📹WATCH BACK from the recent 8th Annual @nationalmons.bsky.social Conference #WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions 'Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain' Prof Howard Williams, University of Chester youtu.be/uCKLWJt-0iE #HeritageIreland2030

📹WATCH BACK from the recent 8th Annual NMS Conference #WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions. ‘Where power lies: rethinking Ireland’s Iron Age linear earthworks as territorial oppida’ by @nationalmons.bsky.social archaeologist Cóilín Ó Drisceoil youtu.be/ac4MhNbAf-w #HeritageIreland2030

CALENDAR MONUMENTS– October 2025 Coolhull Castle, Co. Wexford #CastlesOfIreland A well-preserved, three-storey hall house with a western service tower. Constructed in the early 16th c. by the Devereux family. tinyurl.com/4y3ck4pf #HeritageWellbeing #HeritageIreland2030 @opwireland.bsky.social

🎃As Oíche Shamhna approaches @nationalmons.bsky.social and @opwireland.bsky.social urge you to #ProtectOurPast by not lighting fires🔥 at heritage sites. Help to preserve our monuments for future generations to enjoy and learn from.🎃 👉 tinyurl.com/3pn7cnkr #LeaveNoTrace #StaySafe #HappyHalloween

Conservation work has recently commenced at Cloyne Round Tower, which dates to the 10th/11th c. It rises to seven floors over basement and is finished with a distinctive battlemented top. @nationalmons.bsky.social is pleased to support this project. #CMF2025 #ClimatEireitage #HeritageIreland2030

#WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions, 8th Annual @NationalMons Conference. Exploring how partitions-seen and unseen-shape our landscapes, histories and communities. All lectures now on our YouTube channel. tinyurl.com/mm6cphuk 🙏to the speakers, chairs & all involved. #HeritageIreland2030

The CHERISH webmap is now live! Here’s an exciting new tool we've been working on – all the CHERISH Project data that's archived in the @dri.ie can now be accessed through the interactive webmap on our website: buff.ly/SMHhq01 You can see where we worked and find out what we did

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

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

Join us on 23 October for Revealing the Past, a biennial conference on recent archaeological discoveries and research funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social , Historic Environment Division NI, and @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social via RIA grants Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...

A year ago I was invited to Dublin for the 7th National mons.bsky.social Service Annual Archaeology Conference to give a talk on my work. All those intriguing and compelling talks are now available in this volume: TRACES, the archaeology of small things' Available from @wordwellbooks.bsky.social

⏳Closing date Friday 24 October 2025. Following the success of the 2025 Commercial Dive Training Grant Scheme, @nationalmons.bsky.social is offering up to four further grants in 2026 to assist archaeologists gain commercial diving qualifications. #UCHIreland @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social

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 Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/martin-doo... Thurs 4 Dec 7.30pm Online Free

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

Welcoming today's assessment of the built & archaeological heritage sector. #ClimatEireitage We look forward to continuing engagement with @ccacireland.bsky.social and key partners as we seek to strengthen out adaptive capacity to protect our heritage @nbhsireland.bsky.social #HeritageIreland2030

CALENDAR MONUMENTS– September 2025 Ballyloughan Castle, Co. Carlow #CastlesOfIreland Built late 13th century by the Carew family. It then fell into the hands of the Kavanaghs, who resided here until the mid 17th c. tinyurl.com/5cbuzthb #HeritageWellbeing #HeritageIreland2030 @opwireland.bsky.social

#CultureNight celebrated 100 years since the turning of the sod at #Ardnacrusha ❤ #NationalBuiltHeritageService joined w/ #ESB & @nationalmons.bsky.social at the ‘A Bolt out of The Blue’ photo exhibition to celebrate #ModernArchitecture & #builtheritage #ESBArchives #DHLGH

✨Always a pleasure for our @nationalmons.bsky.social team to connect with the farming community and custodians of our archaeological heritage at the @NPAIE 🙏 Minister James Browne, Dept. Housing, Local Government & Heritage. #ProtectOurPast #CheckBeforeYouDig #HeritageIreland2030 #CMF2025

