# neil-jackman - Sunday 1 April, 2018
Archaeologist Neil Jackman explores the historical treasures of Achill Island as part of his new book on the Wild Atlantic Way.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 25 March, 2017
DailyEdge.ie speaks to the people who have the jobs you wanted as a kid.
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# neil-jackman - Monday 31 October, 2016
TheJournal.ie was invited to explore the first archaeological dig into a passage tomb on Montpelier Hill. How could we resist?
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A team led by Neil Jackman are attempting to uncover the site’s secrets.
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# neil-jackman - Friday 4 September, 2015
Plus: a group of aristocratic playboys who drank, caroused and got up to all manner of blasphemy and badness in Ireland.
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# neil-jackman - Friday 21 August, 2015
Plus: the ancient monastery of Iniscealtra.
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# neil-jackman - Friday 24 July, 2015
Plus: The castle owner and King’s manin Carlow who married the Pirate Queen’s granddaughter
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# neil-jackman - Friday 17 April, 2015
Archaeologist Neil Jackman explores two of Ireland’s most intriguing ancient sites – the Caves of Keash and Dun Aonghasa.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 4 April, 2015
Fancy stretching the legs over the Easter weekend? Archaeologist Neil Jackman has more suggestions for great historical sites to visit around the island of Ireland.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 7 March, 2015
St Canice’s Cathedral – and its fantastically-preserved round tower – is a jewel in the centre of medieval Kilkenny.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 21 February, 2015
Archaeologist Neil Jackman finds medieval magic in Limerick and a splendid demesne in Derry.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 7 February, 2015
Discover this magical ancient site in Co Limerick, and a monastic complex that saved locals from slaughter in Kilkenny as Neil Jackman’s Heritage Ireland returns.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 20 September, 2014
St Audoen’s in Dublin city centre stands by the most ancient road into Dublin. (And learn, too, about where the monks from Skellig Michael fled from their lonely rock in the sea.)
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 26 July, 2014
Let archaeologist Neil Jackman lead you through the amazing past and present of Hook Lighthouse as well as trips to a major ancient monastery and Georgian splendour.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 28 June, 2014
Archaeologist Neil Jackman guides us to an ancient monastery with breathtaking sculpture, a medieval fortress built by an Irish lord – and a manor house fit for a queen…
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 31 May, 2014
Archaeologist Neil Jackman with part two of his three-part series on the momentous dig on the ancient site of Tlachtga in Meath.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 17 May, 2014
The first in a series of three articles which follows the discoveries being made at Tlachtga – one of Ireland’s most enigmatic archaeological sites.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 3 May, 2014
Archaeologist Neil Jackman guides us through an ancient roadway that traversed Ireland, a fine medieval priory and an intriguing hermit cell hidden in a church.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 19 April, 2014
Lovely Doneraile Park, ancient Derrynaflan and iconic Clonmacnoise – archaeologist Neil Jackman guides you through these magical sites.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 5 April, 2014
This week, archaeologist Neil Jackman guides us through a mysterious and massive Bronze Age complex in Tyrone and medieval treasures in Kildare and Kilkenny.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 22 March, 2014
This week, Neil Jackman looks at three off-the-beaten-track places to visit this weekend in Tipperary, Kerry and the Dublin mountains.
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# neil-jackman - Sunday 12 January, 2014
That’s 1100 years of history in the making, you know.
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# neil-jackman - Thursday 26 December, 2013
Archaeologist Neil Jackman picks fascinating sites nationwide for a stroll today.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 9 November, 2013
This week, archaeologist Neil Jackman is awed by the Neolithic treasures of Lough Gur, as well as a stunning Kerry fort complex and a Galway medieval cathedral.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 26 October, 2013
Archaeologist Neil Jackman steers us around some spooky ancient Samhain spots in Roscommon, Dublin, Meath and Wexford. Hold us.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 12 October, 2013
Archaeologist Neil Jackman leads us through a mystical stone circle in Donegal, an abbey with a bloody past in Mayo and a medieval village in Cork.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 28 September, 2013
For the All-Ireland hurling replay day that’s in it, check out that historic gem (in Donegal!) and others in Tipperary and Tyrone as part of Neil Jackman’s bi-weekly series.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 31 August, 2013
Highest waterfalls, venerable mansions, ancient tombs, rare bog flora, proud forts of lost chieftains. Head to Co Derry if all that tickles your fancy.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 17 August, 2013
As part of the Hidden Ireland series, Neil Jackman focuses on the historical gems of Waterford – and what you can see in Heritage Week, kicking off today!
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 3 August, 2013
As part of the Hidden Ireland series, Neil Jackman looks at three fascinating places to visit this weekend in Wexford, Galway and Meath.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 8 June, 2013
As part of the Hidden Ireland series, Neil Jackman shines a spotlight on a town chock-full of interesting sites for you to visit this weekend.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 4 May, 2013
A bloody massacre at a picnic in Ranelagh, mass graves of Black Death victims in Dublin 8: this and more in our illustrated guide of Viking and medieval Dublin.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 27 April, 2013
As part of the Hidden Ireland series, Neil Jackman suggests four (free) heritage sites to visit in Cork, Galway, Louth and Laois.
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# neil-jackman - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Follow in the footsteps of St Patrick this weekend… or at least to the places he’s reputed to have visited for special events.
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# neil-jackman - Sunday 15 July, 2012
Irish archaeologist Neil Jackman says wanted to “create something positive” when he found himself unemployed – and so he rounded up a talented team to bring Ireland’s history to life.
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