Speaker: CHARLES DOHERTY 'The High-Kingship of Ireland and international parallels' Distinguished Irish historian Charles Doherty, who is retired from the School of History and Archives in University College Dublin, has published extensively on many aspects of medieval Irish history, including economic history, hagiography, settlement, the impact of the Vikings on early Ireland, and kingship. Recent work... | Read on »

A research symposium in Irish music studies. The symposium Nótáí / Notes Music and Ireland is a preparatory symposium for the upcoming special issue journal publication Nótáí / Notes Music and Ireland ÉIre Ireland, due for publication in January 2019. Contact: Méabh Ní Fhuartháin - meabh.nifhuarthain@nuigalway.ie

Rosemary Power: Carvings, sculpture and position on Columban and Benedictine Iona  

Consultant archaeologist Dr Alan Hawkes MIAI will give the next lecture in Archaeology's research seminar series. Title: Burnt Mounds and Prehistoric Cooking: Reappraising the Evidence The widespread distribution of burnt mounds is striking, suggesting that Ireland was the most prominent user of the pyrolithic water-boiling technology in Bronze Age Europe. However, narratives related to these sites have long... | Read on »

An information session on the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships will be led by Prof. Dan Carey, Director of the Moore Institute, with contributions from Dr. Cassie Smith Christmas, a recent recipient of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowship, and her mentor An tOll. Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.  Dr. Gary Lupton, Head of... | Read on »

This hour-long session will introduce some key aspects of visualising your research data using web-based maps. You will have the opportunity to get hands-on and follow along with a demonstration of how to create your own simple web-based map, using an online service.

An invitation to the launch of Dr. Conor Mc Namara's (History) new book on the revolution in County Galway: War and Revolution in the West of Ireland, Galway 1913-22 published by Irish Academic Press. The book will be officially launched by Professor Dan Carey, Moore Institute, NUI Galway. The book will be available for just... | Read on »

Speaker: Tracy Collins Tracy is an experienced professional archaeologist, and holds a PhD from University College Cork on research entitled ‘An Archaeology of Female Monasticism in Medieval Ireland’. She is currently an IRC Government of Ireland research fellow at the Dept of Archaeology UCC, writing a monograph based on her phd research.