Council members and their associated nominating bodies

• Dr Michael Ryan - Chairman of Directorate (from January 2001; re-appointed January 2006)
• Ms Teresa Bolger - Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland
• Dr John O’Keefe - Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland
• Mr Brian Shanahan - Discovery Programme staff
• Dr Eileen Murphy - Queen’s University Belfast
• Dr Ann Lynch - Department of the Environment, Heritage, and Local Government
• Dr Michelle Comber - National University of Ireland, Galway
• Dr Elizabeth O’Brien - Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
• Dr Colin Rynne - University College Cork
• Mr Raghnall Ó Floinn - Royal Irish Academy
• Dr Greer Ramsey - Ulster Museum
• Dr Graeme Warren - University College Dublin

One further place is reserved for a National Museum of Ireland nominee.