Excavation Grants

2011

• Dr Michelle Comber – Caherconnell, Co. Clare
• Dr Marion Dowd – Glencurran Cave, Co. Clare: Post-Excavation
• Mr Michael Lynch – Fanore More Shell Midden, Co. Clare
• Dr James Lyttleton – Clohamon Castle, Castlequarter, Co. Wexford
• Dr Conor McDermott & Dr Graeme Warren – Lugduff, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
• Dr Chrisopher Read & Thomas Finan – Kilteasheen, Co. Roscommon: Post-Excavation
• Dr Geraldine Stout – The Bective Abbey Project, Co. Meath
• Mr Rónán Swan – Kilpatrick Archive: Post-Excavation

2010

• Dr Conor Brady - Rossnaree, Co. Meath
• Dr Michelle Comber - Caherconnell, Co. Clare
• Dr Elizabeth Fitzpatrick - Cabhail Tighe Breac, Co. Clare
• Dr James Lyttleton - Calvert Estate, Co. Wexford
• Dr Aidan O’Sullivan - Templeteenaun, Co. Wicklow: Post-Excavation Project
• Dr Tomás Ó Carragáin - Toureen Peekaun, Co. Tipperary: Post-Excavation Project
• Mr Christopher Read - Kilteasheen, Co. Roscommon: Post-Excavation Project
• Dr Geraldine Stout - Bective Abbey, Co. Meath
• Dr Graeme Warren - Belderrig, Co. Mayo: Post-Excavation Project

2009

• Dr Graeme Warren - Belderrig, Co. Mayo: Post Excavation
• Dr Muiris O'Sullivan - Knocroe - Completion for publication
• Dr Kerri Cleary Knowth Publication Project
• Dr Aidan O'Sullivan Templeteenaun, Co. Wicklow: Post-Excavation Project Phase 1
• Dr Christopher Read Kilteasheen Archaeological Project
• Professor Ben Murtagh Dysart Post-Excavation Work
• Dr Madeline O'Brien Slieve Breagh Post-excavation Project
• Dr James Lyttleton English colonial settlement in the North Atlantic world: the Calvert estates in Ireland and Newfoundland in the seventeenth century
• Dr Marion Dowd Glencurran Cave, Co. Clare

2008

• Dr Marion Dowd Glencurran Cave
• Dr Aidan O'Sullivan Templeteenaun, Co. Wicklow
• Professor Finbar Mc Cormick Inishcaltra (Holy Land)
• Dr Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Cabhail Tighe Breac, Cahermacnaghten, Co Clare
• Dr Graeme Warren Belderrig
• Dr Tomas Ó Carragáin Toureen Peacaun
• Dr Christopher Read The Bishop's Seat Kilteasheen
• Dr Blaze O'Connor Drumirril Rock Art
• Dr Kerri Cleary Knowth Excavations Publication
• Dr John Bradley Moynagh Lough

2007

• Dr Geraldine Stout - Knowth, Site M., County Meath
• Mr Eoin Halpin - Carraun Point, Co Mayo
• Dr John O'Neill - Downshill, Co Wicklow
• Dr Tomas Ó Carragáin - Toureen Pekaun, Co Tipperary
• Dr Elizabeth FitzPatrick - Cahermacnaghten, Co Clare
• Mr Barry Raftery - Rathgall, Co Wicklow
• Dr William O'Brien - Cashel, Co Cork
• Dr Charles Orser - Derrylahan, Co Donegal
• Dr Graeme Warren - Belderrig, Co Mayo
• Professor Muiris O'Sullivan - Templeteenaun, Co Wicklow
• Professor Christopher Read - Kilteasheen

2006

• Mr Eoin Halpin - Corraun Point, Co Mayo
• Dr William O'Brien - Cashel Hillfort Co. Cork
• Dr Aidan O'Sullivan - Templeteenaun, Co. Wicklow
• Professor Christopher Read - Kilteasheen, Co. Roscommon
• Ms Geraldine Stout - Knowth site M, Co Meath
• Professor Graeme Warren - Belderrig, Co. Mayo

2005

• Professor Gabriel Cooney - Eagles Nest, Lambay Island
• Ned Kelly - Aughinish Island, Co. Limerick
• Dr Billy O'Brien - Cashel Hillfort Co. Cork
• Dr Tomás Ó Carragáin - Geophysical Toureen Peakaun
• Dr Aidan O'Sullivan - Templeteenaun, Co. Wicklow
• Professor Barry Raftery - Rathgall, Co. Wicklow
• Dr Geraldine Stout - Knowth site M 2
• Bernard & Susan Wailes - Dún Ailinne, Co. Kildare
• Dr Graeme Warren - Belderrig, Co. Mayo
• B Ó Donnabháin - Liscahane, Co. Cork
• Dr Carelton Jones - Parknabinnia, Co. Clare
• Ms Jean Farrelly - Glasshouse, Co. Offaly
• Jean and Margaret Farrelly and Keane - Deechomade, Co. Sligo

