Heritage on the Edge

By | February 5th, 2020|ADCO News, Education & Research|

‘Heritage on the Edge’ platform went live on Google Arts & Culture. It is an ambitious experiment in climate change and heritage communication. The results are breath-taking. ICOMOS President Toshiyuki Kono writes:  ‘Above all, the project is a call to action. The effects of climate change on our cultural heritage mirror wider impacts [...]

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Niall Brady – November Lecture Series

By | November 7th, 2018|ADCO News, Education & Research|

Niall Brady will present a lecture entitled ‘The working river, a harmonious relationship between City and Port’ on 14 November in Dublin Port Centre from 1pm to  1:45pm, as part of the November Lecture Series prepared by the National Museum of Ireland and Dublin Port Company. The presentation highlights the work being done within [...]

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INFOMAR Seminar

By | November 7th, 2018|ADCO News, Conference, Education & Research|

Niall Brady will present a lecture entitled ‘Multibeam guided wreck diving investigations for Dublin Port Company’s Alexandra Basin Redevelopment project’ at the annual INFOMAR Seminar, 8-9 November in Kinsale. For details of the seminar that is free admission. See:  https://www.infomar.ie/node/711 Or Click on the PDF right to download schedule ADCO is proud to sponsor [...]

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University of Minnesota visits Dublin Port and the ABR project

By | June 5th, 2018|ADCO News, Archaeology, Education & Research|

As part of a summer school on Irish culture, a party of 18 students and their two faculty guides (Jimmy Schryver and Julie Erkerle) visited Dublin Port to meet with Lar Joye and Jim Kelleher of the Port’s Heritage and Communications office, and to see the archaeological discoveries being made as part [...]

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A Castle in Our Community

By | April 25th, 2018|ADCO News, Archaeology, Education & Research|

A look back at Foothill College’s Ireland Program Summer 2017 and the welcoming community of Ballintober in County Roscommon Click Here to find out more about Castles in Communities

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RURALIA XII Conference

By | August 30th, 2017|ADCO News, Conference, Education & Research|

The RURALIA XII conference will take place in Kilkenny, 11-15 September, and we wish to advise you of the details in the event that you will find it of interest. RURALIA is an international association of scholars who are committed to studying the development of the medieval and early modern countryside across Europe. The association [...]

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The Transit Gateway seminars

By | April 24th, 2017|ADCO News, Education & Research|

As part of “Port Perspectives”, Transit Gateway is a project that documents the transitional changes of the shape of Dublin Port from its medieval shoreline to its current infrastructure. This seminar was the first in a series of nine, which will be held over the next nine months. A Deep Mapping of Dublin Port by [...]

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500 Years of Ocean Change

By | April 23rd, 2017|ADCO News, Education & Research|

This visual, based on scientific data, shows how the ocean has evolved in terms of temperature, acidity, sea-level, ice-cover, plastic pollution, shipping, stocks of larger animals, etc. in the past 500 years. It also displays some of the efforts made with regard to ocean observation. This graphic is produced by artist Glynn [...]

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Foothill College’s Ireland Program Summer 2017

By | November 14th, 2016|ADCO News, Education & Research|

Join us in medieval Ireland and the kingdom of Connacht where the last high kings defended their country against invading English nobles. Experience an amazing archaeology and cultural program with anthropological field work, course work, group trips, service learning projects, and a living history experience. Discover with us the beauty of Ireland as we begin [...]

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ADCO in an advisory capacity

By | September 9th, 2015|ADCO News, Archaeology, Education & Research|

ADCO has an advisory role in the University of Vienna’s research initiative into the prehistory of the Upper Austrian lakes. The Institute for Archaeological Science at the University of Vienna, in partnership with the Ludwig Bolzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology, and the County of Lower Austria, Department of Culture as part of the UNESCO- World Heritage [...]

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