Conference_Programme_24&25 April_2015

2015 Conference
I Don't know What You Did Last Summer But...
Armagh City Hotel, Armagh
Friday 24th & Saturday 25th April
Programme Kindly Sponsored by
Friday 24th
9:30-10am
Registration
------------------------------------------------------------------Session 1
10:00 – 10:20
Richard O'Brien – Researching Rathnadrinna - a royal fort in
Cashel, County Tipperary
10:20 - 10:40
Joe Cully – Investigating Ballybough Cemetery
10:40 – 11:00
Andrew Gault & Grace McAlister – Recent Investigations of
the Historic Settlement Complex at Dunluce Castle, Co. Antrim
11:00 - 11:15
Q&A
11:15 - 11:45
Tea/Coffee
Session 2
11:45 – 12:05
Tim Coughlan – “…..This was not a Bog Standard few months
at Lisheen Mine”
12:05 – 12:25
Jane Whittaker – “Back on Track...”
12:25 – 12:45
Colin Dunlop & Johnny Barkley – 9000 Years of Settlement:
Excavations Along the A26 Road Scheme
12:45 - 13.00
Q&A
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
Session 3
14:00 - 14:20
Paul Duffy – 'We do not negotiate with…Detectorists’ – The
perils of Community Archaeology
14:20 – 14:40
Dave Pollock – I found a city wall to replace one I mislaid earlier
14:40 – 15:00
James Lyttleton – Talamh an Éisc – the archaeology of Irish
settlement in Newfoundland
15:00 - 15:15
Q&A
15:15 - 15:45
Tea/Coffee
15:45 - 16:45
Key note address Professor Jim Mallory
16:45 - 17:00
Q&A
17:15 - 18:30
Walking tour of Armagh with Sean Barden
20:00
Table Quiz Armagh City Hotel
Fantastic prizes from our generous sponsors so be sure to come along!
Saturday 25th
Session 1
9:30 – 9:50
Donna Gilligan – Showing the whole story – Presenting the
work of the archaeologist in the Irish museum exhibition
9:50 – 10:10
Lisa Moloney – ATR-FTIR
… WTF?
Non-destructive analysis of amber to determine provenance and
authenticity
10:10 – 10:30
Roisin O'Reilly – Witchcraft and Superstition in Ireland: an
Archaeological Perspective
10:30 – 10:45
Q&A
10:45 - 11:15
Tea/Coffee
Session 2
11:15 - 11:35
Kerri Cleary & Niamh McCullagh – Discovering the
archaeologists of Ireland in their European context
11:35 – 11.55
Liam Mannix – The role of archaeologists in tourism and urban
design
11:55 – 12:15
Cathy Moore – Research and Excavations at the Hill of Ward
12:15 – 12:30
Q&A
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
Session 3
AGM
13:30 – 15:30
Business meeting and election of new Board members
The IAI wishes to thank all those who participated in this
year's conference as well as the many organisations who
so generously sponsored the event.