KKAP director Richard Jennings appointed lecturer at Oxford brookes University

Congratulations to Dr. Ricahrd Jennings, KKAP’s GIS manager and a project director, on his recent appointment as a lecturer in archaeology at Oxford Brookes University.

KKAP assisting archaeology in schools competition

Kilkenny Archaeology and KKAP in conjunction with Kilkenny Archaeological Society have organised a new competition - ‘Discovering Our Archaeology’ - for secondary schools in the county. More details may be found here.

Heritage Audit of the Northern River Nore

A Heritage Audit of the Northern stretch of the River Nore (from Ballynaslee on the Laois border to the Ossory Bridge in Kilkenny City) is being undertaken on behalf of Kilkenny County Council, in partnership with the Kilkenny Heritage Forum and the Heritage Council, by Kilkenny Archaeology. The Kilkenny Archaeological Project is providing a major input into the audit.

It is hoped this initiative will gather information and raise awareness of the wealth and diversity of heritage (built, natural & cultural) in and along the river corridor. The river has provided a rich source of inspiration for oral history and in particular that associated with fishing. Every turn, bed and rill in the river was given a name, much of which has gone unrecorded. A number of public consultation meetings will be held in the coming weeks to collect the folklore, place names, field-names, river-names and archaeology of the Northern River Nore.

If you live along or have any information on this stretch of river look out for the details of these meetings in the coming weeks, alternatively contact Emma Devine directly at emma@kilkennyarchaeology.ie or phone the office from 9 to 5 Monday to Friday on 056 7752200.

GIS topographical map of the river Nore and archaeological sites in its environs

Barrack Obama’s Kilkenny connections

Historians have found Barrack Obama’s lost Kilkenny connections in a vault at St. Canice’s Cathedral! Read all about it here.

Pictures from launch of new archaeological exhibition Rothe House, Kilkenny

Emma Devine, Curator of Rothe House museum

Roisin Mc Quillan, manager Rothe House, Mayor Malcolm Noonan, Emma Devine, Joe Ledwidge and Peter McQuillan

Cllr. Paul Cuddihy, Mayor Malcolm Noonan, Emma Devine, Bea Ní Dhrisceoil (age 9 months), Cllr. Seán Ó hArgáin