JOHN BRADLEY MEMORIAL WEEKEND October 31 @ 5:00 pm – November 1 @ 5:00 pm GMT Join the Kilkenny Archaeological Society for the Annual John Bradley Memorial Weekend. This year’s theme is William Robertson, (1770-1850) Kilkenny’s First Architect.

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...

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

Cork University Press recently published an interesting book titled Textiles of Ireland: Archaeology, Craft, Art by Elizabeth Wincott Heckett. www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205571...

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

🎟️ Concession places now available 📍 Trinity College Dublin or online 🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30 Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without

📚 Archives of Archaeology Ireland Fixing Boundaries 📰 Archaeology Ireland, Summer 1997 (Vol. 11:2) In the lead-up to Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions, we’re sharing articles that examine boundaries past and present. 📖 Read the article here: 🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/81489...

As part of their summer lecture series Rathmichael Historical Society will be hosting a talk on the Boyne Valley Landscape with Stephen Mandal. This talk will take place on the 11th of August at 8pm.

🎟️ Concession places now available 📍 Trinity College Dublin or online 🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30 Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without

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

Meath Archaeological and Historical Society will host a lecture titled ‘The Story of Old Mosney’ with Colin Byrne. The lecture will be held in Bettystown Library on July 29th at 7:30pm

🎟️ Concession places now available 📍 Trinity College Dublin or online 🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30 Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without

An exciting new book, Dublin’s Industrial Heritage, will be launched by Senator Michael McDowell this evening in Rathmines Library at 6pm. All are welcome! 🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm 📍 Rathmines Library 🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell

📚 From the Archives of Archaeology Ireland 📰 Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2008 (Vol. 22:4) To mark the upcoming Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions conference, we’re sharing an article from the Archaeology Ireland archive. 📖Read the article here: 🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/54689...

We’re seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Facilities Officer – Facilities Specialist in the National Museum of Ireland. Closing Date for Applications; Friday, 25th July 2025 www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/... #JobFairy #MuseumJobs

Sligo Field Club will be hosting an outing to Rathcroghan and Roscommon Castle on July 19th. Departing from Sligo Retail Park (F91 Y030) at 9.00am and returning at 6.00pm. For more details click below! sligofieldclub.ie/lecture/outi...

📰 Community Archaeology: More Questions than Answers Archaeology Ireland, Autumn 2016 (Vol. 30:3) 📖 Read: reader.exacteditions.com/issues/55360... 🎟 Register for Within|Without: bit.ly/Within-Without

The Kerry Archaeology and Historical Society will be holding a walking tour with Prof. Maurice Bric on the 13th of July at 2pm leaving from Fair Field, Cahirsiveen Garda Station

🎟️ Concession places now available 📍 Trinity College Dublin or online 🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30 Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without

🎙️New episode dropped: Part 2 of the Irish Medieval History Podcast! @niamhwycherley.bsky.social‬ is joined by Maeve Sikora & Matt Seaver from the National Museum of Ireland to talk: Words on the Wave Preserving Irish heritage Artefacts that tell our story 🎧 Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/27KJ...

Join us for a free lunchtime tour of the Royal Irish Academy Library's current exhibition, Collecting Ireland's History, in partnership with the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social Book your spot: www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1696592

The summer edition of Archaeology Ireland features a wonderful book titled Ballynahatty: Excavations in a Neolithic Monumental Landscape (Oxbow Books). This book features one of Ireland’s great Neolithic henge monuments: the 200 m wide Giant’s Ring.

Late Nights at the National Museum of Ireland 📍 Kildare Street Open late every Thursday until 8 PM — explore Words on the Wave. 📍 Collins Barracks Monthly evening talks. 🗓️ Next: The Dead Zoo in Blue 🕕 Thurs 3 July | 6–7 PM 🎟️ Free — booking essential. www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/L... #speirgorm

Date for the diary: the TII Heritage week seminar, 'Foundations', will take place on 21 August in the RIA, Dawson St. @ria.ie Registration from 9am, with first presentation at 9.50am. Full details here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/foundation...

