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

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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. 39 No. 1  NO. 151

CONTENTS

FEATURES

 

HOUSES, HOMES AND HEARTHS: LIVING IN IRELAND’S VIKING AGE TOWNS

Rebecca Boyd discusses what we have learned from 50 years of digging up Viking houses 

 

IN SEARCH OF ST MOLUA’S BELL

Thomas P. Nelligan tracks down evidence for a lost artefact

 

ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRELAND’S JOURNALS, 2024

Conleth Manning reviews last year’s offerings

 

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

In this contribution to Folklore Focus Tamlyn McHugh discusses tiny creatures that have been both feared and revered in folklore

 

COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY PERSPECTIVES

Kate Robb reflects on the ‘Farming Rathcroghan EIP (2019–2023)’, Co. Roscommon

ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENT NUMBERS IN IRELAND, 2011–21

Richard Clutterbuck and Ros Ó Maoldúin discuss the results of a Strategic Development Survey

 

CALL THIS TANNING? IT’S THE PITS

Stephen Gilmore describes the excavation of a tannery in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim

 

A NORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOUR

Rena Maguire and Ellie Organ discuss Vikings, lorinery and cultural fusions in Blessington

 

REMEMBERING YOUGHAL’S ‘NORTH ABBEY’

Tadhg O’Keeffe reveals the importance of a much-ruined medieval friary

 

THE GREEN FORT ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT

Fiona Beglane, Marion Dowd and Sam Moore discuss an archaeological field school in County Sligo

 

 

 

REGULARS

 

News

 

Quote … unquote

 

News from the Net

 

A note from Hy Brasil

 

Events

 

Book news

 

Museum piece

Martin Callanan tells us about the NTNU University Museum in Trondheim and describes a piece from its collection