UCC Archaeology

We had a great day today at Cork Public Museum in conjuction with our Speaking Through Stones exhibition. Thanks to all who attended, including the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. Thanks also to Victor Daly, stone carver, Garry Dempsey, digital recording, and Susan Hurlihy, clay workshop, where the children made fantastic pieces based on the stones in the exhibition

Please join us tomorrow Saturday 17 August at Cork Public Museum in Fitzgerald Park for a fantastic event to kick off Heritage Week.

Explore how our ancestors used stone carving to express their identities and connections to the wider world. Centred on an exciting new exhibition, Speaking Through Stone: Munster’s Ancient Stone Carvings, this event will include:

• Demonstrations of ancient carving techniques by Victor Daly, master carver (11-1pm, 2-4pm)

• Demonstrations of digital recording techniques by Gary Dempsey, Digital Heritage Age (11-1pm, 2-4pm)

• Clay workshops on ancient designs for children (7-12 years), Susan Herlihy Ceramics (11-12:30pm, 1-2.30pm, 3-4:30pm). To guarantee a place contact Susan by text: 0879028186.

Stone Carving Demonstrations for all and Clay Workshops for Children | National Heritage Week 17th – 25th August 2024 Explore how our ancestors used stone carving to express their identities and connections to the wider world. Centred on an exciting new exhibition, Speaking Thr...

Join our colleagues in the Boole Library for this free Heritage Week event on caring for your family archives

Caring for your Family Archives at UCC - Heritage Week Free Event Do you have precious family papers, archives and photographs? Join our conservator Louise during Heritage Week 2024 and learn tips and advice on how to preserve your archives for...

Our colleague Dr Griffin Murray talks about the significance of one of the most important reliquaries from Medieval Ireland, St Manchan's shrine, in a video produced by the local community in Lemanaghan in partnership with Offaly County Council with funding from The Heritage Council
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuS3R8RS_9E

We are delighted to announce our Summer 2024 Events Programme. We have a fantastic lineup of events all over the city and county, and are looking forward to welcoming our members to these special events.

We here at Speaking Through Stone want to wish you all a Happy International Museum Day! We hope that the impact of museums on your lives is a positive one and we can’t wait to share our exhibition with you all.

The Museum Studies class of 2024 is very excited to announce that our class exhibition will open to the public on May 31st, 2024! This exhibition is the first of its kind and features objects that have never been on display before. Stay tuned for more information.

We are hosting an event in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology 🦴
The next lecture will be held on Monday, October 23rd in West Wing 5 by Dr Greer Ramsey, the Curator of Archaeology at the Ulster Museum in Belfast. His talk is titled 'Music and Archaeology: Who was Ireland's pied piper?'

Hoping to see you all there ✨

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Sold Out:
Join the waiting list & if tickets become available we will send them on.
The video will be shared publicly on our social channels in the coming weeks.
Mark the 900th anniversary of the creation of the Cross of Cong, one of Ireland's most iconic treasures by joining Dr Griffin Murray of UCC who will discuss : The Cross of Cong: the art, & history of a Irish treasure 4th Oct.
https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Events/2023/Oct-Dec/Online-Lecture-The-Cross-of-Cong-the-art,-archaeol

Hi everyone,
Over the next three weeks, the museum will host really interesting evenings based around living history demonstrations, displays and talks looking at different periods of Cork's past. This is part of our 'Nights at the Museum' series that has been funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

These events run on Thursdays September 21st, 28th and October 5th and will be held at the museum from 5 - 9pm. These events do not require booking and are suitable for all.

We look forward to seeing you then.

Congratulations to our MA Museum Studies student Cassady Calder who recently won an Award of Distinction in the Society of Automotive Historians Scharchburg Student Paper Award for her paper 'Community Representation in Corporate Automotive Museums'.

Congratulations to our Museum Studies PhD student Shauna Allen on the publication of her article "Nano Nagle Place — Diversity Academy: a case study in social justice" which has appeared in the latest edition of Museum Ireland, seehttps://www.irishmuseums.org/uploads/downloads/publications/Museum-Ireland-Vol-29_Web.pdf

Looking for some museum reading over the weekend?

Our Museums Ireland journal (Vol 29) was launched for and is freely accessible; containing articles that range from how museums contribute to climate research, to practical information on tech equipment for digital engagement.

Many thanks to journal editor Dr B. Widdis, Wendy Williams Design and - of course - most particularly to all the authors for their contributions.
https://www.irishmuseums.org/Museum-Ireland-Vol-29_Web.pdf

Wonderful to see this event happening to mark the 1400 aniversary of St Lacthtín, a saint shared by both Cork and Kilkenny

A pleasure to work with Cork Public Museum on our MA Museum Studies exhibition

Congratulations to our MA Museum Studies 2023 class on the launch of their exhibition 'Cork and the Roman World' at Cork Public Museum last evening. They now start their second work placement in museums across Europe and the US. Wishing all the best of luck with the next stage of your postgraduate journey

The shrine fragment on display originally made up the ridge mount of a house-shaped shrine. It is thought that these types of shrines were used to hold relics once belonging to saints or martyrs. The fragment is decorated with an interlacing pattern inspired by late Roman art.

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Meet Mary Cate Babcock, member of the Curatorial Team. Contributor to the Introduction, Roman Contact with Ireland, and Roman Objects in Cork panels. She is delighted that we finally get to share this exhibit with the public after all our hard work spent putting it together.

Meet Ciaran Cussen, member of Multimedia Team. Contributor to the Iron Age Celts Panel. He hopes people enjoy the exhibit and that they learn something new about the city's history. He is excited to see whether people have heard of anything of Rome and Cork's connection.

Meet Charlie Abbey, member of Marketing and Promotional Team. Contributor to the Roman Objects in Cork panel. She is ver y excited for the visitors to watch the exhibition video as it expands on the information in the text panels.

Trivia Tuesday!

What would the shrine have held?
A. Relics of Saints or Martyrs
B. Paper
C. Food

Check back tomorrow for the answer!

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Trivia Tuesday!

What region are these sherds from?
A. Eastern Mediterranean
B. Naples, Italy
C. Southern Spain

Check back tomorrow for the answer!

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Meet Paula Moreno, Member of Marketing and Promotional Team! Contributor to the Collecting Rome and Neo-Classical Architecture panels. I am super excited for visitors to come and learn more about the connection between Cork and the Roman World. She is also excited for visitors to see all of the panels such as Collecting Rome, where the Cork Antiquarian Thomas Tobin is featured, who, interestingly enough, held in his collection some coins that are on display.