Funding helps Blackrock observatory to reach for the stars

CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory in Cork is to make more of its space, having secured €35,000 in funding from Science Foundation Ireland.

Funding helps Blackrock observatory to reach for the stars

The money will go towards making a visit to the historic castle more hands-on for children, said Dr Niall Smith, head of research at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), which conducts astronomical research there.

“It wil help us to install interactive exhibits for children and families to complement the digital side of the exhibit. The exhibits will be concerned with light, magnetism and sound, and they will help children to understand the fundamentals of science.

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