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Mr John Sheehan MA

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Mr John Sheehan MA

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University College Cork

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Telephone: +353 21 490 4044
Email:
ei.ccu.ygoloeahcra@naheehSJ

Biography:

A graduate of University College Galway, he worked as Director of the Iveragh Peninsula Archaeological Survey before joining the Department of Archaeology in 1989. His research interests include the Vikings, specifically Viking-age silver hoards in Britain and Ireland, and Viking-age settlement in the North Atlantic region, as well as the ecclesiastical archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland. He has published widely on these subjects. He was the recipient of UCCs Arts Faculty Research Achievement Award in 2001 and is a former member of the Heritage Council and of the Board of the National Museum of Ireland.
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