Community resources

Public Lectures

Public lectures are delivered by members of the Department to local historical and archaeological societies, museums, conferences, community groups and school groups throughout the year. We undertake this work in Ireland and in other countries. Details of some of the more recent and upcoming talks are listed below.

Lectures to Local Societies and Communities

• Maggie Ronayne: Lios An Ru and deserted villages around Ballyvaughan, Invited lecture to the Clare Archaeological and Historical Society, Ennis Museum, November 2010.
• Maggie Ronayne: Community report-back: Lios An Ru and 19 ^th century deserted villages around Ballyvaughan.  Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, July 2010.
• Michelle Comber: Who lived at Caherconnell long ago? Burren in Bloom group and Burren Rocks group, Caherconnell, May 2010.
• Michelle Comber: Ringfort Landscapes – living in the Burren in the first millennium AD. Burren Beo Trust, Kinvara, Co. Galway, December 2009.
• Maggie Ronayne: Public Lecture Series, on Development, Cultural Heritage and Professional Ethics.  Invited public lecture at the Environmental Institute, Boğazici (Bosphorus) University and other venues, Istanbul, November 2009.
• Michelle Comber: The Road Less Travelled? The archaeology of movement in Early Medieval Ireland. Lismullin, Co. Meath, conference on history of roads in Ireland, September 2009.
• Kieran O’Conor: Earthwork Castles in Co. Laois. Laois Archaeological and Historical Society, May 2009.
• Kieran O’Conor: The Rock of Lough Key. Cruachan Ai Visitor Centre, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon, April 2009.
• Kieran O’Conor: Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare. Sligo Field Club, April 2009.
• Elizabeth FitzPatrick: The physical identity and environment of the native school-house in sixteenth-century Ireland. Wexford Archaeological and Historical Society, Boolavogue, 22 April 2009
• Elizabeth FitzPatrick: Excavations at Cabhail Tighe Breac. Caherconnell Centre, 17 April 2009
• Elizabeth FitzPatrick: The Law Schools of Clare. Old Kilfarboy Society, Miltown Malbay, 10 March 2009
• Maggie Ronayne: Cultural Destruction By Development and War: How Professionals Can Support Community Work to Defend Culture & Heritage.  International Grassroots Women’s Gathering, London, February 2009.

Public Lectures 2008

Introductory Textbooks

• Jones, C. 2007 Temples of Stone - Exploring the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Cork: The Collins Press.
• Jones, C. 2004 The Burren and the Aran Islands - Exploring the Archaeology. Cork: The Collins Press.

Guidebooks

• Jones, C. 2008 The Burren in prehistory. In Burren Passport (Burren Connect Project - Clare Co. Council)
• Murphy, M. and O’Conor, K. 2008 Roscommon Castle – a visitor’s guide, Roscommon.

Information Plaques

• Roscommon Castle (Murphy, M. and O’Conor, K.)
• Rindown Castle and deserted town (K. O’Conor)
• Lough Meelagh Crannog, Co. Roscommon (K. O'Conor)
• Knockcranny Court Tomb, Co. Roscommon (K. O'Conor)

• Caherconnell, Co. Clare touch-screen information and illustrations (M.Comber).

Popular Publications

Department staff contribute to, and publish in, a range of popular publications including books, encyclopaedias, museum guides, magazines, local journals and community publications. Details of some of these are listed below.

