradicating the disease.

Our Lady's School, Templeogue, Dublin.

The quantity, composition and functions of saliva.

Convent F.C.J., Bunclody.

A preliminary study of selected factors that affect hemolysis in human blood and that of certain animals.

4

Our Lady's School, Templeogue , Dublin.

Living in space.

Junior Section-Girls Stand No.

Loreto Convent, Mullingar.

Biochemistry Junior Section-Boys 13

Cohen, Jonathan Martin

McEvoy, Mar/an Therese

Our Lady's School, Templeogue , Dublin.

An investigation into the pollution of the River Dodder.

5

McNamara, Michelle Mary

6

Murphy, Geraldine Mary

Convent of Mercy, Spanish Point.

An investigation of vitamin B - complex deficiencies in yeasts.

Convent F.C.J., Bunclody.

An attempt to show experimentally that fluoride ions in certain concentrations promote the growth of bean seedlings, while too high concentrations can reduce growth.

Bithcheimic The High School, Harcourt Street, Dublin.

To prove that a mouse can live on the oxygen liberated from the electrolysis of copper sulphate.

14

15

16

C.B.S., Ennis.

Collins, Michael Joseph An investigation into the hidden effects of chemicals on living things.

St. Finbarr's College, Crowley, Kieran James Farranferris, Cork.

Plants and environment.

De La Salle College, Churchtown, Dublin.

To discover the factors which determine the amount of carbon dioxide produced bythe action of yeast during fermentation.

Farrell. Pau/ Thomas

Stand No.

Stand No. 17 Fo/ens, Dirk John

18

De La Salle College, Churchtown, Dublin.

A study of the factors which determine the rate at which sweets dissolve in saliva.

Walsh. Christopher David Gairm Scoil na bPhiarsach, Rosmuc.

The effects of alcohol on physical and mental health.

Biochemistry

Bithcheimic

Dwyer Bridget Gabriel

26

Flynn, Angela

20

21

Dominican Convent, Muckross Park, Dublin.

Radiation and mutations.

Dominican Convent, O'Brien. Aislinn Mary Sion Hill, Blackrock.

Lowering the cholesterol content of the blood.

St. Dominic's College, O'Neill, Maire Therese Cabra, Dublin.

27

FitzPatrick, Valerie Anne

A study of factors relating to phenylpyruvic amentia, an hereditary-disease, and a known cause of mental retardation.

22

Notre Dame des, Missions, Churchtown, Dublin.

To discover if the thyroid glands are essential in the development of animals not undergoing metamorphosis and to find the effect of an inhibitor on the thyroid glands of the embryo.

28

29

30

Tyndall, Margaret

31

Bitheolaiocht

Junior Section-Girls 23

Delaney, Rose Anne

33

24

Convent of the Sacred Heart, Mount Anville, Dublin.

A study of the spider, including its usefulness to mankind, its ability to build and design and a comparison of the strength and resilience of its web with man-made materials.

Mahon, Sarah Teresa

Loreto Abbey, Gorey.

The causes, control and treatment of mange in dogs and sheep.

St. Mary's Convent, Castledermot.

The factors that affect the distribution of hedgerow plants.

Convent of Mercy, Spanish Point.

A survey of plant and animal life in a section of the rocky shore at Spanish Point, with particular reference to zonation and adaptation.

Convent of St. Louis, Holmes, Mary Martina Balla.

The physical, biological and chemical analysis of soil samples.

Loreto Convent, Jones, Monica Teresa Mullingar.

A study of the migration of beetles.

Convent of the Sacred Kilmurray, Avila Maria Heart of Mary, Roslyn Park, Dublin.

To show by means of goldfish how to cure the disease at present troubling salmon. To show also the progress of the salmon disease in Ireland.

Loreto College, Fiona Smith Cavan.

Hillery, Nellie

A study of cephalic indices and physical anthropology of a group of Irish girls to find racial distribution in group.

32

Biology

Convent of Mercy, Spanish Point.