2004

• Mr Michael Monk - Lisleagh
• Dr William O'Brien Ross - Island Copper Mine
• Ms Mary G. O'Donnel - Lisnachaeragh
• Professor Barry Raftery - Rathgall
• Dr Graeme Warren - Beldery
• Dr S Bergh - Knocknarea South, Co Sligo
• Dr Geraldine Stout - Knowth Site M
• Professor Gabriel Cooney - Eagle's Nest, Lambay Island

2003

• Ms Sheila Lane - Youghal Town Walls, Co. Cork
• Dr Geraldine Stout - Knowth Site M, Co. Meath
• Professor Gabriel Cooney - Eagle’s Nest, Lambay Island, Co. Dublin
• Mr B Murtagh Dysart - Castle/Church, Kilkenny
• Professor P. C. Woodman - Baylet II, Co. Donegal
• Professor B Raftery - Rathgall, Co. Wicklow
• Mr Frank Ryan - Boleyboy Mound, Co. Mayo
• Ms R. M. Cleary - Ballynagallagh, Co. Limerick

2002

• Dr Carleton Jones - CL 153 Chambered Tomb, Parknabinna
• Dr Geraldine Stout - Knowth Site
• Professor Gabriel Cooney - Behy Court Tomb
• Professor Gabriel Cooney - Eagle’s Nest Lambay Island
• Dr Elizabeth FitzPatrick - Sub-rectangular enclosure, Aughris, Co.Sligo
• Ms Theresa McDonald - Slievemore Deserted Village

2001

• Professor Gabriel Cooney - Eagle’s Nest, Lambay Island
• Ms Jean Farrelly - Glass House, Co Offaly
• Dr Stefan Bergh - Knocknarea South, Co. Sligo
• Dr Carleton Jones - Parknabinnia, Co Clare
• Mr Colin Breen - Newton Village, Co Cork
• Dr Sineád Ní Ghabhláin - Mainistir Chiaráin, Co Galway
• Mr Eoghan Moore - Mannan Castle, Co Monaghan 
• Mr J. O'Sullivan - Staad Abbey, Co Sligo
• Dr Elizabeth FitzPatrick - Aughris, Co Sligo

2000

• Mr Eoghan Moore - Mannan Castle, Donaghmoyne, Co. Monaghan
• Professor Peter Woodman - Kilcummer, Co. Cork
• Dr G Cooney - Eagles Nest, Lambay Island
• Dr Stefan Bergh - Knocknarea. South Co. Sligo
• Mr Jerry O'Sullivan - Staad Abbey, Co. Sligo 

 

Research Grants

2011

• Dr Stephen Davis – Multi-method survey of three embanked enclosures in Co. Meath
• Ms Penny Johnston – Plant remains from Middle Bronze Age round houses in north Cork
• Dr Tatjana Kytmannow – Living on the Edge II: Archaeological Survey of the Moy Estuary, including the Islands, Co. Mayo/Sligo
• Dr Diarmuid Ó Riain – The history and archaeology of the cult of the Holy Sepulchre in Medieval Ireland
• Dr Gill Plunkett – Culture and economy in Iron Age and Early Medieval Ireland: an investigation using a palynological and tephrochronological study of two sites in the Irish Midlands

2010

• Dr Rob Dinnis - Testing Palaeolithic Absence in Ireland: The Archaeological Potential of Caves around Kerry Head
• Dr Killian Driscoll - Archaeological Survey of Lough Allen and its Environs, with Special Emphasis on Prehistoric Lithic Scatters and Lithic Extraction Sites
• Dr Guillame Robin - Passage Tomb Art in Co. Sligo: New Recordings and Survey in the Carrow Keel-Keashcorran Complex
• Ms Linda Shine - An Examination of the Ringforts in Castlerahan Barony, Co. Cavan to Assess the Function and Dating of Platform Ringforts in Southern Cavan
• Dr Farina Sternke - Irish Bracers Revisited: Archers, Amulets and Slate and Jasper Working Traditions in Ireland

2009

• Dr Janet Montgomery Moving to the Smoak - Identifying Survivors of the Great Irish Famine in a London Cemetery
• Ms Finola O'Carroll - Investigations into the Make Up of the Bank at Rath Maeve and Fieldwalking in its Vicinity

2008

• Mr Jason Bolton - The influence of Ireland on International Martello Tower Design
• Ms Linda Doran - Archaeological investigations in New Ross and Rosbercon1994-2006: analysis and classification
• Dr Marion Dowd - Survey of Irish Mesolithic Cave Sites
• Dr Tatjana Kytmannow - Archaeological survey of the off-shore islands of Sligo, with special consideration of the prehistor evidence.
• Dr Blaze O'Connor - The Millin Bay Carved Stones

