Aidan O'Sullivan
@aidanosullivan.bsky.social
Head of School/Prof at UCD Archaeology; Early Medieval archaeologist; Director @experimentarchaeol.bsky.social Member Royal Irish Academy; Fellow Society of Antiquaries; Dad of boys; Dog Dad; Hurling/Camogie; IC Member; Own Opinions here
This is relevant in Ireland where wild boar - a native but extinct part of our wild fauna - is legally designated an alien invasive species 🐗 kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/feral-pigs...
Feral Pigs or Wild Boar? The Identity Crisis Reshaping the Scottish Highlands
What happens when an animal returns after centuries away, and nobody can agree on whether it belongs?
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US rangers and airborne 82nd and 101st would have dealt with them quickly in Normandy, 1944 and laughingly taken their miserable flags as souvenirs
Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d agoUSA IS COOKING! Watch until the end This occurred last night at Duel Arena 1 a combat sports event that took place on August 29, 2026, at the Kia Center in Orlando, Florida, featuring a mix of MMA, boxing, and kickboxing matches
Aidan. Aodán, My saint’s name, meaning ‘little fire‘, and though I also go everywhere by bike, I am well known for my ‘gentleness, devotion and moderation’
North Ages@northages.bsky.social · 2d agoAug 31: Feast of Aidan (†651). Monk of Iona, first bishop and abbot of Lindisfarne. Prelate for whom Bede reserves arguably his highest praise. Evangelist remembered for going everywhere on foot and for his ‘gentleness, devotion and moderation’. Finan succeeded him.
Aug 31: Feast of Aidan (†651). Monk of Iona, first bishop and abbot of Lindisfarne. Prelate for whom Bede reserves arguably his highest praise. Evangelist remembered for going everywhere on foot and for his ‘gentleness, devotion and moderation’. Finan succeeded him.
The difference being of course, that unlike Washington, Trump absolutely can lie, does it every day, several times an hour in fact
CatDaMaMa@catdamama.bsky.social · 4d agoThe cherry trees are a symbol of DC. Huge number of tourists visit them each year and are a thing of beauty. But Trump cuts down the oldest cherry blossoms in DC for his golf course. He has ruined our city. www.alternet.org/trump-dc-gol...
Population of Ireland is currently divided into two: Those who see the rain at Electric Picnic and thank all the gods they're not there (...these people are also aged over 50) and those who are there and are having a grand time thanks,, grandad... (mostly under 50) www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Weather not a worry for Electric Picnic-goers
Eighty thousand festival-goers are descending on Stradbally for Electric Picnic this weekend.
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Because people who have sex with animals can be American patriots too…
Mediaite@mediaite.com · 4d agoFBI Reportedly Loosens Hiring Rules So ‘Prostitution and Bestiality’ Are No Longer ‘Automatic Disqualifiers’
Any statistics on their skin colour?
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4d agoICE has arrested more than half a million people since President Trump returned to office, and nearly 40 percent do not have a criminal record. As of Aug. 6, ICE had detained more people without a criminal record this year than in all of 2025. https://wapo.st/4izoaAb
“What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World“ - William Dalrymple on the East India Company, and the Tech bros today (gift article from New York Times) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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UK PM makes a stupid and ill-informed comment. 🙄 What a surprise… Andy Burnham should go back and read the Good Friday Agreement www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
United Ireland referendum 'off the table' - Burnham
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said a referendum on a united Ireland "is off the table".
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Visit from Gabriel Cooney and @aidanosullivan.bsky.social today - here being shown around by Deborah @naikaiouk.bsky.social . And traditional last day recording! Five eroding sections of (presumably) Final Mesolithic archaeology cleaned, sampled and recorded. Now back to Dublin and some analysis...
Ferriter's Cove - Day 4: not a bad view from site today... And the slow excavation of our first artefact, a rather large rhyolite flake. (2cm sticking out of the section turns into this!)
Love this - doesn‘t it make you move ? youtu.be/9VUV6bqP7iw?...
David Holmes - 69 Police
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Day 3 (part 2): @martinmoucheron.bsky.social in a fairly dramatic location for geofizz...
Day 3: a visit from colleagues @nationalmons.bsky.social. Great discussion about the site, research and how to manage loss. Also joined by eminent colleagues escaping the Bronze Age! Sampling proceeding apace, including @martinmoucheron.bsky.social block samples for microstratigraphic analysis.
