Archaeology Ireland Magazine
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Established in 1987, Archaeology Ireland magazine is Ireland’s leading archaeology magazine, published quarterly.
Editor: Grace O'Keeffe
Subscriptions can be taken out here: https://archaeologyireland.ie/
Editor: Grace O'Keeffe
Subscriptions can be taken out here: https://archaeologyireland.ie/
In the current issue of Archaeology Ireland (Winter 2025):
Roisin O’Droma and Niamh Millward explore early modern Dublin through cesspit evidence from Capel Street—using plant and insect remains to reconstruct diet and daily life.
Roisin O’Droma and Niamh Millward explore early modern Dublin through cesspit evidence from Capel Street—using plant and insect remains to reconstruct diet and daily life.
January 23, 2026 at 12:29 PM
In the current issue of Archaeology Ireland (Winter 2025):
Roisin O’Droma and Niamh Millward explore early modern Dublin through cesspit evidence from Capel Street—using plant and insect remains to reconstruct diet and daily life.
Roisin O’Droma and Niamh Millward explore early modern Dublin through cesspit evidence from Capel Street—using plant and insect remains to reconstruct diet and daily life.
A remarkable display of the Aurora Borealis over Brú na Bóinne last night.
While prehistoric monuments were not built to anticipate aurorae, the skies above them were deeply meaningful places. These ideas are explored in Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 82: Solar Alignments.
While prehistoric monuments were not built to anticipate aurorae, the skies above them were deeply meaningful places. These ideas are explored in Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 82: Solar Alignments.
January 20, 2026 at 12:07 PM
A remarkable display of the Aurora Borealis over Brú na Bóinne last night.
While prehistoric monuments were not built to anticipate aurorae, the skies above them were deeply meaningful places. These ideas are explored in Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 82: Solar Alignments.
While prehistoric monuments were not built to anticipate aurorae, the skies above them were deeply meaningful places. These ideas are explored in Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 82: Solar Alignments.
The Swinford Torc — a provenance ‘cold case’
In the current issue of Archaeology Ireland (Vol. 39, No. 4), Michael Brabazon re-examines the Swinford Torc, exploring questions of origin, discovery and context — and how provenance research can reshape our understanding of iconic Irish artefacts.
In the current issue of Archaeology Ireland (Vol. 39, No. 4), Michael Brabazon re-examines the Swinford Torc, exploring questions of origin, discovery and context — and how provenance research can reshape our understanding of iconic Irish artefacts.
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The Swinford Torc — a provenance ‘cold case’
In the current issue of Archaeology Ireland (Vol. 39, No. 4), Michael Brabazon re-examines the Swinford Torc, exploring questions of origin, discovery and context — and how provenance research can reshape our understanding of iconic Irish artefacts.
In the current issue of Archaeology Ireland (Vol. 39, No. 4), Michael Brabazon re-examines the Swinford Torc, exploring questions of origin, discovery and context — and how provenance research can reshape our understanding of iconic Irish artefacts.
In the current issue of Archaeology Ireland, Maedbh McEvoy reviews 'An Irish Civil War Dugout: Tormore Cave, County Sligo' by Marion Dowd, Robert Mulraney & James Bonsall—a multidisciplinary study revealing how dugouts shaped Civil War tactics and memory.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In the current issue of Archaeology Ireland, Maedbh McEvoy reviews 'An Irish Civil War Dugout: Tormore Cave, County Sligo' by Marion Dowd, Robert Mulraney & James Bonsall—a multidisciplinary study revealing how dugouts shaped Civil War tactics and memory.
www.archaeologyireland.ie
www.archaeologyireland.ie
A knitted cap doesn’t look extraordinary—until you try to make one!
In this current issue of Archaeology Ireland Ryan Daniel Koenig reconstructs the sixteenth-century Ballybunion knitted cap, revealing the immense skill, time and embodied knowledge behind what was once everyday clothing.
In this current issue of Archaeology Ireland Ryan Daniel Koenig reconstructs the sixteenth-century Ballybunion knitted cap, revealing the immense skill, time and embodied knowledge behind what was once everyday clothing.
December 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A knitted cap doesn’t look extraordinary—until you try to make one!
In this current issue of Archaeology Ireland Ryan Daniel Koenig reconstructs the sixteenth-century Ballybunion knitted cap, revealing the immense skill, time and embodied knowledge behind what was once everyday clothing.
In this current issue of Archaeology Ireland Ryan Daniel Koenig reconstructs the sixteenth-century Ballybunion knitted cap, revealing the immense skill, time and embodied knowledge behind what was once everyday clothing.
