St. Anne's Park Community Archaeology

20/07/2026

A fantastic weekend at the Rose Festival, thanks to everyone who stopped by for a chat!

19/07/2026

It's another beautiful morning in St Anne's Park 😎 we're here to chat all things heritage and archaeology, come and visit our exhibition, maybe even sign up for this years community excavation!

18/07/2026

It's a beautiful morning here in St Anne's Park where the Rose Festival is getting underway. We're ready to go and recruiting volunteers for this year's community excavation!

16/07/2026

Still some spots available for our free walking tours on Sunday ...... book here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/archaeological-walking-tour-st-annes-park-tickets-1993538241545?fbclid=IwY2xjawTFfyFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETB0YkhzRTRYcHVaNW9QZXBLc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHulbylUxQBSgAn2Ekjq-_ynpjfE5Ui_t4C3BWZAcg5lVeAHiP0rQyufo9Cov_aem_X7CuEqAEVkoOW_jNaMu8nQ

Join us for a walk around the grounds of the former Guinness mansion, where we'll explore the gardens and visit our excavation sites.

09/07/2026

And we're back.....
Come visit our tent at the Rose Festival 2026 (18th and 19th July) to hear about our previous community excavations and finds and why not sign up for our 2026 community excavation in its brand new location - we promise its an exciting development.

We are also conducting free walking tours of the park -theres three each day and bookings can be made at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/archaeological-walking-tour-st-annes-park-tickets-1993538241545

We look forward to seeing you on the day

06/01/2026

Happy New Year to all our friends and followers! Late last year our director James Kyle gave an interview on 103.2 Dublin City FM, you can listen back at the link below, chat starts at 6 mins 27 secs 🥰

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19/12/2025

This month is the centenary of Lady Ardilaun's death. Born in 1850, she married Arthur Edward Guinness when she was 19 and moved to shortly after. She passed away at the age of 75 in St. Stephen's Green in the presence of her cousin Katherine Everett who described the scene. 'As she lay dead, more beautiful that she had been in life, two long plaits below her fine chiseled features, and folds of ivory time - toned satin of her wedding dress draping her form, she seemed as remote from the vital person of the day before as one of the medieval Florentine tombs she so much resembled'. Countless mourners visited Katherine in the days to follow to pay their respects and the most poignant was 'an old woman whom she used to visit in a tenement house who said simply "God rest her soul, for she was good. She would sit here without a proud end on her, she was a friend to the sick and poor".

03/12/2025

Great to see two Irish winners last week, congratulations to our colleagues Farming Rathcroghan who won at the in the category of Archaeology & Sustainability and received the Outstanding Achievement Award. Such a fantastic project, very well deserved!

02/12/2025

We were honoured to win the award for Public dissemination or presentation at last Friday's . Public engagement is at the heart of our work but we couldn't do it without our wonderful colleagues The School of Irish Archaeology Claíomh UCD Experimental Archaeology Resurrecting Monuments Mrs Bakers Medway Theatre Company Irish Heritage School Earthsound Geophysics The Pallasboy Project, not to mention all our fantastic volunteers and visitors! With sincere thanks also to Dublin City Council Heritage Office, Archaeology & Parks, The Heritage Council CreativeIrl and ArchaeologyUK

29/11/2025

We were honoured to win this award last night at the , many thanks to everyone who has been part of our project and especially to Dublin City Council Heritage, Archaeology and Parks Departments, the Heritage Council and Creative Ireland!