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CIfA Registered Organisation Status
IAC are delighted to announce that both our Irish and UK businesses have attained ‘Registered Organisation‘ status with the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. This follows a detailed assessment by CIfA of all aspects of our company procedures and policies within our Irish and UK operations; including our quality standards, methods of work, health and safety […]
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What’s cooking? Military Kitchen at Tully Park
Our inhouse archaeobotanist, Roisín Ó Droma, has published an article in the Journal of Irish Archaeology (Volume XXXII, 2023), which is fresh off the press this week. It provides an insight into food and fuel from a Napoleonic-Era Military Kitchen in Ireland dating from the 1790s. Excavations were carried out by IAC in 2022 (Duffy […]
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Open Day at N83 Claregalway Excavation
We were delighted to engage with members of the public on our recent Open Day on Friday 6th October at our ongoing excavation site in Claregalway, Co. Galway. Excavations are being carried out in advance of the N83 Claregalway Traffic Calming Scheme (attenuation pond) and are fully funded by Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Galway County […]
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Archaeobotanical Analysis reflecting Medieval diet
On UN World Food Day 2023 we are sharing some interesting results from inhouse archaeobotanical analyses carried out on one of our urban projects. Food is a necessary component of life, and plant macrofossil analysis can help us to identify the foods of the past and learn about what our ancestors ate. Plant macrofossil analysis […]
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Job Opportunity: Senior Archaeological & Cultural Heritage Consultant
Due to ongoing and continued business growth, we are currently looking for an experienced archaeologist to join our friendly team in our Kilcoole office in County Wicklow. TITLE: Senior Archaeological & Cultural Heritage Consultant LOCATION: IAC Head Office, Network Enterprise Centre, Kilcoole, Co Wicklow/ home working (subject to agreement). CONTRACT: Full-time (37.5 hour-week Mon-Fri.)/ potential […]
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Book Launch: Ranelagh The Forgotten Cemetery
We had the pleasure of attending the official book launch for ‘Ranelagh: The Forgotten Cemetery’ on Thursday 18th May in Roscommon. The project and resulting publication was introduced by Transport Infrastructure Ireland Project Archaeologist Martin Jones and coauthors Shane Delaney of IAC and Professor Eileen Murphy of Queen’s University Belfast who thanked all members of […]
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Appointment: TII Palaeo-environmental Sampling Guidelines Update
IAC Archaeology are delighted to announce that we have been appointed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to undertake a review and update their Palaeo-environmental Guidelines. These revised guidelines will set the standard for environmental work on TII projects over the coming years. Our highly experienced team is led by Dr Ellen O Carroll who co-authored […]
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New Appointment: Environmental Consultant
We’re delighted to announce that Dr. Ellen OCarroll has joined IAC as our Environmental Consultant. As one of the leading environmental archaeologists in the Ireland, Ellen will greatly strengthen our growing post-excavation services team. She will provide strategic advice on the development of our environmental sampling processes and help to develop our in-house offering for […]
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Appointment: IAI Scoping Excercise
IAC are happy to announce that we have been appointed to work on the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI) Scoping exercise on the creation of professional standards and guidance for archaeological practice in Ireland. Our successful bid builds on the significant experience we have in this area, following on from our recent review of […]
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Appointment: Peatland Climate Action Scheme
We are delighted to have been appointed by the National Monuments Service to act as Archaeological Consultant on the Bord na Mona Peatland Climate Action Scheme. This project will see the enhanced decommissioning, rehabilitation and restoration measures, targeting c. 33,000 hectares in over 80 bogs. As Irelands leading commercial wetland archaeology practitioners, our team have […]