• Comber, M. 2003 Contributions to The Encyclopaedia of Ireland. Dublin, Gill and MacMillan.
• Comber, M. and Hull, G. 2008 ’Caherconnell, Co. Clare, and cashel chronology.’ Archaeology Ireland 22, no.4, 30–3.
• Fenwick, J. (in press) Lost and Found again: discovering more of Ireland’s past. Wordwell Ltd. Dublin.
• Fenwick, J. (with Corns, A. & Shaw, R.) 2008 More than meets the eye. Archaeology Ireland. 22(3), 24-38.
• Fenwick, J. 2008 The corn stands of Corrandulla, in B. Creaven, M. Cunningham, J. Fenwick, S. Finnerty, E. Greaney, P. Hession, C. Thomas & B. Tuohy (eds) Anach Cuain: A community publication of Annaghdown parish 2008. 52-54.
• Fenwick, J. 2008 Driving through history. Roads Ireland 5, 14-17. ( www.roadsireland.com/RI5.pdf)
• Fenwick, J. 2006 Cregg ringfort - a case of mistaken, hidden or dual identity?, in J. Bowman, B. Creaven, M. Cunninghan, E. Greaney, J. Fenwick, S. Finnerty and C. Thomas (eds) Anach Cuain: a community publication of Annaghdown parish 2006. Galway, 45-48.
• Fenwick, J. (with L. Geraghty, J. Waddell & K. Barton) 2006 The innermost secrets of Rathcroghan Mound, Archaeology Ireland 20(2), 26-9.
• Fenwick, J. 2005 The M3 and Tara: gaining the world and losing our soul, The Word, September 2005, 10-11.
• Fenwick, J. (ed.) 2003 Lost and Found: discovering Ireland's past, Bray.
• Fenwick, J. 2003 Tales from the Hill of Tara: the ghost of monuments past, in J. Fenwick (ed.), Lost and Found: discovering Ireland's Past. Bray.
• Fenwick, J. (with Y. Brennan, K. Barton and J. Waddell) 1999 The Magnetic presence of Queen Medb (Magnetic Gradiometry at Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon.) Archaeology Ireland, 13 ( 1), 8-11.
• Fenwick, J. (with Y. Brennan and F. Delaney) 1996 The Anatomy of a Mound: geophysical images of Rathcroghan Mound. Archaeology Ireland, 10 ( 3), 20-23.
• FitzPatrick, E. 2007 San Pietro in Montorio: burial place of the exiled Irish in Rome, 1608–1623 . History Ireland 15, No. 4, 46-51.
• FitzPatrick, E. 2005 Contributions to S. Duffy (ed.), Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia, 11-13, 153, 230-1, 389-91, 412-15.  Routledge, New York and London.
• FitzPatrick, E. 2003 Contributions to B. Lalor (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Ireland, 159, 513-4 (Gill and Macmillan, Dublin)
• Jones, C. 2002 Selection of Axeheads, A Selection of Spearheads, A Selection of Arrowheads, Axe Mould, Two Daggers. In H. Armitage (ed.) The Hunt Museum Essential Guide. London: Scala Publishers Ltd.
• Jones, C. 2002  Roughan Hill.  In J.W. O'Connell and A. Korf (eds.)  The Book of the Burren. Kinvarra: Tír Eolas.
• Beckett, J. and C. Jones 2002 Preliminary assessment of the bone remains at the Parknabinnia chambered tomb (Cl. 153) on Roughan Hill.  The Other Clare 26.
• O'Conor, K. 2006 The Ecclesiastical Complex at Bridgecartron / Derrycashel. In Crossna Church Centenary 1906-2006. (Boyle), 92-96.
• O'Conor, K. 2004 The Monuments to Fermanagh's Past. In Crannogs, Cottages and Castles. (Belcoo), 9-18.
• O'Conor, K. 2002 (with M. Dillon) The 2002 Excavation at Granardkill, Co. Longford. In Burns, J. & Grier, B. (eds.) Granard - Its History, Our Heritage. Granard, 129-38.

Academic Publications and Reports Written in Consultation with Communities

• Ronayne, M. 2009. Commitment, Objectivity and Accountability to Communities: Priorities for 21 ^st Century Archaeology. Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 10 (4), 367-381.  Published by Maney at www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney. ( Article in PDF Format - 101.27KB)
• Forthcoming 2010. The Cultural and Environmental Impact of Large Dams in Turkey (Turkish language), BGST press: Istanbul.  
• 2008. The State We're In on the Eve of World Archaeological Congess (WAC) 6: Archaeology in Ireland vs Corporate Takeover.  Public Archaeology 7 (2), 114-129.  ( Article in PDF format - 239KB) (Published online at www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney).
• 2008.  Ilýsu Barajý: Barbarlýk Ýçin Bir Anýt ^. Türkiye’nin Kürt Bölgesindeki Ilýsu Barajý Ýçin Hazýrlanan Çevresel Etki Deðerlendirmesi Raporu Güncellemesi’nin Bir Deðerlendirmesi.  Translated by Ayþan Sönmez and published by BGST press online.
• 2007. The Culture of Caring and its Destruction in the Middle East: Women’s Work, Water, War and Archaeology. In Y. Hamilakis and P. Duke (eds), Archaeology and Capitalism. From ethics to politics, 247-265. One World Archaeology Left Coast Press, California. 
• 2006. Archaeology Against Cultural Destruction: the Case of the Ilisu Dam in the Kurdish Region of Turkey. Public Archaeology 5, 23-236.
• 2006.  The Ilisu Dam: A Monument to Barbarism.  Review of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report Update for the Ilisu Dam in the Kurdish Region of Turkey (in consultation with grassroots communities from the reservoir area and the Global Women’s Strike). ( Report in PDF Format - 965KB).
• 2005. The Cultural and Environmental Impact of Large Dams in Southeast Turkey. London: Kurdish Human Rights Project and National University of Ireland, Galway. 166 pp. ( Book in PDF format - 2.39MB)
• 2002. The Ilisu Dam: Displacement of Communities and Destruction of Culture. London: Kurdish Human Rights Project and National University of Ireland, Galway. 211 pp.
• 2002. The Ilisu Dam Environmental Impact Assessment Report: Review and Critique. Public Archaeology 2, No. 2, 101-116 (with W.H. Kitchen).
• 2002. Large Dam Campaigns Update. World Archaeological Bulletin 16, 37-49.

Media work

Several members of staff are regular contributors to print and broadcast media in Ireland while some members of staff are regularly consulted by the media in other countries.  Below is a list of some recent contributions.  For media work in previous years, please consult other pages in this section particularly Communities, Heritage and Development.

Stefan Bergh and Joe Fenwick: Secrets of the Stones, RTE 1, April 2009

Maggie Ronayne: Archaeology Needs to Recover Its Core Principles and Ethics.  Irish Times, July 15 ^th 2008.

Other

Public lecture series have been delivered regularly by M. Comber on Ireland’s Golden Age, and Introductory Irish Archaeology (8-week evening courses).

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