BA (Hons) Archaeology and Art History, UCD. MIAI.
Jo worked in Scotland from 1986-93 on a research excavation at Whithorn, in Dumfries and Galloway. Since returning to Ireland she has worked as a consultant archaeologist, carrying out impact assessments, excavations, and building surveys.
She illustrates for publication, site plans and sections and artefacts. She specialises in the study of glass, particularly medieval window glass from excavations.
We are both on the list of archaeologists eligible for excavation licences. Every archaeological excavation in Ireland needs a licence, issued jointly by the National Monuments Service and the National Museum.
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We illustrate our own reports, and integrate the drawings into the text rather than add them to the end. We draw finds and offer an illustration service to produce publication drawings from site records and objects.
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Most of our fieldwork (excavation and survey) is carried out during archaeological impact assessments, or as a follow up, monitoring or investigating areas at risk of being disturbed.
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In Ireland I have put work into the Cahir Castle (Co. Tipperary) souvenir guide, and the Barryscourt Castle (Co. Cork) and Scattery Island (Co. Clare) leaflets, all for the National Monuments Service, OPW.
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