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16th century Irish Hipsters
I recently spotted what appeared to be remarkably modern looking haircuts in Albrecht Druer’s woodcut of 1521 AD[i]. This image…
Through the millennia: Irish Archaeology in photos
Here is another selection of amazing images from our Photography Competition, this time spanning the entire breadth of Irish archaeology. Don’t…
A Mesolithic cemetery: Ireland’s oldest burials
On a bend of the River Shannon, Ireland’s largest watercourse, a small band of hunter-gathers came to together nearly…
Images of Newgrange through the ages
The Neolithic passage tomb at Newgrange is the most visited archaeological site in Ireland. Over 5000 years old it pre-dates the first phase of…
The Broighter hoard
The remarkable Broighter hoard, arguably the finest treasure trove of the Irish Iron Age, was discovered on a February evening…
The Oseberg Viking ship burial
In 1904 a remarkable archaeological site was uncovered at Oseberg, Norway. It consisted of an astonishingly well-preserved Viking ship…
The death of an elephant, Dublin, 1681
I stumbled across a curious 17th century account of an elephant in Dublin city recently. Yes, you read right, an…
Dublin’s lost buildings: The Dutch Billy
Strolling through some of Dublin streets at the begining of the 18th century, an English visitor to the city…
Newgrange and the Winter Solstice
The passage tomb at Newgrange is probably Ireland’s most iconic archaeological site and it is indelibly linked with the winter…
Roman contacts with Ireland
That Ireland was reasonably well known in the classical world is demonstrated by Ptolemy’s Geography. This is a list of…
