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.

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Features Archaeology Ireland Winter 2021

REWRITING THE PAST …
Michelle Comber and Adam Parsons ask whether an artefact from Caherconnell cashel could be the earliest ink pen in Ireland

SUSPECTED FOWL PLAY IN PREHISTORIC ACHILL
Eoin Halpin investigates the function of a submerged stake row on the beach at Dugort, Achill Island

ON THE LINE
Colm Donnelly, Eileen Murphy, Gillian Allmond, Brian Sloan and Alastair Ruffell share the results of an archaeological investigation of a ‘famine road’ in Drummacoorin, Boho, Co. Fermanagh

MAPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC AT NEWGRANGE
Frank Prendergast, Clare Tuffy, Sinéad Gargan, John Lalor and Claire Breen shed new light on the solar illumination in the burial chamber on winter solstice

PANIC AT MACDERMOT’S FEAST
Thomas Finan and James G. Schryver seek evidence for a tragic event on Lough Key island

GALLARUS ORATORY
In this contribution to Folklore Focus, Marion Dowd records folk beliefs attached to the well-known early medieval oratory

EXPOSING THE EXHIBITIONISTS
Gary Dempsey and Orla-Peach Power share some observations from the Sheela3D project

KNOCKROE PASSAGE TABMO FRONTIER MONUMENT?
In this contribution to the Know Your Monuments series, Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey discuss the siting of Knockroe passage tomb beside a deep gorge that has acted as a frontier since time immemorial

NOT WELL COVERED
Chris Corlett reveals a Romanesque remnant hiding in plain sight in County Kilkenny