2007

• Dr Katharina Becker From Bronze to Iron - Dating the Transition. Pilot study.
• Mr Jason Bolton - North Leinster Sandstone: An Early Medieval Trade in the Exploitation and Transport of Stone
• Ms Penny Johnston - Exploratory tests for food residues from Middle Bronze Age Pottery
• Mr Griffin Murray - Altars and Altar furnishings in Romanesque Ireland

2006

• Dr Elizabeth FitzPatrick - The O'Davoren Brehon law school and its landscape ll: Chahermacnaghten Burren, Co. Clare
• Mr Ronan O'Flaherty - Testing the combat functionality of the EBA Halberd
• Dr Gill Plunkett - An assessment of the potential for a palynological study at Rathgall hillfort, Co Wicklow

2005

• Dr Elizabeth FitzPatrick - The O’Davoren brehon law school and its landscape, Cahermacnaghten, Burren, Co. Clare
• Dr Paul Cockerham - Funeral monuments in Co. Kilkenny
• Mr Michael Stanley-  Analysis of an ex-siv-late-mesolithic lithic assemblage
• Dr Rob Sands - Making Connections: Punch Mark Signatures on Metal Work

2004

• Dr P Gibson - A geophysical investigation of the former ecclesiastical site at Clonard, Co Meath
• Dr Brian Lacey - Revised 'history' (including relevant archaeology) of the 'northern Uí Néill' kingdoms and their Donegal dependencies, in the period c. AD500-1100.
• Mr Conleth Manning - Study of the architecture and history of Sheastown church, Co Kilkenny

2003

• Mr Conleth Manning Sheastown Chrush, Co. Kilkenny - accurate plan of the building and elevational details of the exterior of the north and west walls of the chancel.
• Ms Sharon A Greene - detailed publication of an object identified by the applicant as the only Irish serpentine latchet found beyond the shores of Ireland
• Professor Gabriel Cooney - investigation of the potential of geophysical survey in understanding the complex, long-tern use of the western area of Lambay Island.
• Dr Peter Harbison - reconstruction the journey of J.J. Barralet to Wicklow and Wexford in 1780 (with Beranger), and identifying the present state of the monuments drawn at that time.
• Dr Valerie A Hall - obtained samples for the first tephra-dated vegetation history and climate study of early agriculture on the Irish midlands.

2000

• Ms Connie Kelleher - archaeological survey of two shipwrecks in Co. Cork (Diver survey and Ground-truthing of Geophysics which has been carried out by the University of Ulster).
• Mr James Lyttleton - Archaeological investigation of medieval and post-medieval coastal marshland reclamation in Ireland. The first multidisciplinary case study at Newtown, Carrig West and Corcamore, Co. Limerick.
• Ms Madeleine Murray - document and report on the numerous stages of production of both bone and antler pins/needles/awls – items from the neolithic burial tradition in Ireland.
• Mr William O'Brien - Lead isotopes and early metallurgy in Ireland: A pilot investigation in the Killarney area.
• Professor Peter Woodman - 14C Dating of some probable early human skeletal material – 4 skulls with the expectation that some will be stone-age.

 

RadioCarbon Dates

2011

• Dr Anthony Beese – 1 date
• Mr Máirtín D’Alton – 1 date
• Dr Marion Dowd – 3 dates
• Mr Stuart Rathbone – 3 dates
• Professor Peter Woodman & Ms Sinead McCartan – 2 dates

2010

• Mr Jason Bolton – 1 date
• Mr Robert Hensey – 2 dates
• Mr Michael Lynch – 1 date
• Mr Stuart Rathbone – 2 dates
• Mr Richard B. Warner – 2 dates
• Professor Peter Woodman – 2 dates
   

2009

• Dr Tatjana Kytmannow - 6 dates
• Mr Thomas Finan - 3 dates
• Dr Kerri Cleary - 10 dates
• Dr Elizabeth FitzPatrick - 1 date
• Dr Marion Dowd - 1 date

2008

• Mr George Eogan - 5 dates
• Dr Marion Dowd - 1 date
• Dr Kytmannow Tatjana - 3 dates
• Ms Jacqueline Cahill Wilson - 6 dates

2007

• Dr Marion Dowd - 8 dates
• Dr Graeme Warren - 1 date

2005

• Dr Marion Dowd - 4 dates
   

2004

• Dr Marion Dowd - 3 dates

2006

• Ms Sinead McCartan - 3 dates
• Dr Elizabeth O’Brien - 1 date
• Dr Gill Plunkett - 1 date
• Ms Eileen Reilly - 2 dates
• Ms Kim Rice - 1 date
• Professor Peter Woodman - 2 dates