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Just over a year ago Valentia was placed on Ireland’s World Heritage Tentative List, the first stage in the long journey towards UNESCO world heritage designation for the Kerry island that helped transform communication across the globe.
In 1858, Europe and North America were connected for the first time via the undersea transatlantic telegraph cable, which reduced communication times from weeks to minutes, in an achievement now considered the 19th-Century equivalent of putting a man on the moon.
The annual Valentia Lecture on globalisation takes place today.Now in its seventh year, the event, will discuss a vision for Ireland and its place in the digita.