Cleanup after travellers have left encampment Anyone familiar with the Curragh will have noticed the increase in travellers’ encampments during the summer months in the past few years on the Curragh Plains. Seán Ó Fearghail T.D. recently asked a Parliamentary Question of the Minister for Defence on this subject. The…
Report and photographs here The Society’s excursion to East Cork and West Waterford is under one month away and there are a few places available. This is an opportunity not to be missed, to visit with the County Kildare Archaeological Society, the magnificent landscape of this part of Ireland and…
‘Rediscovering Medieval Ireland’ Robin Frame A public lecture to mark the launch of a major new internet resource: CIRCLE: A Calendar of Irish Chancery Letters, c.1244–1509 www.tcd.ie/chancery Thursday, 10 May 2012 at 6 pm Thomas Davis Lecture Theatre (Room 2043, Arts Building) Trinity College Dublin Admission Free – All Welcome…
There appears to be a a process of tree cutting ongoing on the Curragh. Good in itself ,maybe, as trees are foreign to the Curragh Plains. However the cutting and removal of the trees is being done using heavy machinery while the soil is saturated. These photos were taken in…
Today, Friday 2nd March, following the discovery of damage in the Frenchfurze area I went with two other KAS Council members to view the area. Having done so we went on a tour of the Curragh and noticed a number of other areas where furze had been removed. In some…
Despite all the efforts of the KAS and other interested bodies, damage continues to be done to the Curragh Plains. Today, 1st March 2012, I took a walk in the Frenchfurze area of the Curragh. Heavy machinery had been used, yet again, to remove furze. The sward had been removed…
In today’s (St. Brigid’s Day) newspaper we read that a thief stole a rare and valuable shrine, which normally contains a relic of St Brigid, as parishioners prepared for the patron saint’s feast day (Irish Independent, 1/2/2012). There is an interesting story as to how the relic of St. Brigid…
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Just a reminder that The Friends of Medieval Dublin and Dublin City Council, TALES OF MEDIEVAL DUBLIN will be taking place next Tuesday, October 11th at 1.05pm in the new Wood Quay Venue, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8. The talk will be presented by Dr. Michael O’Neill who is…
The Academy Committee for Archaeology will be holding its second annual Revealing the Past Seminar on funded Excavations in Ireland. It is taking place on Thursday 13th October. To register for a free place please visit the RIA website at: http://www.ria.ie/events/events-listing/archaeology-seminar.aspx Dr John Maguire Acting Senior Programme Manager Research &…
