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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 17h

You are warmly invited to The Discovery Programme’s Martin Doody Memorial Lecture 2025:
"Animal Kin, Animal Others in Early Bronze Age Britain”

It will be delivered by Prof Joanna Brück of @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Thurs 4 Dec
7.30pm
Online
Free

Martin Doody Memorial Lecture 2025

The Discovery Programme's annual Martin Doody Memorial Lecture, delivered this year by Prof Joanna Brück of University College Dublin

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 3d

The Discovery Programme's latest Ezine is now available to read here: discoveryprogramme.ie/2025/10/06/d...

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Discovery Programme Ezine: Autumn 2025 now available - The Discovery Programme

The latest Discovery Programme Ezine (October 2025) is now available to read here. This edition of the Ezine includes updates on the Discovery Programme’s work including: New staff member New project: 3D-4CH New COST Action: Managing Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology (MAIA) Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland conference UCD Fieldschool Rathgurreen Ringfort excavations CHERISH: […]

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 13d

Spot the archaeologists! This week we've been onsite in Co. Donegal doing UAV survey at sites around St John's Point, funded by an @aerialarchaeology.bsky.social grant.

Here is a cleared shore, traditionally known as the landing place for the medieval Killaghtee church
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 21d

6/6 The Lough Kinale Shrine reconstructed!

Ireland’s oldest & largest Book Shrine was broken in the medieval period & the pieces left in a lake

Now, Discovery Programme has used 3D modelling to digitally reconstruct it with @nmireland.bsky.social for #wordsonthewave exhibition:
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 22d

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 22d

📢 Announcing a new @researchireland.ie-funded project exploring Tara places in Ireland

'Tara by Name, Tara by Nature?' will explore archaeological connections between Ireland’s 'temair' places

It will be led by The Discovery Programme's Dr Susan Curran
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 23d

Our Research Archaeologist Dr Susan Curran is currently in Trondheim, Norway at the @aerialarchaeology.bsky.social (AARG) conference. Dr Curran is the Honorary Secretary for AARG and presenting a poster from the Discovery Programme on Remote Sensing data

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 23d

5/6 Lough Kinale Shrine is Ireland’s oldest Book Shrine - an elaborate box made to hold a holy book

It was broken in medieval times & the pieces left in a lake...

We've now digitally reconstructed it with @nmireland.bsky.social

Follow til post #6 18/09 for full shrine skfb.ly/pAIXp skfb.ly/pAIXs

Binding Strips, Lough Kinale Shrine - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme)

The Lough Kinale Shrine is the earliest and largest Irish book shrine, dating to the 9th century. It was found in a lake in 1986, close to a Crannóg (island settlement) in Co. Longford. The shrine…

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 28d

4/6 Lough Kinale Shrine is Ireland’s oldest Book Shrine - an elaborate box made to hold a holy book

It was broken apart in the medieval period & the pieces left in a lake...

Now we've digitally reconstructed it with @nmireland.bsky.social

Follow until post #6 18/09 to see the full shrine

Top Panel, Lough Kinale Shrine - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme)

The front of the Lough Kinale Shrine comprises 4 tinned bronze sheets overlying the oak lid. A large cross with cusped cross arms decorated with birds heads & expanded terminals dominate the front.…

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · Sep 9

3/6 Lough Kinale Shrine is Ireland’s oldest Book Shrine - an elaborate box made to hold a holy book

It was broken in the medieval period & the pieces left in a lake...

Now we've digitally reconstructed it with @nmireland.bsky.social

Follow until post #6 18/09 to see the full shrine

End Panel 2, Lough Kinale Shrine - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme)

The Lough Kinale Shrine is the earliest and largest Irish book shrine, dating to the 9th century. It was found in a lake in Co. Longford in 1986, close to a Crannóg (island settlement). The sides are…

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · Sep 4

2/6 Lough Kinale Shrine is Ireland’s oldest Book Shrine - an elaborate box made to hold a holy book

It was broken apart in the medieval period & the pieces left in a lake...

