Experience

Fintan specialises in project management, report and publication production, editing and post-excavation management. He has project managed numerous large-scale archaeological excavations and projects throughout Ireland with teams in excess of 70 field archaeologists. Most recently these projects have included the N69 Listowel Bypass, and the N70, N72 and N86 Road Projects in Co. Kerry. Other major road schemes include the M7 Naas–Newbridge Bypass Upgrade, M7 Osberstown Interchange in Co. Kildare and the A31 Magherafelt Bypass in Co Derry.

Expertise

On these schemes, Fintan managed all aspects of archaeological fieldwork, Health and Safety (PSCS), programming of site works, quality control, client liaison and post-excavation. He has widely published his work and has presented the results of this work at numerous conferences. He is a full member of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (MIAI) and the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA).

Experience

As a licensed director, he has managed numerous excavations including several large-scale projects throughout Ireland, particularly linear developments such as gas pipelines and roads. In his native Kerry Tony has managed the archaeological services for the N22 Tralee Bypass, the N69 Listowel Bypass, the N70 Brackaharagh and N72 Stagmount Bends Road Improvement Schemes and the Kerry, Cork and Clare Bridge Rehabilitation Scheme.

Experience

Ger has particular expertise in the design, implementation and management of geophysical survey projects, having undertaken surveys at a wide variety of sites in Ireland and abroad since 2002. He was Assistant Project Director on The Discovery Programme’s Late Iron Age and ‘Roman’ Ireland’ project (2011–2015) and was appointed Principal Surveyor on the Monastic Ireland Project in 2015.

Expertise

His research interests lie in the architecture, ritual practices and broader social and cultural trends of late prehistoric Ireland (Late Bronze Age–Iron Age), with a specific emphasis on how these aspects manifest and coalesce within ‘royal’ landscapes.

Experience

As a site director, he has managed many large-scale archaeological projects on behalf of archaeological contractors. He has carried out archaeological assessments and excavations and written reports, and has been involved in some of the largest excavations undertaken in Ireland.

Experience

Ros has particularly extensive experience in the management of large infrastructure projects and in the delivery of training, and maintains an active research profile. He has previously worked as a ‘Senior Archaeologist’ in Ireland (VJK Ltd and ADS Ltd) and ‘Senior Project Manager’ the United Kingdom (OA), where he oversaw the archaeological components of several major infrastructure projects, from tendering, through assessment, project design, fieldwork and publication. During that work, he was responsible for up to 300+ personnel and oversaw a wide variety of situations which he successfully mitigated for his clients.

Expertise

Ros has a special research interest in the Neolithic and Bronze Age of north-western Europe and has been the recipient of grants from several prestigious research institutions, including the ‘Royal Irish Academy’ and the ‘Mellon Foundation’. He lectures part-time at the National University of Ireland, Galway and directs a university accredited field-school (www.prehistoricfieldschool.ie), where along with conducting cutting-edge research he is developing digital recording techniques. He is also currently collaborating with an international team of scientists on several ancient DNA projects.

Expertise and Experience

After gaining a first-class honours degree in history and archaeology from NUIG, she worked as a commercial archaeologist before completing a PhD on the archaeology of the Cromwellian Transplantation as an IRCHSS scholar at NUI Galway. Since graduating, she has worked on multiple projects in the commercial, research and community sectors, including the Louth Field Names Project, and the Archaeology of 1916.

Experience

Joe has extensive experience as a site director; he has been license eligible since 2007.

Joe has worked as an archaeologist with the University and Museum of Texas Tech (US), the Museum of London Archaeology (UK), and with University College Cork (IRL).

Expertise

His interests are focused on, but not limited, to Plantation and Frontier archaeology.

Experience

Patrick has experience working on a range of large-scale projects, particularly linear developments such as roads and pipelines, and has worked for a range of clients including private developers, State and semi-State bodies.

Expertise

In addition to working as a field archaeologist, he has also been employed as a Research Analyst, Research Fellow and Tutor for the Department of Archaeology, University College Dublin.