Join the #NBHS & #ESB in celebrating 100 years of #architecture at #Ardnacrusha See the photo exhibit A Bolt out of The Blue w/ photos from @nationalmons.bsky.social & enjoy the music, coffee & cupcakes and lot of activities this #CultureNight📍ESB HQ, Fitzwilliam St. Lower

🚜#Day2 @NPAIE #Govploughing2025 Come meet our @nationalmons.bsky.social archaeologists and staff to learn more. 📍Culture, Communications, Archaeology and Sport Block 3 -Row 14-Stand 274 #ProtectOurPast #CheckBeforeYouDig #HeritageIreland2030 #CMF2025 #ClimatEireitage #HeritageWellbeing

📢 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 @nationalmons.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie

Make Your Thursdays Count! Looking for something different after work? 🕔 The National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street is open late on Thurs 11 & 18 Sept until 8 PM. ✨ Discover the stunning Words on the Wave exhibition 📍 Free entry, no booking needed. www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/L...

Four Archaeology Grants schemes offering funding opportunities for research across a number of areas are now open and accepting applications until 15 October. For further details see: https://www.ria.ie/grants/ and contact [email protected] with any queries.

‘Hidden Layers: Inside the World of Archaeological Compliance’ NMS archaeologist Anne Carey talks w/ Aidan Priestley of the #ConstructionIndustryFederation Before carrying out groundworks including land clearance and reclamation #CheckBeforeYouDig to help #ProtectOurPast tinyurl.com/4hv8yyvu

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

📣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.... @heritagecouncil.ie @aberuni.bsky.social @rcahmwales.bsky.social @interregeurope.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce that 'Knowth' (RIA, 2024, ed. Helena King) has been awarded the prestigious @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social Book Prize at the opening ceremony of the 31st EAA Annual Meeting on 2 September 2025. Find out more at https://shop.ria.ie/products/knowth

Professor Aidan O’Sullivan 📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100 Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin. 🎟️ Booking now open: 👉 bit.ly/Within-Without

Our second speaker is Professor Howard Williams 📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30 Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without

We are delighted to announce our next CPD which will take place online on 4 Sep at 10am. Learn all about the Archaeological Survey of Ireland – the past, present & future. To secure your FREE ticket, please visit buff.ly/DSEthBF #archaeologyevents #iaievents #archaeologicalsurvey #NMS #archaeology

FREE BOOKING OPEN! Discovery Buildings Archaeology is a FREE full day event including expert presentations / site visits with archaeology + conservation practioners in Galway City. Full programme + booking: www.galwaycity.ie/BuildingsArchaeology @nationalmons.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie

Dr Cóilín Ó Drisceoil 📣 Where power lies: Ireland’s Iron Age earthworks as territorial oppida. Cóilín is with @nationalmonumentsirl and co-authored Materialising Power on the Black Pig’s Dyke. 🎟️ bit.ly/Within-Without 📍 Trinity College Dublin, 18 Oct #WithinWithout2025 #IrishArchaeology

✨COMHAIRLIÚCHÁN POIBLÍ AR OSCAILT✨ Tá @nationalmons.bsky.social agus NBHS i mbun Plean Oiriúnaithe Earnála maidir le hOidhreacht Thógtha agus Seandálaíochta á ullmhú📑 Dáta deiridh 📅 5pm an 29 Iúil 2025. Sonraí 👉 bit.ly/4lWoUOC @depthousingirl.bsky.social @deptcee.bsky.social

✨PUBLIC CONSULTATION OPEN✨ @nationalmons.bsky.social and NBHS are preparing a Built and Archaeological Heritage Sectoral Adaptation Plan📑 Closing date 📅5pm 29 July 2025. Details 👉 bit.ly/4lWoUOC @depthousingirl.bsky.social @deptcee.bsky.social

We were also treated to a masterclass in building interpretation from Chris Corlett of @nationalmons.bsky.social at Trinity Church and St Saviours. Thanks Chris!

