This is an excellent public service initiative👏. The Urban Archaeological Survey reports are known to be a really valuable resource by archaeologists, historians, geographers & planners. This now makes them much more readily accessible to citizens. 1/2
🗂️The Urban Archaeological Survey is for the first time now available as searchable PDFs in the catalogued collections section of our @nationalmons.bsky.social website
👉https://tinyurl.com/4jafja64
#ArchaeologicalSurvey #HeritageIreland2030
@araukie.bsky.social @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social
👉https://tinyurl.com/4jafja64
#ArchaeologicalSurvey #HeritageIreland2030
@araukie.bsky.social @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This is an excellent public service initiative👏. The Urban Archaeological Survey reports are known to be a really valuable resource by archaeologists, historians, geographers & planners. This now makes them much more readily accessible to citizens. 1/2
Reposted by James Eogan
🗂️The Urban Archaeological Survey is for the first time now available as searchable PDFs in the catalogued collections section of our @nationalmons.bsky.social website
👉https://tinyurl.com/4jafja64
#ArchaeologicalSurvey #HeritageIreland2030
@araukie.bsky.social @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social
👉https://tinyurl.com/4jafja64
#ArchaeologicalSurvey #HeritageIreland2030
@araukie.bsky.social @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🗂️The Urban Archaeological Survey is for the first time now available as searchable PDFs in the catalogued collections section of our @nationalmons.bsky.social website
👉https://tinyurl.com/4jafja64
#ArchaeologicalSurvey #HeritageIreland2030
@araukie.bsky.social @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social
👉https://tinyurl.com/4jafja64
#ArchaeologicalSurvey #HeritageIreland2030
@araukie.bsky.social @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social
Undoubtedly this exhibition will be one of 2025's cultural highlights. Really looking forward to it.
Discover early medieval treasures at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St. See precious manuscripts from the Abbey of St Gall, Switzerland, returning to Ireland after 1000 years, alongside stunning Irish artifacts. Opens Friday, 30th May.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
May 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Undoubtedly this exhibition will be one of 2025's cultural highlights. Really looking forward to it.
Looking forward to hearing more about the planned engaging programme of events & initiatives to commemorate Ireland’s Norman heritage. There's plenty of scope to engage with different aspects of Norman heritage in the south-east & potential to explore the wider European context & connections
Today, Cabinet approved cross-government participation in ‘2027 The Year of the Normans’. The initiative will benefit tourism and economic growth while increasing public engagement with Ireland’s Norman heritage. Learn more: bit.ly/4jVH6Hk
May 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Looking forward to hearing more about the planned engaging programme of events & initiatives to commemorate Ireland’s Norman heritage. There's plenty of scope to engage with different aspects of Norman heritage in the south-east & potential to explore the wider European context & connections
This looks like a really good and interesting event focussing on the different aspects of the archaeology of this iconic landscape
𖦹 ⛏Burren Archaeology Festival 2025 - June 21st & 22nd ⛏𖦹
Burrenbeo Trust is delighted to launch the inaugural Burren Archaeology Festival 👇
burrenbeo.com/archaeologyf...
#IrishArchaeology #ExploreTheBurren #AncientIreland #IrishHeritage #ArchaeologyIreland #HistoricIreland
#ArchaeologyLovers
Burrenbeo Trust is delighted to launch the inaugural Burren Archaeology Festival 👇
burrenbeo.com/archaeologyf...
#IrishArchaeology #ExploreTheBurren #AncientIreland #IrishHeritage #ArchaeologyIreland #HistoricIreland
#ArchaeologyLovers
May 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This looks like a really good and interesting event focussing on the different aspects of the archaeology of this iconic landscape
This looks like a project with great potential to develop a resource of use to practitioners in different sectors
🌍 Could you Help Shape the Cultural Heritage Cloud?
🏛️ The ECHOES project invites cultural heritage professionals, researchers, and institutions across Europe to complete an online questionnaire about their use of digital tools. Learn more at: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/news-events/...
🏛️ The ECHOES project invites cultural heritage professionals, researchers, and institutions across Europe to complete an online questionnaire about their use of digital tools. Learn more at: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/news-events/...
