| A dynastic elite in monumental Neolithic society LM Cassidy, RÓ Maoldúin, T Kador, A Lynch, C Jones, PC Woodman, ... Nature 582 (7812), 384-388, 2020 | 154 | 2020 |
| The archaeology of caves in Ireland M Dowd The Archaeology of Caves in Ireland, 1-320, 2015 | 93 | 2015 |
| First evidence of a Late Upper Palaeolithic human presence in Ireland M Dowd, RF Carden Quaternary science reviews 139, 158-163, 2016 | 82 | 2016 |
| The use of caves for funerary and ritual practices in Neolithic Ireland MA Dowd antiquity 82 (316), 305-317, 2008 | 69 | 2008 |
| The archaeology of darkness M Dowd, R Hensey Oxbow Books, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| Kilgreany, Co. Waterford: biography of a cave MA Dowd The Journal of Irish Archaeology, 77-97, 2002 | 34 | 2002 |
| Bewitched by an elf dart: fairy archaeology, folk magic and traditional medicine in Ireland M Dowd Cambridge Archaeological Journal 28 (3), 451-473, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
| A century of archaeology—historical excavation and modern research at the Carrowkeel passage tombs, County Sligo R Hensey, P Meehan, M Dowd, S Moore Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History …, 2014 | 25 | 2014 |
| Middle and Late Bronze Age Ritual Activity at Glencurran Cave, Co. Clare MA Dowd From Bann Flakes to Bushmills: Papers in Honour of Professor Peter Woodman …, 2009 | 23 | 2009 |
| The Human Remains from Irish Caves Project M Dowd, L Fibiger, LG Lynch Archaeology Ireland 77 (3), 16-19, 2006 | 16 | 2006 |
| Living and dying in Glencurran Cave M Dowd Archaeology Ireland 21 (1), 36-39, 2007 | 15 | 2007 |
| Caves: sacred places on the Irish landscape MA Dowd NUI, 2004 | 15 | 2004 |
| The perception and use of caves and rockshelters in Late Iron Age and medieval western Norway, c. AD 550-1550 KA Bergsvik Caves and Ritual in Medieval Europe, AD 500–1500, 32, 2018 | 14 | 2018 |
| Archaeological excavations at Killuragh Cave, Co. Limerick: a persistent place in the landscape from the Early Mesolithic to the Late Bronze Age P Woodman, M Dowd, L Fibiger, RF Carden, J O’Shaughnessy The Journal of Irish Archaeology 26, 1-32, 2017 | 12 | 2017 |
| Brothers in caves: lost archives of subterranean Waterford rediscovered M Dowd, C Corlett Archaeology Ireland 16 (1), 8-10, 2002 | 12 | 2002 |
| Excavations at Farranastack, Co. Kerry: evidence for the use of shaft furnaces in medieval iron production MA Dowd, N Fairburn The Journal of Irish Archaeology, 115-121, 2005 | 10 | 2005 |
| In search of darkness: cave use in Late Bronze Age Ireland M Dowd The archaeology of darkness, 63-74, 2016 | 9 | 2016 |
| Recent archaeological discoveries in Dunmore Cave, County Kilkenny: further questions regarding Viking activity at the site MA Dowd, LG Lynch, M McCarthy Old Kilkenny Review, 2007 | 8 | 2007 |
| Archaeology of the subterranean world M Dowd Archaeology Ireland 15 (1), 24-29, 2001 | 8 | 2001 |
| Darkness and light in the archaeological past: sensory perspectives M Dowd The Routledge Handbook of Sensory Archaeology, 193-209, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
