Inaugural meeting of the Discovery Programme Advisory Panel, 10 May 1991
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Title
Inaugural meeting of the Discovery Programme Advisory Panel, 10 May 1991
Identifier
VH0044
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Eight men standing and six men and a woman seated at a long table.
Description
This official photograph was taken at the first meeting of the Advisory Panel assembled by Taoiseach Charles Haughey to define the objectives and initial work plan of the Discovery Programme.
Seen here, left to right:
Standing: Pat Wallace; Michael Herity; Anthony Cronin; John Waddell; Peter Woodman; Noel Lynch; Mike Baillie; unidentified representative of the OPW.
Seated: unidentified representative of the OPW; George Eogan; Michael Morris, Lord Killanin; Charles Haughey, Taoiseach; Aidan Clarke, President of the RIA; Anne Lynch, OPW; John Mahony, OPW.
Created at the initiative of the then Taoiseach, Charles J. Haughey, the Discovery Programme began its work in 1991. The stated aim of the body was ‘through archaeological and related research to work towards a coherent and comprehensive picture of human life on this island from earliest times’ (Discovery Programme, p. 6). Its initial focus was on the Late Bronze Age/Iron Age ‘or Celtic period’. This was an objective aligned to the major trends of Irish archaeology at the time and, incidentally, to Charles Haughey's own declared interests (Monk & Sheehan, p. 2).
Two of those appointed to this influential Advisory Panel had links to the University in Galway: Pat Wallace, a UCG graduate and later Director of the National Museum, and John Waddell, a UCG graduate and later Professor of Archaeology in NUIG.
Seen here, left to right:
Standing: Pat Wallace; Michael Herity; Anthony Cronin; John Waddell; Peter Woodman; Noel Lynch; Mike Baillie; unidentified representative of the OPW.
Seated: unidentified representative of the OPW; George Eogan; Michael Morris, Lord Killanin; Charles Haughey, Taoiseach; Aidan Clarke, President of the RIA; Anne Lynch, OPW; John Mahony, OPW.
Created at the initiative of the then Taoiseach, Charles J. Haughey, the Discovery Programme began its work in 1991. The stated aim of the body was ‘through archaeological and related research to work towards a coherent and comprehensive picture of human life on this island from earliest times’ (Discovery Programme, p. 6). Its initial focus was on the Late Bronze Age/Iron Age ‘or Celtic period’. This was an objective aligned to the major trends of Irish archaeology at the time and, incidentally, to Charles Haughey's own declared interests (Monk & Sheehan, p. 2).
Two of those appointed to this influential Advisory Panel had links to the University in Galway: Pat Wallace, a UCG graduate and later Director of the National Museum, and John Waddell, a UCG graduate and later Professor of Archaeology in NUIG.
References
Publications:
The Discovery Programme, The Discovery Programme: Strategies and Questions (Dublin, 1992).
Michael A. Monk, John Sheehan (eds), Early Mediaeval Munster: Archaeology, History and Society (Cork, 1998).
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
J. Waddell, J. Conroy, ‘Inaugural meeting of the Discovery Programme Advisory Panel, 10 May 1991’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14156, Archival Record Id VHRS
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Temporal Coverage
Period
1990s
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b&w
group
off-campus
indoors
Language
English
Publisher
University of Galway Library
Rights
This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/