PASTIMES | THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF RECREATION
National Monuments Service Annual Archaeology Conference 2026
Many of the sports and other activities that we now consider hobbies
have their roots in our past. Often their origins were not just for fun
or a way to relax: they were a necessary craft, a means of finding
subsistence, a way of honing an essential life skill. Games, then as
now, could have an important social and even political aspect.
This conference is presented by the National Monuments Service
and organised by Wordwell | Archaeology Ireland.