Category: Irish archaeology blog posts
Archive of Irish Archaeology.ie blog posts
The Big Dig
Preliminary plans for a very interesting project have just been unveiled for the Irish National Heritage Park, in Co. Wexford….
The Cistercian monastery at Abbeyknockmoy, Co. Galway
I recently visited Abbeyknockmoy Abbey in Co. Galway, which must be one of the most impressive Cistercian monasteries in Ireland….
Moated sites; defended homesteads of the 13th and 14th centuries
Moated sites are rectangular shaped enclosures that are primarily associated with the 13th and 14th century Anglo-Norman colonisation of…
IAI Autumn Conference
Just a quick heads up about The Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland’s autumn conference, which takes place next weekend…
Mystery stone object
A reader of the blog has sent me two images of a puzzling object they recently found along the Boyne…
Proposal to de-list archaeological and historical sites that post-date 1700
A very worrying proposal has been made by the Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht to remove statutory protection from archaeological and historical sites that post-date…
Viking exhibition and Longphort conference, Dundalk County Museum
A quick announcement on behalf of Dundalk County Museum about a very interesting looking Viking conference (and exhibition), which is taking…
Hurling, its ancient history
A history of hurling. On the weekend of the All-Ireland hurling final it seems only fitting that the history of…
Orkney excavation reveals stunning Neolithic site
Ongoing archaeological excavations, by Nick Card of the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA), have revealed the remains of a stunning…
Bones of the Vikings: when raiding goes wrong
The ninth and tenth centuries saw the arrival of a new force on the Irish political scene, the Vikings. These…
