ATTENTION: Due to the number of applications received, all enquires relating to job applications are to be made by email only.
N18 Oranmore-Gort Road Project - further notes
Late March 08 - we are recruiting a small number of site assistants for this project, CVs with referee contact details please to jobs(at)eachtradotie. Please include your name in the CV filename.
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This job was posted on 25 Mar 2008
Recruitment Suspended - N18 Oranmore-Gort Road Project
Thanks to all excavation crew who have applied for work on the N18 Oranmore-Gort Road Project. We have now suspended recruitment as we have sufficient applicants.
Anybody who has already applied will be contacted within the next two weeks (by the end of January) to let you know whether you are being offered a job or not. Please do not ring the Cork office to enquire about your application or send any further emails as they will not be processed.
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This job was posted on 22 Jan 2008
N18 Oranmore-Gort Road Project - Job notes
Eachtra commenced test excavations on this road project in 2007 and the main excavation phase is due to commence in February 2008. We are recruiting licensed directors, and have now suspended the recruitment of extra excavation crew. We have been inundated with job applications and ask that all future applicants use email only to contact us (jobs(at)eachtra.ie). Please do not ring the Cork office as the recruitment is not being run from there.
When submitting an email application include your CV along with contact details for at least two referees (do not say references can be made available if required - they are required). We will write back to all applicants once we have checked their references. Include your name in the filename of your CV (eg. Mary_Murphy_EachtraCV_Jan2k8). Please also include your excavation grade in the email subject.
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This job was posted on 21 Jan 2008
Licensed directors for N18 Oranmore-Gort Road Project
Full Details:
We are seeking to appoint a number of licensed archaeologists for a road project from Oranmore to Gort in County Galway, commencing January 2008. The project will last 4-6 months. Licensees available for short and long term excavations are welcome. Excavation methodology takes place within a landscape archaeology approach. Field data (text and drawings) are digitized and GIS analysed during the excavation.
The successful applicant will be required to work well within a team, to be flexible and motivated.
Safepass and First aid training preferred.
Email only to jobs(at)eachtra.ie, Include 'Licensed director' in your email subject.
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This job was posted on 21 Jan 2008
Licensed directors for N7 Nenagh Road Project
Full Details:
We are seeking to appoint a number of licensed archaeologists for a road project near Nenagh in County Tipperary, commencing June 2007. The project will last 6-10 months. Licensees available for short and long term excavations are welcome. Excavation methodology takes place within a landscape archaeology approach. Field data (text and drawings) digitized and GIS analysed during the excavation.
The successful applicant will be required to work well within a team, to be flexible and motivated.
Safepass and First aid training preferred.
CVs by EMAIL ONLY to jobs@eachtra.ie.
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This job was posted on 03 Aug 2007
Supervisors - North Cork
Details here.
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This job was posted on 09 Nov 2006
Licensed directors for various projects required
Please forward your CV with a cover letter to jobs@eachtra.ie
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This job was posted on 09 Nov 2006
Archaeologists Required - N7 Nenagh to Castletown
Job Title
All grades - General Operatives, Excavation Assistants, Supervisors
Location
N7 - Nenagh to Castletown
Details
We are seeking to appoint a number of archaeologists of varying grades for a road project in Tipperary.
The successful applicant will be required to work well within a team, to be flexible and motivated. Training provided to enable career development.
Safepass and First aid training preferred. Own transport essential.
C.V.'s with cover letter by email only to jobs@eachtra.ie.
PS: Make your C.V. filename unique eg. Mary_Murphy_CVDec2K5. Also please include references or contact details for at least two referees.
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This job was posted on 21 Aug 2006
Upcoming events
Discovering Historic Fingal
Launch of the publication "Discovering Historic Fingal: A Guide to the Study of
Monuments, Historic Buildings and Landscapes" in County Hall, Swords,
Co. Dublin at
6.15 pm on Wednesday 10th December 2008.
Workshop on Greek Palaeography

Reading
Greek Manuscripts
To be held on 11-12
December 2008, at the Centre for
Medieval & Renaissance Studies,Trinity College Dublin
Archaeology of Irish Industry: Recent Excavations
A one-day conference entitled “The Archaeology of Irish Industry: Recent Excavations” will take place in Louth County Museum, Dundalk on Saturday 15 November 2008.
Digital Archaeology Preservation Workshop
The Discovery Programme in
conjunction with the INSTAR funded SHARE - IT project is hosting a half day
workshop on Wednesday 29th October at 2:00pm focused on the access and
preservation of digital archaeological data.
Uncovering Trim town
Meath County Council and CRDS Ltd. with the support of the Heritage
Council
are jointly hosting a conference entitled Uncovering Trim Town
discussing a
series of exciting recent excavations in the town on
varying scales by
consultant archaeologists and specialist contributors
on November 8th at the
Knightsbrook hotel, Trim, County Meath. A guided
tour of Trim led by Michael
Potterton will take place on November 9th.
