Archaeology & Built Heritage

Ireland’s practice of dry stone wall construction earns UNESCO recognition

Exotic fig discovery at Drumanagh sheds light on Iron Age diet and trade routes

Illaunloughan: a window into early medieval Ireland

Exploring Castle Caulfield: Toby Caulfeild’s 17th-century mansion in Tyrone

The children’s burial ground in Drumanure, Co. Clare

How Esri’s ArcGIS technology is revolutionizing graveyard mapping in Galway

Moravian village of Gracehill in Antrim gains UNESCO World Heritage Status

Westmeath farmer identifies find location of Bronze Age axeheads sent anonymously to the National Museum

National Museum seeks information on Early Bronze Age axeheads found in Westmeath

New measures introduced to safeguard Ireland’s historic and archaeological heritage

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Fresh eggs at Easter time.

Old Irish Easter traditions, customs and beliefs

Joseph Poole.

New documentary explores the life of Fenian Joseph Poole

William “The Hero Bill” Deans, a Dublin docker recognised by the State for his acts of bravery.

Remembering William Deans, the Dublin docker who received two bravery awards

How to use up scraps from the Christmas dinner 1926.

How to use up scraps from the Christmas dinner according to the Belfast Newsletter in 1926

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Excavation of Viking settlement site at Woodstown, Co. Waterford.

In Waterford archaeologists are excavating what may be the largest Viking building found in Ireland

Mass grave discovered in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, could contain remains of up to 120 Irish railroad workers.

Mass grave in Pennsylvania could contain remains of over 100 Irish railroad workers

Finds from Sligo’s Green Fort excavation.

Excavation of Sligo’s Green Fort yields over 1,000 finds from 17th-century bastioned military fort

First intact Roman pot found in Ireland at Drumanagh, Co. Dublin.

First intact Roman pot found in Ireland at Iron Age site during excavation on Dublin headland

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1926 Census Centenarian Ambassadors.

Centenarian ambassadors mark 1926 census release with living memory project

1926 census form.

Some last-minute helpful tips for searching the 1926 census records

1926 census form.

Release of AGI’s free guide to the 1926 census

Burnt 1851 census record

Free guide explains how to search surviving fragments of Ireland’s lost 19th-century census records

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Fresh eggs at Easter time.

Old Irish Easter traditions, customs and beliefs

Colcannon.

Learn to make colcannon, Ireland’s traditional Halloween dish

Mass paths.

Recording Ireland’s mass paths through the voices of Irish emigrants in New York’s Tri-State area

Nollaig na mBan

Nollaig na mBan: the traditions and customs associated with Women’s Christmas

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Excavation of Viking settlement site at Woodstown, Co. Waterford.

In Waterford archaeologists are excavating what may be the largest Viking building found in Ireland

Irish genealogy news round-up October 2025

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Irish genealogy news round-up September 2025

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Mass grave discovered in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, could contain remains of up to 120 Irish railroad workers.

Mass grave in Pennsylvania could contain remains of over 100 Irish railroad workers

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