Field Trips
Numbers are limited on many of the trips. Further details will be announced through the ‘Newsletter’ and at lectures.
| 3-5th May | County Donegal |
| Saturday 1st June | County Louth |
| Monday 24th June (evening) | TBA* |
| Monday 5th August (evening) | TBA* |
| Saturday 17th August | Circuit of the Mournes |
| 16-23rd September | Central Portugal |
| 4-7th May | County Clare |
| Saturday 2nd June | East Tyrone |
| Monday 25th June (evening) | Sites in the Belfast Mountains |
| Monday 6th August (evening) | Visit to 14Chrono Centre, QUB |
| Saturday 18th August | North Sperrins |
| 16-23rd September | Wessex |
| 6-8th May | County Meath |
| 24-31st May | Galicia, North Spain |
| Saturday 4th June | North Coast of Antrim |
| Monday 27th June | Scrabo, Co.Down |
| Monday 8th August | Templepatrick area, Co.Antrim |
| Saturday 20th August | The Glenelly Valley, Sperrins |
| 11-14th May | County Wexford |
| 12th June | North County Monaghan |
| Monday 28th June evening | The Linford Area, County Antrim |
| Saturday 7th August | North East Antrim |
| Monday 23rd August | Dromore/Dromara, Co Down |
| 8-10th May | County Longford |
| 23-30th May | Normandy, France |
| 8th June evening | Carrickfergus walkabout |
| 20th June | Rathlin Island, Co Antrim |
| 24th August evening | Comber area, Co Down |
| 9-11th May | County Wicklow |
| 2nd June evening | Lisburn Area, Co Antrim (Richard Warner) |
| 21st June | East Fermanagh |
| 9th August | Clogher Valley |
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| 11-13th May | County Roscommon |
| 21st May evening | Divis Mountain, Co Antrim |
| 23rd June | Whithorn, Galloway, Scotland |
| 11th August | South Armagh |
| 20th August evening | Donaghadee, Co Down |
| 8th May evening | North Belfast urban area |
| 19-21st May | County Kilkenny |
| 10th June | Dundrum Castle, Co Down:
Medieval weapons demonstration. |
| 12th August | Islandmagee and Braidenisland, Co Antrim |
| 21st August | Local Sites |
| 9th May evening | Knockdhu and Linford , Co Antrim |
| 21-22nd May | County Sligo |
| 3-10th June | St Petersburg, Russia |
| 18th June | North Tyrone |
| 13th August | The Ards Peninsula, Co Down |
| 5th September evening | Cultra and Holywood, Co Down |
| 15-16th May | County Cavan |
| 24th May | Portmore, Co. Antrim (Barrie Hartwell) |
| 12th June | Antrim Coast |
| 14th August | Ards and Lecale, Co Down |
| 6th September | Local Excavations |
| 12th May evening | Nendrum Monastery and Mahee Castle, Co Down. |
| 23-26th May | County Cork (Colin Rynne)Bridgetown Abbey; Glanworth Castle; Moneen multi meriod mound; Labbacallee, Island wedge tombs; Ballincollig Gunpowder Mill; Kinsale, Charles or James Fort; Butter Museum Cork City and Cork Museum. |
| 14th June | Cooley Peninsula, Co Louth. |
| 16th August | Megaliths, South Derry (Barrie Hartwell) |
| 25th August | Grey Point Fort, Hollywood Priory, Co Down
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| 31 May- 2nd June | Co.Leitrim (Ken Pullin)Based at Carrick-on-Shannon |
| 8th August evening | The Belfast Hills (Brian Williams) |
| 22nd June | Royal Sites in Antrim and Down (Richard Warner) |
| 31st August | Navan Fort and other sites in Co. Armagh |
| 10th June evening | Drumbeg, Co Antrim and environs (Eileen Black) |
| 23rd June | Archaeology of the Knock dual carriageway, Belfast (Barrie Hartwell and Tom McNeill) |
| 28th July | North Belfast and Queen’s Island, Belfast
(Barrie Hartwell and Michael Coulter) |
| 3rd September | Clifton and Shankill Cemeteries, Belfast |
| 11th June | Strangford Lough, Co Down (David Erwin, Richard Warner)
Boat trip |
| 24th June | Early Churches in East Tyrone (Ann Hamlin) |
| 27th July evening | Cave Hill, Belfast (Richard Warner)
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| 15th August | Old Belfast (Nick Brannon) |
| 9th September | Royal and Ritual sites in Co. Meath
(Richard Warner, Muiris O’Suilleabhain)
Loughcrew; Tara. |
| 23rd October | Sixmilewater, Co Antrim (Richard Warner)
Rough Fort; Carn Griene; Lyle’s Hill; Castle Upton
Mound; Kilmakee Cairn; Donegore motte;
Browndod court.tomb; Ballywee rath. |
| 30th October | Armagh City and environs (Richard Warner)
Robinson Library; Cathedral, Tandragee man;
Navan Centre; Navan Fort; King’s Stables; Dorsey.
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| 18th May | Ardglass and Kilclief, Co Down (Finbar McCormick) |
| 12-14th June | County Fermanagh (Eileen Murphy)
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| 19th May | Scrabo, and Movilla, Co Down (Richard Warner) |
| 13-15th June | Inishbofin, Co Galway
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| 26th July | Unvisited sites in East Tyrone (Richard Warner)
Aghascribagh ogham standing stone; Beaghmore stone circle; Doorless Rath; Sessiaghmagaroll rath and mound.
