Prehistoric occupation and ritual at Carroweighter, Co. Roscommon
MAY 15TH, 2023Shane Delaney of IAC Archaeology investigates prehistoric occupation and ritual at Carroweighter, Co. Roscommon, on the N60 Oran Road Realignment.
Seanda Ezine
Seanda Ezine is an online magazine that features occasional articles relating to new archaeological discoveries and resources from TII Archaeology & Heritage. It represents an electronic continuation of Seanda magazine, which was published between 2006 and 2013, and can be accessed here.
An early medieval wooden vessel from Gortcurreen, Listowel, Co. Kerry
MAR 20TH, 2023Tony Bartlett and Ross Drummond of Archaeological Management Solutions describe an important addition to the study of early medieval wooden artefacts from rural Ireland that was discovered on the N69 Listowel Bypass.
Genetic bone tumours in medieval Donegal
JAN 13TH, 2023Iseult Jackson of the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, reports on the results of significant new genetic research on two medieval burials from Ballyhanna, Co. Donegal.
3D-modelling a late medieval field system at Ballygillin 1, Co. Westmeath
AUG 20TH, 2021Ian Russell of Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit expounds on the production of a 3D model of a late medieval field system excavated on the N52 Cloghan–Billistown Phase 2—Turin to Billistown Realignment in County Westmeath.
Neolithic pit-digging in County Kerry
NOV 16TH, 2020Kerri Cleary and John Olney of Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit relate some surprising prehistoric discoveries made at Kilcolman Demesne, Co. Kerry, during excavations on the N70 Kilderry Bends Improvement Scheme.
TII archaeology at the National Museum of Ireland
SEP 25TH, 2020TII Archaeologist Michael Stanley highlights one of the artefacts being displayed for the first time at the National Museum of Ireland's new exhibition Glendalough: Power, Prayer and Pilgrimage.
Catching Time: a workshop on the dos and don’ts of radiocarbon dating and calibration
APR 21ST, 2020TII Senior Archaeologist James Eogan reports on a workshop on the dos and don’ts of radiocarbon dating and calibration delivered by Dr Katharina Becker, Department of Archaeology, University College Cork, and Dr Derek Hamilton, SUERC, University of Glasgow.
The medieval stud farm of royal Mullamast: a story to read and hear
DEC 21ST, 2018To coincide with the formal launch of the latest TII paperback and audio book, TII Archaeologist Noel Dunne details the rediscovery of a 'lost' medieval village at Mullamast, Co. Kildare, which may well be the county's first attested stud farm.
Scholars and skeletons
DEC 18TH, 2018TII Archaeologist Martin Jones reports on a workshop on osteoarchaeology held at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, that offered secondary school students a rare glimpse of life in early medieval Ireland.
Tram 94, where are you?
DEC 06TH, 2017In advance of the imminent opening of Luas Cross City, Dr Frank Prendergast, formerly of DIT Bolton Street, reports on the rare survival of a stereo-photographic card that provides a novel three-dimensional insight into Dublin’s public transport heritage.