Archaeology Ireland
Archived since
Autumn 1987
Complete Archive
155 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:
NEW LIGHT ON OLD BONES
Peter W. Halligan and Niamh Daly revisit the 1930 Sheebeg excavation
CRANIAL CURES AND CORPSE MEDICINE
In this contribution to Folklore Focus Tamlyn McHugh explores the use of human heads for healing
UNPICKING MEGALITHIC ART AT CREEVYKEEL COURT TOMB, CO. SLIGO
Chris Corlett explores how even the most iconic early prehistoric monuments have unseen features
TRAINING FOR THE GREAT WAR IN THE
GARDEN OF IRELAND
Stephen Callaghan investigates military archaeology in County Wicklow
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK
Róisín Nic Cnáimhín, Emma Skarstrand and Griffin Murray recount a journey of returning material from Robert Day’s antiquarian collection from Canada
THE CASTLE OF THE ISLAND: 800 YEARS AND BEYOND
Robert McGuire celebrates the construction of the castle and the foundation of Castleisland town
MOLYNEUX HOUSE: ANTIQUARIANISM TO MODERNISM
Paul Duffy, Chris Coffey and Marc Piera describe the evidence for a medieval cellar, an early modern circus, and a songbird market
ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRELAND’S JOURNALS, 2025
Conleth Manning looks back over the archaeology journals of 2025
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