Presentation of Heritage Research Awards

This was the second time I’d been nominated for a heritage award, and with the wind on my back and the gods on my side, I scooped second place for my lecture – Recently reported road deaths on the N6: 3500 BC to 1500 AD – a synthesis of work undertaken on various cemetery sites as part of the N6 Galway to Ballinasloe road scheme. Read more

A face for radio…

And finally… Archaeology!

Broadcast on RTE Radio 1, Tuesday 27th October. I’m sandwiched somewhere between the serious history stuff (the 1941 German bombings of the North Strand in Dublin) and the competition fluff (True or false – is Cheryl Cole a member of girls aloud?). Read more

Archaeology Gigs #1

Like radio four, meals on wheels, incontinence pants and a flair for shuffling, archaeology is something people only ‘get’ once they grow old. Look around at an average week night archaeology talk, and most of the crowd look like they were dug up in Spitalfields in ’96. Read more

The British Museum

Lights dimmed, introductions over. The biggest audience of my fledgling career – and I stood on stage as if balanced on a dangerous precipice. Above: clear blue skies soared to impossible heights. Below: perilous waters dashed against the rocks. I shuffled towards the edge and bit down hard. This was the Champions League. This was the Bernabeu. This was the British Museum. And I was Layton Orient. Read more