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Ireland - posts by Aidan O'Sullivan and Conor McDermott
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social MSc Archaeology and MSc World Heritage students explored the stunning cultural landscape of Clonmacnoise today.
Our thanks to @opwireland.bsky.social staff Nicola & Aidan for their warm welcome and superb tour.
#UCD #worldheritagee #Clonmacnoise
@ucddublin.bsky.social
Our thanks to @opwireland.bsky.social staff Nicola & Aidan for their warm welcome and superb tour.
#UCD #worldheritagee #Clonmacnoise
@ucddublin.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social MSc Archaeology and MSc World Heritage students explored the stunning cultural landscape of Clonmacnoise today.
Our thanks to @opwireland.bsky.social staff Nicola & Aidan for their warm welcome and superb tour.
#UCD #worldheritagee #Clonmacnoise
@ucddublin.bsky.social
Our thanks to @opwireland.bsky.social staff Nicola & Aidan for their warm welcome and superb tour.
#UCD #worldheritagee #Clonmacnoise
@ucddublin.bsky.social
Great trip with the @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social First Year class to the Hill of Tara last weekend led by Dr Brendan O’Neill, Prof. Joanna Brück, Dr Anita Radini and tutors Katie, Lauren, Cara and Maighread.
Our thanks to @nationalmons.bsky.social and @opwireland.bsky.social for hosting the visit.
Our thanks to @nationalmons.bsky.social and @opwireland.bsky.social for hosting the visit.
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Great trip with the @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social First Year class to the Hill of Tara last weekend led by Dr Brendan O’Neill, Prof. Joanna Brück, Dr Anita Radini and tutors Katie, Lauren, Cara and Maighread.
Our thanks to @nationalmons.bsky.social and @opwireland.bsky.social for hosting the visit.
Our thanks to @nationalmons.bsky.social and @opwireland.bsky.social for hosting the visit.
'Games of the Folk: Traditional Games and the Struggle for Heritage'
Dr Tom Fabian, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science
Research seminar jointly hosted by Irish Folklore and Irish Studies.
An Teanglann (B211 Newman Building), 3pm Tuesday, 21 October
Dr Tom Fabian, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science
Research seminar jointly hosted by Irish Folklore and Irish Studies.
An Teanglann (B211 Newman Building), 3pm Tuesday, 21 October
October 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
'Games of the Folk: Traditional Games and the Struggle for Heritage'
Dr Tom Fabian, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science
Research seminar jointly hosted by Irish Folklore and Irish Studies.
An Teanglann (B211 Newman Building), 3pm Tuesday, 21 October
Dr Tom Fabian, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science
Research seminar jointly hosted by Irish Folklore and Irish Studies.
An Teanglann (B211 Newman Building), 3pm Tuesday, 21 October
All welcome to a talk on the results of our project on the Archaeology of the War of Independence and Civil War in East Limerick, Kilmallock Library, 6.30pm, Tuesday 25th November!
@researchireland.ie, @nationalmons.bsky.social, @heritagecouncil.ie, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
@researchireland.ie, @nationalmons.bsky.social, @heritagecouncil.ie, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
All welcome to a talk on the results of our project on the Archaeology of the War of Independence and Civil War in East Limerick, Kilmallock Library, 6.30pm, Tuesday 25th November!
@researchireland.ie, @nationalmons.bsky.social, @heritagecouncil.ie, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
@researchireland.ie, @nationalmons.bsky.social, @heritagecouncil.ie, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
The full schedule for the upcoming Bronze Age Forum (Dublin 14-16 November), including paper abstracts and speaker biographies, is now available on the BAF website:
bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com
bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The full schedule for the upcoming Bronze Age Forum (Dublin 14-16 November), including paper abstracts and speaker biographies, is now available on the BAF website:
bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com
bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com
Last Saturday the ARCH20170-Discovering Ireland fieldtrip lead by Dr Ryan Lash assisted by Dr Anita Radini, Meaghan Mackie & Katie Wyse Jackson visited Castledermot monastery, Brownshill megalithic tomb and Rathgall Hillfort. Our thanks to everyone who helped make it a great day out.
October 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Last Saturday the ARCH20170-Discovering Ireland fieldtrip lead by Dr Ryan Lash assisted by Dr Anita Radini, Meaghan Mackie & Katie Wyse Jackson visited Castledermot monastery, Brownshill megalithic tomb and Rathgall Hillfort. Our thanks to everyone who helped make it a great day out.
