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Personal profile
Personal profile
Gary Dempsey is an innovative heritage professional focused on utilizing technology to preserve and promote cultural heritage. Dempsey combines his expertise in heritage management, animation, game design, and digital tools to empower communities in Ireland.
Gary merges his interesting in Heritage with Animation and Gaming, creating interactive experiences for heritage communities to engage with the tangible and intangible heritage.
His research delves into medieval Irish stonemasons and broader heritage management, working to involve communities in preserving their history using photogrammetry and laser scanning. His projects, such as the Sheela-na-Gig3D and the Digital Counties Initiative, enable communities to digitally document local heritage artifacts, fostering local pride and engagement
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Humanities and the arts, Master, International Heritage Visualization , Glasgow School of Art
1 Sep 2013 → 1 Sep 2014
Award Date: 30 Sep 2014
Humanities and the arts, Master, Irish Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway
1 Sep 2010 → 1 Sep 2011
Award Date: 1 Sep 2011
Humanities and the arts, Bachelor, Heritage Studies (Hons)
1 Sep 2005 → 1 Jun 2009
Award Date: 1 Jun 2009
Humanities and the arts, PhD, PhD Humanities - , Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
1 Oct 2022 → …
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External positions
Built Vernacular Heritage Steering Group, Dept. of Housing, Heritage and Local Government
20 Oct 2022 → …
Keywords
- CC Archaeology
- Heritage
- Digital
- Visualisation
- Community
- Photogrammetry
- Laser Scanning
- 3D
- Medieval
- Cross Slabs
- GIS
- Mapping
- Aerial Survey
- Remote Sensing
- NA Architecture
- Visualisation
- Survey
- 3D Modelling
- Animation
- Real-Time
- Interactive
Name of Affiliated ATU Research Unit
- HRG - Heritage Research Group
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Revealing the Complexity of Early Ecclesiastical Networks: Cross-Slabs within and beyond the hinterland of Clonmacnoise
Ó Carragáin, T., Colbert, K., Dempsey, G., Meere, P., Murray, G. & Ó Riain, D., 24 Dec 2024, In: Medieval Archaeology. 68, 2, p. 264-305 https://doi.org/10.1080/00766097.2024.2419281.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ireland's Historical Railway - Interactive Map
Dempsey, G. (Photographer), 5 May 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Personifying Stonemasons in Ireland 1100 - 1699: Early Stage Research using Digital Heritage Methodologies to Identify Individual Work of Stonemasons
Dempsey, G., 30 Jun 2022, Irish Conference of Medievalists: 25th ICM 30th June - 03 July 2022 - Queens University Belfast.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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'Sheela 3D' - A Digital Repository for Exhibitionist Figures
Dempsey, G., 29 Jun 2022, The Digital Preservation of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DPASSH) Conference. Dublin: Royal Irish AcademyResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Sheela-na-Gigs - Revising the Story of Exhibitionist Figures
Dempsey, G., 20 Sep 2022, Waterford Historical Society.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Press/Media
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heela-na-Gigs: Ireland’s Mysterious Medieval Genital Carvings,
24/07/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media