Episode 170 archeologist Dr. Kieran O’Conor chats with Fender Jackson in Galway on Thursday 22nd May 2025. Part three of a four-part conversation.

Conversation includes: working for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland in the 1990s; the difference in the East and West of Ireland; farm payments; favourite monuments; advice to people who think they have something interesting on their land; Historic Environment Viewer; advice on where to study Archeology; University of Galway; Galway’s medieval preservation; buildings which have been well preserved in Galway including King’s Head, Lynch’s Castle, Blake’s Tower, Tigh Neachtain; different window types in Galway; Heritage Ireland; Galway Civic Trust; tradition and modernity; Oxford and Cambridge; hitch-hiking as well as other topics.

Favourite Monuments

Lough Meelagh Crannog, Co. Roscommon

Roscommon Abbey, Co. Roscommon 

Sligo Friary, Co. Sligo

Knockadoo-Brosna, Co. Sligo

Tulsk, Co. Roscommon

The Moated Site at Cloonfree, Co. Roscommon

Relevant Links

https://universityofgalway.academia.edu/KieranOConor

https://pay.universityofgalway.ie/people/kierandoconor.html

Additional Links

https://www.archaeology.ie/

https://www.archaeology.ie/advice-and-support/locate-a-monument-or-wreck/historic-environment-viewer/

https://www.theirelandpodcast.com/latest-podcast/episode/7bacdea5/168-dr-kieran-oconor-the-oconoroconnor-name

https://www.theirelandpodcast.com/latest-podcast/episode/b98c7cb2/169-dr-kieran-oconor-castles-and-ringforts

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