A comparative survey of the plants and animals found in three rock pools situated at different levels on the seashore.

Senior Section-Girls 19

F.C.J. Convent.

Bunclody.

To show that white mice demonstrate photoperiodic responses, and to examine the effects of the photoperiod on animal activity, when diet is varied.

25

34

Dillon, Amelia

35

Ard Scoil Naomh Lughaidh, Rathmaoinis, Baile Atha Cliath.

Insects' responses to stimuli.

Clochar Lughaidh, Ni Riain, Aingeal Maire Muineachan.

Staidear ar Paramecium.

Clochar Loreto, N/ShioradSin, Padraig/n Baile na nGalloglach. larracht le cruthu go dtSlann an par Fresian an mheid is m6 bainne agus an bainne is fearr in Eirinn.

N/Dhubhghaill, SiobhSn Maire

Stand No. 36 O'Beirne, Mary Angela

37

38

Marist Convent, Tubbercurry.

A study of the common furniture woodworm and beetle.

O'Leary, Kathleen Anne Notre Dame des Missions, Churchtown, Dublin.

To identify growth rings in a tree section with particular years, compare them with analyses of weather factors and to draw conclusions about the relationship of the two.

Stand No. 46 Mac Eochagain, Aodh Prionsias

47

48

Saol portain.

Biology

Gairm Scoil na bPiarsach, Rosmuc.

Staidoar ar shliogain fairrige ar chosta Conamara.

49

6 Sui/leabhain, Seosamh

50

Pierce, John Gerard

Shanahan, Frances Margaret

Ursuline Convent, Waterford.

A study of the methods of inhibiting the growth of calves' horns.

Col3iste Mhuire, Cearnog Pharnell.

Staidear ar flora agus fauna na tra.

De la Salle College, Maguidhir, PeadarAindreis Churchtown, Dublin.

The behaviour of a flat worm (planaria).

Col3iste Mhuire, 6 Conchuir, Greagoir Paschal Cearnog Pharnell.

Bitheolaiocht

Christian Brothers School, Wexford.

An investigation into: (a) the influence of N, P and K fertilisers on potato yields; (b) the distribution of these chemicals in the potato plant; (c) the change in distribution with time.

Junior Section-Boys 39

40

41

42

gown, Catha/ Sean

De La Salle College, Churchtown, Dublin.

A comparison of the learning and remembering ability of some lower animals.

Conroy, Ronan Michael De la Salle College, Churchtown, Dublin.

Effects of slight pressure variations on small animals.

Coyne, Patrick Christian Brothers School, Ballin robe.

The growing of moulds and their effect on bacteria.

Fitzpatrick, Eamonn St. Finian's College, Mullingar.

Biology

Senior Section-Girls 51

52

Experimental food chains.

43

Hurley, Denis Fachtna

44

Kee/aghan, James Francis

45

Leahy, Austin Leonard

St. Finbarr's College, Farranferris.

The course and effects of some diseases on rainbow trout.

Belvedere College, Dublin.

To prove Mendel's law, using mice.

Franciscan College, Gormanston.

A study of the common earthworm (lumbricus terrestris), with special reference to their preference in food, how they find it, and burrow plugging.

Bitheolaiocht

Convent of St. Louis, Balla.

Experiments that demonstrate how a diet of potatoes and meal made the preFamine Irish strong and healthy.

Loreto College, Cornyn, Mary Cavan.

Astudy in genetics, showing the influence of genetic and environmental effects on a community in County Cavan.

Cahill, Ann Mary

Ursuline Convent, Thurles.

The potato plant. Is it of historic and economic importance?

53

Crombie, Mary Brigid

54

English, Camilla Mary

55

Loreto College, Mullingar.

Experiments involving optical illusions.

Convent of Mercy, Horan, Anne Moate.

To compare the cooking qualities of potatoes by finding their specific gravity, etc.

Stand No. 56 Moore, Adrienne Mary

57

58

Our Lady's School, Templeogue, Dublin.

A study of the flora and fauna of the section of the river that flows behind my school.

