Grant Reports

Research towards the publication of the Stalleen Excavation Report:

This book discusses the results of archaeological excavations that took place in Stalleen, Co. Meath, in 2008 under the direction of Mandy Stephens.

Dr Matthew Stout

Recording carvings on the exterior stones at Newgrange, County Meath

Recording of carvings on the exterior stones at Newgrange County Meath over the summer of 2022

Dr Elizabeth Twohig

Moynagh Lough Project

This report provides details of the components of the Moynagh Lough Project funded by an Archaeology Legacy Projects grant from the Royal Irish Academy in…

Dr Michael Potterton

An innovative miR-activated scaffold for delivery of a therapeutic miRNA-221 inhibitor in human mesenchymal stem cells enhances cartilage repair in vivo.

This study aims to develop and characterise an innovative microRNA (miR)-activated scaffold for enhanced cartilage repair.

Dr Claudio Intini

Excavation at Lismoher, Co. Clare (Phase 1)

The excavation of an enclosure/house site/hut site CL009-270—- in the townland of Lismoher, Co. Clare was undertaken from 25 April to the 13 May 2022.

Elaine Lynch

Juvenile Kids in an Urban Medieval Town

The report aims to provide an overview of the findings of the scientific analysis undertaken on a sample of juvenile animal remains (no. 30) in…

Judith Findlater

Cross border co-operation in the arts executive summary

Cross border co-operation in the arts

Generation of 3D tissue constructs for repair of tendon and ligament rupture

Investigating the development of tendons and establish an in vitro cell culture system to explore biological and mechanical aspects required to form functional load-bearing tissue…

Dr Rebecca Rolfe

The social and political world of a British magnate in Ireland: The correspondence and career of Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork, 1634-41

This project sought to investigate documentary material pertaining to the first earl of Cork, Richard Boyle, and his social world, specifically in the 1630s.

Dr David Heffernan

Mapping Cavan: From Plantation to Brexit

This project examines the extent to which county Cavan, has been mapped and surveyed over the past four centuries.

Jonathan Cherry

Combining analogue and computational models to investigate lava spine extrusion

A multidisciplinary study that combined analogue modelling, numerical modelling, and remote sensing observations of the 2020 spine extrusion at Shiveluch volcano, Kamchatka.

Dr Claire Harnett