Rathcroghan Visitor Centre

26/05/2026

The TULSK GAA flags are flying high

25/05/2026

Call for art 🎨
Celebrating Ten Years of Castles in Communities
Castles in Communities is a community-engaged research project that has taken place in Ballintober and north Roscommon since 2015.
🌾Inspired by the ancient Irish harvest festival of Lughnasadh, this exhibition explores how art and archaeology gather meaning from the landscape.
Theme: Lughnasadh: gathering the work. Rather than re-enacting ritual or belief, Lughnasadh is used as a conceptual metaphor for transition: the moment when sustained seasonal work is gathered, assessed and shared.
For Castles in Communities, this concept mirrors the close of excavation and survey
and the shift into post-excavation analysis, interpretation and public storytelling. After ten field seasons of research, the project stands at its own harvest threshold, where accumulated labour, gratitude for community relationships and archaeological
knowledge are gathered and carried forward.
Contributions are invited to this exhibition from artists as well as local residents who notice meaningful details in the landscape - places or moments where history, culture, and everyday life intersect🎨🎨
✨You do not need to be a professional artist to submit! Exhibition will be held July 24-26, 2026, in Ballintober, Co. Roscommon.
💥DEADLINE to submit: June 10, 2026.
🏰Details and submission form available at https://castlesincommunities.com/exhibition-2026-test/

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23/05/2026

Ulidia 8 at Ratghcroghan Visitor Centre.
Our Ulidia 8 Conference is approaching fast, so make sure to book your place for this unique event focusing on the Ulster Cycle of Tales in which Rathcroghan plays a pivotal role.
The conference will feature national and international contributors and will be a blended event with both in person and online tickets available. For further details, a full programme of conference lectures and events and to book your place, please visit our Eventbrite Page;

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19/05/2026

There is just over a month to go to the the Eighth Ulidia Conference and we are looking forward to hosting this event here at Rathcroghan Visitor Centre. Over a three day period the Ulidia Conference looks at the archaeology, toponymy, philology, literature and history of the Ulster Cycle, one of the four major cycles within ancient Ireland's vast body of literature.
Tickets are available to book at https://tinyurl.com/Ulidia-8

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Ulidia 8 will feature talks on all aspects to do with the Ulster Cycle, including archaeology, toponymy, philology, literature and history.

18/05/2026

Delighted to welcome student's from Elphin Community College to Rathcroghan on Thursday last - this was part of our sister project, Farming Rathcroghan's community engagement to connect with younger generations to encourage them to explore and see the value within their local landscape.

18/05/2026

The Boyle Acts Festival each year offers an exciting mix that highlights Irish heritage and 2026 will be no different.
A regular visitor to Rathcroghan with his students, Thomas Finan's work has revealed a vast amount about medieval Roscommon - highly recommend talk, so grab your tickets now 🎟

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Boyle Arts Festival

🏰 Join archaeologist and historian Thomas Finan for a fascinating exploration of two decades of archaeological research around Lough Key, work that is transforming our understanding of medieval Gaelic Ireland.

📍 King House
📅 Wednesday July 22nd
⏰ 4pm
🎟️ Tickets & info: https://boylearts.com/event-listing/medieval-lough-key-thomas-finan/

Drawing on excavations at The Rock (Castle Island), completed in 2023, alongside major discoveries at Kilteasheen in Knockvicar and the Rockingham Moated Site, Finan will share the remarkable findings that have emerged from these important sites. Together, they offer an unprecedented insight into the social, political and cultural world of medieval Ireland.

With significant conservation work soon to begin on The Rock, and publication of the research now on the horizon, this talk offers audiences a rare opportunity to hear first-hand about discoveries that continue to reshape the story of the region and its past.

This engaging presentation will also look ahead to upcoming publications and the next phase of bringing this extraordinary research to a wider audience.

16/05/2026

🎼The 'Rathcroghan Reel' brought proceedings of our third Bealtaine Seminar to a close.
Our thanks to Noel Carberry of Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre for a fantastic insight into this important Iron Age Trackway.
Thanks to our colleague Mike McCarthy who stood in due to unforeseen circumstances and shared the research he has been undertaking on another cave within the Rathcroghan Landscape.

16/05/2026

Our museum rooms will be closed until 1pm today to facilitate our Bealtaine Seminar.
Please note change in lineup...
Mike McCarthy will now speak in place of Theresa McDonald.

15/05/2026

Due to circumstances beyond our control we have a change to our line up for our Bealtaine Seminar. Our first speaker will now be Mike McCarthy, Rathcroghan Visitor Centre.
Mike has been researching another cave associated with the Rathcroghan Landscape and his research will feature as our first lecture.
🎟 Inhouse and Online Tickets available through Eventbrite - tickets can also be purchased for Inhouse on the day.
🖥 Online ticket sales are available until 10pm tonight - link to view will be sent tomorrow morning.

14/05/2026

Find out more about the biodiversity of Rathcroghan this National Biodiversity Week
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