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Manning, Conleth, “Brian Lacey: an appreciation”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139 (2009): 8.
Corlett, Christiaan, “The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and the protection of monuments (part 1)”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139 (2009): 80–100.
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This paper, to be published in three parts, explores the role of the Society in the protection of monuments since its foundation in 1849 until the passing of the National Monuments Act in 1930. Founded in Kilkenny in 1849, the Society quickly grew to become a national society within the subsequent two decades. At its foundations, the aims of the Society were `to preserve, examine and illustrate', and have remained the Society's aim to the present day. During the early years the Society engaged itself in the proactive conservation of monuments funded by the Society and its members, at a time when no other organisation or state body had responsibility, let alone an interest, in such matters. From the 1870s onwards, after which time the conservation of monuments was undertaken by the Office of Public Works, the Society actively lobbied government for increased protection of archaeological monuments in Ireland. This agitation influenced several strands of early legislation, and eventually culminated in the National Monuments Act of 1930, which extended over the twenty-six counties of what was then the Free State. A few years earlier in Northern Ireland, the Ancient Monuments Act (N.I.) of 1926 extended elements of earlier legislation regarding the protection of monuments in Britain that had not previously applied to Ireland. For over seventy years then, this Society was at the core of the evolving philosophy and state policy of monument preservation and protection in Ireland.
Doran, Linda, “Aideen Ireland: an appreciation”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139 (2009): 6–7.
Slattery, Peadar, “Woodland management, timber and wood production, and trade in Anglo-Norman Ireland, c.1170 to c.1350”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139 (2009): 63–79.
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Boards, beams, rods, shingles, laths, stakes, firewood and oak bark were produced from Irish woods. Boards were used in buildings ranging from granges and barns to castles. Crucks were used in farmhouses and outbuildings, and rafters in cathedrals. Woodmanship was practised and coppice rods were valued and used in hurdles, house walls, fences, pathways and ploughs. Roof shingles were used from Louth to Waterford. Stakes for fencing were being used in Carlow and Wexford. Boards were traded in ports from Cork to Drogheda, and inland, for example, at Callan, Clonmel, Emly, Newcastle McKynegan and Tipperary. Large boards for shipbuilding were on the market at Drogheda, Waterford and Youghal, and were also available inland at Emly and Newcastle McKynegan. Bundles of fuel were on the market in all the major towns of the colony. Boards were exported to a small number of castles and cathedrals in the south of England.
Ryan, Michael, “Barry Raftery, 1944-2010”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139 (2009): 124–125.
McCormack, Finbar, “Struell wells: pagan past and Christian present”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139 (2009): 45–62.
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The complex of buildings at Struell Wells, near Downpatrick, Co. Down, is the most extensive at a holy well in Ireland. It comprises two wells, two bathhouses and the ruins of a church. Nearby is a natural rock feature known as St Patrick's Chair. The earliest reference to the wells is likely to be in the eighth-century Fíacc's hymn, which records the site being visited by St Patrick. The earliest reference to their healing powers can be dated to the eleventh or twelfth century and the site continued to be a focus of pilgrimage at midsummer until its suppression in the nineteenth century. The site seems to be unique in that bathing in the wells constituted an integral part of the rituals performed by pilgrims. A recent study of the holy well phenomenon in Ireland has suggested that the rituals associated with them have their origins in the Counter-Reformation The evidence from Struell, however, strongly suggests that it was an important sacred site in pre-Christian times.
Manning, Conleth, “An early reference to St Olave’s Church, Dublin”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139 (2009): 117–120.
Hicks, Ronald, “Some correlations between henge enclosures and oenach sites”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139 (2009): 35–44.
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While Hogan's Onomasticon and the recent efforts to update it being carried out by the Locus Project at University College Cork have provided us with much information on the locations of the places mentioned in early Irish literature, that information has often been general (e.g. `in Muirthemne'). Only rarely have attempts been made to correlate the places with evidence present on the ground in the form of earthworks or other monuments. As part of an ongoing project whose aim is such identifications, a study was made of remains known to correlate with assembly places. Based on the types of monument associated with well-known oenach locations, it has been possible to show that such associations occur near a number of other sites as well.