Experience

John has a wide range of experience in developer driven archaeology from planning advice to survey, excavation and publication.  Developments range in scale from single dwelling to large infrastructural projects with a matching diversity in client base.  John previously spent over 10 years with V.J.Keeley Ltd as a Senior Archaeologist where he sat on the company management team working directly with company owners and 220 field Archaeologists to bring large infrastructural projects to successful completion.

These include:

• M7 Heath-Mayfield
• N9N10 Kilcullen to Waterford
• N6 Kinnegad-Kilbeggan
• N30 Co. Wexford

John’s graphic and visual work has seen him conduct photo-shoots for portrait, commercial and wedding clients in Ireland, UK, Portugal, Italy, and France. His commercial clients range from the Commercial Bank of Qatar to Independent News and Media while his private clients remain just that, they come from Europe (east and west), USA, Brazil, India, Australia and New Zealand

Expertise

John brings a wealth of experience and an open inquiring mind to every project. He is a member of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (MIAI). He specialises in excavation, project management and photography.

Experience

Lynda returned from the UK where she Project Managed geophysical surveys for High Speed railway2 and has recently designed and project managed a number of Irish geophysical surveys in the greater Dublin area.

Expertise

Her specific research interests lie in the Irish Passage Tomb Tradition which forms the subject of her PhD research.

Other Professional Interests

She has been on the Board of the IAI since 2016 as Conference Organiser and recently become an Ordinary Board member.

Experience and Expertise

He holds an Msc from NUI Maynooth in GIS and remote sensing and one from University College London in archaeological GIS and spatial statistics. In the past he has worked with remotely sensed satellite data, and is currently completing his PhD thesis entitled “Mapping social, ideological and economic transformations: settlement and landscape in the early medieval kingdom of Brega, AD 400-1100” which relies heavily on GIS to study settlement in the early medieval kingdom of Brega.

Experience

He has worked as a heritage consultant in Ireland and Australia for almost 20 years, and has wide experience in desktop research, impact assessment, report writing, community consultation, proofreading and editing. Between 1999 and 2003, he worked as an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Archaeologist with Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd and Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd (as EIA Manager), undertaking around 170 impact assessments for residential, commercial and infrastructure projects. He was also co-author of a nationwide study for the Irish Government examining the impact of commercial afforestation on Ireland’s archaeological heritage. From 2003 to mid-2015, Bryn lived in Western Australia, where he worked with Aboriginal heritage and became Director of his own successful consultancy (Amergin Consulting). Working in collaboration with anthropologists, archaeologists, Aboriginal communities and others, he delivered or contributed to around 300 heritage projects. The majority of this work was development-driven and included road schemes valued at up to AU$1.2BN (approx. €775M); some of the largest industrial developments in Australia including railway lines; and some of the largest mining developments in the world for proponents including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and FMG.

Expertise

Bryn is a published historian and has contributed to journal articles as well as local and international conferences, drawing on his experiences working with Aboriginal communities in Western Australia and his historical research interests in Ireland.

Experience and Expertise

In the heritage and tourism fields Joanne has worked with organizations including Office of Public Works, South Tipperary Development (LEADER) Company and South Tipperary Tourism Company.  In a voluntary capacity she works with local committees to deliver archaeology and heritage related projects with an acknowledged high education value.

Experience

As a licenced director Steve has seen sites through from the assessment phase to post-excavation in both a rural and urban context. This experience is complemented by a number of diverse roles within the profession; notibly working with the Wood Quay and ethnographic collections in the National Museum of Ireland, working alongside the City Archaeologist in DCC, and for a seven-year period working as a researcher, surveyor and illustrator in a architectural conservation firm specialising in measured survey, planning and conservation issues, photomontages, visual impact, record photography, and restoration.

Expertise

His expertise in AutoCAD and Photoshop is utilised in the design and production of mapping and report illustrations, as well as digitising site drawings. His interests lie in the archaeology and architecture of Dublin city.

Experience

In addition to undertaking desk-based assessments, managing post-excavation projects and producing technical reports and publications, Kim has directed excavations in Dublin City and its surrounding hinterlands.

Expertise

Her research interests include early prehistoric landscapes and material culture, social archaeology, and increasingly, the built environment, urban landscapes (contemporary and historic), and post-medieval archaeology. She has presented papers on her research in Ireland, England, France, Jordan, Vietnam and the Philippines.