Skellig Coast Archaeology Festival

04/02/2026

A lovely treat in store at the wonderful &Kerry County Museum in Tralee this Saturday!

We are so excited! Our friends Clare, Charli and Denise from Déise Medieval in Waterford are bringing our new Viking handling collection to the museum this Saturday 7 February. This includes beautifully made Viking costumes to fit a family, as well as replicas of Viking objects on display in the museum.

Please join us from 3pm to 5pm for a very special workshop and demonstration of the new Viking handling collection and how these objects were made using the same techniques and materials as 1000 years ago! This event is suitable for all ages and included in our admission fee: family offer €3 adults - kids go free.

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16/01/2026

Michael will be participating in our next archaeology festival - and we will have archaeology in the dark sky festival!

22/12/2025

If you can't wait to see us for the 2026 Archaeology Festival 2–4 October, join us for our Dark Sky Festival this March. Lots of archaeology in this festival too

03/11/2025

Guaranteed to be a fascinating event

Our next event, 'Altóir na Gréine', a talk by Dr Billy Mag Fhloinn, will take place in the Sacred Heart University Campus, Di**le, at 7.00 pm on Thursday, 6 November. This talk concerns the "lost" megalithic tomb of Altóir na Gréine in Ballyferriter, and how folklore, history, and technology contributed to its rediscovery.

25/10/2025

Tonight at the festival

24/10/2025

a great start to the festival with artist Conor O'Connell (https://www.conoroconnellart.com/), archaeologist Dr Connie Kelleher - tomorrow: lifting stone, marked stones, bronze casting and live music - details here: https://events.humanitix.com/skellig-coast-archaeology-festival

and great events also at the Festival of Botanical Colours - details on Eventbrite

Info written by Aoibheann Lambe on Bronze Age copper mines, rock art and more here https://www.discoveriveragh.ie/history-archaeology

Thank you for the support to everyone who has joined us! and of course to Fáilte Ireland; Discover Kerry; Kerry County Council;Samhain Chiarraí: A Kerry Halloween; Údarás na Gaeltachta; Forbairt Na Dromoda; Brí Uíbh Ráthaigh; Cur le Chéile - Caherdaniel & Castlecove Festival; Kerry County Council Community Support Fund

24/10/2025

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24/10/2025

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24/10/2025

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all you need to know!
festival made possible thanks to Fáilte Ireland Údarás na Gaeltachta Forbairt Na Dromoda Samhain Chiarraí: A Kerry Halloween Kerry Local Authorities Cur le Chéile - Caherdaniel & Castlecove Festival Brí Uíbh Ráthaigh Kerry County Council Kerry Council Community Support Fund
A Heritage Iveragh / Oidhreacht Uíbh Ráthaigh event directed by Aoibheann Lambe with Dr Eoin O'Neill

21/10/2025

Very happy that Conor O'Connell is travelling from Roscommon to join Holger Loenze and some of the team from experimental archaeology group Umha Aois (https://www.umha-aois.com/) for bronze casting - using techniques which would have been feasible in the Bronze Age - A great talent, Conor recently graduated from NCAD. His work includes casting stunning replicas of Bronze Age weaponry and artefacts which help us understand how these artefacts were made and used. Join us in Brú na Dromada for 'rock art by night', astronomy, music and the drama of the pour on Saturday evening 6–10.30pm and again on Sunday afternoon (on Sunday children go free with ticketed adults!) - our full programme and tickets here
https://events.humanitix.com/skellig-coast-archaeology-festival

with thanks to Fáilte Ireland Údarás na Gaeltachta Samhain Chiarraí: A Kerry Halloween Kerry Local Authorities Forbairt Na Dromoda Kerry County Council Community Support Fund,
A Heritage Iveragh / Oidhreacht Uíbh Ráthaigh event. Directed by Aoibheann Lambe with Dr Eoin O'Neill

20/10/2025

Bronze Casting, Medieval Graffiti, recently discovered archaeological sites - and a mushroom forage as part of the 2025 Skellig Coast Archaeology Festival
https://events.humanitix.com/skellig-coast-archaeology-festival

The festival is made possible thanks to HHeritage Iveragh / Oidhreacht Uíbh Ráthaighand the support of KKerry Local AuthoritiesKerry County Council Community Support Fund, FFáilte IrelandÚÚdarás na GaeltachtaSSamhain Chiarraí: A Kerry HalloweenCCur le Chéile - Caherdaniel & Castlecove Forbairt Na Dromoda Kerrydarkskytourism.com