Archaeology Ireland Magazine
@archiremag.bsky.social
Established in 1987, Archaeology Ireland magazine is Ireland’s leading archaeology magazine, published quarterly.
Editor: Grace O'Keeffe
Subscriptions can be taken out here: https://archaeologyireland.ie/
Editor: Grace O'Keeffe
Subscriptions can be taken out here: https://archaeologyireland.ie/
A beautiful new limited edition book on the Spanish Armada in Ireland is available now at wordwellbooks.com. This stunning book is a collaboration between @nationalmons.bsky.social, the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Real Academia de la Historia.
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A beautiful new limited edition book on the Spanish Armada in Ireland is available now at wordwellbooks.com. This stunning book is a collaboration between @nationalmons.bsky.social, the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Real Academia de la Historia.
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Just out- the Winter 2025 edition of @archiremag.bsky.social with lots of interesting articles and my ‘Reading the urns’ on the idea of solar-powered pots and urns in need of understanding. Just in time for #wintersolstice2025
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Just out- the Winter 2025 edition of @archiremag.bsky.social with lots of interesting articles and my ‘Reading the urns’ on the idea of solar-powered pots and urns in need of understanding. Just in time for #wintersolstice2025
The amazing 'Words on the Wave' project from the National Museum of Ireland has been shortlisted for the Current Archaeology research project of the year.
To read more about it and cast your vote, all the details are here!
archaeology.co.uk/awards/resea...
To read more about it and cast your vote, all the details are here!
archaeology.co.uk/awards/resea...
Research Project of the Year 2026 – Nominees - Current Archaeology
This has been another exceptional year for archaeological research. The following are some of the most exciting projects to have featured in CA over the last 12 months – the nominees for Research Proj...
archaeology.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The amazing 'Words on the Wave' project from the National Museum of Ireland has been shortlisted for the Current Archaeology research project of the year.
To read more about it and cast your vote, all the details are here!
archaeology.co.uk/awards/resea...
To read more about it and cast your vote, all the details are here!
archaeology.co.uk/awards/resea...
We were delighted to hear that 'Baltinglass and the Prehistoric Hillforts of Ireland' has been shortlisted in the Book of the Year category in the Current Archaeology Awards!
Voting for the awards is live now at www.archaeology.co.uk/vote and voting is open to everyone!
Voting for the awards is live now at www.archaeology.co.uk/vote and voting is open to everyone!
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We were delighted to hear that 'Baltinglass and the Prehistoric Hillforts of Ireland' has been shortlisted in the Book of the Year category in the Current Archaeology Awards!
Voting for the awards is live now at www.archaeology.co.uk/vote and voting is open to everyone!
Voting for the awards is live now at www.archaeology.co.uk/vote and voting is open to everyone!
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📹WATCH BACK from the 8th Annual @NationalMons Conference
#WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions
'Behind the façade: materiality, craft and display at the Provost’s House'
Dr Melanie Hayes @tcddublin.bsky.social
youtu.be/X2CdgFT9vek
#HeritageIreland2030
@archiremag.bsky.social
#WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions
'Behind the façade: materiality, craft and display at the Provost’s House'
Dr Melanie Hayes @tcddublin.bsky.social
youtu.be/X2CdgFT9vek
#HeritageIreland2030
@archiremag.bsky.social
Dr. Melanie Hayes - Within Without – The Archaeology of Partitions
YouTube video by National Monuments Service
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
📹WATCH BACK from the 8th Annual @NationalMons Conference
#WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions
'Behind the façade: materiality, craft and display at the Provost’s House'
Dr Melanie Hayes @tcddublin.bsky.social
youtu.be/X2CdgFT9vek
#HeritageIreland2030
@archiremag.bsky.social
#WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions
'Behind the façade: materiality, craft and display at the Provost’s House'
Dr Melanie Hayes @tcddublin.bsky.social
youtu.be/X2CdgFT9vek
#HeritageIreland2030
@archiremag.bsky.social
Lovely piece on the bones of the European wildcat found in Glencurran Cave, Co. Clare, dated to +5,500 years ago, covered by RTE today.
The research on this is by Dr Marion Dowd (ATU), and published in the latest edition of the Journal of Irish Archaeology.
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
The research on this is by Dr Marion Dowd (ATU), and published in the latest edition of the Journal of Irish Archaeology.
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Wildcat bones found in Co Clare dated to 5,500 years ago
The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago.
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Lovely piece on the bones of the European wildcat found in Glencurran Cave, Co. Clare, dated to +5,500 years ago, covered by RTE today.
The research on this is by Dr Marion Dowd (ATU), and published in the latest edition of the Journal of Irish Archaeology.
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
The research on this is by Dr Marion Dowd (ATU), and published in the latest edition of the Journal of Irish Archaeology.