The Heritage Guide that accompanies the Winter 2025 issue of Archaeology Ireland is on 'Kilmallock: A Walled Town in Limerick'.
The Heritage Guides are a brilliant series which are free to subscribers and also available to purchase separately from wordwellbooks.com.
The Heritage Guides are a brilliant series which are free to subscribers and also available to purchase separately from wordwellbooks.com.
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Heritage Guide that accompanies the Winter 2025 issue of Archaeology Ireland is on 'Kilmallock: A Walled Town in Limerick'.
The Heritage Guides are a brilliant series which are free to subscribers and also available to purchase separately from wordwellbooks.com.
The Heritage Guides are a brilliant series which are free to subscribers and also available to purchase separately from wordwellbooks.com.
A beautiful new limited edition book on the Spanish Armada in Ireland is available now at wordwellbooks.com. This stunning book is a collaboration between @nationalmons.bsky.social, the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Real Academia de la Historia.
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A beautiful new limited edition book on the Spanish Armada in Ireland is available now at wordwellbooks.com. This stunning book is a collaboration between @nationalmons.bsky.social, the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Real Academia de la Historia.
We were delighted to hear that 'Baltinglass and the Prehistoric Hillforts of Ireland' has been shortlisted in the Book of the Year category in the Current Archaeology Awards!
Voting for the awards is live now at www.archaeology.co.uk/vote and voting is open to everyone!
Voting for the awards is live now at www.archaeology.co.uk/vote and voting is open to everyone!
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We were delighted to hear that 'Baltinglass and the Prehistoric Hillforts of Ireland' has been shortlisted in the Book of the Year category in the Current Archaeology Awards!
Voting for the awards is live now at www.archaeology.co.uk/vote and voting is open to everyone!
Voting for the awards is live now at www.archaeology.co.uk/vote and voting is open to everyone!
A new book coming this week from the National Museum of Ireland and Wordwell, this really beautiful work on Irish Ceramics by Aisling Molloy.
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A new book coming this week from the National Museum of Ireland and Wordwell, this really beautiful work on Irish Ceramics by Aisling Molloy.
Very excited to see the cover of the latest edition of Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2025! Featuring wonderful pieces, from the Ballybunion knitted cap to the Swinford Torc, and many more. In the shops or, for subscribers, in your letterboxes next week.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Very excited to see the cover of the latest edition of Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2025! Featuring wonderful pieces, from the Ballybunion knitted cap to the Swinford Torc, and many more. In the shops or, for subscribers, in your letterboxes next week.
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan
📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin.
🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin.
🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without
August 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan
📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin.
🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin.
🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without
Our second speaker is Professor Howard Williams
📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30
Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30
Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without
August 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Our second speaker is Professor Howard Williams
📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30
Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30
Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without
An exciting new book, Dublin’s Industrial Heritage, will be launched by Senator Michael McDowell this evening in Rathmines Library at 6pm. All are welcome!
🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm
📍 Rathmines Library
🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell
🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm
📍 Rathmines Library
🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell
July 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
An exciting new book, Dublin’s Industrial Heritage, will be launched by Senator Michael McDowell this evening in Rathmines Library at 6pm. All are welcome!
🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm
📍 Rathmines Library
🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell
🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm
📍 Rathmines Library
🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell
The summer edition of Archaeology Ireland features a wonderful book titled Ballynahatty: Excavations in a Neolithic Monumental Landscape (Oxbow Books). This book features one of Ireland’s great Neolithic henge monuments: the 200 m wide Giant’s Ring.
July 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The summer edition of Archaeology Ireland features a wonderful book titled Ballynahatty: Excavations in a Neolithic Monumental Landscape (Oxbow Books). This book features one of Ireland’s great Neolithic henge monuments: the 200 m wide Giant’s Ring.
Launched in 2021, the St Anne's Park Community Archaeology Programme is an interdepartmental project of DCC and Archaeology & Built Heritage Ltd, connecting communities w/ their archaeology, heritage & social history.
This wonderful project is featured in the current edition of Archaeology Ireland.
This wonderful project is featured in the current edition of Archaeology Ireland.
June 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Launched in 2021, the St Anne's Park Community Archaeology Programme is an interdepartmental project of DCC and Archaeology & Built Heritage Ltd, connecting communities w/ their archaeology, heritage & social history.
This wonderful project is featured in the current edition of Archaeology Ireland.
This wonderful project is featured in the current edition of Archaeology Ireland.
'It is safe to say that I, and many others interested in the later prehistory of Ireland, have been waiting for this book for decades.'
Lovely review of 'A Hillfort through Time: Excavations at Rathgall, Co Wicklow' (Wordwell) from our friends over at Current Archaeology.
