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.

FEATURES

 

NEWGRANGE: THE SECOND CHAMBER

                  Neal Boyle describes the use of remote-sensing technology to glimpse inside the Great Cairn

PLACE-MAKING TREASURES OF IRELAND

                  Cormac Bourke discusses objects that are celebrated in their native places

BARKAEOLOGY IRELAND: THE VIKING-AGE AND MEDIEVAL DOG AND HORSE PROJECT AD 400–1400

                  Ruth Carden and Rena Maguire describe a novel approach to funding a grass-roots archaeological project

THE EVIL EYE OF BALLA, CO. MAYO

                  In this contribution to Folklore Focus Tamlyn McHugh describes an unusual carving in a Mayo graveyard 

POST-MEDIEVAL WOOLLEN-MAKING IN IRELAND

                  In this contribution to the Know Your Monuments series Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey review the transformation of           woollen-making from a rural, cottage-based industry to more urban, mechanical manufacture

FROM GALLERIES TO GOTHIC REVIVAL

                  Julie Taylor describes changing church styles in nineteenth-century Belfast 

SOMETHING TO STEW ON

                  Chris Coffey describes some enigmatic domestic features uncovered in Dublin excavations

TOMBS AND TESTAMENTS

                  Brendon Wilkins, Steven Davis and Caroline Beason relate an improbable archaeological story thrown up by a new project in Brú na Bóinne, involving Bronze Age burials, a Victorian antiquarian and an American University student

STICKS IN THE MUD

                  Bruce Sutton describes the excavation of a Middle to Late Bronze Age trough on the N26 Cloongullaun Bridge Realignment Scheme

MAPPING MONUMENTS

                  Keith Lilley and Grace McAlister search for archaeological traces of the early Ordnance Survey in Ireland

ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRELAND’S JOURNALS, 2023

                  Conleth Manning reviews last year’s offerings

 

 

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Rosemary Ryan tells us about the Irish Museum of Time, Waterford, and describes a piece from its collection.