Archaeology Ireland

Archaeology Collection  

Archived since Autumn 1987
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147 issues

Archaeology Ireland magazine, published every quarter since 1987, provides a comprehensive range of articles, news and features. Content covers numerous areas in archaeology including science, art, architecture, history, geography, economics, sociology, anthropology, religion and more. The magazine offers readers a broad range of well-researched, lavishly illustrated articles on a range of topics at an accessible level. Archaeology Ireland is a key reference guide for students and professionals working in the field and conducting analysis on their findings.

All issues of Archaeology Ireland, from the first one in 1987 to the latest quarterly edition, are now available as digital editions with a fully searchable digital archive, creating an invaluable resource of over 140 issues of well-researched and illustrated articles, as well as over 80 Heritage Guide supplements that study a range of Irish archaeological sites in fine-combed detail.

Latest Issue:

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

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  • First Issue: Autumn 1987
  • Latest Issue: Spring 2024
  • Issue Count: 147
  • Page Count: 8,079
  • Published: Quarterly
  • ISSN: 2565-6066