McCabe, Brian, “Rediscovery at Killashee”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139 (2009): 111–116.
Reilly, Fiona, “Bronze Age cremation burials and funeral practices at Carmanhall, Co. Dublin”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139 (2009): 9–34.
Wigger, Arndt, “The role of German-speaking scholars in the study of Modern Irish”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139 (2009): 101–110.
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The strong link between Indo-European studies as developed in Germany during the nineteenth century and historical research into Celtic, especially Irish, linguistics as well as philology has often been emphasised and described in some detail. This paper shifts the emphasis away from the work of scholars such as Zeuss, Windisch, Meyer or Thurneysen and tries to evaluate the efforts directed at the documentation and description of Modern Irish, particularly in its precarious dialectical form. Three names of twentieth-century linguists from Germany and Switzerland will be in focus: Franz Nikolaus Finck, author of the first comprehensive description of an Irish dialect; Hans Hartmann, who should be remembered as the initiator of the largest coherent taped collection of vernacular Irish; and Heinrich Wagner as the most prolific and influential Irish dialectologist of all times. It will be shown that these linguists were strangely linked with each other through the language typologist Ernst Lewy, exiled in Dublin, thereby linking dialectical research on the periphery of Europe with truly central issues in theoretical linguistics. An outlook on achievements and further perspectives will conclude this brief paper.
Leeuw, Henny de, “Chariots on high crosses: Celtic or Christian?”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 138 (2008): 5–25.
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Many questions arise concerning the meaning of the chariots depicted on the Irish high crosses. Although some scholars have tried to interpret these images in a Christian way, no satisfactory solution has come up. Therefore, in this paper the question is asked whether the chariot could belong to a Celtic motif. By looking at the details of the images found on the Irish high crosses and comparing them to literary descriptions, the possibility is proposed that the figures in the chariots are Cú Chulainn and his charioteer Lóeg. It seems probable that the story of the Phantom Chariot of Cú Chulainn, Siaburcharpat Conculaind, is depicted in these cases. Even though this story has a clear Celtic element, it also has strong connections with Christian topics, which makes it even more probable that this is the story depicted on the Irish high crosses.
McCabe, Brian, “Stones in Kerdiffstown graveyard, Co. Kildare”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 133 (2003): 187–189.
Ní Ghrádaigh, Jenifer, “Fragments of a twelfth-century doorway at the church of St. Multose, Kinsale?”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 133 (2003): 68–77.
Lacey, Brian, “Ann Hamlin (born 29 July 1940; died 5 June 2003)”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 133 (2003): 190–191.
Corlett, Christiaan, “The Hollywood slabs—some late medieval grave slabs from west Wicklow and neighbouring counties”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 133 (2003): 86–110.
Tierney, Andrew, “A note on the identification of Aileach”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 133 (2003): 182–186.
OʼBrien, Conor, “The goldsmiths of Waterford”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 133 (2003): 111–129.
Stalley, Roger, “The end of the middle ages: Gothic survival in sixteenth-century Connacht”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 133 (2003): 5–23.
Ó Carragáin, Tomás, “The architectural setting of the cult of relics in early medieval Ireland”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 133 (2003): 130–176.
Carey, Anne, “Harold G. Leask: aspects of his work as Inspector of National Monuments”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 133 (2003): 24–35.
Lacey, Brian, “The battle of Cúl Dreimne — a reassessment”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 133 (2003): 76–85.
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Murray, Griffin, “Lost and found: the eleventh figure on St Manchan’s shrine”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 133 (2003): 177–181.
Ó Canann, Tomás G., “Carraig an Dúnáin: probable Ua Canannáin inauguration site”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 133 (2003): 36–67.
