New video out on the winter solstice and belief in ancient/pre-Christian Ireland. Hope you enjoy it and happy solstice to everyone tomorrow. youtu.be/UX-tCI1j7bQ #WinterSolstice #Newgrange #IrishPrehistory #AncientIreland #Archaeology #PrehistoricIreland

What else does an archaeologist do on 21 December but watch the livestream for Newgrange? www.youtube.com/live/lRgumO6... #NewgrangeSolstice

We would like to thank Anthony Murphy for his incredible lecture on his drone work at Newgrange. Watch it on YT: www.youtube.com/live/ckfUotM... #IrishArchaeology @mythicalireland.bsky.social

Our December lecture will be *tomorrow* at 19.30. It will be in the Larmour Theatre (Bldg #10) at QUB. The lecture is titled ‘What Lies Beneath: The Hidden Archaeology of the Newgrange Landscape’ and will be given by Anthony Murphy. #IrishArchaeology @mythicalireland.bsky.social

Our December lecture will be on Monday 15th December at 19.30. It will be in the Larmour Theatre (Bldg #10) at QUB. The lecture is titled ‘What Lies Beneath: The Hidden Archaeology of the Newgrange Landscape’ and will be given by Anthony Murphy. #IrishArchaeology @mythicalireland.bsky.social

Our December lecture will be on Monday 15th December at 19.30. It will be in the Larmour Theatre (Bldg #10) at QUB. The lecture is titled ‘What Lies Beneath: The Hidden Archaeology of the Newgrange Landscape’ and will be given by Anthony Murphy. #IrishArchaeology @mythicalireland.bsky.social

Our December lecture will be on Monday 15th December at 19.30. It will be in the Larmour Theatre (Bldg #10) at QUB. The lecture is titled ‘What Lies Beneath: The Hidden Archaeology of the Newgrange Landscape’ and will be given by Anthony Murphy. #IrishArchaeology @mythicalireland.bsky.social

Our thanks goes to Dr Marie-Therese Barrett (IAC) for her lecture on Monday! You can watch it on our YouTube at www.youtube.com/live/XkAIUSg....

Our next monthly lecture is tomorrow at 19.30 in-person at Elmwood QUB and online (www.youtube.com/live/XkAIUSg...). It is titled ‘Drumclay in the 9th Century: From Dates to Daily Life — Reconstructing an Early Medieval Community’ and will be given by Dr Marie Therese Barrett (IAC).

Our next monthly lecture is on Monday 24th November at 19.30 in-person at Elmwood QUB and online (www.youtube.com/live/XkAIUSg...). It is titled ‘Drumclay in the 9th Century: From Dates to Daily Life — Reconstructing an Early Medieval Community’ and will be given by Dr Marie Therese Barrett (IAC).

The 9th annual CCA and UAS Discovery 2025! Conference is *this* weekend, Friday 7th and Saturday 8th November at Elmwood Bldg QUB and online. Go to www.qub.ac.uk/sites/uas/Co... to purchase your ticket now! -£20/regular -£10 student -£5 online We hope to see you there!

The programme for the Centre for Community Archaeology and UAS’s Discovery! 2025 has been released! Tickets are still available at www.qub.ac.uk/sites/uas/Co.... #IrishArchaeology #UlsterArchaeology

Class! #Fermanagh #NorthernIreland #Ireland #Spéirghorm #Archaeology #History #Mesolithic

Tickets are still on sale for CCA’s & UAS’s 9th annual Discovery 2025! Conference on 7th & 8th November at QUB & online. Go to www.qub.ac.uk/sites/uas/Co... to get your in-person or online ticket now! In-person space is limited so don’t wait! #IrishArchaeology

Our next UAS lecture will be this Monday at 19.30 in the Elmwood/Geography Bldg & online (www.youtube.com/live/IxV_S6i...). It is titled ‘Church Island in Lough Beg, an enduring spiritual place in the landscape’ & will be given by Thomas McErlean. #irisharchaeology

Bonamargy Friary • Antrim As Halloween approaches, here is the grave marker of the 17th century prophetess Julia McQuillan, the Black Nun of Bonamargy Friary Tradition claimed you could summon her ghost by circling the grave counter-clockwise before passing your hand through the hole in the stone.

The October UAS lecture is titled ‘Church Island in Lough Beg, an enduring spiritual place in the landscape’ and will be given by Thomas McErlean. This is a hybrid lecture and will take place in-person in 0G.029 Elmwood/Geography Building, QUB and online - youtube.com/live/IxV_S6i...

The UAS & Centre for Community Archaeology’s 9th annual Discovery Conference will be on 7th & 8th November at QUB & online. Book now www.qub.ac.uk/sites/uas/Co... #IrishArchaeology #UlsterArchaeology

I am raising money for the charity Pancreatic Cancer U.K. by walking 31 miles in October in honour of my mom who was diagnosed with state 4 last year and went into remission this year. If you can, please donate at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/.... Thank you!

Our next lecture ‘A Future for our Past: Archaeological Heritage Management in a Changing Climate’ by Dr Will Megarry is tomorrow Monday 29th at 19.30 in Elmwood Bld QUB & online at youtube.com/live/P_8HSXv....

Remember to book your ticket for Discovery 2025! On 7th and 8th November by going to www.qub.ac.uk/sites/uas/Co.... #Ireland #IrishArchaeology #Ulster #UlsterArchaeology

#Archaeology2030 wants your input! We are 5yrs into it, & this mid-point is the perfect opportunity to review the outstanding recommendations & actions before we move forward to deliver those in 2026-2030. For more info, visit buff.ly/BQCSCZw #archaeology #projectactionplan #irisharchaeology

Thrilled to see my picture of the Rock of Cashel adorns the cover of this important new book by Dr Patrick Gleeson! Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland brings together multidisciplinary evidence to examine the evolution of kingship and society. #Ireland #Archaeology 🏺 #SpéirGhorm

What a wonderful resource for Irish archeology 👏

Three sets of ancestral human remains taken from burial caves in Hawaii and brought to Belfast in the 19th century have been repatriated

The graves of thousands of people in a famine-era Belfast burial ground are finally set to be officially marked

A bog body found in #Ireland, previously thought to be a male, has actually been confirmed to be female. Evidence shows her throat was slit and she was decapitated before being thrown into the bog sometime between the 4th and 1st century BCE. Researchers believe she may have been a human sacrifice.

www.qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews... While the body was well preserved, the skull was absent and was not recovered. Cut marks on the neck vertebrae indicate the cause of death as an intentional decapitation in the bog. This may be part of a pattern of ritual and sacrifice during the Iron Age period.

Volume 79 of the Ulster Journal of Archaeology is hot off the press. Members can collect them at the AGM next Monday or they will be delivered. You can join us to get a copy - www.qub.ac.uk/sites/uas/Jo...