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01/10/2025

📣 Meet the Speaker

In advance of the National Monuments Service 8th Annual Archaeology Conference we will be introducing you to the speakers and their topics.

Our final speaker is Professor Audrey Horning
📍 Talk Title: Crossing boundaries, challenging divisions: integrating archaeology into post-Troubles conflict transformation

Professor Audrey Horning is the Forrest Murden Professor of Anthropology and Vice-Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at William & Mary, USA. She is also (Hon.) Professor of Archaeology at Queen’s University Belfast and a fellow of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute. She currently serves as President of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

📌 Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
🗓 Saturday 18 October 2025
🕘 9:15 AM – 5:30 PM
📍 Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
🌍 In-person & online attendance available

🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 https://bit.ly/Within-Without

⸻
🙏 With thanks to:

30/09/2025

📚✨ Book Launch ✨📚

We’re delighted to invite you to the official launch of
West Cork at War: A New History of the Irish Civil War in West Cork
by Anthony Barrett (Eastwood Books).

Join us at Cronin’s Bar, Gougane Barra
🗓 Saturday, 4 October
🕓 4:00 p.m.

The evening will feature Guest Speaker Dr John Borgonovo (UCC),

📖 All are welcome — come along, meet the author.

26/09/2025

✨ A glorious evening in Wexford!

Last night we celebrated the launch of Beneath the Ground of Kings and Saints – uncovering the story of Ferns, Co. Wexford at the Book Centre.

👏 MC Catherine MacPartlin set the tone, and Chris Corlett—archaeologist, historian, author & photographer—launched the book with warmth and insight.

Huge congratulations to author Barry Lacy on this outstanding contribution to the story of Ferns. A truly lovely evening!

📖 Beneath the Ground of Kings and Saints
✍️ By Barry Lacy
📍 The Book Centre, Wexford
📅 Thursday, 25th September

👉 Get your copy here: wordwellbooks.com/product/2185




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26/09/2025

Thinking of joining us at Within/Without: The Archaeology of Partitions?
Here are a few practical tips:
✔️ Both in-person and online attendance available.
✔️ The Edmund Burke Theatre is fully wheelchair accessible.
✔️ A light lunch and coffee are included for all in-person attendees.

We’re committed to making the conference welcoming and accessible for everyone.

🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 https://bit.ly/Within-Without

🙏 With thanks to:

24/09/2025

📖✨ Book Launch Tomorrow in Wexford! ✨📖

We’re delighted to celebrate the release of Beneath the Ground of Kings and Saints: The Archaeology and History of Ferns, Co. Wexford by Barry Lacey. 🎉

Ferns, with its rich story stretching from prehistoric times through St. Aidan’s monastery, Dermot MacMurrough’s Leinster kingship, and its later Norman stronghold, is brought vividly to life in this accessible new book.

Join us for the official launch tomorrow at 6PM in The Book Centre, Wexford — meet the author, discover Ferns’ extraordinary past, and pick up your signed copy.

📍 Where: The Book Centre, Wexford
📅 When: Tomorrow, 6PM

A must-read for anyone interested in Ireland’s archaeology and history.

Big thanks to and for sharing the story.

24/09/2025

📣 Meet the Speaker

In advance of the National Monuments Service 8th Annual Archaeology Conference we will be introducing you to the speakers and their topics.

Our next speaker is Dr Richard Clutterbuck
📍 Talk Title: Field boundaries in Ireland’s historic landscapes

Dr Richard Clutterbuck manages Project Archaeology services at Archaeological Management Solutions. He completed his PhD at NUI Galway on rural improvement landscapes, and his research explores the evolution of Ireland’s rural, urban, and industrial environments from the medieval to modern periods.

📌 Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
🗓 Saturday 18 October 2025
🕘 9:15 AM – 5:30 PM
📍 Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
🌍 In-person & online attendance available

🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 https://bit.ly/Within-Without

🙏 With thanks to:

19/09/2025

📻 DUBLIN’S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

This Sunday at 7pm, author Rob Goodbody will be featured on Talking History discussing his new book Dublin’s Industrial Heritage.

If you miss it live, don’t worry—you can catch the interview afterwards on the podcast here:
👉 https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-talking-history

📖 Book is available now:
👉 https://wordwellbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2172

18/09/2025

⏳ Just one month to go!
The 8th National Monuments Service Archaeology Conference takes place at Trinity College Dublin (and online).

📌 Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
🗓 Saturday 18 October 2025
🕘 9:15 AM – 5:30 PM
📍 Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
🌍 In-person & online attendance available

This year’s theme — Within/Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — brings together leading voices to explore how boundaries, borders and divisions have shaped communities across time.

🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 https://bit.ly/Within-Without

🙏 With thanks to:

16/09/2025

📣 Meet the Speaker

In advance of the National Monuments Service 8th Annual Archaeology Conference we will be introducing you to the speakers and their topics.

Our next speaker is Dr Alexandra Chan
📍 Talk Title: Becoming American: the archaeology of enslavement and racialisation at the Isaac Royall House, an eighteenth-century Massachusetts slaveholding estate

Dr Alexandra Chan is a historical archaeologist who has taught at Vassar College and worked extensively in cultural resource management. She led the excavations at the Royall House and continues to serve on the museum’s Academic Advisory Council.

📌 Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
🗓 Saturday 18 October 2025
🕘 9:15 AM – 5:30 PM
📍 Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
🌍 In-person & online attendance available

🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 https://bit.ly/Within-Without

⸻
🙏 With thanks to:

15/09/2025

12/09/2025

🗓 12 September 2025

📢 Time to register!
Be part of Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions—a day exploring how divisions have shaped our shared past.

Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions

🗓 Saturday 18 October 2025
🕘 9:15 AM – 5:30 PM
📍 Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
🌍 In-person and online options

This is the final reminder—concession and general places are almost gone!

👉 https://bit.ly/Within-Without

With thanks to:
monuments service-archaeology
O’Sullivan TD
Housing
National Monuments Service - Archaeology
Archaeology Ireland
History Ireland

Within|Without: the archaeology of partitions

12/09/2025

📢 Time to register!
Be part of Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions—a day exploring how divisions have shaped our shared past.

Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions

🗓 Saturday 18 October 2025
🕘 9:15 AM – 5:30 PM
📍 Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
🌍 In-person and online options

This is the final reminder—concession and general places are almost gone!

👉 https://bit.ly/Within-Without

With thanks to:
monuments service-archaeology
O’Sullivan TD
Housing
National Monuments Service - Archaeology
Archaeology Ireland
History Ireland

Within|Without: the archaeology of partitions