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  • Adare Castle

    Adare Castle, Adare, Co. Limerick

  • Jerpoint Abbey

    Jerpoint Abbey, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny

  • Loughcrew Cairns

    Loughcrew Cairns, Oldcastle, Co. Meath

  • Parke's Castle

    Parke's Castle, Fivemile Bourne, Co. Leitrim

  • Rock of Cashel

    St. Patrick's Rock of Cashel, Cashel, Co. Tipperary

  • Ross Castle

    Ross Castle, Killarney, Co. Kerry

  • Cahir Castle, Cahir, Co. Tipperary

    Cahir Castle, Cahir, Co. Tipperary

  • Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery

    Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, Carrowmore, Co. Sligo

  • Tomb of a Butler Knight, St. Mary's Church, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny

    The tomb of a Butler Knight, St. Mary's Church, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny

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News

  • The Boyne - Amateur Photographic Competition
    24 April 2012
  • National Monuments Service - ASI Records now available as a (wms) web-service
    05 April 2012
  • National Monuments Service - Articles in the Farmers Journal
    03 April 2012
  • Results of Archaeological Excavation - Moneen Cave, Burren, Co. Clare
    23 March 2012
  • Royal Irish Academy 2012 Archaeology Research and Radiocarbon Dates - Grants
    22 March 2012
  • Minister Deenihan launches Trim Castle, Co. Meath: Excavations 1995-1998
    23 February 2012
  • Skellig Michael, Co. Kerry: The Monastery and South Peak. Archaeological stratigraphic report: excavations 1986–2010
    08 February 2012
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  • Friends of Medieval Dublin - 14th Medieval Dublin Symposium
    14 May 2012
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All recorded archaeological monuments are protected under the National Monuments Acts 1930-2004.  Visitors to monuments on lands in private ownership should request permission from the landowner.

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If you would like to know more about the archaeological monuments on your land or in your locality, please use our Archaeological Survey Database.

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