Pangaea

[Digger Walters]

As you can see, Ireland is sitting on the Eurasian plate but is nowhere near any place where tectonic plates meet. Despite this, we still have mountains. Without continental drift, I ask you (Balaam), how is this possible? The majority of the mountains here were formed during the Armorican foldings, which took place between 250 - 270 million years ago. (I hope you don't disagree with the methods used to date rocks too. ) That is why the highest mountains would not be very tall considering how old they are. (The highest one is only about 1000 metres/3400 feet tall.)

This proves to me that at the time these mountains were formed, the land now known as Ireland, was on the edge of two plates (possibly as part of a super-continent) and then gradually drifted away into it's current position in the Eurasian plate.

Ok Ritchie Can I say something here? The reason that may be is the fact that Ireland once could have been on the edge of a plate and athe nountains formed and then they moved of the edge of the plate more foolowed at such a rate that mountains didnt form with more plate being eaten up and the other end of the plate the plate moved acroos fromin more plate behind it. (Can you sort of catch my drift here?) The enventually when Ireland got out past the ocean the ocean eroded the rest of the plate away leaving Ireland the way it is were it is... and that oculd be a reason behind many mroe countries....