Imirce – 6th Annual Archaeology Conference by the National Monuments Service at the Printworks in Dublin Castle
Migration, the overall theme of this programme—looks at the evidence for arrival in Ireland, alongside examples of Irish arrivals elsewhere, as a means of exploring and revealing the multiplicity of identities that have contributed—and continue to contribute—to Irish society through time. This ranges from the growing body of ancient DNA evidence that is beginning to answer some lingering questions about Irish populations to the legacy of new or introduced artefact, burial or settlement types that give us some insight into the lives of these new arrivals. Equally, such evidence has an important role in telling us about Ireland’s connections with the wider world.
Imirce – Migration and Ireland through time – Minster Malcom Noonan TD – Opening Speech
Encounters, stories and connections: hunter-gatherer Ireland – Prof Graeme Warren
English peasant settlement in Anglo-Norman Ireland – Dr Kieran O’Conor
Raiders, traders and settlers in late Iron Age and early medieval – Jacqueline Cahill Wilson
The Irish DNA Atlas: providing a map of Irish genetics in and out of Ireland – Dr Edmund Gilbert
Archaeological remains of coffee plantations Irish migration to Cuba – Giselle González García
Under a southern sky: Irish settlement of Baker’s Flat in colonial South Australia-Dr Susan Arthure
Beaubec: an alien cell in the Boyne Valley – Dr Geraldine Stout
Structures of import — the buildings of Dublin’s historic immigrant communities – Paul Duffy