Dromnea, Sheeps Head Heritage Council funded Conservation Plan - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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John Tierney The Bardic School Dromnea, Sheeps Head Heritage Council funded Conservation Plan Meeting #2 OCTOBER 2016 john@eachtra.ie historicgraves.com thememorytrail.com WHO? John Tierney - field archaeologist with 30 years

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  • John Tierney

The Bardic School Dromnea, Sheep’s Head

Heritage Council funded Conservation Plan Meeting #2 OCTOBER 2016 john@eachtra.ie historicgraves.com thememorytrail.com

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WHO?

John Tierney - field archaeologist with 30 years

  • experience. Secretary of the local heritage group

in Ardmore, Waterford, formerly secretary of Ardmore GAA where I got the equivalent of a PhD in rural community development.

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Eachtra are highly digital in their excavation & post-excavation methodologies

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Eachtra work with community groups

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Reading old headstones

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Oola Volunteers Team

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Gravestone recording is done in pairs – aiming for a high quality product.

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Geolocating digital heritage makes it easier for visitors to find places.

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Over 700 surveyed graveyards online

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BARDIC SCHOOL

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Private farmhouse and family home

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Remnant of Bardic School

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Robin Turk of Eachra surveying house 1 in the hut cluster

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Looking west from Bardic School site towards graveyard in distance

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Measuring chamfered window in wall remnant

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Looking north from well in Bardic School site towards Seefin

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Measuring the well at Bardic School site

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House 1 in hut cluster, rented by Sullivan in 1845 survey

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Satellite imagery of Dromnea with archaeological sites shown Bardic School hut cluster herdsman’s hut towerhouse souterrain

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Six inch OS map - 1840s of Dromnea Note hut cluster & faint line of herdman’s hut

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Colour 6 inch OS map 1840s

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Bardic School Seefin

possible site of junior Bardic School

Kilcrohane parish church

Ardahill ringfort Dromnea ringfort Source: Prof L Fitzpatrick
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Conservation Plan Conclusions

  • The Bardic School remnants are of

national significance, forming part of a late medieval cultural landscape

  • Geophysical survey of the immediate

environs of the Bardic School

  • Conduct test excavations at base of wall
  • Test excavations within Sullivan house

(house 1) in hut cluster

  • Reconstruction of wall (mortar clay/lime)
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HERITAGE TOURISM

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CLANS

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1911 Census Archives for Sheepshead & Seefin DEDs

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Sheepshead & Seefin DED Surnames 1911 (n=1168)

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Sheepshead DED Surnames 1911 (n=595)

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Seefin DED Surnames 1911 (n=572)

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DONOVAN

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Donovan surname history (www.johngrenham.com)

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Donovan surname distribution 1850s Source - www.johngrenham.com

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DALY

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Source - www.johngrenham.com

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Daly surname distribution 1850s (www.johngrenham.com)

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FIELD NAMES

Photograph every field with a name. Record the name, meaning and pronunciation

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PLACE NAMES

Photograph every PLACE with a name. Record the name, meaning and pronunciation Just walk around with your neighbours, a camera and notebook

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Seefin placenames

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Fermoyle placename in logainm.ie. The name is also used for part of Dromnea townland - Fermoyle means ‘bare rocky summit of hill’ - associated with medieval hunting grounds

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GRAVE YARDS

Photograph every HEADSTONE with a name. Record the names, dates and pronunciation

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Graveyard with church ruins

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Graves within church ruins

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All known archaeological sites on Sheepshead

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SHIP WRECKS

Establish current state of knowledge and add what is missing by using expert knowledge - your own! Do this for all archaeological sites

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Database of shipwrecks

https://heritagemaps.ie/WebApps/HeritageMaps/index.html

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HOME STEADS

Photograph every FARMSTEAD. Record the names, dates and FAMILY STORIES

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GENEALOGY TOURISM

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William Cronin, Kilcrohane emigrated 1895 – sheep raiser in Casper, WY

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Mary Ellen Sullivan, Kilcrohane emigrated 1904 - waitress in Providence, RI

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Geolocate data from irishgenealogy.ie for the Sheep’s Head

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One baptism register gives us four names and

  • ften two locations -

church & home

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Photograph everything!

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Conclusions

  • Sheepshead Way excellent idea & execution
  • Build on the Gaelic Lordships (Bardic School), towerhouse &

townlands of the 14-16th Centuries as the pivot point for the genealogy of the peninsula – Make the peninsula the most genealogical tourism-friendly place in Ireland – Add historic names and dates to places. – Culturally rich - combine community surveys with academic historians – Photograph everything – Audio record everybody who has a story to tell and is willing to tell it.