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
A new book coming this week from the National Museum of Ireland and Wordwell, this really beautiful work on Irish Ceramics by Aisling Molloy.
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A new book coming this week from the National Museum of Ireland and Wordwell, this really beautiful work on Irish Ceramics by Aisling Molloy.
Very excited to see the cover of the latest edition of Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2025! Featuring wonderful pieces, from the Ballybunion knitted cap to the Swinford Torc, and many more. In the shops or, for subscribers, in your letterboxes next week.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Very excited to see the cover of the latest edition of Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2025! Featuring wonderful pieces, from the Ballybunion knitted cap to the Swinford Torc, and many more. In the shops or, for subscribers, in your letterboxes next week.
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Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
September 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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📹WATCH BACK from the recent 8th Annual @NationalMons Conference
#WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions
'Inside, outside and through town walls: urban–rural relationships in late medieval Ireland'
by Dr Margaret Murphy
youtu.be/ulvetVJT62k
#HeritageIreland2030
@archiremag.bsky.social
#WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions
'Inside, outside and through town walls: urban–rural relationships in late medieval Ireland'
by Dr Margaret Murphy
youtu.be/ulvetVJT62k
#HeritageIreland2030
@archiremag.bsky.social
Dr. Margaret Murphy - Within Without – The Archaeology of Partitions
YouTube video by National Monuments Service
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
📹WATCH BACK from the recent 8th Annual @NationalMons Conference
#WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions
'Inside, outside and through town walls: urban–rural relationships in late medieval Ireland'
by Dr Margaret Murphy
youtu.be/ulvetVJT62k
#HeritageIreland2030
@archiremag.bsky.social
#WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions
'Inside, outside and through town walls: urban–rural relationships in late medieval Ireland'
by Dr Margaret Murphy
youtu.be/ulvetVJT62k
#HeritageIreland2030
@archiremag.bsky.social
JOHN BRADLEY MEMORIAL WEEKEND
October 31 @ 5:00 pm – November 1 @ 5:00 pm GMT
Join the Kilkenny Archaeological Society for the Annual John Bradley Memorial Weekend. This year’s theme is William Robertson, (1770-1850) Kilkenny’s First Architect.
October 31 @ 5:00 pm – November 1 @ 5:00 pm GMT
Join the Kilkenny Archaeological Society for the Annual John Bradley Memorial Weekend. This year’s theme is William Robertson, (1770-1850) Kilkenny’s First Architect.
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
JOHN BRADLEY MEMORIAL WEEKEND
October 31 @ 5:00 pm – November 1 @ 5:00 pm GMT
Join the Kilkenny Archaeological Society for the Annual John Bradley Memorial Weekend. This year’s theme is William Robertson, (1770-1850) Kilkenny’s First Architect.
October 31 @ 5:00 pm – November 1 @ 5:00 pm GMT
Join the Kilkenny Archaeological Society for the Annual John Bradley Memorial Weekend. This year’s theme is William Robertson, (1770-1850) Kilkenny’s First Architect.
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Make Your Thursdays Count!
Looking for something different after work?
🕔 The National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street is open late on Thurs 11 & 18 Sept until 8 PM.
✨ Discover the stunning Words on the Wave exhibition
📍 Free entry, no booking needed.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/L...
Looking for something different after work?
🕔 The National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street is open late on Thurs 11 & 18 Sept until 8 PM.
✨ Discover the stunning Words on the Wave exhibition
📍 Free entry, no booking needed.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/L...
September 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Make Your Thursdays Count!
Looking for something different after work?
🕔 The National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street is open late on Thurs 11 & 18 Sept until 8 PM.
✨ Discover the stunning Words on the Wave exhibition
📍 Free entry, no booking needed.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/L...
Looking for something different after work?
🕔 The National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street is open late on Thurs 11 & 18 Sept until 8 PM.
✨ Discover the stunning Words on the Wave exhibition
📍 Free entry, no booking needed.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/L...
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan
📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin.
🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin.
🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without
August 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan
📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin.
🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin.
🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without
Cork University Press recently published an interesting book titled Textiles of Ireland: Archaeology, Craft, Art by Elizabeth Wincott Heckett.
www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205571...
www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205571...
Textiles of Ireland - Cork University Press
Spanning the life’s work of archaeologist Elizabeth Wincott Heckett, Textiles of Ireland: Archaeology, craft, art is the first wide-ranging book on the arc...
www.corkuniversitypress.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Cork University Press recently published an interesting book titled Textiles of Ireland: Archaeology, Craft, Art by Elizabeth Wincott Heckett.
www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205571...
www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205571...
