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RE-CONSTRUCTING THE BALLYBUNION KNITTED CAP 
Ryan Daniel Koenig explains how experimental archaeology provides a glimpse into the experience, skills and time required for the knitting of sixteenth-century caps 
MAY THE ROAD RISE TO MEET YOU In this contribution to Folklore Focus Tamlyn McHugh looks at the customs surrounding funeral processions 
UNVEILING MEDIEVAL GLENARB  Cormac Bourke on commemorating an intriguing site
THE SWINFORD TORC Michael Brabazon investigates a provenance ‘cold case’  
READING THE URNS Mary Cahill explores solar-powered pottery in Irish prehistory 
IRELAND OF A THOUSAND GOODBYES David Broderick looks at memories of mass emigration in the Irish landscape 
 RASPBERRIES IN THE RUBBISH Roisin O’Droma and Niamh Millward investigate multi-proxy evidence from Capel Street cesspits 
 A COMMUNITY AND A SHRINE Elaine Lynch describes the reintegration of a medieval site in County Clare Museum Piece Aline Fitzgerald, General Manager of the Shackleton Experience in Athy, describes one of the artefacts in the new museum.

Heritage Guide No. 111 KILMALLOCK:  A WALLED TOWN IN LIMERICK 

Kilmallock is a small town in south-west County Limerick, approximately 32km from Limerick city on the medieval main road between the cities of Limerick and Cork. It is in a beautiful setting, with the Ballyhoura Hills to the south and east. It is bounded to the east by the River Loobagh, one of the principal tributaries of the River Maigue, and to the west by a former lake, now drained and afforrested. Kilmallock (Cill Mocheallóg) a small town in south-west County Limerick, derives its name from a seventh-century monastery dedicated to St Ceallóg, located on the hill to the north-west of the town. The earliest reference to Kilmallock is in 927, when ‘a slaughter of the foreigners of Waterford at Kilmallock by the men of Munster and the foreigners of Limerick’ is recorded. By the eleventh century the original monastic foundation seems to have relocated to the site now occupied by the Collegiate Church of Saints Peter and Paul. Following the Synod of Cashel in 1101, the monastic lands were absorbed by the diocese, and the town likely owes its initial development to the bishop of Limerick.The jewel in Kilmallock’s crown is undoubtedly the Dominican priory, one of the best-preserved examples in Ireland. It occupies the best setting of any and that landscape is likely unique, as it is possibly the undisturbed original curtilage of the priory.