Lacey, Brian, “The Grianán of Aileach — a note on its identification”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 131 (2001): 145–149.
McGuinness, David, “Edward Lhuyd’s contribution to the study of Irish megalithic tombs”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 126 (1996): 62–85.
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This paper examines three aspects of Lhuyd's work on Irish megalithic tombs: (i) the context of his famous account of Newgrange is assessed and is shown to have a more complex background than hitherto assumed; (ii) using several complementary pieces of evidence, Lhuyd's classification of British megalithic tombs is outlined and discussed, and it is shown to have been used by him to describe megaliths encountered on his Irish tour; (iii) an examination of Lhuyd's Additions to Gibson's edition of Camden's Britannia of 1695 is used to illustrate his ideas on the function, origin and chronology of megalithic tombs. Antiquarian studies of Irish megalithic tombs after Lhuyd are discussed in the context of his contribution.
Connolly, Seán, “Vita prima sanctae Brigitae: background and historical value”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 119 (1989): 5–49.
Ó Catháin, Diarmaid, “John Fergus MD: eighteenth-century doctor, book collector and Irish scholar”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 118 (1988): 139–162.
Connolly, Seán, and J.-M. Picard, “Cogitosus’ Life of St Brigit: content and value”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 117 (1987): 5–27.
comments: Introduction (Connolly) and English translation (Connolly and Picard, pp. 11–27).
Flanagan, Marie Therese, “Mac Dalbaig, a Leinster chieftain”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 111 (1981): 5–13.
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... equates the king and kingdom of Machtalewi referred to in 12th-century Anglo-Norman sources with the king Mac Talbaig and the kingdom of Uí Felmeda Tuaid (situated in modern county Carlow) mentioned in pre-Norman Gaelic sources.
Nicholls, K. W., “Rectory, vicarage and parish in the western Irish dioceses”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 101:1 (1971): 53–84.
Raftery, Barry, “A late ogham inscription from Co. Tipperary”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 99 (1969): 161–164.
OʼSullivan, Anne, “The colophon of the Cotton psalter (Vitellius F XI)”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 96 (1966): 179–180.
Flanagan, Deirdre [D. F.], “Obituary: Miss Margaret Emmeline Dobbs”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 92:2 (1962): 211.
Aldridge, R. B., “The routes described in the story called Táin bó Flidhais [part 2]”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 92 (1962): 21–39.
Phair, P. B., “Betham and the older Irish manuscripts”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 92:1 (1962): 75–78.
Aldridge, R. B., “The routes described in the story called Táin bó Flidhais [part 1]”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 91 (1961): 117–127, 219–228.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “The dispersal of the Ulaid”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 84:2 (1954): 182–186.
Gwynn, Aubrey, “The early history of St. Thomas' Abbey, Dublin”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 84:1 (1954): 1–35.
Brooks, E. St. John, “14th century monastic estates in Meath: the Llanthony cells of Duleek and Colp”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 83:2 (1953): 140–149.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “Who were the Gamanrad?”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 83:1 (1953): 103–105.
Heiermeier, A. M., “‘The British and Goidelic element in Ireland’: notes and suggestions on T. F. O’Rahilly’s Early Irish history and mythology”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 82:1 (1952): 37–44.
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Dobbs, Margaret E., “The date and shaping of Oidhe Chlainne Lir”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 79:1–2 (Centenary, 1949): 236–237.
Gwynn, Aubrey, “The origins of St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 79:1 (2, 1949): 110–125.
Roe, Helen M., “The ‘David cycle’ in early Irish art”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 79:1–2 (1949): 39–59.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “The prefix Mess in Irish personal names”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 77:2 (1947): 147–149.
Clery, Anthony B., “The Muintir Cleirigh of Tirawley”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 75:2 (June, 1945): 70–75.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “The territory and people of Tethba [continued]”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 72:4 (1942): 136–148.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “The territory and people of Tethba [continued]”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 71 (1941): 101–110.
