Research Interests

• The archaeology and architecture of Late Medieval Ireland, particularly tower house castles
• The archaeology and architecture of Plantation Ulster
• Community archaeology
• The archaeology and architecture of Early Modern and 19th century Ulster
• The Irish Diaspora in the USA

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Current Research Opportunities

• Scientific Analysis of the Coarseware Pottery of Ulster and the Hebrides in the Early Medieval Period. 

Public outreach & key achievements

• Co-Director (with Professor Eileen Murphy) of the Centre for Community Archaeology, a unit of 6 professional field archaeologists who undertake community-based archaeological research projects - including 26 archaeological excavations - across Northern Ireland

Research students

Michael O'MAHONY, Spatial analysis of Late Medieval Tower Houses in Britain and Ireland, 2016-2020 (awarded 21st April 2020) Laura PATRICK, Cultural Landscapes of Late Medieval Ulster, 2015-current (part-time)

Alumni: Where are they now

Heather MONTGOMERY, Training Kitchener’s New Army 1914-1918: Archaeological Perspectives on the Irish Experience, 2012-2017, now working as a military archaeologist and fieldworker within the Centre for Community Archaeology at QUB.

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• Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science 
• School of Natural and Built Environment
• Centre for Community Archaeology