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| 20th May evening | Nendrum, Co Down |
| 7-9th June | Aran Islands, Co Galway (Finbar McCormick)
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| 27th July | Rathlin Island, Co Down (Malachy Conway and Richard Warner)
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| 7th September | Strangford Lough, Co Down (Colin Breen)
Strangford; Downpatrick-Quoile Quay; Nendrum castle, “harbour” and “fish yard” (now the tidemill); Ringneill; the Fanny Crossfield.
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| 15th May evening | East Antrim (Richard Warner)
Sallagh Brae, Knockdhu. |
| 17-18th June | Tory Island, Co Donegal (Finbar McCormick)
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| 29th July | Slieve Gullion, South Armagh (Ken Neill) Killevy Churches; Ballymacdermot;
Clonlum South Cairn; Dorsey; Kilnasaggart; Moyry castle;
Corliss (aka Donaghy’s Fort).
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| 19th August | Lecale, Co Down (Finbar McCormick)
Ballydugan Mill; Loughinisland Churches; Annadorn Dolmen; Murland Mausoleum, Clough; Rossglass pigsties, Ardglass Castle (Golf Club), Balee House Dovecot (Frank Maxwell); St Mary’s, Chapeltown, Madonna and Child; Kilclief tower house; Saul mortuary house.
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| 9th September | Londonderry Coast (Finbar McCormick)
Magilligan MartelloTower; Bishop’s Palace and Mussenden Temple.
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| 11th June | Burial Monuments in North Monaghan and South Fermanagh (Finbar McCormick). |
| 6th June evening | Ballynahatty excavation, Co Down (Barrie Hartwell)
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| 30-31st July | Inishmurray and Co Sligo (Finbar McCormick)
Parkes Castle; Creevelea Friary; Carrowkeel; Inishmurray.
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| 20th August | Co. Londonderry (Tom McErlean)
Toome Castle site, canal etc; Bellaghy Bawn; Maghera Church; Tirkane sweat house; Tirnoney portal dolmen; Dunglady rath.
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| 10th September | Benburb Linen Centre (Moira Holland)
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| 17th May | Carickfergus Town, Co Antrim (Nick Brannon) |
| 12-13th June | Co. Fermanagh (Greer Ramsey and Janie Crone) County Museum, Enniskillen; Tully Castle; Aghanaglack court tomb; Boho Cross; Reyfad.
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| 15th July evening | Ballynahatty excavations, Co Down (Barrie Hartwell)
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| 31st July | Tara (Conor Newman) Duleek Monastic Site; Monasterboice
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| 21st August | Mid-Antrim (Brian Williams)
Tildarg; Killylane; Tawnybrack rath; Ballymarlagh court tomb; Ballygarvey motte; Antynanum court tomb. |
| 16th June | Hidden Sites of Co Meath (Leo Swan) |
| 3rd August | Armagh (Moira Holland)
Cathedrals, Museum, Friary, Archbishops Demesne; Ballyrea; Haughy’s Fort.
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| 31 August | Ulster History Park and Ulster American Folk Park, Co Tyrone
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| 16th June | Clogher valley, Co Tyrone (Richard Warner, Marian Meek)
Knockmany; Altadavan Early Christian site; Carnagat; Clanfadrig; Clogher Cathedral, crosses, hillfort; Findermore standing stones.
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| 3rd August | Castles of N. Louth (Tom McNeill)Carlingford; Faughart Motte; Castleroche; Moyry Castle.
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| 1st July | Cos Armagh/ Monaghan (Barrie Hartwell-Aidan Walsh)
Navan Fort; King’s stables; Haughey’s Fort;
Monaghan Museum and Market House; Carnhill court tomb; Clones round tower, 12c Church, sarcophagus,
High Cross, motte and bailey.
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| 5th August | Lough Neagh, Cos Antrim/Tyrone (Nick Brannon)
Antrim Motte and Gardens; Excavations at Bellaghy Bawn and Salterstown (Orloff Millar); Arboe High Cross; Mountjoy Castle.
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| 16th August |
Co Louth (George Eogan)
Knowth passage tomb; Monasterboice; Battle of the Boyne site.
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| 8th September |
Carrickfergus Castle, Co Antrim ( Marian Meek)
Medieval banquet.
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| 21st May | Megaliths, Co Tyrone (Claire Foley)
Creggandevesky court tomb; Loughmacrory wedge tomb;
Carnanbane court tomb; Copney circles; Dunnamore wedge tomb.
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| 18th June | Galloway, Scotland (Anne Hamlin / Peter Hill)
Whithorn; Glenluce Abbey.
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| 27th August |
National Museum “Dublin 988-1988 exhibition”
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| 20th June | Mid Antrim Area (Chris Lynn Richard Warner, Finbar McCormick)
Deer Park; Glenarm Friary; Knock Dhu, Souterrain and Ring barrows.
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| 5th September | South Derry area (Nick Brannon)
Maghera Church; Bellaghy Bawn; Dungiven Priory; Tirkane Sweathouse.
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