Next Saturday I will be presenting at the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland annual conference. The paper will draw on results from my own work on samples from Arundel Square, a medieval site in Waterford city, combined with the analyses carried out on wood (Lorna O’Donnell), charcoal (Ellen O Carroll) and insects (Eileen Reilly). It draws very heavily on Eileen’s work and we are presenting it in her memory.

NB: This is work in progress!

I am adding data from sites to a timeline and maps to see if digital tools can help me to gain new insights into archaeobotanical datasets.

My most recent digital project is a new website home for the oral history map of North and South Main Streets in Cork.

It’s a site called Cork’s Main Streets, hosted by the Cork Folklore Project.

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A hard copy of my PhD thesis was submitted to the library in January (and it was much heavier than I thought it would be!).
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I am just back from visiting the new (not quite finished yet) visitor centre at the North Chapel, the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne, where the outreach hub of the Cork Folklore Project will soon be based. I was there for a fairly informal launch of this year’s issue of The Archive, the Project’s journal. In the room, which will be open to visitors, there is an interactive whiteboard displaying the latest iteration of the Cork Memory Map, which I worked on for my PhD. There are niggles, but it was exciting to see it on display!
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