The Archaeology of 1916

In the context of the 2016 centenary of the Easter Rising, this project by UCD School of Archaeology, Archaeology and Built Heritage, and Dublin City Council, with the support of the Heritage Council and UCD, will examine the streetscapes of the Rising throughout the contemporary city.
The archaeological investigation of these sites has the potential to add to the received narrative of the Rising and to provide a more considered account of the conflict and its aftermath in the contemporary urban environment.
The project will further examine the afterlife of the sites beyond the conflict, questioning how the Easter Rising was both remembered and forgotten in the subsequent century..