Phil Kenny, our lead and supervisor cave archaeologist, out in the bright, warm sunshine after working with the team deep inside the cave for 5hours.

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Funded by @ria.ie & support from @researchireland.ie Cork County Council & CSG

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Prof. Frank McDermott, @ucddublin.bsky.social Geology, one of our collaborators on the project, visited us to take speleothem samples.

Great to see & collab with Frank.
He was one of my lecturers when I was an undergrad in UCD Science!

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Our cave archaeologists & cavers’ group photos outside Castlepook cave, July 2025 research excavation season, taken on different days but including the first day.

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Funders:
@ria.ie
@researchireland.ie
Cork County Council

A old c.1980s can of Fanta found inside Castlepook cave passageways last week. A blast from the past!

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Day 10:
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Lots of collabs &visitors to site past few days incl today with Cavan County Museum Education & Research Officer Catherine Cahill & early career commercial archaeologist Andrew Downey. Many well preserved bones found. 2 days left, final push!
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