Lectures and Talks 2023

26 January 2023

Annual General Meeting
Seize the Clay! Making Pottery in Fourteenth Century Kilkenny
Mr Cóilín Ó Drisceoil, NMS

 

23 February 2023
Crusaders and the cultures of crusading in medieval Ireland
Prof. Tadhg O’Keeffe, UCD

 

23 March 2023
Annual Próinséas Ní Chatháin Memorial Lecture
Atheagrán d’Annála Chluain Mhic Nóis, agus de bhlogh d’Annála LeacáinMr Nollaig Ó Muraíle, MRIA

 

27 April 2023Dublin’s Law Library as a Concept and a Physical SpaceDr Niamh Howlin, UCD

 

25 May 2023
Annual Helen Roe Memorial Lecture
What the burgess saw: art in the Irish medieval town
Dr Rachel Moss, TCD

 

21 September 2023
Contemporary Archaeology, a Maritime perspective
Dr Niall Brady, Director, Archaeological Diving Company, Ltd.

 

26 October 2023
Annual Frank Mitchell Memorial Lecture
Mesolithic Ireland: new perspectives
Prof. Graeme Warren, UCD

 

23 November 2023
Feagh McHugh O’Byrne – a most disloyal subject or leader of the Gael?
Dr Emmett O’Byrne

14 December 2023
E. C.R. Armstrong (1879-1923) – Antiquary and Museum Curator
Mr Raghnall Ó Floinn, MRIA, former Director NMI

 

TALKS

13 February 2023
Exploring our past through the analysis of ancient dental plaque
Dr Robert Power, UCD

 

6 March 2023
What lies beneath? Recent research at Castle Roche, County Louth
Ms Laura Corrway, Blackfriary Archaeology Field School

 

3 April 2023
Rathgall Hillfort, Co. Wicklow. Barry Raftery’s excavations and their impact on current understanding of Bronze Age Ireland
Dr Katharina Becker, UCC

 

8 May 2023
New approaches to understanding bog butter in Ireland
Ms Karen O’Toole, UCD

 

4 September 2023
Dating early medieval metalwork: the implications of radiocarbon dating Ireland’s insular crosiers
Dr Griffin Murray, UCC

 

2 October 2023
Digging in the Irish Archives – Egyptian Collections and Connections
Mr Emmet Jackson, Cardiff University

 

6 November 2023
Seventeenth-century glass from the Dublin Castle excavations 1961-1987
Mr Antoine Giacometti, Director, Archaeology Plan

 

SYMPOSIUM

 

15 April 2023

The RSAI Honours George Eogan, a day of talks

Helen Roe Lecture Theatre, Society House

 

OUTINGS:

Outing A

25 February 2023

Tour of Clontarf led by Dr Colm Lennon

Meet at 11 am The Yacht Bar and Restaurant, D03 EP93

 

Outing B

7 October 2023

Dublin Port with Mr Lar Joye, Port Heritage Director,

Meet at 11 am at Dublin Port, D01 H4C6

EXCURSIONS:

Spring Excursion: 25 March 2023

Co. Meath

 

 

Explorers’ Excursion: 4-6 July 2023

Roscommon

led by Mr Joe Fenwick, Vice-President for Connacht

 

Autumn Excursion: 16 September 2023

Clonfert Cathedral
led by Mr Con Manning