Science: Archaeology: Regional: Europe: Ireland

History of Irish coinage from earliest times to the present day.

An illustrated introduction to Irish archaeology by Michael Sundermeier, of Creighton University, Oregon, US.

Thaddeus C. Breen's organized list of links with helpful descriptions of sites.

A meeting of the European Parliament's Petitions Committee has agreed to a call from De Rossa, Labour MEP for Dublin, that the Committee send a delegation to visit the Carrickmines archaeological site which is about to be destroyed by a new section of the M50 motorway.

From BBC, archaeologists give details of what is said to be the most important discovery of 17th Century artefacts ever made in Belfast.

A guide from the National Tourism Service to Ireland's wealth of prehistoric monuments. Descriptions of each type with photographs and details of examples.

Photographs and a brief history of each scene by J.M. Abbott. Examples of a holy well, crannog, burial mound, ring-fort, carved stones and monoliths.

An easy-to-follow introduction to some of the many types of archaeological monuments which can be seen in Ireland, with bibliography.

B.J. Hodkinson's report on the archaeological investigation of the medieval castle of Dunamase in County Laois.

A comprehensive Gazetteer and Field Guide to Megalithic Ireland, with clickable county map and hundreds of listed sites and high quality photos taken (over the whole island) over a period of 30 years.

Outline of the excavations of a megalithic cemetery in County Sligo, from 1977 by Professor Gran Burenhult, which has produced remarkably early radiocarbon dates.