Towns in Medieval Ireland Seminar

Details of next week’s seminar at Maynooth University on Towns in Medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations. This is a two-day seminar hosted by the Department of History, Maynooth University, in association with the Irish Walled Towns...

“The Somme – 1916”

Just a reminder that our next outing is on SATURDAY 22nd April and is a talk on “The Somme – 1916” The speaker is Brig. General John Martin (Rtd) who is a member of CKAS and a distinguished military historian. The talk will be held at the Kilcullen Heritage Centre...

Solved – Carved Images on Round Tower??

A previous post posed the intriguing question are there  “Carved Stones on Kildare Round Tower?” . The answer is a definite NO. Thanks to the work of Paul Brerton in taking very detailed videos and still photographs there is no doubt that the carved stones...

RIA Archaeology Research Grants and C14 Scheme

The call for applications to the RIA 2017 Archaeology Research Grants and C14 Radiocarbon Dates Scheme is now open. The closing date for the receipt of applications is 23:55 (GMT), Friday 21 April 2017.   Please direct all queries to:...