Serving People-Preserving Heritage presentations

Many of the presentations at the recent Historic Towns Forum conference in Kilkenny are now available online: here.

New archaeological exhibition for Rothe House, August 25th!

A new and revamped display of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society’s archaeological collection will be officially opened by Mayor Malcolm Noonan on 25th August at Rothe House @ 6pm. The large collection of archaeological artefacts was donated over many years to the society and includes a viking sword, an ogham stone, medieval tiles and decorated timbers. KKAP have been acting as advisors for the exhibition.

KKAP at the Institute of the Archaeologists of Ireland conference

Cóilín Ó Drisceoil of the Kilkenny Archaeological Project presented a paper titled ‘The Half Baked Cake: Perspectives on the Publication Crisis in Irish Archaeology’ at the annual IAI conference in Dublin 18th July. Much of the paper used material from KKAP.

Provisional decision by An Bord Pleanala on the Kilkenny Central Access Scheme

An Bord Pleanala’s provisional decision on the Kilkenny Central Access scheme is available here and a press release from Kilkenny Archaeological Society on the matter can be found here.