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.

In this issue

Invasion hypotheses

Tadhg O’Keeffe reflects on the archaeology of the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169.

Money talks

Nicholas L. Wright examines defaced coinage as a snapshot of dissent in Ireland.

Bog butter: why was it buried?

In this contribution to the Know Your Monuments series, Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey present an overview of the reasons proposed for the burial of butter in bogs in Ireland.

Rehearsing for the theatre of war

Denis Shine, Stephen Callaghan, Ashely Green and Brendan Arrigan describe the search for WWI training trenches at Birr Barracks.

Ever-increasing circles 

Joe Fenwick interrogates the evidence for possible ring-barrows at Dowth in the Boyne Valley.

Fixing boundaries

Sharon Greene, Heather Gimson, Ursula Garner and Cian Hogan reveal new evidence for Castledermot’s medieval defences. 

Smithfield, Bridewell and Bully’s Acre 

Paul Tempan considers copied names in Dublin’s built environment. 

Lost and found: the Cloosmore ring-brooch

Isabel Bennett and Nessa O’Connor share the story of the gold ring-brooch found on a Kerry beach. 

Archaeology in Ireland’s journals 2018

Conleth Manning provides an overview of archaeological content in last years’ regional and national journals.