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 Autumn 2023

FEATURES

 

A BIT OF A TALE 

Matt Seaver, Graeme Warren and Rena Maguire track the journey of an Irish Iron Age horse bit  

ST CANICE’S, FINGLAS, AND THE HIBERNO-NORSE CHURCHES OF DUBLIN 

Paul Duffy explains how construction dates can be pushed back into the later eleventh century

 

RATHRA,  CO. ROSCOMMON

In this contribution to Folklore Focus Marion Dowd examines the ‘fairy fort’ beliefs around ringforts 

 

VIKING AGE WOMEN CONNECTING IRELAND AND NORWAY 

Patrick Herbage, Aoife O’Shaughnessy, Kristin Armstrong-Oma and Håkon Reiersen give an insight into Irish objects found in Rogaland, Norway

 

THE CHURCH ON THE HILL 

Cormac Bourke examines a medieval lintel at Magherally, Co. Down 

 

SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SECTOR—THE CASE FOR A SECTORAL EMPLOYMENT ORDER 

James Kyle, Richard Clutterbuck, Clíodhna Ní Lionáin, Niall O’Hora and Jean O’Dowd on how the archaeology branch of Unite aims to set agreed pay standards for archaeologists

 

HISTORICAL DIETARY PATTERNS 

In this contribution to the Know Your Monuments series Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey profile the general food-consumption patterns in Ireland from earliest times and review the relatively low consumption of meat and fish by the population at large

 

DRAGOONHILL EXCAVATIONS 

Ken Wiggins, Liam Coen and Maeve McCormick examine an elevated site chosen for settlement by generations of people over six millennia

 

BALLINALEE STONE STRUCTURE 

Excavations often lead to unanswered questions. Judith Carroll shares the details of one such unusual feature which is still unexplained 

 

THE BARE BONES 

Neolithic chambered cairns: Matt Ritchie presents a very regional view of Neolithic burial habits 

 

IMIRCE: MIGRATION AND IRELAND THROUGH TIME 

Details of the programme for the National Monuments Service 2023 conference

 

REGULARS

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A note from Hy Brasil 

Events 

Book news 

Museum piece 

Julia Walsh Drohan introduces the redesigned Tipperary Museum of Hidden History and describes part of its exhibition, which is shown in our cover image