IPMAG XV Annual Conference Programme 2015 All Welcome www.ipmag.ie
Acton’s Hotel, Kinsale, Co. Cork. January 30-‐February 1, 2015, no advance booking required. (€30 members, €55 non-‐members; concession for students/OAP €20 members, €45 non-‐ members)
‘Bridging the Gap’ -‐ Considering the Post-‐Medieval Archaeology of Transport, Travel and War.
Friday January 30; Meet at Acton’s Hotel, Kinsale at 4.30pm 5.00-‐6.30pm 6.30-‐8.00pm
8.00pm
Tour of Historic Town of Kinsale, led by local historian, author and master mariner John Thuillier. Keynote speech by Cllr. Kevin Murphy, Chairman of the Municiple District of Kinsale & Bandon and former County Mayor of Kinsale. Wine reception and music by ‘Torcan’ in the Municipal Town Hall (voluntary contributions toward the music most appreciated). Voyage townward to An Seanachaí Pub in historic Market Street.
Saturday January 31: Charles Fort Suite, Acton’s Hotel, Kinsale 9.30-‐9.55am Registration 9.55-‐10.00am Welcome to delegates Session 1: Military Links in a Coastal Landscape Chair Kieran McCarthy 10.00-‐10.20am JIM O’NEILL Cromsters and cots: littoral and riverine warfare during the Nine Years War, 1593-‐ 1603. 10.20-‐10.40am PAUL O’KEEFFE Camps, cannons & calivers: the archaeology of the Siege of Kinsale, AD 1601. 10.40-‐11.00am BRIAN SCOTT The use of mortars at the Siege of Londonderry, 1689. 11.00-‐11.20am Break 11.20-‐11.50pm COLIN RYNNE Richard Lovell Edgeworth, his Tellograph, and the defence of Ireland, 1794-‐1804. 11.50-‐12.10pm DAVID MCILLREAVY The Pigeon House Fort: Developing the Dublin Bay Redoubt, 1798-‐1815.
12.10-‐12.30pm JOHN THUILLIER Kinsale’s interface with the maritime, ashore and afloat. 12.30-‐1.00pm Questions & Discussion session 1 1.00-‐2.00pm Lunch (… can be purchased at the hotel & several local establishments nearby) Session 2: Links in Trade and Transport Chair Connie Kelleher 2.00-‐2.20pm JULIANNA O’DONOGHUE th The Colla Shipwreck: New Evidence for 17 -‐century trade and transport networks in West Cork. 2.20-‐2.40pm ELENA TURK Transport in a Controlled Landscape. 2.40-‐3.00pm BARRA O’DONNABHAIN Our Experiment at Spike Island: Excavation of a Convict Graveyard. 3.00-‐3.20pm IAN KUJIT th A curious linking between City and Sea: 19 -‐century National Development Policy and the material footprint of local island improvement. 3.20-‐3.40pm FIONNBARR MOORE RMS Lusitania -‐ Porthole to another age: Iconic monument, precious artefact, legal battlefield. 3.40-‐4.00pm Questions & Discussion session 2 4.00-‐4.20pm Break 4.20-‐5.30pm IPMAG COMMITTEE MEETING 8.00pm CONFERENCE DINNER: Acton’s Hotel, Kinsale All welcome. Names and monies (€20pp) will be taken at the IPMAG Registration Desk for the Conference Dinner-‐ numbers are limited. Please book early!
Sunday February 1: Charles Fort Suite, Acton’s Hotel, Kinsale 9.30-‐9.50am Registration Session 3: Post-‐1700s Links: Warfare, Commemoration and Protection Chair Frank Coyne 9.50-‐10.10am GAVIN HUGHES ‘Anchored in Suvla Bay: Action in progress on shore…’. 10.10-‐10.30am KARL BRADY Documenting WWI Wrecks in Irish Waters: Developments and Challenges. 10.30-‐10.50am DAMIEN SHIELDS Exploring the archaeological opportunities of the Decade of Centenaries. 10.50-‐11.20am Questions & Discussion session 3 & Conference sessions round-‐up and close 11.20-‐11.40am Break 11.40-‐1.00pm IPMAG AGM 1.00-‐2.00pm Lunch (… can be purchased at the hotel & several local establishments nearby) 2.00-‐3.30pm
After lunch optional tours: (car pooling will be required; sites are located closeby). TOUR Charles Fort National Monument (€3 per person; guided tour; names and numbers required in advance)
3.30-‐4.30pm
TOUR
James Fort/Castlepark National Monument (free admission; no official tour guide).