Our second speaker is Professor Howard Williams
📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30
Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30
Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without
August 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Our second speaker is Professor Howard Williams
📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30
Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30
Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
8th National Monuments Service annual archaeology conference
Within|Without: the archaeology of partitions
bit.ly
August 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📚 Archives of Archaeology Ireland
Fixing Boundaries
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Summer 1997 (Vol. 11:2)
In the lead-up to Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions, we’re sharing articles that examine boundaries past and present.
📖 Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/81489...
Fixing Boundaries
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Summer 1997 (Vol. 11:2)
In the lead-up to Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions, we’re sharing articles that examine boundaries past and present.
📖 Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/81489...
July 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📚 Archives of Archaeology Ireland
Fixing Boundaries
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Summer 1997 (Vol. 11:2)
In the lead-up to Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions, we’re sharing articles that examine boundaries past and present.
📖 Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/81489...
Fixing Boundaries
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Summer 1997 (Vol. 11:2)
In the lead-up to Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions, we’re sharing articles that examine boundaries past and present.
📖 Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/81489...
As part of their summer lecture series Rathmichael Historical Society will be hosting a talk on the Boyne Valley Landscape with Stephen Mandal. This talk will take place on the 11th of August at 8pm.
July 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
As part of their summer lecture series Rathmichael Historical Society will be hosting a talk on the Boyne Valley Landscape with Stephen Mandal. This talk will take place on the 11th of August at 8pm.
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
8th National Monuments Service annual archaeology conference
Within|Without: the archaeology of partitions
bit.ly
July 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
Dr Cóilín Ó Drisceoil
📣 Where power lies: Ireland’s Iron Age earthworks as territorial oppida.
Cóilín is with @nationalmonumentsirl and co-authored Materialising Power on the Black Pig’s Dyke.
🎟️ bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin, 18 Oct
#WithinWithout2025 #IrishArchaeology
📣 Where power lies: Ireland’s Iron Age earthworks as territorial oppida.
Cóilín is with @nationalmonumentsirl and co-authored Materialising Power on the Black Pig’s Dyke.
🎟️ bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin, 18 Oct
#WithinWithout2025 #IrishArchaeology
8th National Monuments Service annual archaeology conference
Within|Without: the archaeology of partitions
bit.ly
July 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Dr Cóilín Ó Drisceoil
📣 Where power lies: Ireland’s Iron Age earthworks as territorial oppida.
Cóilín is with @nationalmonumentsirl and co-authored Materialising Power on the Black Pig’s Dyke.
🎟️ bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin, 18 Oct
#WithinWithout2025 #IrishArchaeology
📣 Where power lies: Ireland’s Iron Age earthworks as territorial oppida.
Cóilín is with @nationalmonumentsirl and co-authored Materialising Power on the Black Pig’s Dyke.
🎟️ bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin, 18 Oct
#WithinWithout2025 #IrishArchaeology
Meath Archaeological and Historical Society will host a lecture titled ‘The Story of Old Mosney’ with Colin Byrne. The lecture will be held in Bettystown Library on July 29th at 7:30pm
July 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Meath Archaeological and Historical Society will host a lecture titled ‘The Story of Old Mosney’ with Colin Byrne. The lecture will be held in Bettystown Library on July 29th at 7:30pm
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
8th National Monuments Service annual archaeology conference
Within|Without: the archaeology of partitions
bit.ly
July 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
An exciting new book, Dublin’s Industrial Heritage, will be launched by Senator Michael McDowell this evening in Rathmines Library at 6pm. All are welcome!
🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm
📍 Rathmines Library
🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell
🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm
📍 Rathmines Library
🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell
July 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
An exciting new book, Dublin’s Industrial Heritage, will be launched by Senator Michael McDowell this evening in Rathmines Library at 6pm. All are welcome!
🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm
📍 Rathmines Library
🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell
🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm
📍 Rathmines Library
🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell
📚 From the Archives of Archaeology Ireland
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2008 (Vol. 22:4)
To mark the upcoming Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions conference, we’re sharing an article from the Archaeology Ireland archive.
📖Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/54689...
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2008 (Vol. 22:4)
To mark the upcoming Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions conference, we’re sharing an article from the Archaeology Ireland archive.
📖Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/54689...
reader.exacteditions.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
📚 From the Archives of Archaeology Ireland
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2008 (Vol. 22:4)
To mark the upcoming Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions conference, we’re sharing an article from the Archaeology Ireland archive.
📖Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/54689...
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2008 (Vol. 22:4)
To mark the upcoming Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions conference, we’re sharing an article from the Archaeology Ireland archive.
📖Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/54689...
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We’re seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Facilities Officer – Facilities Specialist in the National Museum of Ireland. Closing Date for Applications; Friday, 25th July 2025 www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/... #JobFairy #MuseumJobs
July 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We’re seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Facilities Officer – Facilities Specialist in the National Museum of Ireland. Closing Date for Applications; Friday, 25th July 2025 www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/... #JobFairy #MuseumJobs