Archaeology Ireland Winter 2022

SPIRALS, LOZENGES AND A ‘CHRISTMAS TREE’  

Clíodhna Ní Lionáin, Ken Williams, Anthony Corns, Rob Shaw and Muiris O’Sullivan introduce the megalithic art of the Dowth Hall passage tomb 

 

MONUMENTS HAVE LIVES 

In this contribution to the Know Your Monuments series, Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey explore how the history of monuments is represented in conservation projects

 

ONCE IS ENOUGH: DID THE FIRST IRISH ARRIVE VIA A POSTGLACIAL ICE BRIDGE? 

Oisín A.P. Mac Conamhna proposes an alternative theory for the Mesolithic peopling of Ireland

 

RATHGALL—PIECING TOGETHER THE MOSAIC OF A LATER PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPE 

James O’Driscoll and Katharina Becker investigate the Bronze Age landscape context of the Wicklow hillfort

 

LABBACALLEE WEDGE TOMB 

In this contribution to Folklore Focus Marion Dowd ponders the relationship between the tomb’s stories and the remains discovered in excavation

 

PASSAGE TOMBS AND WIND TURBINES A  CONTESTED RELATIONSHIP? 

Frank Prendergast and Muiris O’Sullivan consider the impact of wind turbines on our archaeological landscapes

 

RIA-CYCLED GOLD? 

Philip McEvansoneya asks whether the Royal Irish Academy was involved in the recycling of gold antiquities

 

SLIGO’S OLDEST HOUSE DISCOVERED 

James McKee reports on the excavation of the county’s first Neolithic house  

NEW HORIZONS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN IRELAND 

Patrick Gleeson, Paula Reimer, Maarten Blaauw, Eileen Murphy and Gerard Barrett relate how a major recent investment has created a new cutting-edge facility at Queen’s University Belfast