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Professor Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Ph.D.
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Biography:
| Elizabeth FitzPatrick holds a personal chair (2013) in Archaeology. She received her PhD from Trinity College Dublin (1997). Before joining NUI, Galway in 1997 she worked with the Carroll Institute, London, and with the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. She was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard in 2012. She is archaeology editor of Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy and a fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Her research and teaching concern Old World historical archaeology, with a focus on cultural practice, settlement and social organisation among Gaelic peoples of north Atlantic Europe. She leads cross-disciplinary publication projects that are important to exploring the cultural identity of Ireland. Recent Awards 2012-13 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award in Humanities, Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University 2006 Government of Ireland Research Fellow, IRC Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project Finn Landscapes: Fiannaíocht and Historical Land Use in Gaelic Ireland This project investigates historical land use associated with landforms, land denominations and archaeological monuments that carry names evoking the mythical hero Finn mac Cumaill and his fían, in Gaelic territories of medieval Ireland, with reference to Gaelic Scotland. It is a cross-disciplinary collaboration between specialists in archaeology, geology, Celtic literature and folklore. The project tests and develops the observation that places carrying names such as Suidhe Finn - ‘Finn’s Seat’ and Formaoil na Fiann - ‘round bare hill of the fían’ are not just folk indices of the Finn-Cycle of tales (fiannaíocht) but have an underlying reality as discrete landscapes where hunting and assemblies, mining and metalworking, took place in the kingdoms of early medieval Ireland. In Finn place-names documented in fiannaíocht and applied to the Irish landscape, we may find an etymology of the key components and resources of early medieval elite landscapes, namely royal hunting grounds and assembly places, worked mineral deposits and sites of metallurgical industry. Spatial associations between island-wide Finn place-names and the topography, mineralogical and metallurgical data will be mapped in order to generate a digital and print atlas of Finn landscapes in Ireland. Current Writing Projects Finn mac Cumaill's Places: Myth and Mineralisation in Ireland Excavations at Cahermacnaghten: Landscape and Settlement in the Landholding of a Gaelic Learned Family Gaelic Peoples of North Atlantic Europe: Landscape, Social Organization and Cultural Practice c. 800-1600 Forthcoming Publications Assembly Places and Elite Collective Identities in Medieval Ireland. Journal of North Atlantic Studies. Ollamh, biatach, comharba: lifeways of Gaelic learned families in medieval and early modern Ireland. Proceedings of the XIVth Celtic Congress, Maynooth 2011. The Last Kings of Ireland: Material Expressions of Gaelic Royal Authority in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. In, Medieval and Early Modern Representations of Authority in Scotland and Beyond. Stirling. Recent Papers Presented 2013 Assembly Places and Collective Identities in Medieval Gaelic Ireland. The Assembly Project (TAP), workshop, Hall, Austria (10-11 May). International 2013 Gathering-places and Collective Identities in Medieval and Early Modern Gaelic Ireland. The Graduate Center, City University, New York (15 April). International 2013 Assembly Places and Wild Animal Coursing in Medieval Gaelic Ireland. Celtic Languages and Literatures. Harvard University (12 April). International 2012 The Mindful Past: Finding Medieval Gaelic Royal Demesnes in Ireland. Mahindra Humanities Centre, Harvard University (19 October). International 2012 Antique Landscape and Gaelic Learned Families in Medieval Ireland. Thirty-Second Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium (5-7 October). International 2012 The Hill of Gathering: Assembly Places and Practices in the Lordships of Gaelic Ireland. New York University, Glucksman-Ireland House, New York (20 September). International Recently Published 2013 Formaoil na Fiann: hunting preserves and assembly places in Gaelic Ireland. Proceedings of Harvard Celtic Colloquium 32, 95-118. Harvard. 2013 The landscape and settlements of the Uí Dhálaigh poets of Muinter Bháire. In S. Duffy (ed.), Princes, prelates and poets in medieval Ireland: essays in honour of Katharine Simms, 460-80. Dublin. Four Courts Press. |
Research Interests
