Sheila Dooley Walsh

Just came in the post - bought to plan future travels, & it’s by none other than @neiljackman.bsky.social

Four Archaeology Grants schemes offering funding opportunities for research across a number of areas are now open and accepting applications until 15 October.

For further details see: https://www.ria.ie/grants/ and contact grants@ria.ie with any queries.

The first-ever Orkney Archaeology Festival lands 10–14 Sept 2025!

Explore Orkney’s rich past with 28 events:
🔹 Guided walks
🔹 Site tours
🔹 Talks & workshops
🔹 Family fun & more
Full programme online soon

With @UHIArchaeology, @welovehistory, @OrkneyCouncil

#Orkney #Archaeology #festival

Looks amazing! This should be the benchmark for all #livinghistory #heritageinterpretation. Anyone wearing a tunic over their modern clothes should be hung, drawn and very, very quartered.

Bayeux Tapestry to return to England after 900 years in landmark loan deal - Museums Association Artefact to go on display at the British Museum in exchange for Sutton Hoo treasures

News | Bayeux Tapestry to return to England after 900 years in landmark loan deal – artefact to go on display at the British Museum in exchange for Sutton Hoo treasures

Having seen the current #BayeauxTapestry exhibition last year it's exciting to imagine how more modern interpretation will tell this captivating story!

Visiting the new V&A Storehouse in London this weekend was like walking into an IKEA-Style cabinet of curiosities. They never cease to be innovate or experimental. While challenging for traditional museologists it's definitely worth a wander. #museumcollections #creativity @V&A

That's lovely and so easy to do. Hope you met some decent Vikingr up there.

National Museum of Ireland Part 2 with Maeve Sikora and Matthew Seaver The Medieval Irish History Podcast · Episode

🎙️New episode dropped: Part 2 of the Irish Medieval History Podcast!
@niamhwycherley.bsky.social‬ is joined by Maeve Sikora & Matt Seaver from the National Museum of Ireland to talk:
Words on the Wave
Preserving Irish heritage
Artefacts that tell our story
🎧 Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/27KJ...

HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH?

Never ever ever order from World of Books, EBay and Fastway couriers and especially when it's all three. Grrrrrr....

Yipeeeee!!!

The National Built Heritage Service have launched their summer training and information schedule taking place around the country. Aimed at home owners of historic structures anyone thinking about it. Some free or at reasonable fees. www.buildingsofireland.ie/nbhs-traditi... @nbhsireland.bsky.social

Céide Fields ditched as possible World Heritage Site ‘due to lack of public support’ The Céide Fields, one of the most important and extensive Stone Age ­monuments in the world, was ditched as a possible World Heritage Site due to a “lack of public support”.

The Céide Fields, Co. Mayo, the world's largest enclosed field system (farm), is removed from #UNESCO list due to lack of public support. A disappointing outcome for Mayo and shows that communicaties are central to sustainable heritage protection. @OPW
m.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

Watercolour of Knockgraffon Motte, Bailey and church Co. Tipperary from 1760-78 by Beranger.

Photograph of Knockgraffon Motte, Co. Tipperary taken May, 2025.

Had a WOW moment this week while working in Tipperary. This huge Anglo-Norman Motte & Bailey at Knockgraffon dominates the landscape just outside Tipp town. No photo shows the true scale this 1770-80s drawing by Beranger today which helps! #yearofthenormans2027 maps.app.goo.gl/dmAuv85hzYVS...

In Dublin next Thursday? Interested in emotions, heritage, or commemorative spaces? Sign up for our @ria.ie funded public lecture 'It's personal: commemoration, museums and memory'! 6pm at Pearse Street Library @dublincitylibs.bsky.social
historytcd.bsky.social‬ www.eventbrite.ie/e/its-person...or

Really looking forward to hearing more about this.

Région Normandie: European Year of the Normans 2027 Open Call for Projects Chapter 1 (Ireland, Italy, UK, Norway, Denmark)

https://on-the-move.org/news/region-normandie-european-year-normans-2027-open-call-projects-chapter-1-ireland-italy-uk