Moriarty, Una Mary Convent of Mercy, Moate.

To prove the presence of nematodes (eelworm) in potato roots and to devise a means of controlling them.

Mothersi//, Carme/Emelia Loreto High School, Rathfarnham, Dublin.

Stand No. 65 de Burca, Aingeal

66

67

60

O'Dwyer, Anne Mary

Loreto Abbey, Gorey.

To investigate the incidence of mastitis in cows and to arrive at a possible means of cure and prevention.

O'Shea, Agnes Mary Convent of Mercy, M oate.

To demonstrate Mendel's two laws of inherited characteristics , using the fruit, fly.

Biology

Chemistry

68

62

69

70

Cashe/l, Eamonn Martin

71

Beef production. Measure of output per statute acre and stocking rate during period 1965-66 on home farm.

63

St. Finbarr's College Farranferris, Cork.

An investigation into the structure of the atom.

Franciscan College, Smith, Paul Gerard Gormanston.

Comparative photochemistry of film development involving: (a) a study of the varying effects of different photographic developers, illustrated by photomicrographs; (b) the effects of various types of developers on grain, definition and grading of films.

Scoil na mBraithre, Walsh, Anthony Joseph Loch Garman.

A comparison of the cation exchange capacity of some soils in the vicinity of Wexford town. In this connection, a study of the influence of organic matter.

Murphy, Michael Brendan

Preston, Michael Samuel

St. Conleth's College, Ballsbridge, Dublin.

Irish butterflies. A study of seasonal emergence, distribution and status.

Chemistry

Ceimic

Chemistry

Coyle, Mary Dolores

La Sainte Union Convent, Banagher.

A study of Banagher Tiles Limited.

Ceimic

Senior Section-Girls 72

Junior Section-Girls 64

De la Salle College, Churchtown, Dublin.

Meldon, Ian Anthony

The construction of a photoelectric colorimeter and its calibration to solve a coinage problem.

Bitheolaiocht

St. Finbarr's College, Farranferris, Cork.

An investigation into, and structural study of, plant viruses.

O hEabhal, Aindrias ColSiste Muire, C.B.S., Muileann Cearr.

Ceimic

Junior Section-Boys

Senior Section-Boys 61

Convent of Mercy, Spanish Point.

Murray, Elizabeth

A study of monomolecular films.

An intensive study of ragworth (jacobaea) including a detailed investigation into its ecology and toxic properties.

59

Ard Scoil Naomh Lughaidh, Rathmaoinis, Baile Atha Cliath.

Patterns in energy.

Convent of Mercy, Maher, Catherine Marie Navan.

General research on enzymes.

73

St. Angela's College, Cork.

The study of the sugar yield of beet by means of chromatography.

Loreto College.

Murphy, Mary Margaret Mullingar A study of ion migration.

Barriscale, Ethna Mary

Stand No. 74

Electronics

Sanfey, Hilary Anne

Our Lady's School, Templeogue, Dublin, The uses of paper chromatography to detect dyes.

Chemistry

Senior Section-Boys Stand No. 81 Fitzgerald, Laurence Ailbe

Ceimic 82

Senior Section-Boys 75

Flahavan, Edward Joseph

83

chromatographic separations on paper, thin layers and in columns.

77

O"Herlihy, Kevin Dermot

84

80

Christian Brothers School, Fairview, Dublin.

The manufacture and use of a simple analogue computer which solves projects involving multiplication and division by electrical stimulation of the conditions of the problem.

Mac an Bhreithiun, Fiachra M/chee/ Colaiste Mhuire, Cearnbg Pharnell.

Aireamhthoir slmpli a dheanamh.

A usaidl.

6 Comhra/dhe, Deag/en Seen

Colaiste Mhuire, Cearnbg Pharnell Gleas craolta a dheanamh agus a usaidl a leiri6,

Bo/ger, Jennifer Susan

85

Loreto Abbey, Gorey.

A survey of angling in Co. Wexford.

Brady, Maria Gorett/ Maryfield College, Dublin.

