The past two decades have seen an expansion of archaeological activity on the island of I
reland that has transformed our knowledge and understanding of most periods in I rish …

Archaeological data available for reconstructing the Irish Iron Age have expanded rapidly
due to the large number of excavations conducted in recent decades as part of large …

Prehistoric stone circles are generally interpreted as having had a variety of roles and
meaning in the Neolithic and Bronze Age, especially as places for gathering and ceremony …

Clonmacnoise was among the busiest, most economically complex, and intensely sacred
places in early medieval Ireland. In Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland …

Abstract Professor David Austin has noted that Strata Florida Abbey and its environs
represent a 'transcendently numinous place, perhaps from a time before the Cistercians …