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Ryan, John, “The historical content of Cathréim Ceallacháin Chaisil”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 71 (1941): 89–100.
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Price, Liam, “Glencolumbkille, County Donegal, and its early Christian cross-slabs”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 71:3 (1941): 71–88.
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Brooks, E. St. John, “Machtalewi, a Leinster chieftain”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 71:2 (1941): 53–55.
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Lawlor, H. C., “The circuit of Ireland [by Muirchertach na gCochall gCroiceann]: note”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 68 (1938): 128–130.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “The territory and people of Tethba”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 68:2 (1938): 241–259.
Morris, Henry, “The circuit of Ireland [by Muirchertach na gCochall gCroiceann]: note”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 68 (1938): 291–293.
Morris, Henry, “The circuit of Ireland by Muirchertach na gCochall gCroiceann, A.D. 941”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 66 (1936): 9–31.
Duignan, Michael V., “The Uí Briúin Bréifni genealogies”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 64:1 (1934): 90–137.
MacNeill, Eoin, “The Pretanic background in Britain and Ireland”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 3:1 (June 1930, 1933): 1–28.
Pender, Séamus, “The Fir Domnann”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 63:1 (1933): 101–115.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “Who was Lugaid Mac Con”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 60:2 (1930): 165–187.
Somerville, Boyle, “Ancient stone monuments near Lough Swilly, County Donegal”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 59 (1929): 149–175.
Macalister, R. A. S., “The inscriptions on the slab at Fahan Mura, Co. Donegal”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 59 (1929): 89–98.
Morris, Henry, “Ancient graves in Sligo and Roscommon”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 59 (1929): 99–115.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “The traditions of Conall Cernach”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 6th series, 59 (1929): 116–127.
Curtis, Edmund, “The court book of Esker and Crumlin, 1592-1600 (continued)”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 59 (1929): 128–148.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “Some ancient place-names”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 56:2 (1926): 106–118.
Butler, W. F. T., “The identity of Philip O'Sullivan Beare, the historian”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 55 (1925): 95–98.
Wulff, Winifred, “Carnfadrig, County Tyrone”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 53:2 (31 December 1923, 1923): 190–195.
Wulff, Winifred, “Carnagat”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 52:1 (30 June 1922, 1922): 38–41.
Armstrong, E. C. R., H. S. Crawford, and H. J. Lawlor, “The reliquary known as the Misach”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 12:2 (1922): 105–112.
Kelly, R. J., “The Irish Franciscans in Prague (1629–1786): their literary labours”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 6th series, 12:2 (1922): 169–174.
Armstrong, E. C. R., and R. A. S. Macalister, “Wooden book with leaves indented and waxed found near Springmount Bog, Co. Antrim”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 50 (1920): 160–166.
Synnott, Nicholas J., “Notes on the family of De Lacy in Ireland”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 9:2 (ec. 31, 1919): 113–131.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “The pedigree of the Eoganacht of Cashel”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 47:1 (1917): 37–46.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “The Domnaind”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 46:2 (1916): 168–174.
Dobbs, Margaret E., and H. T. Knox, “Bronze-Age history in Ireland”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44:3 (1914): 214–216.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “A burial custom of the Iron Age, and a suggested explanation”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 43:2 (1913): 129–132.
Dobbs, Margaret E., “The spiral and the Tuatha de Danann”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 42:4 (1912): 331–334.
Dobbs, Margaret E., and E. C. R. Armstrong, “Some further evidence on the date of the shaping of the Tain bó Cuailnge”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 42:1 (1912): 8–12.
Macalister, R. A. S., “On some County Cork Ogham stones in English museums”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 5th series, 36:2 (1906): 166–178.
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Williams, Sterling De Courcy, “The termon of Durrow”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 9 (1899): 44–55, 219–232.
Incl., on pp. 220-221, a translation, by Whitley Stokes, of the poem beg. Tiughulbh in tighe abadh (Laud 615).
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