The committee plays a key role in the assessment and administration of a number of our grant programmes. The programmes include the Archaeology C14 Radiocarbon Dates Scheme, the Excavation grants scheme, the Research grants scheme and the Archaeological Research for World Heritage Sites scheme.

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Watch: Revealing the Past 2023

If you missed our biennial seminar on 4 December 2023, presenting a selection of recent discoveries from archaeological excavation funded by the National Monuments Service,

Humanities and Social Sciences Committees

‘Revealing the past: archaeological excavation and research in Ireland’

If you did not manage to secure a place at this year’s sell-out seminar you can listen to it now.

Humanities and Social Sciences Committees

Launch of Archaeology 2025

On 2 May Dr Ann Lynch officially launched Archaeology 2025: Strategic Pathways for Archaeology in Ireland at an event in Academy House.

Standing Committee Archaeology

Launch of Archaeology 2025: Strategic Pathways for Archaeology in Ireland

Archaeology 2025: Strategic Pathways for Archaeology in Ireland will be launched by Minster Heather Humphreys on Tuesday, 2 May at 18:00.

Standing Committee Archaeology

Archaeology 2025: Strategic Pathways for Archaeology in Ireland

In 2015 the committee, in partnership with the Discovery Programme undertook to develop a 10-year strategy to inform the future development journey for Irish archaeology.

Archaeology 2025: Strategic Pathways for Archaeology in Ireland (PDF)

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