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Chair Finola O'Carroll Appointed - 2009 (Chair) (Ordinary Member 2007-9) Biography Finola O'Carroll MA MIAI is co-founder and senior archaeological partner of CRDS Ltd. She holds an honours B.A. in Archaeology and History (1982) and an M.A. in Archaeology (1986) from U.C.D. She has twenty-three years experience working as a professional archaeologist, covering a wide range of research projects and commercial work. Finola worked with Prof. George Eogan, both as Assistant Director at Knowth, Co. Meath, and as researcher for his catalogue of socketed bronze axeheads. She also worked in both the Irish Stone Axe Project and in the Discovery Programme’s North Munster Project. Since co-founding CRDS Ltd, she has acted as Senior Archaeologist responsible for archaeological works on the following major infrastructural projects: the N2 Finglas to Ashbourne Road Scheme (2004); the N6 Galway to Ballinasloe Road Scheme (Contract 3) (2006); the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Powerstown Road Scheme (Contract 2) (2006); and the Dunshaughlin to Castletowntara Sewerage Scheme (2005). She was co-opted onto the Board of the IAI in February 2007 as an ordinary member, and in 2009 was elected to the Chair.

Vice Chair James Eogan Appointed - 2009

Honorary Secretary Martin Reid Appointed - 2009

Treasurer Martin Jones Appointed - 2011 Ordinary Member - 2009-11 Biography Martin Jones completed his BA and MA degrees in NUI, Galway and is a licence-eligible archaeologist with particular research interests in later prehistoric and early historic metalwork and society and Hiberno-Roman contact. Martin worked as a field archaeologist for several years before joining the National Roads Authority in 2007.

Conference Organiser Kerri Cleary Appointed - 2010

Public Relations Officer Kim Rice Appointed - 2010 (PRO) Ordinary Member - 2009

Membership Secretary Ken Wiggins Appointed - 2009

Editor IAI News Teresa Bolger Appointed - 2009 PRO 2006-2009 Biography Teresa is an archaeological consultant and project manager and has worked with a number different archaeological consultancies and contractors. She graduated from UCD in 1993 with a BA in Archaeology and Early Irish History (inc Old Irish) and in 1998 with an MPhil in Medieval Studies. Her major post-graduate thesis was on early medieval settlement in the kingdom of Brega with a minor thesis on the environmental history of County Dublin in the medieval period. Over the past 8 years Teresa has directed and managed a range of both urban and rural archaeological projects at a variety of locations She regularly presents papers at conferences and seminars on both the results of her investigations and also her general research interests and has published in both journals and edited volumes. Teresa is particularly interested in the history and archaeology of the early medieval period, especially issues of settlement and landscape; she utilises interdisciplinary approaches working with primary sources in Old Irish and Latin as well as archaeological data. Teresa joined the board of IAI in March 2006 as Public Relations Officer and from 2009 represents IAI on the council of the Discovery Programme.

RIA Representative Tracy Collins Appointed 2009 Biography A graduate of University College Cork (Archaeology and English BA 1993; Archaeology MA 1995), Tracy first worked as a contract archaeologist. She became eligible to hold an archaeological licence in 1996 and established Aegis Archaeology Limited with Frank Coyne in 1998. Since that time she has managed the company with Frank and has undertaken all types of archaeological work. From 2003-‘06, Tracy filled a temporary fulltime lecturing position in the Department of Archaeology UCC, which concentrated on Early Medieval period courses and archaeological field survey, for both day and evening students. She was also a visiting lecturer on the college’s archaeology MA course, speaking about contract archaeology in Ireland. She has coordinated volunteers for two international archaeological conferences: The European Association of Archaeologists (Cork 2005) and The World Archaeological Congress (WAC-6 2008). She has recently directed the student training excavation for the Dept of Archaeology UCC, at a later medieval nunnery at Old Abbey, Co. Limerick. Tracy is currently enrolled at UCC as a PhD candidate (part-time) researching Irish medieval nunneries. Archaeological publications include several Archaeology Ireland and journal articles, chapters in books and two Aegis Archaeology Reports (joint-authored monographs). Tracy is a full member of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland. She has sat on the Institute’s environmental archaeology sub-committee and assisted in the compilation its guideline document on archaeological sampling.

Ordinary Members Meriel McClatchie Appointed - 2009 Biography Meriel McClatchie is a licence-eligible archaeologist and an archaeobotanist. She completed BA and MA studies in archaeology at UCC. Meriel later carried out PhD research at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, focusing on arable agriculture in Bronze Age Ireland. Meriel has worked in archaeology for more than 10 years in a range of sectors, including the private sector and universities. She is currently an independent consultant archaeobotanist. In addition to her work with the IAI, Meriel is also the Secretary of the Association for Environmental Archaeology www.envarch.net.

Paul Gosling Appointed - 2008 Ordinary Member - 2007 Treasurer - 2008-2011 Biography Paul Gosling hails from Dundalk, Co. Louth. He lectures on built heritage in the Department of Humanities, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, in Galway City, where he is co-ordinator of the BA in Heritage Studies programme. He qualified with an Honours BA from UCD in 1976 and subsequently held a Junior Fellowship at the Institute of Irish Studies, QUB in 1979-80. From 1980-82 he was the Archaeological Officer with Dundalk UDC. From 1984-93 he directed the OPW/UCG Preliminary Archaeological Survey of County Galway. The central theme in his research work has been archaeological survey, both urban and rural. He has also been involved in the archaeological section of the Royal Irish Academy's multi-disciplinary New Survey of Clare Island, Co. Mayo and is joint editor and a major contributor to volumes 4 (2004) and 5 (2007)in the publication series. Apart from his work on Co. Galway - Inventory Vol. 1, (1993), and Vol. 2 (1999) - he has also published a number of papers on the towns of Dundalk, Carlingford and Tuam. He is currently researching Loughrea for the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series.