Maude Jane Delap lived on Valentia Island, off the Iveragh peninsula, Co. Kerry, in south west Ireland. Surrounded by the wild Atlantic coastline, she dedicated her life to studying the wildlife around her. Her whole family, and especially her sister Constance, were avid naturalists and made many important contributions to science, but Maude was particularly interested in marine biology and the study of jellyfish and microscopic plankton.
The Iveragh peninsula in south Kerry has a long and fascinating history, which began over 385 million years ago south of the equator. Discover how this rugged sandstone peninsula was formed, eroded, and came to be situated in the wild north Atlantic on the edge of Europe where there is still evidence of some of the first animals to ever walk on land.