| A fascinating archaeological project took place on Spike Island during the summer of 2013 under the direction of Dr. Barra O'Donnabhain from UCC’s Department of Archaeology, and the process was captured in an 8-episode video for UCC’s YouTube channel. 23 undergraduate students from UCC and from various universities in North America worked with the excavation director and four supervisors throughout the summer concentrating on the area known as the convict graveyard. The focus of the research is on the post famine era at the end of the 19th century between 1847 and 1883 when Spike was used as a convict prison. The project was established in 2012 with seed funding from the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) at UCC and is operated with partnership with Cork County Council. The work during this past summer was funded by the Los Angeles-based Institute for Field Research (www.ifrglobal.org) with significant in-kind support from Cork County Council. Click on the link below to view first episode, Spike Island, Part 1, The Island Prison. Related links for this article The first episode - Spike Island, The Island Prison |
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