May 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This looks like a project with great potential to develop a resource of use to practitioners in different sectors
The newish moon over the 17th century Rothe House, Kilkenny on a beautiful balmy evening
May 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The newish moon over the 17th century Rothe House, Kilkenny on a beautiful balmy evening
This Friday @angela-historian.bsky.social is coming to the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society to lecture about the experienc of Revd Robert Walsh, a Waterford-born clergyman, in Romanov Russia in the 1820s and how they influenced him. St Patrick's Gateway Centre (X91 YX61) at 8 pm.
April 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This Friday @angela-historian.bsky.social is coming to the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society to lecture about the experienc of Revd Robert Walsh, a Waterford-born clergyman, in Romanov Russia in the 1820s and how they influenced him. St Patrick's Gateway Centre (X91 YX61) at 8 pm.
Cycled up here this afternoon ... Gap of Dunloe in Kerry ... time for a refreshment now!
April 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Cycled up here this afternoon ... Gap of Dunloe in Kerry ... time for a refreshment now!
I really enjoyed speaking to an enthusiastic audience tonight about the Bronze Age sweat house discovered at Rathpatrick, Co. Kilkenny at the Sweat House Festival
April 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I really enjoyed speaking to an enthusiastic audience tonight about the Bronze Age sweat house discovered at Rathpatrick, Co. Kilkenny at the Sweat House Festival
Wow, the Ardshanbally brooch-pin has really captured the public imagination. It really is a stunning object and a very positive story of close collaboration between the public and private sectors to identify and preserve our archaeological heritage.
‘Remarkable find’: Eighth-century brooch pin discovered during excavation work on Adare bypass
‘Remarkable find’: Eighth-century brooch pin discovered during excavation work on Adare bypass
Medieval brooch is one of more than 100 objects to go on display at National Museum in May
www.irishtimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Wow, the Ardshanbally brooch-pin has really captured the public imagination. It really is a stunning object and a very positive story of close collaboration between the public and private sectors to identify and preserve our archaeological heritage.
Reposted by James Eogan
Today, Minister Patrick O’Donovan TD visited the National Museum of Ireland to view treasures unearthed in Co Limerick, including a 1,000-year-old Early Medieval brooch-pin!
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Press-...
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Press-...
April 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Today, Minister Patrick O’Donovan TD visited the National Museum of Ireland to view treasures unearthed in Co Limerick, including a 1,000-year-old Early Medieval brooch-pin!
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Press-...
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Press-...
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster... It is great to see news of the discovery of this stunning example of a brooch-pin is in the public domain. 1/4
1,200 year-old brooch pin latest treasure uncovered during Adare bypass works
The early Medieval artefact, housed in the National Museum of Ireland, hailed a 'remarkable find'
www.irishexaminer.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster... It is great to see news of the discovery of this stunning example of a brooch-pin is in the public domain. 1/4
Delighted to have made a contribution to these guidelines. For any one interested in learning about the fundamentals of using Airborne Laser Scanning (Lidar) for archaeological prospection and practical advice on commissioning surveys or reusing existing datasets it is the place to start.
We are proud to be a part of that publication, which builds on the sector survey done by AARG a couple of years ago, and most of the contributors are 🛰🛩 AARG members 💪
Publication available for download here:
zenodo.org/records/1460...
#aerialarchaeology #remotesensing
Publication available for download here:
zenodo.org/records/1460...
#aerialarchaeology #remotesensing
Guidelines for the use of Airborne Laser Scanning (Lidar) in Archaeology (EAC Guidelines 10)
Airborne Laser Scanning (sometimes referred to as lidar) has been described as revolutionary for the understanding and management of cultural landscapes. The ability to create highly accurate three di...
zenodo.org
April 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Delighted to have made a contribution to these guidelines. For any one interested in learning about the fundamentals of using Airborne Laser Scanning (Lidar) for archaeological prospection and practical advice on commissioning surveys or reusing existing datasets it is the place to start.
This is a great opportunity for younger archaeologist to present their research during National Heritage Week 2025
The TII Archaeology and Heritage section, in partnership with the Association of Young Irish Archaeologists (AYIA), is inviting early career researchers, including undergraduates, to submit paper proposals for the forthcoming TII Heritage Week conference in Dublin. 1/3
March 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This is a great opportunity for younger archaeologist to present their research during National Heritage Week 2025
Here is a great opportunity, a full time permanent position in the National Museum's Registration Dept ... and the successful candidate will be the Museum's 'Radiation Protection Officer' ... candidates should only apply with glowing testimonials!
