Hidden from view for over 200 years, some interesting features have recently been uncovered on this section of the 12th century Walls of #Limerick , just off Athlunkard St.

#History & #Archaeology heads!

Check out the most recent episode of The Shindig Podcast

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Produced by me 🐝

Featuring an incredible interview with E. O'Flaithbertaigh

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Unearthing skeletons from the Iron Age in the Curragh, County Kildare
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Tis all go on the farm right now

(video by daughter aoife) #sheep #lambs #irisharchaeologyfarm

Delighted to chat with Gemma Delaney today 😀 #WLRFM on her fantastic new show #LiveWire 12pm-3pm about some of Waterfords fascinating & mysterious #folkore & our own #Blarneystone the 'Speaking Stone' or Clough-Lourish in Durrow near Stradbally  #Waterfordfolkore

The latest arrivals on the Irish Archaeology farm. Lambing in full swing here...

“Early Medieval Dwellings and Settlements in Ireland, AD 400-1100: Vol. 1 Text. & Vol. 2 Site Gazetteer” of hundreds of early medieval sites, with plans, drawings & c14 dates - our EMAP reports can all be downloaded from UCD Library research repository

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Some draw Mandalas when they are stressed others clean, I sit down and start stippling.
This time Newgrange’s Kerbstone 52 got my attention. It’s been on my list to do for a while. 😊

#irishprehistory #irishneolithic #neolithic #penandink #irishancienteast #newgrange

The Gaulstown Dolmen • Waterford

This Neolithic portal tomb known as the Gaulstown Dolmen likely dates to around 3800–3500 BC.

It is beautifully set in an atmospheric glade at the foot of a hill known as Cnoc na Cailligh.

A simple gravemarker in St Michael's graveyard, Wexford town. Initialled 'NM'.

When the Easter bunny turns bad..... from the Smithfield Decretals, c. AD 1340 blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

Tooth decay bacteria found in 4,000-year-old molars from Co Limerick google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.…

Lovely folk art depiction of the crucifixion on this headstone at Duncormick, Co Wexford. It's dedicated to James Stafford who died in 1750

Monday this week I was walking on Nassau Steet towards Merrion Square on the footpath along Trinity's wall/railing. It was heading for seven in the evening, the sun was on my back and I was looking at the lower granite courses. The wall has lots of little flaws...

Calling archaeological researchers/archaeologists, including undergraduate, postgraduate students & PhD candidates!

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A pair of prehistoric standing stones at Kealkill, Cork. They were probably erected during the Bronze Age (2500-500BC). The original function of these monuments remains uncertain, but it is possible that they were used to mark celestial events.

Our bronze raven pendant is based on this 10th century Viking artefact (pic 2). The replica is available here: irisharchaeologyshop.com/products/vikin…

An ogham stone at Ballinrannig, Dingle, Co. Kerry. Dating from the 5th century AD, its badly worn inscription reads 'of Conmac of Corb son of ...'

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April 5th, Hodges Figgis, Dublin

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Exploring Ireland's Viking-Age Towns: Houses and Homes, with Stephen Harrison of UofG Archaeology

The Rosary Window, Black Friary, Kilkenny.

#Archaeology #architecture #heritage #kilkenny