Blog posts

2013

May 15^th Old photos of Ireland, Series 2 1 comment
May 14^th The Moylough Belt Shrine 2 comments
April 29^th The Story of the Logo 2 comments
April 26^th The Archaeology of Gatherings: Call for Papers Leave a comment
April 25^th The Lisdrumturk Cauldron 2 comments
April 16^th The Lost City of Clonmacnoise 4 comments
April 15^th La Tène Era ‘Celtic’ Burials from France 3 comments
April 12^th Roman coins from Newgrange 2 comments
April 8^th Dublin’s Oldest Road? 1 comment
April 1^st St. George’s Church, Ethiopia 3 comments
March 28^th Below the Surface presents: The Fleet of Norse Dublin Leave a comment
March 25^th The Ballynolan Thistle Brooch 1 comment
March 23^rd The Waterford Knife 3 comments
March 21^st Grassroots Archaeology Leave a comment
March 19^th The Derreen bucket 1 comment
March 16^th A Mesolithic cemetery: Ireland’s oldest burials 4 comments
March 11^th A Viking Age toy boat from Dublin 1 comment
March 7^th Dublin’s Medieval High Cross 4 comments
March 4^th The Keshcarrigan bowl 4 comments
March 3^rd Below the Surface presents: The opening of the Atlantic world – English settlement in Ireland and North America in the 17th century Leave a comment
March 1^st Kilgobbin castle, Stepaside, Co. Dublin 3 comments
February 25^th The Knowth macehead 3 comments
February 21^st Slade Castle, Co. Wexford 2 comments
February 16^th A hoard of 16th and 17th century children’s toys 8 comments
February 13^th Stolen treasure: The Coggalbeg Hoard 5 comments
January 25^th Below the Surface Presents: Piracy and Predation in early 17th century Ireland 2 comments

2012

December 28^th Images of Newgrange through the ages 13 comments
December 19^th Rathcroghan Conference 2013, call for papers Leave a comment
November 1^st Photos of Ireland in the 1930s: The past is a foreign country 13 comments
October 30^th The world’s oldest spears, the Schöningen javelins Leave a comment
September 27^th The Broighter hoard 4 comments
September 19^th Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland’s website revamped Leave a comment
September 3^rd The Oseberg Viking ship burial 8 comments
July 6^th IRISH MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION: BLOW YOUR OWN TRUMPET 1 comment
July 3^rd The enigmatic fulacht fiadh or burnt mound 3 comments
June 23^rd 10,000 years of history; The Irish National Heritage Park in photos 12 comments
June 15^th The Aghadoe Crozier 3 comments
June 11^th Tales of Medieval Dublin 4 comments
May 14^th The death of an elephant, Dublin, 1681 12 comments
May 2^nd Early photos of Ireland’s iconic heritage sites 13 comments
April 18^th Monte Testaccio: a mountain of Roman amphorae 4 comments
March 28^th The sweat house at Creevaghbaun, Co. Galway 7 comments
March 15^th Facing the past. An anthropomorphic Bronze Age pot from Cork 2 comments
March 10^th Dublin’s lost buildings: The Dutch Billy 16 comments
February 20^th A lecture on George Petrie, ‘The father of Irish archaeology’ 2 comments
February 3^rd The Big Dig 2 comments
January 2^nd The Cistercian monastery at Abbeyknockmoy, Co. Galway 8 comments

2011

December 20^th Newgrange and the winter solstice 4 comments
November 28^th Moated sites; defended homesteads of the 13th and 14th centuries 3 comments
November 10^th Roman contacts with Ireland 8 comments
October 30^th IAI Autumn Conference Leave a comment
October 17^th Mystery stone object 16 comments
September 21^st Archaeological events this weekend (Sept 23rd to 25th) Leave a comment
September 14^th Proposal to de-list archaeological and historical sites that post-date 1700 41 comments
September 8^th Viking exhibition and Longphort conference, Dundalk County Museum 1 comment
September 3^rd Hurling, its ancient history 12 comments
August 19^th Orkney excavation reveals stunning Neolithic site 1 comment
August 15^th Bones of the Vikings: when raiding goes wrong 10 comments
August 11^th Irish bog bodies, some recent discoveries 12 comments
July 22^nd Some online tools for the amateur archaeologist 3 comments
July 8^th Archaeological excavations at Rossnaree, Bru na Boinne, Co. Meath 1 comment
June 28^th Dublin’s Viking warrior burials 10 comments
June 13^th Tales of Medieval Dublin, lunchtime talks Leave a comment
June 7^th Irish corn-drying kilns, their Bronze Age origins? 9 comments
June 3^rd On-line RMP database mapping updated 3 comments
May 25^th Mystery artefact sheds new light on Irish Bronze Age weaving 2 comments
May 18^th Dublin, The Prehistoric City 12 comments
May 12^th Archaeology showcase at Ferrycarrig, The Irish National Heritage Park Leave a comment
May 9^th The School of Irish Archaeology 3 comments
May 4^th New Viking houses found in Dublin 3 comments
May 1^st Mayday and the Celtic festival of Bealtaine 4 comments
April 29^th Vikings in Co. Louth Leave a comment
April 28^th Bog Butter find from Co. Offaly 1 comment
April 27^th Decapitated skull reveals brain! 2 comments
April 24^th Halberds and Crane dances, a new theory. 3 comments
April 20^th Hillfort excavation and community archaeology 2 comments
April 18^th Neolithic house, Enniscorthy 4 comments
April 8^th Midlands Viking Conference Leave a comment
April 7^th Bronze Age dugout canoe, circa 2200 BC 1 comment

Archaeology blogs March 16, 2013

A Mesolithic cemetery: Ireland’s oldest burials

On a bend of the River Shannon, Ireland’s largest watercourse, a small band of hunter-gathers came to together nearly [...]

Archaeology blogs December 28, 2012

Images of Newgrange through the ages

The Neolithic passage tomb at Newgrange is the most visited archaeological site in Ireland. Over 5000 years old it pre-dates the first phase of [...]

Archaeology blogs September 27, 2012

The Broighter hoard

The remarkable Broighter hoard, arguably the finest treasure trove of the Irish Iron Age, was discovered on a February evening [...]

Archaeology blogs September 3, 2012

The Oseberg Viking ship burial

In 1904 a remarkable archaeological site was uncovered at Oseberg, Norway. It consisted of an astonishingly well-preserved Viking ship [...]

Archaeology blogs May 14, 2012

The death of an elephant, Dublin, 1681

I stumbled across a curious 17th century account of an elephant in Dublin city recently. Yes, you read right, an [...]

Archaeology blogs March 10, 2012

Dublin’s lost buildings: The Dutch Billy

Strolling through some of Dublin streets at the begining of the 18th century, an English visitor to the city [...]