Wednesday – Archaeology Hedge School in Moycullen

Archaeology Hedge School / all-day seminar
Wednesday, April 18th @ 10:15am – 4pm
Starts at The Forge, Moycullen
FREE entry – booking essential!

As part of “The Year of O’Flaherty” festival and to mark 2018’s International Day for Monuments & Sites, check out the FREE Archaeology Seminar/Hedge School that Moycullen Historical Society are running tomorrow – Wednesday April 18th – in partnership with the Galway Community Archaeological Advisory Project.

The seminar starts at 10.15am in The Forge, Moycullen and will feature a range of talks by several speakers including one of Ireland’s leading field archeologists, Michael Gibbons.

In the afternoon the hedge school will continue at Moycullen Castle and on to the Medieval Church. It will eventually finish up at 4pm.

This promises to be a fascinating day’s event but booking is essential so reserve your place by phoning 087 9295703 or email moycullenhistoricalsociety@gmail.com.

The International Day for Monuments and Sites – or World Heritage Day – is held on April 18th every year around the world with different types of activities, including visits to monuments and heritage sites, conferences, seminars, and lectures, among other activities.

Proposed by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) on April 18th 1982 and approved by UNESCO in 1983, it aims to raise public awareness about the diversity and vulnerability of the world’s built monuments and heritage sites and the efforts required to protect and conserve them.

The theme for this year’s International Day for Monuments and Sites is “Heritage for Generations”.

Find out more at ICOMOS’ website.