Now we've digitally reconstructed it with @nmireland.bsky.social

Follow til 18/09 for the full shrine 👀

Swivel Strap Attachment 1, Lough Kinale Shrine - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme)

The Lough Kinale Shrine is the earliest and largest Irish book shrine, dating to the 9th century. It was found in a lake in Co. Westmeath in 1986, close to a Crannóg (island settlement). The Shrine…

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · Sep 3

We are thrilled to see CHERISH achieve another significant milestone - with their collections in DRI now totalling more than 20,000 unique objects!

Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-col...

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · Sep 3

📣Discovery Programme is delighted to announce the CHERISH Project Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) data is now archived securely in the @dri.ie & available for anyone to use! doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · Sep 3

📣Discovery Programme is delighted to announce the CHERISH Project Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) data is now archived securely in the @dri.ie & available for anyone to use! doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · Sep 2

Lough Kinale Shrine is Ireland’s oldest Book Shrine - an elaborate box made to hold a holy book

It was destroyed in the medieval period & the broken parts left in a lake...

We've now digitally reconstructed it with @nmireland.bsky.social

Follow til post #6 18/09 for the full shrine skfb.ly/pAHnB

Side Panel 1A, Lough Kinale Shrine - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme)

The Lough Kinale Shrine is the earliest and largest Irish book shrine, dating to the 9th century. It was found in a lake in Co. Westmeath in 1986, close to a Crannóg (island settlement). The sides ar...

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you everyone who joined our #HeritageWeek Coastal Archaeology walk this weekend despite the wet weather! We had a great time exchanging knowledge about this stretch of coast

This was grant-aided by @ria.ie, funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social. @heritagecouncil.ie @edwardpollard.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hut site and cairns in the eroding sand dunes on the Doorin Point survey. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · Aug 19

Eroding shell middens recorded surveying around Doorin Point, Donegal. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · Aug 18

We had a fantastic time at Aonach na nDéise - Woodstown Viking Fest yesterday, chatting to visitors about our geophysical surveys at Woodstown & having fun with our 3D models in VR 🤓

Topped off with a visit from MoS Christopher O'Sullivan TD, MoS Mary Butler TD & Mayor of Waterford Cllr Séamus Ryan

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · Aug 18

Erosion cut through a stream making a new waterfall with the original now dry valley on the townland boundary seen further south. Doorin Point in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · Aug 17

Traces of a cart track running along the intertidal zone was recorded on the Doorin Point survey, Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #Riagrants @ria.ie funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social

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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · Aug 16

Checking out the erratics used as land marks, place names, fossils and rock formations on the foreshore around Doorin Point promontory fort in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social #Riagrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · Aug 11

The Discovery Programme is just 30 people away from 10,000 followers on @sketchfab.bsky.social!
To celebrate, we’re offering our 10,000th follower a 3D print of the Newgrange Entrance Stone!
For your chance to WIN, head over to Sketchfab and follow us there! sketchfab.com/discoverypro...
Good luck🍀

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View the profile and 3D models by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme). Centre for Advanced Irish Archaeological Research

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Discovery Programme would like to welcome our new Archaeological Surveyor & Digital Documentation Officer Cian Hogan. Cian joins us with extensive experience from commercial archaeology, primarily working in geophysics. He will be doing geophysical surveys with our Survey Team. Welcome Cian!

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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · Jul 25

3 weeks today until our exhibition opens at Oranmore Public Library for #HeritageWeek2025! Part of the CHERISH exhibition on #coastal #archaeology will be on display Fri 15 Aug - Fri 22 Aug

Oranmore Library is open from 10.30-5pm Tues-Sat (closed 1-2pm) @heritagecouncil.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social

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Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social · Jul 25

Calling all curious minds! Today is #AskAnArchaeologistDay, your chance to ask anything you’ve ever wanted to know about archaeology!

📱 Join the conversation on X, BlueSky, TikTok, and Instagram, just use the hashtag #AskAnArchaeologist or ask your question in the comments to get involved.

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