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"Is this Ireland’s earliest hurley? A possible 7th century AD cammán from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick" …ievalarchaeologyproject.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/is-… #Hurling #Camogie #All-Ireland #Medieval #Ireland #Limerick #Cork #Tipperary #allirelandfinal
Delighted to have an article in the latest edition of @Archaeology_Irl which is out now. "In Search of St. Molua's Bell" looks at St. Molua, and a lost bell associated with him. I tracked down the only known photo of the bell, which is published for the first time in this vol.
The latest @Archaeology_Irl has a heritage guide I wrote on the royal landscape of the Rock of Cashel. You can also buy it for the bargain price if €5 from wordwell. It’s got lots of pretty pictures wordwellbooks.com/index.php?rout…
Anyone adept at 14thC graveslab script? @SocChurchArch @katephillips29 @irarchaeology
We are delighted to announce the line up for the Spring/Summer 2025 Oak Room Talks. The series aims to highlight a new heritage topic or project each month, & is supported by @HeritageHubIRE. Tickets for Dr Mary McAuliffe's March talk are available now: eventbrite.ie/e/dr-kathleen-…
‘Knockroe Passage Tomb, Co. Kilkenny – The Full Picture’ Prof. Muiris Ó Súilleabháin @ucdarchaeology Lecture to @RSAInews, Thur 27 Feb 7.30pm, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. To attend in-person or online, please visit here for tickets via Eventbrite: eventbrite.ie/e/rsai-lecture…
Instead of burning/plundering, did the Vikings build/patronise Dublin churches?? Thx to Neil + Roisin @AbartaGuides for a great recording experience abartaheritage.ie/stories-of-old… @FMDublin @Medievalists @SocChurchArch
ANNOUNCING A MAJOR NEW @EmpirePodUK SERIES: IRELAND & EMPIRE Episode One- COLONISING IRELAND: Henry VIII, Elizabeth I & The Tudor Conquest of Ireland
New issue...coming soon. To get it in your letterbox (and inbox): archaeologyireland.ie
IHTA Survey As part of an MA in Public History and Cultural Heritage with @PublicHistoryUL Jennifer Moore from @ihta_ria is undertaking a thesis on the awareness and usability of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas Survey 👇 forms.office.com/e/1cBENwjBTA Your input is appreciated! #IHTA
Final reminder - you only have until 5pm this evening to submit your abstract. Please do submit, we'd love to hear about your amazing research.
We're thrilled to invite CfPs for our 35th annual conference @CarlowCollege May 23rd & 24th 2025. This year's theme: 'Women's Experiences Matter: Women & Loss from the Medieval through the Ages' conf email: [email protected] Abstracts: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Plaster mould from 18thC context on Bride St, Dublin. Any ideas what it was for?? Looks like maybe a brass doorhandle but the underside is flat - not globular @jdmccafferty @BridMcGrath @ucdarchaeology @TuathaIreland @Archidub1 @dubcivictrust @irarchaeology @dubdecodedtours
🗣️‘Rebel Women’ Dr Margaret Ward in conversation with Síobhra Aiken 📆Wednesday 12th February, 7pm Historian & author, Margaret Ward, will discuss her latest book, ‘Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast and the Glens of Antrim 1914-1924’. Register > forms.gle/ADXL9Y9BXuE3zo…
5) 2 collaborative papers, authored by researchers involved in the chalice analysis have been published: 'X-ray fluorescence analysis of three late medieval silver chalices associated with Ireland', @Nature_NPJ & ‘Vessels of history’ @HistIreHedge; @UCCHistory @CACSSSResearch
Thank you @HistIreHedge - delighted to see my article in the new issue.
My letter about Marcus Daly (1841-1900), the #Montana Copper King from County #Cavan in the latest issue of @HistIreHedge. @cavancoco