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“Having a seat at the table and an acknowledged voice matters far more to local communities than being invited to hear foreigners talk to them about local cultural heritage and what it should mean to them.” – Alex Knodell, 2009 Hello! My name is Faith Walker and I am a third-year university student from America. During the summer of 2019 I will be researching community engagement with the Achill Archaeological… Read More »Introduction: Help Us Write the History of Achill Island

By Bridgit Lee Working here at the Achill Archaeological Field School on early modern vernacular housing for the past two summers, one of the constant questions for me was how were these houses lit? Of course there were the open fires in the houses that would have provided some light to the house but what was used for the more detailed domestic work of sewing and knitting? This question lead… Read More »Illuminating the past: Experimenting with rush lights