Archaeology Ireland
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Autumn 1987
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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:
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
HERITAGE GUIDE No. 108
Cashel of the kings
the Rock of Cashel, a prominent limestone outcrop, is a key symbol of Irish heritage.
Cashel of the kings
the Rock of Cashel, a prominent limestone outcrop, is a key symbol of Irish heritage.
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