We're seeking applications from suitable candidates to
fill the post of Collections Assistant in the Registration Department- Closing Date for Applications- Friday, 28th March 2025- www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
fill the post of Collections Assistant in the Registration Department- Closing Date for Applications- Friday, 28th March 2025- www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
March 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Here is a great opportunity, a full time permanent position in the National Museum's Registration Dept ... and the successful candidate will be the Museum's 'Radiation Protection Officer' ... candidates should only apply with glowing testimonials!
Reposted by James Eogan
We're seeking applications from suitable candidates to
fill the post of Collections Assistant in the Registration Department- Closing Date for Applications- Friday, 28th March 2025- www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
fill the post of Collections Assistant in the Registration Department- Closing Date for Applications- Friday, 28th March 2025- www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
March 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We're seeking applications from suitable candidates to
fill the post of Collections Assistant in the Registration Department- Closing Date for Applications- Friday, 28th March 2025- www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
fill the post of Collections Assistant in the Registration Department- Closing Date for Applications- Friday, 28th March 2025- www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
I love this a 1300 year-old vellum museum label! Presumed to have accompanied the relics of Brigid, Der Lugdach & Conláed it is preserved in the Abbey of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune in modern day Switzerland along a pilgrimage route to Rome www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... 1/2
Evidence for the earliest relic of St Brigid? | National Museum of Ireland
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March 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I love this a 1300 year-old vellum museum label! Presumed to have accompanied the relics of Brigid, Der Lugdach & Conláed it is preserved in the Abbey of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune in modern day Switzerland along a pilgrimage route to Rome www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... 1/2
This is a fascinating and enlightening thread ⬇️
Remarks by Taoiseach Micheál Martin at White House Shamrock Ceremony: "Irish labourers came to help build the new Republic, the beacon on the hill. They even built this beautiful White House."
Runaway slave advert placed by slave-owning Irish immigrant and architect of the White House, James Hoban:
Runaway slave advert placed by slave-owning Irish immigrant and architect of the White House, James Hoban:
March 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is a fascinating and enlightening thread ⬇️
Firedance parade on Barronstrand St, Waterford tonight, followed by a great seisiún on the stage in John Robert's Square. Part of the city's St Patrick's Day Festival events
March 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Firedance parade on Barronstrand St, Waterford tonight, followed by a great seisiún on the stage in John Robert's Square. Part of the city's St Patrick's Day Festival events
Dusk on the River Lee, Cork City
March 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Dusk on the River Lee, Cork City
The next Waterford Archaeological & Historical Society lecture is on Feb 28th at 8pm when Dr Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire @tudublin.bsky.social will talk about the diverse topics explored in 'Irish Food History: A Companion' published by the Royal Irish Academy
February 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The next Waterford Archaeological & Historical Society lecture is on Feb 28th at 8pm when Dr Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire @tudublin.bsky.social will talk about the diverse topics explored in 'Irish Food History: A Companion' published by the Royal Irish Academy
'Places for the living, places for the dead. Archaeological discoveries on the N25 New Ross Bypass' has been nominated for the Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2025 award.
Voting closes on Feb. 10th, here is the link:
archaeology.co.uk/vote-now
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Voting closes on Feb. 10th, here is the link:
archaeology.co.uk/vote-now
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February 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
'Places for the living, places for the dead. Archaeological discoveries on the N25 New Ross Bypass' has been nominated for the Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2025 award.
Voting closes on Feb. 10th, here is the link:
archaeology.co.uk/vote-now
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Voting closes on Feb. 10th, here is the link:
archaeology.co.uk/vote-now
1/2
A raiding party of long-tailed tits descend on the fat balls in the garden
February 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A raiding party of long-tailed tits descend on the fat balls in the garden
Delighted to see that the Bronze Age Forum 2025 website is live bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com. It is being held in Dublin, hosted by UCD School of Archaeology. The website has some fab images of BA objects found in Ireland from @nmireland.bsky.social, incl this 'beauty' newly conserved
January 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Delighted to see that the Bronze Age Forum 2025 website is live bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com. It is being held in Dublin, hosted by UCD School of Archaeology. The website has some fab images of BA objects found in Ireland from @nmireland.bsky.social, incl this 'beauty' newly conserved