| I work in Old World historical archaeology with a research focus on the cultural practices of Gaelic peoples of north Atlantic Europe. My concern is how medieval and early modern Gaelic peoples perceived and shaped landscape and how they settled and organised themselves. The aim of this research is to present an understanding of Gaelic society as a north Atlantic culture with particular forms of social organisation defined by a deeply hierarchical kin-based structure of septs. A central theme is that ancestral attachment and pedigree of place determined where and how settlement occurred, and that territory and landholding was framed by a concept of geography as lineage. I am currently investigating mensal lands of medieval Gaelic territories in Ireland, which incorporated the landholdings and settlements of service families, assembly places, hunting grounds, antique landscape and significant mineral deposits. Research Project Finn Landscapes: Fiannaíocht and Historical Land Use in Gaelic Ireland This project investigates historical land use associated with landforms, land denominations and archaeological monuments that carry names evoking the mythical hero Finn mac Cumaill and his fían, in Gaelic territories of medieval Ireland, with reference to Gaelic Scotland. It is a cross-disciplinary collaboration between specialists in archaeology, geology, Celtic literature and folklore. The project tests and develops the observation that places carrying names such as Suidhe Finn - ‘Finn’s Seat’ and Formaoil na Fiann - ‘round bare hill of the fían’ are not just folk indices of the Finn-Cycle of tales (fiannaíocht) but have an underlying reality as discrete landscapes where hunting and assemblies, mining and metalworking, took place in the kingdoms of early medieval Ireland. In Finn place-names documented in fiannaíocht and applied to the Irish landscape, we may find an etymology of the key components and resources of early medieval elite landscapes, namely royal hunting grounds and assembly places, worked mineral deposits and sites of metallurgical industry. Spatial associations between island-wide Finn place-names and the topography, mineralogical and metallurgical data will be mapped in order to generate a digital and print atlas of Finn landscapes in Ireland. Current Writing Projects Finn mac Cumaill's Places: Myth and Mineralisation in Ireland Excavations at Cahermacnaghten: Landscape and Settlement in the Landholding of a Gaelic Learned Family Gaelic Peoples of North Atlantic Europe: Landscape, Social Organization and Cultural Practice c. 800-1600 Current PhD Students Richard Clutterbuck (PhD4; IRC Scholar) Evolution of Irish Rural Landscapes 1650 to 1850 Elizabeth Gray (PhD3; Galway Research Fellow) High-status Drinking Ritual in Medieval and Early Modern Gaelic Ireland and Scotland Richard Gray (PhD3) The Parish Village in Ireland, 1200-1600 AD Enda O’Flaherty (PhD4; Galway Research Fellow) Settlement, Economy and Seasonal Flooding in Historical Ireland |
Research Projects
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Project: 882 ARCH AND FUND WADDELL ( RNR147) Start/End Dates: 01-JAN-94 / 31-DEC-15 |
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Project: IRCHSS FELLOWSHIP 2006 -07 DR E.FITZPATRICK ( RCS517) Start/End Dates: 01-SEP-06 / 24-AUG-09 |
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Project: MILLENIUM FUND 2002 IRISH EARLS IN ROME EF ( RM2267) Start/End Dates: 01-JAN-03 / 29-NOV-04 |
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Project: GAELIC HEREDITARY LEGAL FAMILIES E FITZPATRICK ( RCS604) Start/End Dates: 01-JUN-07 / 30-SEP-09 |
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Project: 938 NHC GEP E FITZPATRICK ARCH ( ROG923) Start/End Dates: 30-AUG-98 / 31-DEC-13 |
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Project: THE EVOLUTION OF IRISH RURAL LANDSCAPES 1650 TO 1850 DR ELIZABETH FITZPATRICK IRCHSS R CLUTTERBUCK ( RCS1042) Start/End Dates: 01-OCT-10 / 30-SEP-13 |
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Project: GENERAL ACCOUNT ELIZABETH FITZPATRICK ( RNR1158) Start/End Dates: 20-FEB-13 / 20-FEB-18 |
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Project: IRC HIGH STATUS DRINKING RITUAL IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN GAELIC IRELAND AND SCOTLAND ELIZABETH GRAY ( RCS1119) Start/End Dates: 01-OCT-12 / 30-SEP-15 |
Books