An attempt to estimate the influence of Dublin Airport on its surrounding area.

86

Caraher, Mar/e-Therese

87

Carolan, Paula Mary

Leictreoinic

Butler, John Anthony

Geografaiocht

Junior Section-Girls

Junior Section-Soys

79

Colaiste Mhuire, Cearnbg Pharnell.

Radio waves and their audio application.

Geography

To demonstrate the construction of a gas/liquid chromatograph and the separation of organic mixtures on a packed column.

78

Mu/vlh//l, Enda Noe/

Belvedere College, Dublin.

Some aspects of the use of resins in ion exchange techniques.

Phillips, David Brian Wesley College, Dublin.

Electronics

Tere.nure College, Dublin.

A demonstration of Audar, e.g. Radar, using audio waves as carriers instead of radio waves. To find if an Audar set is practical over distances of 100 yards.

Jacobs, Stewart The High School, Harcourt Street, Dublin.

A hybrid device, demonstrating circuits and their functions.

Clongowes Wood

College, Naas.

To determine the factors involved in

76

Leictreoinic

I

Loreto Convent, Balbriggan.

A comparative study of the fishing industry in Balbriggan and Skerries in order to discover growth rates in relation to the national development programme Loreto College, Cavan.

The social and economic development of Kingscourt , studied through a survey of the location , structure and amenities of human dwellings.

88

Casey, Mary Frances

Loreto Convent, Balbriggan.

An urban study of Leixlip in order (a) to discover the town ' s characteristic functions and ( b) to assess the extent of metropolitan dominance.

Stand No. 89 Comerton, Aileen Mary

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

Convent of St. Louis Balla.

A survey of the population of Balla parish between 1851-1967 under the following headings: (a) marriage, birth and death rates; (b) emigration; (c) education, employment for the future.

Maryfield College, Davis, Mary Philomena Dublin.

To examine the factors which lead to the present state of the island of Inish Meadhon.

Loreto College, Cavan.

The economic value of the "Tidy Towns" competition, as exemplified in one country.

99

Convent of St. Louis, Balla.

A survey to show the distribution of medical services in County Mayo.

Our Lady's Bower, Hayes, Elizabeth Ann Athlone.

A survey of Lough Ree.

101

Mernagh, Mary

102

Merry, Rosaleen Therese

103

Mullaney, Mary

Presentation Convent Blackrock.

A study of the geomorphology of Dalkey and Killiney, showing how rock structure etc. is reflected in scenery and land use.

ColSiste Mhuire, Ennis.

A study of Lisdoonvarna Spa, involving: (a) its future growth or decline; (b) a comparison with spas on the Continent and in England ; (c) a comprehensive plan for development.

Marist Convent, Tubbercurry.

Clochar Loreto, Baile na nGallbglach.

"Ocras Gan G5 ". larracht le taisbe3ant gur fe idir go leor bi a chur ar fail don domhan uilig, d5 gcuirfl chuige i gceart.

104

N/ Ghormghaile, Ma/re ,4ine

105

Clochar Loreto, N/Ghrianna, McSbh Seosaimhln Baile na nGallbglach.

Scrudu ar thogail caorach in Arann Mh^r.

106

Nic Eoin, A/ne Ma/re

107

O'Brien, Sine ad Ann

108

O'Donnell Louise Catherine

Kennedy, Dorothy Joan

Langan, Anne Marie Our Lady's Secondary School, Turloughmore.

A study of the factors that cause the weather to change.

Loreto College, Logan, Therese Cavan.

Loreto Convent, Wexford.

A study of the geological structure of Co. Wexford, with reference to land use and future economic development.

Drainage of the River Moy: present setbacks ( loss to agriculture and of amenities) and suggestions for improvements.

Herlihy, Marie Catherine

Loreto Convent, Balbriggan.

Investigation of sheep rearing in Co. Meath to discover reasons why the county ranks first in Ireland for fat lamb production.

Presentation Convent, Blackrock.

