Archaeology Ireland is a quarterly magazine which has been in production since 1987. The magazine is aimed at both professional and non-professional readers. 

Archaeology Ireland has become, over the years, a widely read and well-respected magazine which is frequently quoted in the national papers both in Ireland and the U.K.

 

Vol. 38. 3 NO. 149

 

FEATURES

 

MORE THAN MAY SOMETIMES MEET THE EYE?

           Arnold Horner discusses the Ordnance Survey ‘fair plans’

 

CUP-MARKS IN COUNTY WEXFORD

           Barry Lacey and Clare Busher O’Sullivan describe a recent discovery at Tombrack

 

LOOKING FOR A STONY PLACE

           Ronan O’Flaherty, Michael Brazzill, James Barry and Kieran Craven discuss the forgotten prehistoric burial mound of the Clorane, Forth Mountain, Co. Wexford

 

ST MICHAN’S CHURCH AND THE ‘CRUSADER’

           Emer Purcell discusses the recent vandalism and the history of the church 

 

THE MERMAID’S ROCKS AT SCURMORE, CO. SLIGO

           In this contribution to Folklore Focus Tamlyn McHugh considers a popular and widely known legendary creature

 

STONE CIRCLES AND SOLAR RELIGION IN WEST CORK

           William O’Brien and Nick Hogan present the results of recent excavation of a Bronze Age stone circle and boulder-burial

 

THE GREAT MILITARY HEATH

           Stephen Callaghan brings to light a forgotten aspect of Laois’s military archaeology

 

THE SPIRALS ON TIBRADDEN MOUNTAIN: A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

           William Murphy tracks the solstice sunrise behind the mountains of Ellan Vannin 

 

BETWEEN FAITH AND MAGIC

           Eve Campbell describes apotropaic deposits from post-medieval houses on the N5 in Roscommon

 

TRACES conference

           Details of the programme for the National Monuments Service 2024 conference

 

BOOK REVIEW

           Duncan Berryman reviews Rethinking medieval Ireland and beyond: lifecycles, landscapes, and settlements—essays in honour of T.B. Barry, edited by Victoria L. McAlister and Linda Shine

 

REGULARS

 

News

 

Quote ... unquote

 

News from the Net

 

A note from Hy Brasil

 

Events

 

Book news

 

Museum piece

           Judith McCarthy tells us about Donegal County Museum and the origin of Oatfield Sweets