Margaret Ronayne

Maggie Ronayne received her BA and MA from University College Cork (1992, 1994) and has also studied at the University of Southampton. She taught there and at Oxford University and trained students in excavation methods in Scotland, Ireland and France before joining the Department of Archaeology, NUI, Galway, in 1999. She is a former executive member of the World Archaeological Congress (1994-2003).Maggie Ronayne has worked with grassroots communities and their organisations in a number of countries who aredefendingtheir lives, livelihoods, environment and cultural heritage against destructive developmentprojects and has been involved in the investigation of negative impacts of a number of projects including the Ilisu dam project in southeast Turkey.She has worked regularly with women and their organisations to investigate and make visible womens central contribution to the care and defence of families, communities and culture. She carried out long termprojects in this field of Public - No restriction archaeology in Turkey and Ireland in particular, based onprinciples of community involvementand mutualaccountability. This work has set a number of precedents and been used as a model for other research in the field. It received regular media attention in a number of countries in Europe, as well as in Turkey,the US and China.In more recent years, Maggie Ronayne has developed a research interest in historical archaeology of the recent past and its amalgamation with a community archaeology approach,and is developing work onthe study of 19th century rural Ireland. Her current research project is on the Archaeology of the Famine focused on the North Burren around Ballyvaughan in Co. Clare.

Maggie Ronayne has worked with grassroots communities and their organisations in a number of countries who aredefendingtheir lives, livelihoods, environment and cultural heritage against destructive developmentprojects and has been involved in the investigation of negative impacts of a number of projects including the Ilisu dam project in southeast Turkey.She has worked regularly with women and their organisations to investigate and make visible womens central contribution to the care and defence of families, communities and culture. She has carried out long termprojects in this field of Public - No restriction archaeology in Turkey and Ireland in particular, based onprinciples of community involvementand mutualaccountability. Her projects over c. 15 years have examined heritage tourism development, large scale infrastructural and hydroelectric development.In more recent years, Maggie Ronayne has developeda research interest in the historical archaeology of the recent past and its amalgamation with a community archaeology approach,and is developing work onthe study of 19th century rural Ireland. Her current research project is on the Archaeology of the Famine focused on the North Burren around Ballyvaughan in Co. Clare.

 Public - No restriction and Community ArchaeologyArchaeology of the FamineArchaeology of 19th and 20th century IrelandHistorical Archaeology of the Recent Past Cultural and ColonialismArchaeology of 19th Century InstitutionsCritique of Heritage Management Role of Archaeologists in relation to Development Interpretation and Theory in ArchaeologyField Methods in Archaeology combined with a Community Based ApproachDeveloping Research Skills and Independent Learning at Undergraduate level As the discipline staff is small I teach on a wide range of courses, some of which are not related to my current research interests such as introduction to Prehistory of Ireland and Europe