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Irish archaeology blog posts, Irish treasures May 25, 2011

Mystery artefact sheds new light on Irish Bronze Age weaving

An unusual prehistoric artefact was recovered during the archaeological excavation of one of a pair of Middle Bronze Age structures identified at Knockgraffon, Co. Tipperary (along the N8 Cashel to Mitchelstown Road scheme, see McQuade, Molloy & Moriarty 2009). Each of the structures was defined by a circle of postholes and internally contained a large […]

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Archaeology blogs August 8, 2013

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 […]

Archaeology blogs July 30, 2013

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 […]

Archaeology blogs March 16, 2013

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 […]

Archaeology blogs December 28, 2012

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 […]

Archaeology blogs September 27, 2012

The Broighter hoard

The remarkable Broighter hoard, arguably the finest treasure trove of the Irish Iron Age, was discovered on a February evening […]

Archaeology blogs September 3, 2012

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 […]