Grant Reports

Archaeology Research Excavation Grants Awarded 2023

Please click download to view a list of the most recent AREG Grants awarded. Individual reports will be published here in 2024

Royal Irish Academy

The Sweathouse Excavations Project

This report presents the preliminary results of the Sweathouse Excavations Project.

Aidan Harte

Castlepook Caves Project

This report summarises the results to date of two weeks of fieldwork at Castlepook Cave from May 21st to June 4th 2022.

Dr Richard Jennings

Excavation at Lismoher, Co. Clare (Phase 1)

The excavation of an enclosure/house site/hut site CL009-270—- in the townland of Lismoher, Co. Clare was undertaken from 25 April to the 13 May 2022.

Elaine Lynch

Archaeology Research Excavation Grants Awarded 2022

Please click download to view a list of the most recent AREG Grants awarded. Individual reports will be published here in 2023

Royal Irish Academy

Eagle’s Nest, Lambay, post-excavation and publication

The site is a Neolithic stone axe quarry site of international importance. Activity in 2021 focused on quarrying and production of stone axes and work…

Gabriel Cooney

Hill Of Ward 2021 Post Excavation analysis

This report outlines progress made towards the final reporting for the Hill of Ward 2016 excavation season.

Stephen Davis

Moynagh Lough Metalworking: A detailed scientific examination of early medieval non-ferrous crafts

This funded project sought to identify the nature of non-ferrous metal workingon the early medieval crannog site of Moynagh Lough, Co Meath.

Brendan O'Neill

Publishing Glencurran Cave excavations

This application was to complete outstanding aspects of post-excavation work associated with archaeological excavations that took place at Glencurran Cave, Co. Clare between 2004 and…

Marion Dowd

Archaeology Research Excavation Grants awarded 2021

Please click download to view a list of the most recent Archaeology Research Excavation grants awarded. Individual reports will be published here in 2022.

Royal Irish Academy

Moynagh Lough Project: Post-excavation analysis

Moynagh Lough Project: Post-excavation analysis

Michael Potterton

The Rathcoran Hillfort Project

Preliminary results of an archaeological investigation undertaken in July/August 2020 at a multiple enclosure (Rathcoran) in the townlands of Collinarrig Upper, Pinnacle, and Tuckmill Hill,…

Alan Hawkes