| Elizabeth FitzPatrick and James Kelly (2011) Domestic life in Ireland. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2006) The Parish in Medieval and Early Modern Ireland: Community, Territory and Building Four Courts Press, Dublin. Dublin [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2005) John Quincy Adams, Dermot Mac Morrough or the Conquest of Ireland: An Historical Tale of the Twelfth Century Maunsell Academica Press, New York. New York [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2004) Archaeological Investigations in Galway City 1987-1998 Wordwell. Bray [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2004) Royal Inauguration in Gaelic Ireland c1100-1600: A Cultural Landscape Study Studies in Celtic History The Boydell Press, Woodbridge. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (with P.J. Duffy and D. Edwards) eds, (2001) Gaelic Ireland c1250 - c1650: Land, Lordship and Settlement . Four Courts Press, Dublin (paperback 2004). Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E., O'Brien, C. (1998) The Medieval Churches of County Offaly Government of Ireland, Dublin. Dublin [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1995) The Wet Hillside of Saint Lugna: a history of leitir Lugna, Slieve Bloom, County Offaly Brosna Press, Ferbane. Ferbane [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1995) The Care and Conservation of Graveyards Government of Ireland, Dublin. Dublin [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Elizabeth FitzPatrick (2013) 'The landscape and settlements of the Uí Dhálaigh poets of Muinter Bháire' In: Princes, prelates and poets in medieval Ireland: essays in honour of Katharine Simms. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
| Elizabeth FitzPatrick (2011) 'Aughris Headland' In: Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape. Cork: Cork University Press. [Details] |
| Murphy E., McHugh, R., Donnelly, C. (2011) 'Evoking the white mare: the cult landscape of Sgiath Gabhra and its medieval perception in Gaelic Fir Mhanach' In: Breatnach, E; Newman, C.; Schot, R (eds). Landscapes of cult and kingship. Dublin: Four Courts Press, Dublin. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2010) 'Memorialising Gaelic Ireland: the curious case of the Ballyshannon fragments and the Irish monuments at San Pietro in Montorio, Rome' In: Finnegan, D.; Harrigan, M.C.;Ó Ciardha, E (eds). Imeacht na n-Iarlaí University of Ulster. Rome: [Details] |
| Fitzpatrick,E. (2006) 'The material world of the parish' In: FitzPatrick, E.; Gillespie, R (eds). The parish in medieval and early modern Ireland: community, territory and building (Conference Proceedings). Dublin: Four Courts Press, Dublin. [Details] |
| Fitzpatrick,E. (2005) 'The landscape of Máel Sechnaill’s rígdál at Ráith Áeda, 859 AD' In: Condit, T.; Corlett. C (eds). Above and beyond: essays in Memory of Leo Swan Wordwell . Bray: [Details] |
| Fitzpatrick,E. (2004) 'The Finds: an overview' In: FitzPatrick, E.;O'Brien, M.;Walsh, P (eds). Archaeological investigations in Galway City, 1987-1998 Wordwell, Bray. Bray: [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2004) 'Background to the Galway excavations project' In: FitzPatrick, E.;O'Brien, M.;Walsh, P (eds). Archaeological investigations in Galway City, 1987-1998 Wordwell. Bray: [Details] |
| Walsh, P. (2004) 'Buildings and architecture' In: FitzPatrick, E;O'Brien, M.;Walsh, P (eds). Archaeological investigations in Galway City, 1987-1998 Wordwell, Bray. Bray: [Details] |
| Walsh, P. (2004) 'Summary conclusions' In: FitzPatrick, E.;O'Brien, M.;Walsh, P (eds). Archaeological investigations in Galway City, 1987-1998 Wordwell. Bray: [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2004) 'Parley sites of Ó Néill and Ó Domhnaill' In: Edwards, D (eds). Regions and rulers in Ireland, 1100-1650: essays for Kenneth Nicholls. Dublin: Four Courts Press, Dublin. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2004) 'Royal inauguration mounds in medieval Ireland: antique landscape and tradition' In: Pantos, A.; Semple, S (eds). Assembly places and practices in medieval Europe Dublin (Conference Proceedings) . Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2003) 'Royal inauguration assembly and the Church in Medieval Ireland' In: Barnwell, P.S;Mostert, M (eds). Political assemblies in the earlier middle ages Studies in the Early Middle Ages 7 Brepols, Turnhout (Conference Proceedings). [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2003) 'On the trail of an ancient highway: rediscovering Dála’s road' In: Fenwick, J (eds). Lost and found: discovering Ireland's past Wordwell, Dublin. Dublin: [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2003) 'Leaca and Gaelic inauguration ritual in medieval Ireland' In: Welander, R.;Breeze, D.; Owen, T.; Clancy, O (eds). The Stone of Destiny: artefact and icon Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series 22, Historic Scotland. Edinburgh: [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2001) 'Settlement studies: the architectural and archaeological record' In: Duffy, P.J.; Edwards, D. FitzPatrick, E (eds). Gaelic Ireland (Conference Proceedings). Dublin: Four Courts Press, Dublin. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2001) 'Assembly and inauguration places of the Burkes in late medieval Connacht' In: Duffy, P.J.; Edwards, D.;FitzPatrick, E (eds). Gaelic Ireland c1250-c1650: Land, lordship and settlement, Four Courts Press, Dublin (Conference Proceedings). Dublin: [Details] |