“Objects, war and memory in Ireland past and present”
The exhibition was co-created by Prof. Joanna Brück of UCD School of Archaeology & seven people who have come to Ireland as refugees. It will be on view in Kilmainham Gaol Museum until 31 st January 2026 and thereafter around Dublin
The exhibition was co-created by Prof. Joanna Brück of UCD School of Archaeology & seven people who have come to Ireland as refugees. It will be on view in Kilmainham Gaol Museum until 31 st January 2026 and thereafter around Dublin
October 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“Objects, war and memory in Ireland past and present”
The exhibition was co-created by Prof. Joanna Brück of UCD School of Archaeology & seven people who have come to Ireland as refugees. It will be on view in Kilmainham Gaol Museum until 31 st January 2026 and thereafter around Dublin
The exhibition was co-created by Prof. Joanna Brück of UCD School of Archaeology & seven people who have come to Ireland as refugees. It will be on view in Kilmainham Gaol Museum until 31 st January 2026 and thereafter around Dublin
All the best to Samuel Kinirons, @researchireland.ie PhD Scholar @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social, and the other presenters at the Irish Association of Professional Osteoarchaeologists (IAPO) seminar on 1 Nov 2025, 9.45am-4.45pm, University College Cork.
@ucddublin.bsky.social, @researchireland.ie
@ucddublin.bsky.social, @researchireland.ie
October 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
All the best to Samuel Kinirons, @researchireland.ie PhD Scholar @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social, and the other presenters at the Irish Association of Professional Osteoarchaeologists (IAPO) seminar on 1 Nov 2025, 9.45am-4.45pm, University College Cork.
@ucddublin.bsky.social, @researchireland.ie
@ucddublin.bsky.social, @researchireland.ie
All the best to Sam Kinirons, Research Ireland PhD Scholar, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social and the other speakers at the 26th Medieval Dublin Symposium. Oct 4, 9:30–5:00, Robert Emmet Theatre, Trinity College.
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/26th-m...
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/26th-m...
October 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
All the best to Sam Kinirons, Research Ireland PhD Scholar, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social and the other speakers at the 26th Medieval Dublin Symposium. Oct 4, 9:30–5:00, Robert Emmet Theatre, Trinity College.
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/26th-m...
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/26th-m...
Announcing the launch of new exhibition “Objects, war and memory in Ireland past and present” at Kilmainham Gaol, showcasing the precious things that refugees have brought with them to Ireland, and the moving stories of courage, resilience, love and hope that these objects have to tell.
September 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Announcing the launch of new exhibition “Objects, war and memory in Ireland past and present” at Kilmainham Gaol, showcasing the precious things that refugees have brought with them to Ireland, and the moving stories of courage, resilience, love and hope that these objects have to tell.
Congratulation to @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social delegates Prof Graeme Warren, Dr Martin Moucheron and Deborah Buchanan who presented at the recent Meso2025, at Ferrara, Italy. This was the Eleventh International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe which takes place every four years.
September 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Congratulation to @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social delegates Prof Graeme Warren, Dr Martin Moucheron and Deborah Buchanan who presented at the recent Meso2025, at Ferrara, Italy. This was the Eleventh International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe which takes place every four years.
“The Cult of St Leo in Inishark: A Creative Heritage”
Dr Ryan Lash, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
Presentation as part of the Dublin Festival of History at the National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2.
3 October 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/the-cu...
@nlireland.bsky.social
Dr Ryan Lash, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
Presentation as part of the Dublin Festival of History at the National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2.
3 October 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/the-cu...
@nlireland.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“The Cult of St Leo in Inishark: A Creative Heritage”
Dr Ryan Lash, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
Presentation as part of the Dublin Festival of History at the National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2.
3 October 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/the-cu...
@nlireland.bsky.social
Dr Ryan Lash, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
Presentation as part of the Dublin Festival of History at the National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2.
3 October 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/the-cu...
@nlireland.bsky.social
Speakers include Prof Aidan O'Sullivan, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social, and other leading Irish and international researchers.
September 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Speakers include Prof Aidan O'Sullivan, @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social, and other leading Irish and international researchers.
