Archaeology

Ancient farming communities to be focus of upcoming Burren festival

Rural Life

Ancient farming communities to be focus of upcoming Burren festival

How thousands of years of farming formed the Burren landscape will be the focus of an upcoming festival next month.

Department looking to hire archaeologists for Forest Service

Forestry

Department looking to hire archaeologists for Forest Service

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is looking to take on archaeologists to work in its Forest Service.

Book review: Our Silent Ancestors

Rural Life

Book review: Our Silent Ancestors

‘Our Silent Ancestors’ is a new book from journalist, Peigin Doyle: it is a must-read for anyone with an interest in archaeology and history.

Farmers and their contribution to archaeology #Ploughing2025

Video

Farmers and their contribution to archaeology #Ploughing2025

We heard about the artefacts that farmers are uncovering on their land when speaking to Róisín Nic Cnáimhín, from the National Museum of Ireland, at the National Ploughing Championships 2025.

Watch: 5,000 years of history on a Dublin upland farm

Rural Life

Watch: 5,000 years of history on a Dublin upland farm

Historic monuments dotted across their farmland is something that the Maguire family have embraced and protected for generations in Dublin.