| Fitzpatrick,E. (1998) 'The early Church in Offaly' In: W Nolan, W.; O'Neill, T.P (eds). Offaly: history and society. Dublin: Geography Publications, Dublin. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1994) 'The Archaeology of Durrow' In: Byrne, M (eds). Durrow in history. Tullamore: Esker Press. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| FITZPATRICK, E. et al. (2009) 'Native Enclosed Settlement and the Problem of the Irish Ring-fort'. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 53 :271-307. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2009) 'Editorial Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 109C, vii'. . [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2008) 'Antiquarian Scholarship and the Archaeology of Cahermacnaghten, Burren, Co Clare'. The Other Clare, 32 :58-66. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) 'Editorial Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 107C, i-iii'. . [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) 'San Pietro in Montorio: Burial Place of the Exiled Irish in Rome, 1608-1616'. History Ireland, 15 (4):46-51. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) 'Interpreting a Cultural Landscape: a case for seaweed-harvesting at Aughris, Co Sligo'. Journal Of Irish Archaeology, 16 :11-33. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2006) 'The Ballyshannon Fragments and the Tomb of Rudhriaghe ODonnell at San Pietro in Montorio, Rome'. Association Of Church Archivists Newsletter, 34 :4-6. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2001) 'An Tulach Tinóil: Gathering-sites and Meeting-culture in Gaelic Lordships'. History Ireland, 9 (1):22-26. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2001) 'The Gathering Place of Tír Fhiachrach? Archaeological and Folkloric Investigations at Aughris, Co Sligo'. Proceedings Of The Royal Irish Academy, 101c :67-105. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1998) 'The Inauguration of Tairdelbach Ó Conchobair at Áth an Termoinn'. Peritia, 12 :351-358. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1997) 'The Crowning Hand of God'. Archaeology Ireland, 11 (1):21-23. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1997) 'The Historic Assembly Sites of Tulach Uí Dheadhaidh and Carn Mhic Táil'. The Other Clare, 21 :17-19. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1994) 'A Monument to Archbishop Thomas Walsh in the Town of Cashel, Co Tipperary'. Journal Of The Butler Society, 3 (4):562-564. [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1993) 'Raiding and Warring in Monastic Ireland'. History Ireland, 1 (3):13-18. [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Elizabeth Fitzpatrick (2013) 2013 Formaoil na Fiann: hunting preserves and assembly places in Gaelic Ireland Proceedings of Harvard Celtic Colloquium 32, 95-118 [Details] |
Conference Paper
| FitzPatrick, E. (2008) San Pietro in Montorio: Burial Place of the Irish Community in Rome, 1608-1616 (Embassy of Ireland to Italy. Conference on the Flight of the Earls. Rome,Italy: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) Gaelic Legal Families and their Changing World c 1300-1680. the Law Faculty, NUI, Galway. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) Investigating Gaelic Estates . INSTAR Burren Landscape and Settlement Seminar, Ballyvaughan. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) Ireland after the Flight of the Earls . Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology group Conference, Rathmullan. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) A Research Excavation at Cahermacnaghten, Co Clare. Royal Irish Academy Committee for Archaeology, Dublin. Clare: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) Gaelic Legal Families and their Settlements in the period of the Flight of the Earls . Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology Group Conference - The Archaeology of Ireland in the. Period of the Flight of the Earls, Rathmullan. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) Inauguration Sites in Gaelic Ulster and the Place of Inauguration of the Maguire of Fermanagh . Lisnaskea Archaeological and Historical Society, Lisnaskea. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) Gaelic Hereditary Legal Families . Comunn Eachdraidh Nis, Habost, Isle of Lewis. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) A Research Excavation . Cabhail Tighe Breac, Cahermacnaghten, Co Clare (Royal Irish Academy Committee for Archaeology, Dublin November 2007). Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) The ODavoren Law School and Estate Landscape. National Museum of Ireland. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) Burial in Exile: San Pietro in Montorio and the Gaelic Irish Community in early 17th-Century Rome . Louvain Summer School Programme: The Louvain Institute for Ireland in Europe. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) Unfolding Narratives: The Story of a Gaelic Professional Family in the Burren Uplands . Archaeology Ireland: Stories of Our Past, Astra Hall, UCD. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) The ODavorens of Cahermacnaghten: a legal family in the classical Gaelic tradition . Local community at Kilfenora, Co Clare. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) Estates, Schools and Residences of Gaelic Professional Families, 1350-1650 . National Museum of Ireland Winter Lectures. Medieval Ireland 1150-1550. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2006) Estates of Gaelic Learned families in Late Medieval Clare . Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society, Bunratty. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2006) San Pietro in Montorio - Burial Placed of the Exiled Ulster Earls in Rome . Ó Clerigh Institute, UCD. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2006) Estates of Gaelic Learned Families in the West of Ireland. Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2006) Continuity and Pedigree of Place in Later Medieval Gaelic Ireland . Society for Medieval Archaeology Conference. Mullaghmore, Co Sligo: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2006) The Mountain King: Inauguration Mounds in Medieval Gaelic Ireland . Department of Archaeology QUB. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2006) The Identity of Royal Inauguration Places in Gaelic Ulster c1100-1600 . Ulster Archaeological Society. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2005) Tombs of the Exiled Ulster Earls in Rome. Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2004) The Tombs of the Earls at San Pietro in Montorio. Pontificial Irish College, Rome. Rome: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2003) Regalia of Royalty: Authority and Symbolism in Medieval Gaelic Ireland . School of History, University of St Andrews. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2002) The Chiefs Throne in Gaelic Ulster . Seanchas Ardmhacha, Armagh. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2002) Royal Inauguration in Gaelic Ireland . International Medieval Congress. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2002) Assembly Places and Practices in Gaelic Ireland . Laois Archaeological and Historical Society. Portlaoise: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2002) Post-excavation results, Aughris, Co Sligo . National Committee for Archaeology, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. Glasgow: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2001) Regalia of Medieval Gaelic Royalty . National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, November 2001. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2001) Archaeological Excavation of an Enclosure at Aughris, Co Sligo . National Committee for Archaeology, Royal Irish Academy. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2001) Gathering-sites and Gaelic Meeting-culture in Medieval and Early Modern Ireland . Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow. Glasgow: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2001) Gaelic Assembly Culture in Late Medieval Ireland: The Landscape Perspective . Achill Archaeological Field School. Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2001) Stone Thrones and Gaelic Chiefs . National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2001) Recovering a Lost landscape of Assembly at Aughris, Co Sligo Settlement Studies in Gaelic Ireland 1250-c 1650: Recent Developments . Departments of Scottish History, Archaeology and Celtic Studies. University of Glasgow: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2000) Celts, Gaels and the Irish Racial Myth, Arts Faculty Millennium Lecture Series . National University of Ireland. Galway: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2000) Raising Amhalghaidhs Carn: The Throne-mound in Medieval Gaelic Ireland . Institute of Archaeology, Oxford. Oxford: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1999) The Landscape and Traditions of Assembly at Aughris, Co Sligo . Aughris Community Development Association, Co Sligo. Sligo: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1999) The Identity of Royal Inauguration Sites in Medieval Ireland . International Medieval Congress, Leeds University. Leeds: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1999) Parishes Churches and Parochial Organisation in Medieval Ireland . Offaly Archaeological and Historical Society. Tullemore: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1998) Some Medieval Óenach and Oireachtas Sites . National University of Ireland, Maynooth: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1998) Royal Inauguration Furniture in Medieval Ireland. Seminar to the Departments of Archaeology and CelticScotland, July 1998. University of Glasgow: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1998) Mounds and the Practice of Inauguration in Medieval Ireland. Tara: New Perspectives, Conference Centre, Dublin Castle, Discovery Programme. Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1998) Royal Inauguration Sites in Medieval Ireland . Thomond Archaeological Society, County Limerick. Limercick: Conference Paper [Details] |
Invited papers
| FitzPatrick, E. (2010) The Archaeological Identity of the O’Davoren Gaelic Law School, Burren, Co Clare (Muintir Uí Lochlainn, Ballyvaughan, Co Clare). Invited papers [Details] |
| Fitzpatrick,E. (2010) The Identity and Environment of the Schoolhouse in Sixteenth-Century Ireland (Tenth Annual Conference of the Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology Group, Ulster Hall, Belfast). Invited papers [Details] |
| Fitzpatrick,E. (2009) The Inauguration Place of the Maguire of Fir Manach (Maguire Conference, Enniskillen Castle, Fermanagh). Invited papers [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2009) Native Schools in Late Medieval Ireland (Irish International Conference of Medievalists, Limerick). Invited papers [Details] |
| Fitzpatrick, E. (2009) Evoking the White Mare: The Cult Landscape of Sgiath Gabhra and its Medieval Perception in Gaelic Fir Mhanach (Landscapes of Cult and Kingship Conference, NUI, Galway). Invited papers [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2009) Excavations at Cabhail Tighe Breac, Burren. Caherconnell Heritage Centre, Burren, Clare: Invited papers [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2009) Legal Families in the Classical Gaelic Tradition: Evidence from Cahermacnaghten and Ballyorley (Wexford Archaeological and Historical Society, Boolavogue, Co Wexford). Invited papers [Details] |
Other Item
| Kelly, J. (2010) Edited Journal, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 110C. Other Item [Details] |
| Kelly, J. (2009) Edited Journal, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 109C. Other Item [Details] |
| Kelly, J. (2008) Edited Journal, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 108C. Other Item [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2008) Excavation of a building at Cahermacnaghten, Co Clare. Excavations 2007 Wordwell, Bray. Clare: Other Item [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2008) Excavation of a building at Cahermacnaghten, Co Clare. I Bennett Wordwell, Bray. Clare: Other Item [Details] |
| O'Dowd, M. (2007) Edited Journal, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 107C. Other Item [Details] |
FitzPatrick, E. (2006) Authors Response. Reviews in History. Other Item  [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E., Duffy,S. (2005) Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia. Other Item [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2005) Contributions to Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia, 11-13, 153, 230-1, 389-91, 412-15 . New York; London: Other Item [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2003) Excavation of an enclosure at Aughris, Co Sligo. Excavations 2001 Wordwell, Bray. Sligo: Other Item [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2003) Contributions toThe Encyclopedia of Ireland, 159, 513-4. Dublin: Other Item [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2003) Excavation of an enclosure at Aughris, Co Sligo, Excavations 2001. I Bennett Wordwell, Bray. Sligo: Other Item [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E., Lalor,B. (2003) The Encyclopedia of Ireland. Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. Dublin: Other Item [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (1995) The care and conservation of graveyards Government of Ireland, Dublin . Other Item [Details] |
| Fitzpatrick,E. (1995) The wet hillside of Saint Lugna: a history of Leitir Lugna, Slieve Bloom, County Offaly Brosna Press, Ferbane. Other Item [Details] |
Non Published Reports
| FitzPatrick, E. (2008) Preliminary Report on Archaeological Excavation at Cabhail Tighe Breac, Cahermacnaghten, Burren, Co Clare. Royal Irish Academy Committee for Archaeology. Clare: Non Published Reports [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2007) Preliminary Report on Archaeological Excavation of a Building at Cahermacnaghten, Burren, Co Clare . Royal Irish Academy Committee for Archaeology. Clare: Non Published Reports [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2006) Preliminary Report on Walk-Over Survey at Cahermacnaghen, Burren, Co Clare. Royal Irish Academy, Committee for Archaeology. Non Published Reports [Details] |
