The most recent season of surveying at Brú na Bóinne in County Meath, Ireland, has proven very successful, identifying 40 previously unrecorded…
Previously, large-scale changes in population were quite difficult, if not impossible, to discern from the archaeological record. But while there are still…
A study recently published in Scientific Reports, examining examples from across Ireland of what is known as bog butter – waxy deposits…
New research into the origins of leprosy in Ireland has revealed connections with the Viking world. A team from Queen’s University Belfast,…
The Galway Archaeological Field School provides students with hands-on experience of the archaeology and architecture of medieval Ireland. We specialise in this…
A new study analysing the teeth of adults who died in the Kilkenny Union Workhouse at the height of the Great Famine…
his book tells the story of the Harvard Archaeological Mission, which worked in Ireland between 1932 and 1936 to explore the Celtic…
A previously unknown Neolithic passage tomb has been discovered in County Meath, Ireland, beneath the 18th-century manor house of Dowth Hall. The…
Even a brand new town can hold ancient secrets. That is certainly the case at Sherford, currently under construction outside Plymouth, where…
It is well known that the Industrial revolution led to a staggering shift in the global nitrogen cycle – a key process…