Please find enclosed a brochure
detailing the event. Bookings can be
made by emailing heritage@meathcoco.ie or by calling 046-
9097406.
Admission is free.
Drogheda Excavations Conference
‘Drogheda: the best built town in
Ireland’
THREE DECADES OF EXCAVATIONS IN DROGHEDA
Saturday 15th November 2008, 9.00 am – 5.30 pm
Boyne Valley Hotel, Drogheda
Details here.
Folklife Conference Sept 2008
Killarney 18-21 Sept.
The Historic Farm Buildings Group 2008 September Conference
HFBG 2008 September Conference will be held during the weekend September 5-7 in Derbyshire.
IAI Autumn Conference 2008
New Horizons: Advances in technical methods in Irish archaeology
Date: 17 - 19 October 2008 Location: Clarion Hotel Sligo
The Ritual Year And Gender Conference 2008
Cork, Ireland, 22nd – 26th June 2008
Gearóid Ó Crualaoich
(Professor Emeritus of Folklore and Ethnology, University College Cork, Ireland)
Henry Glassie
(Professor of Folklore, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA ).
The intention of this conference is to examine aspects of the ritual year that relate to gender in either a social or symbolic sense.
There will be a special session on ‘The Celtic Year’ and on ‘May Day (Bealtaine)’
Venue: The Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig, Cork .
New Roads - New Discoveries -Cork Exhibition June 2008
Archaeological Excavations on National Road Schemes in County Cork 2001-2007
Cork Public Museum Tues 10th June 6.00 pm
opening by Minister Batt O'Keefe T.D.
Cork Public Museum, NRA, National Museum
National Archaeology Seminar 2008
The Archaeology Section of the National Roads Authority is pleased to announce its annual one-day National Archaeology Seminar which coincides with Heritage Week and details archaeological discoveries on national road schemes throughout Ireland. The theme this year is "Dining & Dwelling". Seminar will be held on 28th August 2008 at The Gresham Hotel, Dublin. Admission is free. Booking essential.
To register contact please:
Lillian Butler
Tel: 01 6658859
Email: lbutler@nra.ie
Early Medieval Farming - corn or cattle?
Conference - Fri 20th June to Sunday 22nd June
Jurys Hotel Western Road
Archaeological Illustrators Conference Cork
Conference 5-7th September 2008.
3D Archaeology Conference
International Summer School 3D Archaeology
9-14th May Ascona, Switzerland
The Ritual Year And Gender Conference 2008
The Societé Internationale d´Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF) Ritual Year Working Group announces a call for papers for ‘The Ritual Year and Gender Conference’ to be held in Cork, Ireland, 22nd – 26th June 2008. This will be the fourth international conference in the series on the theme of the ritual year and organized by the Folklore and Ethnology Department, University College Cork.
The Adoption of Agriculture in Ireland:what are the research priorities?
UCD School of Archaeology presents a public forum for discussion and debate to be held at the John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies, Belfield, University College Dublin 11 am Saturday May 17th 2008
EAA 2008 AGM, Malta
14TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION MALTA: 16-21 September, 2008 Schedule
Adoption of Agriculture Workshop UCD
Seminar in UCD, Saturday May 17th 2008. Lunch and dinner afterwards.
TAG 2007 York
There are some good looking sessions in this years TAG meeting in York.
AEA Spring Conference 2008 - Cardiff
The theme for the conference is the little things in life that fill the majority of peoples’ lives and how these intersect with larger events.
World Archaeological Congress. WAC - 6. Dublin
29th June - 4th July 2008. Website here.
37th International Symposium on Archaeometry - Siena
May 12th- 16th 2008. Website here.
Fingal Heritage Network Conference Oct 2007
Nice looking conference in Balbriggan 6th Oct 2007.
IAI October Conference 07
IAI Autumn Conference 2007
Rethinking Irish Archaeology:
Old Ground, New Ideas
Date: 19-21 October 2007
Venue: Courtyard by Marriott Galway
Location: Galway
Living Landscapes: Exploring Neolithic Ireland in it wider context
Venue: Geography, Room G29, Queen’s University Belfast
Date: Thursday 31st May - Friday 1st June 2007
“ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRELAND: NEW PERSPECTIVES AND RECENT RESEARCH”
ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
SPRING 2007 ONE-DAY MEETING
Saturday, 17th February 2007 Boole 1 lecture theatre, University College Cork, Republic of Ireland
“ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRELAND: NEW PERSPECTIVES AND RECENT RESEARCH”
The deadline for REGISTRATION has been extended to Friday 9th February 2007. The deadline for POSTERS has been extended to Friday 2nd February 2007.
For further information on the meeting and registration information, please visit the meeting website:
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