All the best to Dr Ben Spillane and other contributors to “1,111 Years of History in 111 Minutes: A Whirlwind Journey Through Waterford’s Incredible Past” as part of Culture Night tonight at House of Waterford, Waterford.
September 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
All the best to Dr Ben Spillane and other contributors to “1,111 Years of History in 111 Minutes: A Whirlwind Journey Through Waterford’s Incredible Past” as part of Culture Night tonight at House of Waterford, Waterford.
Congratulations to Dr Penny Johnson, Eva Kourela and other contributors to the upcoming "Beneath Our Feet: Art & Archaeology Exhibition" 20 Sept–8 Oct, St Peters, Cork. It will feature the work of a range of archaeologist and artists and promises to be a great event.
www.corkcity.ie/en/council-s...
www.corkcity.ie/en/council-s...
September 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Congratulations to Dr Penny Johnson, Eva Kourela and other contributors to the upcoming "Beneath Our Feet: Art & Archaeology Exhibition" 20 Sept–8 Oct, St Peters, Cork. It will feature the work of a range of archaeologist and artists and promises to be a great event.
www.corkcity.ie/en/council-s...
www.corkcity.ie/en/council-s...
Congratulation to @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social students graduating this week including Kevin Cooke, Adam Bolger, Deirdre O’Connor, Kevin Whooley and Hannah Costello at today’s BSc Social Science conferring. It was a pleasure to be part of your time at UCD and all the best for your new paths.
🎉👨🏽🎓👩🏻🎓🍾🥳👏
🎉👨🏽🎓👩🏻🎓🍾🥳👏
September 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Congratulation to @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social students graduating this week including Kevin Cooke, Adam Bolger, Deirdre O’Connor, Kevin Whooley and Hannah Costello at today’s BSc Social Science conferring. It was a pleasure to be part of your time at UCD and all the best for your new paths.
🎉👨🏽🎓👩🏻🎓🍾🥳👏
🎉👨🏽🎓👩🏻🎓🍾🥳👏
Congratulations to Prof Aidan O’Sullivan & Dr Brendan O’Neill; Assoc Prof Jessica Smyth; Assoc Prof Neil Carlin; and Assoc Prof Helen Lewis on securing four of the 2024 Research Ireland COALESCE grants.
www.researchireland.ie/news/coalesc...
@ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
www.researchireland.ie/news/coalesc...
@ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
September 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Congratulations to Prof Aidan O’Sullivan & Dr Brendan O’Neill; Assoc Prof Jessica Smyth; Assoc Prof Neil Carlin; and Assoc Prof Helen Lewis on securing four of the 2024 Research Ireland COALESCE grants.
www.researchireland.ie/news/coalesc...
@ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
www.researchireland.ie/news/coalesc...
@ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
‘Decolonizing European prehistory’
Congratulation to Prof. Joanna Brück @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social on being an invited speaker at International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology 11 in Turin tomorrow.
“I have come to realize that colonial thinking has had a profound impact”
www.isba11.com
Congratulation to Prof. Joanna Brück @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social on being an invited speaker at International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology 11 in Turin tomorrow.
“I have come to realize that colonial thinking has had a profound impact”
www.isba11.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
‘Decolonizing European prehistory’
Congratulation to Prof. Joanna Brück @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social on being an invited speaker at International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology 11 in Turin tomorrow.
“I have come to realize that colonial thinking has had a profound impact”
www.isba11.com
Congratulation to Prof. Joanna Brück @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social on being an invited speaker at International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology 11 in Turin tomorrow.
“I have come to realize that colonial thinking has had a profound impact”
www.isba11.com
Congrats to UCD Archaeology's Dr Neil Carlin & colleagues on their new Open Access paper: Guiry, E, et al (2025) 'Pigs, pannage, and the solstice: isotopic insights from prehistoric feasting at Newgrange' out this morning in the Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 1/3 doi.org/10.1017/ppr....
August 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Congrats to UCD Archaeology's Dr Neil Carlin & colleagues on their new Open Access paper: Guiry, E, et al (2025) 'Pigs, pannage, and the solstice: isotopic insights from prehistoric feasting at Newgrange' out this morning in the Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 1/3 doi.org/10.1017/ppr....
