Archaeology News
Above and Below: Book Launch
MAR 09TH, 2017Dr Ann Lynch, Chief Archaeologist with the National Monuments Service, launches latest archaeology book from TII.
TII Archaeology & Heritage - Heritage Week Events 2015
AUG 05TH, 2015Please visit TII Heritage Week 2015 for up to date details
Issue 8 of Seanda magazine
SEP 29TH, 2014The latest issue of Seanda, the NRA Archaeology Magazine, is now available as an interactive PDF. The latest edition reports on a number of recent investigations and research initiatives, including a probable Bronze Age ritual avenue at Ballingowan, Co. Kerry.
Viking Woodstown book and audioguide
SEP 29TH, 2014This evening (Tuesday 4th November 2014) sees the launch of 'Woodstown: a Viking-Age settlement in Co. Waterford', the definitive account of the archaeological excavations undertaken at a 9th-century Viking settlement discovered in 2003 on the proposed route of the Waterford City Bypass. Today also sees the release of a free to download ‘audiobook’ about the site, which is an accessible companion to the new book.
Fragments of Lives Past
SEP 26TH, 2014The NRA was honoured to have Raghnall Ó Floinn, Director of the National Museum of Ireland, launch Fragments of Lives Past at the City Wall Space, Dublin Civic Office, on 28 August 2014. This new publication presents the proceedings of the 2013 NRA National Archaeology Seminar, which explored the theme of archaeological objects discovered on road schemes and what they tell us about the past peoples of Ireland.
N22 Tralee Bypass Archaeology Seminar
AUG 11TH, 2014A free public seminar highlighting the results of archaeological investigations on the Tralee Bypass will be held at the Kerry County Museum, Tralee, on Saturday 25 January.
Futures and Pasts
AUG 10TH, 2014The proceedings of the Futures and Pasts seminar were launched by Dr Eileen Murphy of Queens University, Belfast, on 22 August 2013 at the City Wall Space, Wood Quay Venue, Dublin Civic Offices. This new book is the 10th volume in the Archaeology and the National Roads Authority Monograph Series.
The Mill at Kilbegly
AUG 06TH, 2014Roscommon County Library hosted a large audience on 6 June 2013 for the launch of The Mill at Kilbegly by Neil Jackman, Caitríona Moore and Colin Rynne, the latest title in the NRA Scheme Monographs series. The mill site was excavated by archaeologists from Valerie J Keeley Ltd in 2007.
The archaeology of Limerick’s ‘river road’
AUG 06TH, 2014On the evening of the 14 November 2013 a new book about the archaeology and history of Limerick city was launched in King John’s Castle by Dr Pat Wallace—Limerick man and former Director of the National Museum of Ireland.
Cork’s past generations revealed
AUG 06TH, 2014Professor William O’Brien, Head of the Department of Archaeology, University College Cork, formally launched 'Generations: the archaeology of five national road schemes in County Cork, Vols 1 & 2' in the Aula Maxima (Great Hall) of the university on 10 December.