#MarineScience - Pioneering marine biologist Maude Delap is the focus of an exhibition celebrating her work at her former home of Valentia Island this Saturday (18 August), as The Irish Times reports.

The self-taught Delap, who was born in Donegal in 1866, was a preeminent marine scientist of the Victorian era, renowned in particular for her studies on the life cycle of jellyfish.

But her interests also extended to other plant and wildlife, as well as Irish folklore and archaeology — all of which is reflected in the exhibition of photographs by Brian Stone accompanied by music from composer Seán Ó Dálaigh as art of the Valentia Chamber Music Festival.

The Irish Times has much more on the story HERE.