Archaeology Ireland

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 to all, whether it’s a passing or professional interest. Archaeology Ireland is a key reference guide for students, visitors from abroad, those in the field, and all archaeology fans with an interest in Ireland’s archaeological wonders.

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 120 issues of well-researched and lavishly illustrated articles, as well as over 80 Heritage Guide supplements that study a range of Irish archaeological sites in fine-combed detail.

OBITUARY.

An appreciation of the late Professor George Eogan

IDOLS, ARDS AND SEVERED HEADS

3,000 years of deposition uncovered in a Roscommon fen

THE ESKER CRUCIFIX

a wooden crucifix found when digging foundations could be a medieval rood

WHERE WAS ÁTH CLIATH—THE FORD OF THE HURDLES?

Conleth Manning examines evidence for Dublin’s eponymous crossing-point

A RENAISSANCE MERMAID

an interesting carving resurrected during renovations inWaterford

NEWGRANGE

folk beliefs attached to Meath’s famous passage tombs