Neil Jackman

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Archaeologist at Abarta Heritage & Tuatha Ireland. Passionate about public archaeology and enthusiastic about old ruins. Author of guidebooks to the #WildAtlanticWay & #IrelandsAncientEast Explore Ireland with me at @tuatha.ie

Peter Duncan has a root about in a tree stump, it doesnt end well
A 19th century illustration of machine breakers smashing a textile mill
Sunbeams break through a lowering cloud over Irishtown in Clonmel
Two lovely puffins on Skellig Michael
An anxious looking stone head with a long neck emerges from a ruined medieval church on the Beara Peninsula
A video update on our excavation at Woodstown
A selfie of, well me, in front of Ardgroom Stone Circle in the beautiful landscape of the Beara Peninsula
The best dog in Ireland, therefore, the world
Lord Karstark from Game of Thrones shortly before his execution by Robb Stark. The skeet quoted him.
A gif from Father Ted with yerman saying 'Ive had my fun, and that's all that matters'
A french supporter in a red beret and outlandish glasses
Spongebob displeased watching telly
The great Marty Whelan
One of the weird puppets from the Labyrinth that had a detachable head
Dingle Candle
A view from Wine Strand, the beach gives way to the Atlantic, with rock formations and distant hills forming the backdrop
Lichen on a large rock in West Kerry
A terribly shite AI image of the Broighter Hoard
The cover of one of my reels from the Woodstown excavation. I'm holding an interesting stone, and the closed caption reads 'but look, it's more than a rock' – (as someone who likes a bit of prehistory, I'm always excited about interesting stones. Ironically, this is a Viking Age stone so it's a bit recent for me)
A video diary from our excavation at Woodstown
A video diary from our research excavation at Viking Woodstown
A video diary from Viking Woodstown
A video diary of our excavation at the Woodstown Viking Site in County Waterford
A video diary update from our dig at Woodstown Waterford
A video diary from day 6 of our archaeological dig at Woodstown Waterford
A man and his two daughters dressed as Vikings, chat with an archaeologist at the Woodstown Viking Site Open Day
A short video diary about the excavations at Viking Woodstown
A video selfie relating today's events at a research excavation at Woodstown Viking Site, County Waterford
A video diary from the third day of our research excavation at Woodstown Viking Site
A video selfie describing the events of day 2 of the excavation at Woodstown Viking Site
A video selfie fresh from the trenches at the end of the first day of the excavation at Viking Woodstown
Archaeologists record the well preserved flume and undercroft of a horizontal mill, dated c.650-800 AD
A lone tree in a clearing on a misty hillside
A wooly vest from adidas at the low low price of just €110 (sarcastic, it is absolutely not worth a third of that)
A brave kitty
A bee orchid in bloom with the world's best dog in the background
A miffed kermit
A picture of Bertie Aherns spud-like head superimposed on a cartoon of a chained Incredible hulk
The Jolly Roger pub on Sherkin
A promotional image for the talk in Westmeath. It depicts a small holy well. The title reads 'Introduction to Westmeath Holy Wells Survey'. The main text reads 'Talk by archaeologist Tara Ó Faoláin, Abarta Heritage. Moate Library 6-7.45pm, Thursday 28th May. All Welcome!'
A picture of Skellig Michael, with the following text: Best Things to Do in Donegal: The Complete Guide.
A load of tat, including gnomes, plastic butterflies and fairy doors in a wood
Dappled light falls on the path through the wood
A screenshot of an Instagram advert for Manhattan Bacon Streaks
An unfortunate cat
A picture of an ape in gibraltar from the Guardian with the headline 'Gibraltar's monkeys eat mud to avoid upset stomachs from tourist junk food'
A deflated kermit
A car parked in the middle of a footpath by an absolute toe rag gobshite
A note from Expugnatio Hibernica, it reads: For de Lacy's fall from royal favour, see Orpen, Normans, ii. 54-5. His marriage in 1180 to the daughter of King Ruaidri Ua Conchobair of Connacht may have given colour to the suspicion that he was aiming at his own independent kingdom in Ireland. When Prince John returned to England in 1185. after his disastrous visit to lreland, he reported to King Henry that de Lacy had prevented the Irish kings from sending him (John) either tribute or hostages, see A.F.M., under 1185. William of Newburgh Hist. rer. Anglic., i, 239-40, mentions the story that de Lacy was aspiring to rule Ireland treated Henry's messengers in high-handed fashion, and that the aews of his murder was joyfully received by Henry in 118
Cows graze in a field that is fringed by mature trees, with more wooded slopes behind under a blue sky
Tightly coiled fronds of fern about to unravel
The ruins of a small medieval church known as Temple na Skellig emerge from heather and bracken, above the Upper Lake at Glendalough
An apple mouse, being charged upside down. What a stupid mouse.
The plague dogs poster, it looks a lot more benign than it was
A noble polar bear (who has good taste in crisps) being confronted by five tayto smelling wolves
A picture of St Kevin's Church at Glendalough with the overlaid text 'Glendalough Have Your Say!' with a QR code
A screenshot from a biography of Sir George Bingham. It says "In March 1590 Sir Brian O'Rourke (qv), lord of Breifne (later Co. Leitrim) and incorrigible foe of the English, raided Sligo, burning..."
The western gable of a ruined medieval priory church in County Louth, part of the stone tracery of the window has been dislodged and appears in imminent danger of collapse
A promotional image for Amplify Archaeology Podcast featuring the ruins of a medieval priory at Clontuskert
The river liffey as it flows through Dublin City