Ferriters Cove Mesolithic project with Dr Martin Moucheron & Prof Graeme Warren and colleagues from UCD Archaeology and UCD Civil Engineering and UCC Follow Graeme and Martin for more images @martinmoucheron.bsky.social @graemewarren.bsky.social
Graeme Warren@graemewarren.bsky.social · 2w agoIts quite the location for fieldwork! More updates to follow tomorrow. Thanks to many for funding and support @researchireland.ie @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @nationalmons.bsky.social
More cleaning, recoding and sampling at Ferriter's Cove w/ @martinmoucheron.bsky.social : shell layers, charcoal - and loads of really good questions about site formation to be answered (hopefully!) by our samples... Tx to @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social
Cahergal (bright stone fort), Iveragh, Co Kerry - a likely early medieval royal residence/ceremonial/assembly place occupied in the 7th/8th century AD, with a rí-tech inside a massive stone cashel, like Staigue, Co Kerry, or the Gríanán of Aileach, Co Donegal www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL9K...
Cahergal (bright stone fort), Iveragh, Co Kerry - a likely early medieval royal residence
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... While @graemewarren.bsky.social is vertically excavating (some amazing layers. Upstairs, downstairs, and whatnot. I tell you, Kerry is treating us well - go raibh maith agaibh a Piaras agus a Eoinin for letting us access our site safely, and trample your grass in search of the Mesolithic. 2/2
A fine first day of fieldwork at Ferriter's Cove with @martinmoucheron.bsky.social and colleagues. Cleaning and recording eroding sections with (presumably Final Mesolithic) shell layers, ahead of sampling tomorrow. 1/2
The discovery ‘removes one of the most significant pieces of evidence for when agriculture developed in Ireland or Britain’. www.thejournal.ie/ancient-kerr...
Ancient 'Kerry cow' bones discovered on Dingle Peninsula ‘were never cattle at all’
The discovery ‘removes one of the most significant pieces of evidence for when agriculture developed in Ireland or Britain’.
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Fascinating stuff. Also, cheer up Kerry. While this rules out one thing, it opens up another entirely... Mesolithic peoples in Kerry were hardy enough to be collecting/hunting/munching on Bear bones. That's a prehistoric flex right there. www.thejournal.ie/ancient-kerr...
Ancient 'Kerry cow' bones discovered on Dingle Peninsula ‘were never cattle at all’
The discovery ‘removes one of the most significant pieces of evidence for when agriculture developed in Ireland or Britain’.
thejournal.ie
🐻🦴 Bear, boar or cattle? New research led by UCD School of Archaeology has revealed that "cattle bones" long thought to mark the beginning of farming in Ireland actually belong to bear and wild boar, rewriting a key chapter in Irish prehistory. 🧵 @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @graemewarren.bsky.social
Fascinating story from our UCD Archaeology colleagues, Dr Martin Moucheron et al. It changes how we might understand Mesolithic hunter-gather and the arrival of Neolithic farming in Ireland www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
‘Kerry Cow’ bones revealed as ancient bear remains, challenging long-held theory on farming’s arrival in Ireland and Great Britain
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Fascinating story from our UCD Archaeology colleagues, Dr Martin Moucheron et al. It changes how we might understand Mesolithic hunter-gather and the arrival of Neolithic farming in Ireland www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
‘Kerry Cow’ bones revealed as ancient bear remains, challenging long-held theory on farming’s arrival in Ireland and Great Britain
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Equinox sunrise at Grianan of Aileach, March 18, 2026
An early medieval rath (ringfort) at Carrowcuilleen, Tirawley, north Co Mayo (according to logainim from the Irish “Ceathrú Mhic Cóilín”, the (Quarter of the son of Cóilín) youtu.be/RJZ4SB3CwOY?...
An early medieval rath at Carrowcuilleen, Tirawley, north Co Mayo
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… read that again
The Ditch@wereontheditch.bsky.social · 3w agoFor the first time in a decade the Irish state has refused more Palestinian visa applications than it granted – while Israelis continue to benefit from visa-free travel to Ireland. The refusal rate for Palestinian applicants has quadrupled since 2023. www.ontheditch.com/palestinian-...
