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.

Archaeology Ireland Winter 2023

FEATURES

 

A VIRTUAL REBUILDING: A NON INVASIVE APPROACH TO MONUMENT RECONSTRUCTION FOR AN ACHILL ISLAND PORTAL TOMB  

Eoin Halpin demonstrates how changing technology can be applied to investigate existing research 

 

MUNITIONS FROM MAYO 

Damien McCarthy describes discoveries from the N59 Road Scheme 

 

VIKINGS AND THEIR RAPTORS 

Hilary White searches for traces of falconry in the navel of Dublin 

 

VINEGAR HILL, CO. WEXFORD 

In this contribution to Folklore Focus, Marion Dowd investigates legends attached to battle sites 

 

ANCIENT FOLK BELIEFS ABOUT PREHISTORIC MONUMENTS 

Niamh Whitfield explores legends of ‘giants’ 

 

FLAX GROWING AND LINEN-MAKING IN POST-MEDIEVAL IRELAND 

In this contribution to the Know Your Monuments series Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey review historical flax-growing and post-harvest processing practices 

 

BURTON’S BORROWINGS 

Philip McEvansoneya discusses medieval sources for The Meeting on the Turret Stairs

 

ARCHAEOLOGY 2030: A STRATEGIC APPROACH FOR NORTHERN IRELAND 

Bronagh Murray, Rebecca Enlander and Rhonda Robinson discuss recommendations for developing engagement with and understanding of the archaeology of Northern Ireland 

 

FAT OR FICTION? 

Bruce Sutton, Julie Dunne and Ros Ó Maoldúin discuss the question of organic residues preserved in heat-shattered stone 

 

DOWN BY THE RIVER 

Tony Bartlett and Ross Drummond describe a prehistoric burnt mound complex in Listowel, Co. Kerry 

 

THE MYSTERY CIRCLE OF ST KEVIN’S CHURCH, DUBLIN 

Marc Piera is this issue’s Archaeology Detective

 

REGULARS

6 News 

11 Quote ... unquote 

12 News from the Net 

13 A note from Hy Brasil 

51 Events 

53 Obituary: David Sweetman

54 Book news 

58 Museum piece