31 January, 2025
Promotion of Associate Directors
IAC would like to announce our newest Associate Directors! Congratulations to Maeve, Muireann and Shane.
Maeve Tobin joined IAC in 2007 as a project research archaeologist and osteoarchaeologist, having previously worked in the field with IAC from 2005 on a variety of large-scale infrastructural projects. The degrees she gained from UCC provided a broad knowledge base to encourage a career in archaeology, and she applied this enthusiasm and love for the subject to her work in IAC. In her 19 years with the company Maeve has gained significant experience in all aspects of archaeological consultancy; from pre-planning impact assessment, fieldwork, specialist analyses, report writing, archiving, and dissemination of our findings to a wider audience through presentations, publications and social media posts. She has worked up the ranks to her current role in IAC as Senior Archaeologist and Cultural Heritage Consultant, while continuing to develop her skill set as an Osteoarchaeologist. Outside of work hours Maeve is actively involved with the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland, the Irish Association of Professional Osteoarchaeologists, and is the current News Editor for Archaeology Ireland.
Muireann Ní Cheallacháin started with IAC in 2004 as a site assistant and after working with a few other consultancies where she was promoted to supervisor, and a year of working in Australia, she rejoined IAC as a supervisor on the N9/N10 road scheme in 2007. Muireann went back to college in 2009 to get her Master’s Degree in Coastal Management and GIS, and after a short break from archaeology she worked with IAC again in 2013 in Lisheen Bog while studying for her Higher Diploma in Archaeology in University College Cork. In 2015 Muireann joined the team in Ranelagh and then the N4 road scheme in 2016 which was to be her last job as a supervisor. She was granted her licence to excavate in 2017 and since then she has directed some important sites such as Craddockstown, Blessington, Riverhouse, Trinity College, Farrankelly, Glendalough, Claregalway, Greystones, Powerscourt, Newcastle etc. and has given numerous talks and lectures and published papers on some of her more interesting sites. Muireann has also combined her hobby of photography with work and has published artefact photography in several TII publications.
Shane Delaney has worked with IAC since 2000 and for the past 23 years he has acted as a Senior Archaeologist. In this role he manages large-scale infrastructural projects throughout Ireland and has previously acted as a Consultant for IAC projects in Slovakia and Britain. He is involved in fieldwork, health and safety management, report production, publication and quality control. Shane has authored multiple texts for publications produced by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) on many of IACs most significant projects. He has also directed numerous extensive multi-period excavations at Lough Mourne in Co. Donegal, Bishopsland in Dublin, and the substantial medieval cemetery and settlement at Ranelagh, Co. Roscommon in advance of the N61 Coolteige road project. This latter project was brought to award-winning publication in collaboration with TII and Queens University Belfast, and has received wide acclaim in the archaeological community. Shane is a member of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland and the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.