| FitzPatrick, E. (2003) Contribution to M Quinlan and R Moss, Lemanaghan, Co Offaly Conservation Plan . The Heritage Council. Offaly: Non Published Reports [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 1997. Title: British Academy/Royal Irish Academy Exchange Scholarship |
| Year: 2003. Title: Bilateral Cultural Agreement Travel Bursary |
| Year: 2006. Title: Government of Ireland Research Fellow in the Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Year: 2012. Title: Fulbright Scholar Award in Humanities |
Associations
| Association: Medieval Settlement Research Group, Cambridge , Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement , Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , Function/Role: Fellow |
Committees
| Committee : Scientific Council, Assemblies and Landscapes in Iceland 850-1950 |
| Committee : Editorial Board Royal Irish Academy |
Employment
| Employer: Carroll Institute of Irish History Position: Historical Researcher |
| Employer: Office of Public Works Position: Archaeologist |
| Employer: Archaeological Survey of Ireland Position: Archaeologist |
| Employer: NUI Galway Position: Lecturer Above The Bar |
Teaching Interests
| Undergraduate Teaching AR325 Minor Dissertation in Archaeology (3BA) Graduate Research Supervision My involvement with graduate students is mainly focused on PhD research, but I also teach and examine on the MA in Landscape Archaeology and on the MA in Medieval Studies programmes. To date 15 students have completed major research theses under my supervision. I accept graduate research students interested in the following broad areas, historical landscape studies, Gaelic and colonial Ireland, assembly places and practices in medieval Europe, churches in their landscapes. I am of the view that dedicated consultation time and consistent dialogue between student and supervisor maintains a focus on the research without which completion is rarely possible. As routine practice I therefore observe fortnightly consultation hours, in addition to peer-review sessions and research seminars, for each of my grad research students. Supporting graduate researchers involves a significant amount of advocacy work; over the last decade I have written many references for doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships and fellowships with the IRC, NUI, travelling studentship scheme and the British Academy postdoctoral awards, as well as biannual supervisor’s reports for students in receipt of IRC awards. I have also encouraged students to organise and participate in major conferences in order to acquire real experience of professional research environments. Completed Graduate Supervision M.Litt MA |
Recent Postgraduates
| Completed PhDs
Completed M.Litts · Colleen O’Hara (2010) The cultural context of Ulster coarse pottery c.1200-1650 · John Malcolm (2004) Castles and English lordship in Uí Fhiachrach Muaidhe c.1235 - c.1400 (awarded NUI Travelling Studentship 2005) · Helen Bermingham (2001) Priests’ residences in later medieval Ireland · Linda Shine (2000) An archaeological and historical settlement study of the Manor of Earlstown, Co. Kilkenny, c. 1200 - c. 1650 · Oliver McHugh (2000) The crannogs of the barony of Monaghan: a case for late occupation in a Gaelic lordship · Siobhain Scully (1999) Medieval parish churches and parochial organisation in Muintir Eolais · Sinead Armstrong (1999) An archaeological survey of Monasteroris, Co. Offaly: from Anglo-Norman manor to plantation estate · Fiona White (1999) An assemblage of post-medieval local wares from Merchants’ Road, Galway Completed MAs
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Current Postgraduate Students
| Eve Campbell, Doctorate - Ph.D.(Arts) - Supervisor |
| Richard Gray, Doctorate - Structured Ph.D. in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Supervisor |
| Richard Clutterbuck, Doctorate - Ph.D.(Arts) - Supervisor |
| Gabija Guogyte, Masters - Research - Master of Literature Degree - Supervisor |
| Enda O Flaherty, Doctorate - Structured Ph.D. in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Supervisor |
| Rolandas Macenas, Masters - Research - Master of Literature Degree - Supervisor |
| Colleen O Hara, Masters - Research - Master of Literature Degree - Supervisor |
| Yvonne Mc Dermott, Doctorate - Ph.D.(Arts) - Supervisor |
| Elizabeth Gray, Doctorate - Structured Ph.D. in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Supervisor |
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