📰 Who Lives in a Ringfort Like This? Archaeology Ireland, Autumn 2020 (Vol. 34:3) 📖 Read: reader.exacteditions.com/issues/89837... 🎟 Join us at Within|Without: bit.ly/Within-Without #WithinWithout2025 #Ringforts #PublicArchaeology #IrishHeritage #NMSConference

A new study in Cambridge Archaeological Journal (Carlin N, Smyth J, Frieman CJ, et al) has suggested that 'kinship' in Neolithic Ireland was less about blood ties or dynasties and more about shared beliefs and community. Your family was who you shared life with. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

‪🎧 Listen: @niamhwycherley.bsky.social‬(Maynooth Univ.) Explores the unique exhibition Words on the Wave: Ireland & St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe on the Medieval Irish History Podcast—joined by Dr. Diarmuid Ó Riain & Matt Seaver (NMI). open.spotify.com/episode/3o3x...

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Launched in 2021, the St Anne's Park Community Archaeology Programme is an interdepartmental project of DCC and Archaeology & Built Heritage Ltd, connecting communities w/ their archaeology, heritage & social history. This wonderful project is featured in the current edition of Archaeology Ireland.

For anyone interested in the development of Open Access publishing in Ireland, PublishOA and the Royal Irish Academy have released a wonderful report mapping the landscape of scholarly publishing on the island. The report is free to download and available for you here: zenodo.org/records/1563...

The seal of the office of the mayor of Waterford with a counterseal (on the back of the seal) attached to a deed from 1433 at @nlireland.bsky.social

'It is safe to say that I, and many others interested in the later prehistory of Ireland, have been waiting for this book for decades.' Lovely review of 'A Hillfort through Time: Excavations at Rathgall, Co Wicklow' (Wordwell) from our friends over at Current Archaeology.

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: bit.ly/Within-Without

The new edition of Archaeology Ireland just landed on the desk and it's looking great! Many thanks to all our wonderful contributors. In the shops this weekend.

Ancient Manuscripts, Modern Science! What links medieval monks, secret ink recipes & ancient cow DNA? Learn how Scientists used X-ray technology and genetic sequencing to uncover the secrets of 1,200-year-old Irish manuscripts in Switzerland Read more: museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... #NMIBlog #MuseumBlog

🎟️ 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: bit.ly/Within-Without

Medieval archaeology biscuits? Of course that can be done! Check out the amazing creations of @ellamchawk.bsky.social

Online Graduate Certificate in Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (by Distance Learning) at UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin Closing Date for 2025/2026 Applications is 30th June 2025. (but this is an Irish deadline, so y'know...) www.ucd.ie/archaeology/...

One of the wonderful books reviewed in the upcoming issue of Archaeology Ireland is 'Textiles of Ireland', looking at the work of archaeologist and textile specialist Elizabeth Wincott Heckett. This fine collection is edited by Mary Ann Williams and published by Cork University Press.

Lovely piece in the Irish Times today on the Words on the Wave exhibition in the National Museum! One of the highlights they mention is the wonderful Faddan More Psalter. If you would like to check out the book on the subject, this is available from Wordwell here: wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...

🎧 New History Ireland Hedge School, out now A Future for Our Past—Museums in the 21st Century What are museums for? How have they evolved in Ireland over the last 30 years? Are there too many—or too few? And in divided societies, how do they serve the public? historyireland.com/hedge-schools/

We're delighted to say that the new excavations.ie website, the national database of archaeological excavation reports in Ireland, is now live. Have a browse! With thanks to the National Monuments Service, the Dept of Housing, Local Govt & Heritage and The Wordwell Group.

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

The Summer 2025 issue of Archaeology Ireland is about to go to press and it's looking wonderful. An advance peak at the cover for you here. The gentleman on the cover is St Matthew with his tablets, from 1395, from the library at St Gallen.

Book your free tickets here for the next History Ireland Hedge School! Celebrating 25 years of Tipperary Museum. All details can be found below! www.eventbrite.ie/e/a-future-f...

SAVE THE DATE! ‘𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧-𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬’ 18 October 2025 The 8th Annual National Monuments Service Conference will be taking place in-person and online on Saturday 18 October 2025. Register now open via Eventbrite bit.ly/Within-Without

The National Museum of Ireland will be hosting a very interesting workshop this Friday. Click below for details! @nmireland.bsky.social

Book your free tickets here for the next History Ireland Hedge School! Celebrating 25 years of Tipperary Museum. All details can be found below! www.eventbrite.ie/e/a-future-f...

An interesting review of Textiles of Ireland: Archaeology, Craft, Art (Cork University Press).

The Baltinglass area of south-west Wicklow has the largest concentration of prehistoric hillforts in Ireland. As many as thirteen enclosures of varying design are prominently sited on hills overlooking the modern town. Available from wordwellbooks.com.