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Dr Colm Donnelly

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Dr Colm Donnelly

School of Natural and Built Environment

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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  • c.j.donnelly@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 3845

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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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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