Study of the movement of residential areas of Dublin city from earliest times to present day.

Martin, Susan Sarah

Gilvarry, Margaret Claire

Our Lady's School, Templeogue, Dublin.

The geological formations in which oil and natural gas are found. The possibilities of finding these in Ireland and its surrounding seas.

Loreto College, Cavan.

The socio - economic effects of free education in County Cavan.

McNally, Maura

100

Gaiigan, Mary Dympna

Study of a town in a depressed area: (a) discover influence of geographical and historical features ; ( b) development prospects.

98

Stand No.

McDaid, Deborah

Clochar Loreto, Baile na nGallbglach.

Suirbhe ireacht ar fhas agus forbairt tionuscal na gcaravan i gCo. Dhun na nGall, ag de anamh tagairt speisialta don e ifeacht ata aige ar thionnscal na turasbireachta.

Convent of Mercy, Spanish Point.

Marine erosion in West Clare.

Loreto College, Cavan.

Survey of an industry in the West of Ireland.

Stand No.

Stand No. Convent of St. Louis, Balla.

To set up a local weather station at Balla (Co. Mayo) and to compare daily recordings of temperature, humidity, wind pressure, etc. with those published in the press.

109

0 Fare/l, Ann Patricia

110

O'Mahony, Marie Anne

Loreto College, Cavan.

A survey to show the relationship between the pasture land and the quality of the milk produced in two given areas (Poles and Coravelis, Co. Cavan).

Convent of Mercy, Spanish Point.

A study of West Clare from Doonbeg to Lahinch, showing how proximity to the sea affects the economic life of the people.

111

O'Shea. Mary Noelle

112

O'Sullivan, Marie Therese

113

Pratt, Karen

114

115

Loreto College.

Cavan, The economic advantages of hire purchase in Ireland in regard to agriculture and to industry.

Loreto Convent, Balbriggan.

A study of rural land use in the hinterlands of settlements in North Co. Dublin to assess the extent of possible agricultural loss within the Development Area Boundary.

Cuffe, Peter Francis

118

Fitzgerald, Anthony William

119

Friel, Donal Joseph

120

Geography

Geografiocht

Buckley, John Emmanuel

Mountjoy School, Dublin.

A study of amenities and facilities within the Crumlin area.

Leahy, Robert James

122

Lynch, Michael Joseph

123

McTiernan, Timothy Patrick

124

O'Donoghue, Michael Marius Templeogue College, Dublin.

A study of rocks used in road-building and the processes involved.

125

O'Hora, Leslie Vance

Rockwell College, Cashel.

To consider the size, daily depth, speed and temperature of water and contours of the river bed in relation to a river - pool's suitability as a place for summer swimming.

St. Brigid's Hutchinson, William Francis Post-Primary School, Athy.

121

Junior Section-Boys 116

St. Joseph's C.B.S., Fairview, Dublin.

The main industries of Athy district and their relationship with building industry.

Convent of Mercy, Killaloe.

A study of Lough Derg.

Stella Mans School, Rohan, Marie

Foynes, Co. Limerick. its development and

De la Salle College, Churchtown, Dublin.

To compare two microclimates.

To show the stage of development attained by the Bull Island in its evolution from sand to clay, with particular reference to its grasses.

Rafferty, Mary Bridget

Foynes Harbour, potentialities.

Gonzaga College, Dublin.

To solve Dublin's traffic problem by replacing present public transport with a rapid transit monorail system.

117

Vocational School, Newcastlewest.

Geography and parish planning, showing the influence of geographical factors on the development of a parish and on planning future development.

Cistercian College, Roscrea.

To study climatic changes during the last century, with a view to defining and accounting for possible fluctuations, patterns and current trends.

Terenure College, Dublin.

Theoretical study of the coming of the Celts to Ireland and their subsequent way of life.

143

Loreto High School, Rathfarnham, Dublin.

A study of the agricultural, industrial and tourist potentialities of Falcarragh town and of the surrounding countryside.

