History Ireland

"Is this Ireland’s earliest hurley? A possible 7th century AD cammán from Skehacreggaun, Mungret, Co. Limerick" …ievalarchaeologyproject.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/is-… #Hurling #Camogie #All-Ireland #Medieval #Ireland #Limerick #Cork #Tipperary #allirelandfinal

Delighted to have an article in the latest edition of @Archaeology_Irl which is out now. "In Search of St. Molua's Bell" looks at St. Molua, and a lost bell associated with him. I tracked down the only known photo of the bell, which is published for the first time in this vol.

The latest @Archaeology_Irl has a heritage guide I wrote on the royal landscape of the Rock of Cashel. You can also buy it for the bargain price if €5 from wordwell. It’s got lots of pretty pictures wordwellbooks.com/index.php?rout…

In all good bookshops and newsagents and here: historyireland.com 3/end @wordwellbooks

@meathcoco Kells Urban District Council collection Free Milk Scheme register dating from March 1935. @NLIreland 1552 an Irish office of arms was established, presided over by the newly created Ulster King of Arms. We have surviving records of seven visitations in Ireland 2/

New **History Ireland** out. Among the big stories (de Valera and hate mail, British Labour party & Northern Ireland) are some brilliant insights into other sources for Irish history. @IFI_Dub - 1915 & 1916 clips filmed as newsreels by British Pathé and the Topical Film Co 1/

Anyone adept at 14thC graveslab script? ⁦@SocChurchArch⁩ ⁦⁦@katephillips29⁩ ⁦@irarchaeology⁩

We are delighted to announce the line up for the Spring/Summer 2025 Oak Room Talks. The series aims to highlight a new heritage topic or project each month, & is supported by @HeritageHubIRE. Tickets for Dr Mary McAuliffe's March talk are available now: eventbrite.ie/e/dr-kathleen-…

‘Knockroe Passage Tomb, Co. Kilkenny – The Full Picture’ Prof. Muiris Ó Súilleabháin @ucdarchaeology Lecture to @RSAInews, Thur 27 Feb 7.30pm, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. To attend in-person or online, please visit here for tickets via Eventbrite: eventbrite.ie/e/rsai-lecture…

Instead of burning/plundering, did the Vikings build/patronise Dublin churches?? Thx to Neil + Roisin @AbartaGuides for a great recording experience abartaheritage.ie/stories-of-old… @FMDublin @Medievalists @SocChurchArch

ANNOUNCING A MAJOR NEW @EmpirePodUK SERIES: IRELAND & EMPIRE Episode One- COLONISING IRELAND: Henry VIII, Elizabeth I & The Tudor Conquest of Ireland

New issue...coming soon. To get it in your letterbox (and inbox): archaeologyireland.ie

IHTA Survey As part of an MA in Public History and Cultural Heritage with @PublicHistoryUL Jennifer Moore from @ihta_ria is undertaking a thesis on the awareness and usability of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas Survey 👇 forms.office.com/e/1cBENwjBTA Your input is appreciated! #IHTA

Final reminder - you only have until 5pm this evening to submit your abstract. Please do submit, we'd love to hear about your amazing research.

Plaster mould from 18thC context on Bride St, Dublin. Any ideas what it was for?? Looks like maybe a brass doorhandle but the underside is flat - not globular @jdmccafferty @BridMcGrath @ucdarchaeology @TuathaIreland @Archidub1 @dubcivictrust @irarchaeology @dubdecodedtours

🗣️‘Rebel Women’ Dr Margaret Ward in conversation with Síobhra Aiken 📆Wednesday 12th February, 7pm Historian & author, Margaret Ward, will discuss her latest book, ‘Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast and the Glens of Antrim 1914-1924’. Register > forms.gle/ADXL9Y9BXuE3zo…

@jdmccafferty Daniel Auteuil is a pretty good likeness for him in 'La Reine Margot'

5 Feb 1576: Henry of Navarre, the future Henri IV of #France abjures #Catholicism at Tours; this is something that would change! #otd #worthaMass

5) 2 collaborative papers, authored by researchers involved in the chalice analysis have been published: 'X-ray fluorescence analysis of three late medieval silver chalices associated with Ireland', @Nature_NPJ & ‘Vessels of history’ @HistIreHedge; @UCCHistory @CACSSSResearch

Thank you ⁦@HistIreHedge⁩ - delighted to see my article in the new issue.