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Archaeologist. Excavator. Lecturer in Archaeology at University of Galway.
We may be lacking those in Galway then... Our new 'library' is going to be called a 'learning commons' with no open-access bookshelves... (last I heard, at any rate!)
October 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We may be lacking those in Galway then... Our new 'library' is going to be called a 'learning commons' with no open-access bookshelves... (last I heard, at any rate!)
We'all be lucky if they keep actual books in libraries...
October 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We'all be lucky if they keep actual books in libraries...
Can we keep Powerpoint? Not sure I want to go back to ye Olde slide carousels - I see those slide boxes on the shelf...
October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Can we keep Powerpoint? Not sure I want to go back to ye Olde slide carousels - I see those slide boxes on the shelf...
Teaching a module that explores some of this at the moment - archaeology and Irish identity...
September 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Teaching a module that explores some of this at the moment - archaeology and Irish identity...
The Aran Islands can be part of the Burren when the Burren is part of Galway... In fact, all of Clare returns to Connacht... 😜
September 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Aran Islands can be part of the Burren when the Burren is part of Galway... In fact, all of Clare returns to Connacht... 😜
Thank you!
September 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Thank you!
Might be rare on Achill, but not that rare in a general Irish context... It is always nice, though, to add a 'new' monument to the record. I bet the students enjoyed the experience!
September 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Might be rare on Achill, but not that rare in a general Irish context... It is always nice, though, to add a 'new' monument to the record. I bet the students enjoyed the experience!
Is that the moon at, well, Moone..?
September 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Is that the moon at, well, Moone..?
Thanks Neil - Great man for the chat!
August 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Thanks Neil - Great man for the chat!
Etienne Rynne used to tell us a story about getting stuck in a souterrain with only a packet of digestive biscuits. Hope Vox has some choccy-covered ones...
August 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Etienne Rynne used to tell us a story about getting stuck in a souterrain with only a packet of digestive biscuits. Hope Vox has some choccy-covered ones...
These two have names - Blocc and Bluigne. I'll leave the actual mythical references to those who know more than I about such things!
mythicalireland.com/blogs/news/b...
mythicalireland.com/blogs/news/b...
Blocc and Bluigne – standing stones at Tara
Blocc and Bluigne, the two ancient standing stones in the churchyard on the Hill of Tara. Some people say they are guardian stones. Others say that they are fertility stones. One ancient text describe...
mythicalireland.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
These two have names - Blocc and Bluigne. I'll leave the actual mythical references to those who know more than I about such things!
mythicalireland.com/blogs/news/b...
mythicalireland.com/blogs/news/b...
I recognise that 'un...
August 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I recognise that 'un...
😂 Sadly no, not this time. Just some thrilled Tipp lads...
July 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
😂 Sadly no, not this time. Just some thrilled Tipp lads...
High status settlement - local rulers, no doubt. Could be more than 'local' at times, too, considering the intricacies of Early Medieval politics!
July 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
High status settlement - local rulers, no doubt. Could be more than 'local' at times, too, considering the intricacies of Early Medieval politics!
I know of it, alright, Chris - a fine big 'un!
July 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I know of it, alright, Chris - a fine big 'un!
Thanks Dez.
July 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thanks Dez.