Treacy, Catherine Mary

Geography Bucke, Denis Patrick

145

Gill, Owen Patrick

148

149

150

Stand No.

Glongowes Wood College, Naas.

A geomorphological study of Benbulben and surrounding area , with the object of discovering how that mountain got its peculiar shape; and to draw certain conclusions.

Christian Brothers School, Dun Laoghaire.

The wonders of astronomy. How to see some of them with the naked eye and by means of an easily made telescope.

Griffin, Sean

St. Joseph's Secondary School, Newtownforbes.

The use of the dilogarithm and its associated functions in scientific research.

151

Bissett, Patricia

152

Fay, Winifred Mary St. Joseph's Secondary School, Newtownforbes.

The fundamental group theory presented by generators and relations and its application to knot-theoretic invariants.

153

Keogh, Mary Nuala St. Joseph's Secondary School, Newtownforbes.

A demonstration of the algebra of switches.

Vocational School, Newcastlewest.

An agricultural atlas of Broadford Parish showing, in particular, the relationship between land use and soil types.

144

147

Junior Section-Girls

Geografiocht

Senior Section-Boys

146

Matamaitic

Mathematics

Stand No.

Matamaitic

Mathematics Junior Section-Boys 154

Newtown School,

Bliss, Roger Howard

Waterford.

A demonstration of some of the laws of probability.

155

Scaife, Ronan Paul

Sandymount High School, Dublin.

An examination of the accuracy of small-scale surveys, using Irish pennies as a subject.

ColSiste Mhuire, C.B.S., Muileann Cearr.

The geology of a midland lake.

6 Cuirc, Risteard

6 Dochartaigh, Eamonn Olibhear Colaiste lognaid, Gaillimh.

Tionscanamh: lascaireacht farraige i gcumharsanacht na Gaillimhe.

St. James' C.B.S., Dublin.

To determine the extent and nature of mineralisation of the iron-manganese lode at Cloghleagh, Co. Wicklow, by means of electrical resistance, geeresistivity, and natural current surveys.

Mathematics Senior Section-Girls 156

St. Finbarr's College, Farranferris.

The study of fragmental rock.

Brady, Mary Frances

St. Joseph 's Secondary School , Newtownforbes.

To exploit the role of axiomatics in mathematics.

Reynolds, George Andrew

Twohig, John Denis

Matamaitic

157

St. Joseph' s Secondary School, Newtownforbes.

To illustrate the method of reducing any given system fault analysis to a simple routine by generalising the equations of constraint , on the basis of zero-value phase current in one line and in two lines, without initial reference to the type of fault, creating system unbalance.

Farrelly, Elizabeth Patricia

Stand No. St. Joseph's Secondary School, Newtownforbes.

To show the importance of the classical structure theory of associative and commutative rings.

158

Flood, Kathleen 13 rigid

159

Ruane, Frances Phifomena

160

Shaw, Mary Olive

161

Dominican Convent, Sion Hill, Blackrock.

To demonstrate a probability theory which can be applied to reconcile the apparent conflict between the thermodynamic and the mechanical views of the behaviour of matter.

St. Joseph's Secondary School, Newtownforbes.

To exploit the theory of algebraic extensions of fields.

St. Joseph's Secondary Shaw, Rita Phifomena School, Newtownforbes.

To investigate algebras with an involution, for a threefold purpose.

Mathematics

Matamaitic

Stand No. Andrews, Susan Mary

168

Luzzatto, Eleonora Mary

169

Mansfield, Mary

170

O'Reilly, Jane Frances

171

Ryan, Edel Margaret

Senior Section-Boys 162

163

164

St. Nathy's College, Ballaghaderreen.

Application of one to one correspondence between sets in an analysis of infinity.

Carroll, Michael John

172

Loreto College, Cavan.

A study of sunspot activity at the end of 1967, with a view to investigating the truth of Schwabe's law and other solar phenomena.

Our Lady's School, Rathnew.

To investigate the relationship between the density of balls and the height to which they bounce.

Scoil losa, Malahide.