CALENDAR MONUMENTS–May 2025 Carrickkildavnet, Mayo #CastlesOfIreland Kildavnet Castle standing guard over Achill Sound with its breathtaking setting overlooking the spiritual home and maritime domain of the O’Malleys. #CillDamhnait #ClewBay #CroaghPatrick #HeritageWellbeing #HeritageIreland2030

🎟️ Concession Places Available! Limited spots—early booking recommended. 🔴 Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions 🗓 Saturday 18 October 2025 🕘 9:15 AM – 5:30 PM 📍 Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin 🌍 Attend in person or online 🔗 Register:›

🗂️The Urban Archaeological Survey is for the first time now available as searchable PDFs in the catalogued collections section of our @nationalmons.bsky.social website 👉https://tinyurl.com/4jafja64 #ArchaeologicalSurvey #HeritageIreland2030 @araukie.bsky.social @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social

𖦹 ⛏Burren Archaeology Festival 2025 - June 21st & 22nd ⛏𖦹 Burrenbeo Trust is delighted to launch the inaugural Burren Archaeology Festival 👇 burrenbeo.com/archaeologyf... #IrishArchaeology #ExploreTheBurren #AncientIreland #IrishHeritage #ArchaeologyIreland #HistoricIreland #ArchaeologyLovers

Today, Cabinet approved cross-government participation in ‘2027 The Year of the Normans’. The initiative will benefit tourism and economic growth while increasing public engagement with Ireland’s Norman heritage. Learn more: bit.ly/4jVH6Hk

Legislative Update. A recent article by Seán Kirwan published in 'Environmental Liability'. Focusing on the Historic and Archaeological Heritage & Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 in relation to the protection of monuments. tinyurl.com/3bra4z7n Ack. to Lawtext Publishing Ltd. & @lawucc.bsky.social

Five years of the @nationalmons.bsky.social Community Monuments Fund. A day of insights and discussion on planning the way forward. Presentations included exemplar CMF projects and guidance on best practice. 🙏 to all speakers! tinyurl.com/8een9ubk #CMF2025 #ClimatEireitage #HeritageIreland2030

SAVE THE DATE! 18 October 2025 Delighted to announce that our 8th Annual @nationalmons.bsky.social Conference will take place on Saturday 18 October 2025. ‘Within-Without: The Archaeology of Partitions' Register via Eventbrite 👉https://bit.ly/Within-Without #SaveTheDate #HeritageIreland2030

Join us Wed 14/05 from 2-4pm to learn how to make your archaeologicla work more accessible to a wider audience! This in-person event will take place at the Helen Roe Theatre, Antiquaries Building, 63 Merrion Square from 2-4.30pm. For more information and to sign up, please visit: buff.ly/pOiyYwz

🗣️NMS Buildings Archaeology Bursary 2025 To help increase capacity in #buildingsarchaeology @nationalmons.bsky.social in partnership with @atu-ie.bsky.social has established a bursary scheme. Deadline for expressions of interest is 12 June 2025. Full details below. #AtlanticTU #ATU #ClimatEireitage

Tune in to RTÉ One on Sun, 4 May at 18:30 for part 2 of Kerry: Tides of Time. This episode features our very own Skellig Michael as the series explores the multi-dimensional story of Kerry's rich natural history. You can watch part 1 on RTÉ Player ➡️ https://cutt.ly/UrjMHxI4

@nationalmons.bsky.social was delighted to join in the celebration of the reopening of #BarryscourtCastle Congratulations to @opwireland.bsky.social colleagues who delivered this exemplar conservation project bringing new life to this important national monument. heritageireland.ie/places-to-vi...

2 previously unrecorded Megalithic tombs in Tullyskeherny, near #Rossiver, Co Leitrim. One is a court tomb, the other unclassified, but known locally as a ‘Giant’s Grave’. More rediscoveries forthcoming. 👉 tinyurl.com/5cjrbtpy #ArchaeologicalSurvey #HeritageIreland2030

Come and work with us! Job Vacancy – Archaeological Surveyor and Digital Documentation Officer Application deadline: 12 noon Thursday 22 May discoveryprogramme.ie/2025/04/30/j... @nationalmons.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social @opwireland.bsky.social #workwithus

CALENDAR MONUMENTS– April 2025 Moygara Castle #CastlesOfIreland From our @nationalmons.bsky.social calendar. Situated in a quiet corner of south Sligo overlooking Lough Gara, #Moygara castle was once the busy centre of the O’Gara lordship. #HeritageWellbeing #HeritageIreland2030 #CMF2025