Delighted to welcome Steve and Andrea White to UCD School of Archaeology and to thank them for their generous philanthropic support of our UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture (CEAMC), through their Mary Agnes McDonnell LeBlanc donation. 👏🙏🙂
August 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Delighted to welcome Steve and Andrea White to UCD School of Archaeology and to thank them for their generous philanthropic support of our UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture (CEAMC), through their Mary Agnes McDonnell LeBlanc donation. 👏🙏🙂
Bronze Age Forum 2025
Conference Programme
We are delighted to share our conference programme, which will see over 50 papers on a wide range of topics across the three days of the meeting at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com
#BronzeAgeForum
Conference Programme
We are delighted to share our conference programme, which will see over 50 papers on a wide range of topics across the three days of the meeting at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com
#BronzeAgeForum
August 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Bronze Age Forum 2025
Conference Programme
We are delighted to share our conference programme, which will see over 50 papers on a wide range of topics across the three days of the meeting at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com
#BronzeAgeForum
Conference Programme
We are delighted to share our conference programme, which will see over 50 papers on a wide range of topics across the three days of the meeting at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com
#BronzeAgeForum
UCD archaeobotanists past and present are at the IWGP conference in Groningen, Netherlands this week. This is the largest gathering of archaeobotanists in the world, providing an excellent opportunity for the Irish team to share their research findings on the global stage
archaeobotany.org/iwgp2025/
archaeobotany.org/iwgp2025/
July 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
UCD archaeobotanists past and present are at the IWGP conference in Groningen, Netherlands this week. This is the largest gathering of archaeobotanists in the world, providing an excellent opportunity for the Irish team to share their research findings on the global stage
archaeobotany.org/iwgp2025/
archaeobotany.org/iwgp2025/
Prof Joanna Brück @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social has been elected as an International Fellow of the @britishacademy.bsky.social, the highest honour the Academy confers on non-UK residents.
www.ucd.ie/research/news/2025/profjoannabruckelectedinternationalfellowofthebritishacademy/body,834332,en.html
www.ucd.ie/research/news/2025/profjoannabruckelectedinternationalfellowofthebritishacademy/body,834332,en.html
July 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Prof Joanna Brück @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social has been elected as an International Fellow of the @britishacademy.bsky.social, the highest honour the Academy confers on non-UK residents.
www.ucd.ie/research/news/2025/profjoannabruckelectedinternationalfellowofthebritishacademy/body,834332,en.html
www.ucd.ie/research/news/2025/profjoannabruckelectedinternationalfellowofthebritishacademy/body,834332,en.html
Extended graduate opportunities 2025:
🔹Hunter Gatherer Archaeology (MSc or GradDip) on campus - closes 31 Jul
🔹Hunter Gatherer Archaeology & Anthropology GradCert online - closes 8 Aug
🔹Grad Cert in Experimental Archaeology online - closes 8 Aug
www.ucd.ie/archaeology/study/graduatetaughtprogrammes/
🔹Hunter Gatherer Archaeology (MSc or GradDip) on campus - closes 31 Jul
🔹Hunter Gatherer Archaeology & Anthropology GradCert online - closes 8 Aug
🔹Grad Cert in Experimental Archaeology online - closes 8 Aug
www.ucd.ie/archaeology/study/graduatetaughtprogrammes/
July 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Extended graduate opportunities 2025:
🔹Hunter Gatherer Archaeology (MSc or GradDip) on campus - closes 31 Jul
🔹Hunter Gatherer Archaeology & Anthropology GradCert online - closes 8 Aug
🔹Grad Cert in Experimental Archaeology online - closes 8 Aug
www.ucd.ie/archaeology/study/graduatetaughtprogrammes/
🔹Hunter Gatherer Archaeology (MSc or GradDip) on campus - closes 31 Jul
🔹Hunter Gatherer Archaeology & Anthropology GradCert online - closes 8 Aug
🔹Grad Cert in Experimental Archaeology online - closes 8 Aug
www.ucd.ie/archaeology/study/graduatetaughtprogrammes/
Dr Claire Cave from UCD's School of Archaeology World Heritage Programme is attending the 47th UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Paris. Over the next 10 days the Committee will make decisions regarding the World Heritage Convention and current and potential World Heritage properties.
July 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dr Claire Cave from UCD's School of Archaeology World Heritage Programme is attending the 47th UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Paris. Over the next 10 days the Committee will make decisions regarding the World Heritage Convention and current and potential World Heritage properties.