The first finalists in the annual Irish Times debate have been confirmed as Tara Kennedy and Joyce O’Sullivan from University ...

A hillfort in Co Wicklow has been declared the "largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain". Researchers ...

The site in the Wicklow mountains is also Ireland’s earliest proto-town according to Queen’s University Belfast researchers.

It might not be Indiana Jones, but a growing number of budding archaeologists from around the world are getting hands-on at ...

Snails aren’t known for their ability to get around. But then there’s the strange case of Ireland’s grove snails, Cepaea nemoralis, a common European land species. Geneticists from the University of ...

It is thought to be two millennia older than the Viking towns that were previously believed to be the earliest urban ...

While undertaking restoration work at Dublin’s Rathfarnham Castle, archaeologists recently discovered a “treasure trove” that offers a rare glimpse into life in seventeenth-century Ireland. The ...

The Shannon Archaeological & Historical Society is celebrating its 50th year with a schedule full of lectures, outings, and ...