ELAINE CONROY
About ELAINE
My original background is in hospitality but I have had a love of heritage from a young age and began studying archaeology on a part-time basis, achieving a diploma in this field in 2006 from Galway University. I continued my studies and achieved a BSc (Hons.) in Heritage Studies from ATU Mayo in 2017, a certificate in the Study of Irish Folklore & Myth from University College Cork in 2021, and completed a foundation course in Museum Studies through the Irish Museum Association in 2025. Over the last few years I have published my research with Archaeology Ireland, the Roscommon Journal and Sligo Field Club.
In 2018 I began working at Rathcrogahn Visitor Centre as a tour guide and research assistant revealing Connacht’s Ancient Royal Landscape in County Roscommon through the facilitation of museum and outdoor public and educational tours, as well as through conference presentations.
Originally from Dublin but I am now settled in Sligo, working closely with my community enhancement group on a volunteer basis, organising community events and fostering interest in local heritage. I am currently our community project manager for The Heritage Council’s Adopt a Monument Programme at Court Abbey, Lavagh, coordinating with Sligo County Council on the conservation of this monument. I continue to research and present on the heritage of south Sligo at a number of heritage events and I also co-ordinate our community heritage website in association with the Irish Community Archive Network (iCAN) in association with the Irish National Museum.