Lovely review of 'A Hillfort through Time: Excavations at Rathgall, Co Wicklow' (Wordwell) from our friends over at Current Archaeology.
June 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
'It is safe to say that I, and many others interested in the later prehistory of Ireland, have been waiting for this book for decades.'
Lovely review of 'A Hillfort through Time: Excavations at Rathgall, Co Wicklow' (Wordwell) from our friends over at Current Archaeology.
Lovely review of 'A Hillfort through Time: Excavations at Rathgall, Co Wicklow' (Wordwell) from our friends over at Current Archaeology.
The new edition of Archaeology Ireland just landed on the desk and it's looking great! Many thanks to all our wonderful contributors. In the shops this weekend.
June 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The new edition of Archaeology Ireland just landed on the desk and it's looking great! Many thanks to all our wonderful contributors. In the shops this weekend.
One of the wonderful books reviewed in the upcoming issue of Archaeology Ireland is 'Textiles of Ireland', looking at the work of archaeologist and textile specialist Elizabeth Wincott Heckett. This fine collection is edited by Mary Ann Williams and published by Cork University Press.
May 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
One of the wonderful books reviewed in the upcoming issue of Archaeology Ireland is 'Textiles of Ireland', looking at the work of archaeologist and textile specialist Elizabeth Wincott Heckett. This fine collection is edited by Mary Ann Williams and published by Cork University Press.
🎧 New History Ireland Hedge School, out now
A Future for Our Past—Museums in the 21st Century
What are museums for? How have they evolved in Ireland over the last 30 years? Are there too many—or too few? And in divided societies, how do they serve the public?
historyireland.com/hedge-schools/
A Future for Our Past—Museums in the 21st Century
What are museums for? How have they evolved in Ireland over the last 30 years? Are there too many—or too few? And in divided societies, how do they serve the public?
historyireland.com/hedge-schools/
May 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
🎧 New History Ireland Hedge School, out now
A Future for Our Past—Museums in the 21st Century
What are museums for? How have they evolved in Ireland over the last 30 years? Are there too many—or too few? And in divided societies, how do they serve the public?
historyireland.com/hedge-schools/
A Future for Our Past—Museums in the 21st Century
What are museums for? How have they evolved in Ireland over the last 30 years? Are there too many—or too few? And in divided societies, how do they serve the public?
historyireland.com/hedge-schools/
The Summer 2025 issue of Archaeology Ireland is about to go to press and it's looking wonderful. An advance peak at the cover for you here.
The gentleman on the cover is St Matthew with his tablets, from 1395, from the library at St Gallen.
The gentleman on the cover is St Matthew with his tablets, from 1395, from the library at St Gallen.
May 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Summer 2025 issue of Archaeology Ireland is about to go to press and it's looking wonderful. An advance peak at the cover for you here.
The gentleman on the cover is St Matthew with his tablets, from 1395, from the library at St Gallen.
The gentleman on the cover is St Matthew with his tablets, from 1395, from the library at St Gallen.
Book your free tickets here for the next History Ireland Hedge School! Celebrating 25 years of Tipperary Museum. All details can be found below! www.eventbrite.ie/e/a-future-f...
May 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Book your free tickets here for the next History Ireland Hedge School! Celebrating 25 years of Tipperary Museum. All details can be found below! www.eventbrite.ie/e/a-future-f...
The Baltinglass area of south-west Wicklow has the largest concentration of prehistoric hillforts in Ireland. As many as thirteen enclosures of varying design are prominently sited on hills overlooking the modern town. Available from wordwellbooks.com.
April 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Baltinglass area of south-west Wicklow has the largest concentration of prehistoric hillforts in Ireland. As many as thirteen enclosures of varying design are prominently sited on hills overlooking the modern town. Available from wordwellbooks.com.
The National Museum of Ireland have an exciting exhibition opening in may which will explore the fascinating early medieval Irish depictions of Christ on the Cross. @nmireland.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The National Museum of Ireland have an exciting exhibition opening in may which will explore the fascinating early medieval Irish depictions of Christ on the Cross. @nmireland.bsky.social
Sligo Field Club will be hosting a very interesting lecture on the 2nd of May. The lecture will focus on the social aspects of the revolutionary period and labour mobilisation in response to pressing social demands pent up during the wartime period.
sligofieldclub.ie/lecture/comm...
sligofieldclub.ie/lecture/comm...
April 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Sligo Field Club will be hosting a very interesting lecture on the 2nd of May. The lecture will focus on the social aspects of the revolutionary period and labour mobilisation in response to pressing social demands pent up during the wartime period.
sligofieldclub.ie/lecture/comm...
sligofieldclub.ie/lecture/comm...