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Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology Group Annual Conference
The annual conference of the Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology Group to be held in Wexford on the 3rd-5th February 2012. This year’s conference is being held in the Talbot Hotel Wexford, Slaney Suites www.talbotwexford.ie The keynote address and opening reception is being held at Wexford Arts Centre, Cornmarket, (Abbey St) www.wexfordartscentre.ie
Conference Fees
IPMAG is a voluntary organisation and its annual conference must cover its own costs along with any sponsorship received. The fees are 65 euro/stg equivalent for non-members, with 50% concession for students, unwaged and OAPs, 40 euro/stg for members. Membership of group is a standard 20 euro/stg for 2012. Membership dues and conference fees can be paid at conference registration desk.
PROGRAMME
Friday 3 February 2012
Walking Tour of Historic Wexford led by Dr Billy Colfer. Meeting point, the Talbot Hotel (main entrance) at 3.45pm for setting off at 4pm.
WELCOME TO IPMAG XII
8-8.30pm Dr Patrick Wallace, Director, National Museum of Ireland, Keynote Address
8.30-9.30pm Conference Opening Wine Reception sponsored by Aegis Archaeology Ltd
Saturday 4 February
9-9.30am Registration
9.30-10am Connie Kelleher
Between land and sea: the wreck in the shallows of Rutland Harbour.
10-10.30am Desmond McCabe
The port of Killybegs and the archaic fishing communities of Donegal Bay.
10.30-11am Wes Forsythe
Coastal communities and economy in Ulster.
11-11.30am Morning Tea/Coffee
11.30-12pm Harold Mytum
Irish mariners’ gravestones: memory and identity.
12-12.30pm Laura McAtackney
The Irish overseas: some archaeological insights into the Irish presence on the island of Montserrat.
12.30-1pm Discussion & Questions
1-2.30pm Lunch (own arrangements, lunch is available in hotel if wished)
2.30-3pm Mary Sleeman
Post-medieval survey of Co. Cork.
3-3.30pm Kieran McCarthy
Rebuilding a port city: morphology and agency in early eighteenth century
Cork.
3.30-4pm Ciara Brett
The city and harbour of Cork.
4-4.30pm Colin Rynne
Identity and allegiance in the British naval communities in Cork Harbour,
c. 1760-1938.
4.30-5pm Discussion & Questions
5-5.45pm IPMAG AGM
7.30pm sharp Annual Conference Dinner Restaurant Talbot Hotel, set menu
€25 per head. Bookings taken at Conference Registration Desk.
Sunday 5 February
10.15-10.30am Registration
10.30-11am Niall Colfer
Turning stone into bread: the millstone quarries of the Hook Peninsula Co.
Wexford.
11-11.30am Morning Tea/Coffee
11.30-12pm Thomas Joyce & Paul Naessens
Early twentieth-century whaling in Ireland: the experience of the maritime
communities of Inishkea South and Blacksod Bay.
12-12.30pm Discussion & Questions
Conference Round-Up & Close
Download and view a copy of the full conference programme here.