A study of the development of aircraft.

Wrigley, Jean Frances Dominican Convent, Sion Hill, Blackrock.

Quick sands. To show (a) how they are caused and (b) how their dangers may be overcome.

Blackrock College, Co. Dublin.

To illustrate and demonstrate the application of a regression formula for standard valves in an electrocardiagraph.

St. Nathy's College, Ballaghaderreen.

By means of a model to show that the parallel postulate is independent of the other axioms of geometry.

Physics

Fisic

Junior Section-Boys

Wilkinson, Anthony William

Fisic

173

174

Junior Section-Girls

166

Dominican Convent, Santa Sabina, Sutton High altitude meteorology, with particular reference to clear air turbulence encountered by aircraft.

Ward, Kevin

Physics 165

Our Lady's School, Rathnew.

To investigate the intensity of light reflected from white materials washed with different washing powders.

167

Alexandra College, Dublin.

A study of air pollution in different areas.

Dominican Convent, Albericci, Jacqueline Mary Sion Hill, Blackrock.

Experiments with colour.

Adams, Ruth Marie

175

Allen, Anthony Gerard

Presentation College, Carrick-on - Shannon.

Using only a spirit level and measuring rule, to determine the latitude , longitude and due north of any point , knowing the time of day.

Marist College, Corcoran, Eugene Gerard Athlone.

To pass polarised light through sugar solutions, thereby illustrating that such solutions have the effect of rotating the plane of polarisation of polarised light.

Daly, Anthony De la Salle College, Churchtown.

The factors which affect the strength of concrete.

Stand No.

Stand No.

176

Drury, Luke O'Connor

177

Ga/v/n, Kevin Raymond

Wesley College, Dublin.

The Tyndall effect or why the sky is blue.

A demonstration of the Rayleigh scattering in a colloid solution.

Moyle Park College, Clondalkin, Dublin.

An investigation into the possibility of using centrifugal force to produce forward motion.

178

Murtagh, Anthony Joseph

179

6 Broin, Breanndan Geardid

180

O'Byrne, George Thomas

181

O Siochfhradha, Donnacha

St. Vincent's C.B.S., Glasnevin, Dublin.

A study of the molecular resistance offered to falling bodies.

Colaiste lognaid, Gaillimh.

How gasoline and diesel engines differ.

usaide

Colaiste Einde, Gaillimh. agus chontuirte

182

6 Siochfhradha, Ruairi Pr/ons/as Colaiste Mhuire, Cearnog Pharnell, Ath Cliath.

Staidear ar chumhacht an aerbhrait i gcursai eitleoireachta.

183

Sweeney, Joseph Dam/en

Colaiste lognaid, Gaillimh.

A study of harmonic motion and its relation to wave motion.

Physics

Fisic

Senior Section-Boys Allen, John Gordon

Presentation College, Carrick-on-Shannon.

To find out the speed, wavelength and frequency of water waves and to determine if they are independent of type of disturbance and depth of water.

185

de Paor Dec/an

187

Leonard, Martin James

188

Madden, John James

189

O'Neill. Seamus Peter

190

Palmer, John Peter

Colaiste Mhuire, Cearnog Pharnell.

Staidear a dheanamh ar speictream agus speictreascop d'usaid chuige.

Staidear ar leictreastatic.

184

186

Daly, Edward Leslie

Gonzaga College, Dublin.

Subjective colour. A study of the physical laws governing "subjective colour".

Monkstown Park College, Co. Dublin.

To illustrate the principle of the refraction of light and, incidentally, discover the quality of certain animals' eyesight by using their optic lenses to take photographs.

St. Aloysius College, Athlone.

To design a bathyscaphe which operates on the principle of Archimedes and allows free observation of sea life at varying depths.

Terenure College, Dublin.

To demonstrate the purposes and functions of the various sections of I.L.S. (Instrument Landing System).

Marian College, Ballsbridge, Dublin.

Physics in the theatre.

Clongowes Wood College, Naas.

To measure weak magnetic forces in rocks.

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