Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist

[** If you like this post, please make a donation to the IR&DD project using the secure button at the end. If you think it is interesting or useful, please re-share via Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc. To help keep the site in operation, please use the amazon search portal at the end of the post - each purchase earns a small amount of advertising revenue**] War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, Book of Leinster ( Source ) Continuing our theme from the Irish Annals  to The Calendar of State Papers , today we take a look at what core texts are available relating to Early Ireland. Cormac's Glossary , is an early Irish glossary containing etymologies and explanations of over 1,400 Irish words, many of which are difficult or outdated. The shortest and earliest version of the work is ascribed to Cormac mac Cuilennáin (d. 908), king-bishop of Munster. It is an encyclopedic dictionary containing simple synonymous explanations in Irish or Latin of Irish words. In some cas...

[** If you like this post, please make a donation to the IR&DD project using the secure button at the right. If you think it is interesting or useful, please re-share via Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc. To help keep the site in operation, please use the amazon search portal at the right - each purchase earns a small amount of advertising revenue **] < Part I | Part II The Hill of Ward ( Source ) Straight back from lunch at UCD’s Archaeological Research Seminar People and Their Worlds , and we were into Session 3: Environmental archaeology and the reconstruction of living conditions in past societies. The first speaker in this session was the fantastically interesting Dr Stephen Davis (Royal Irish Academy, Meath Co. Co. , Office of Public Works , and Heritage Council) to speak about The Hill of Ward Archaeological Project: latest surveys and future prospects . The Hill of Ward is a large quadrivallate hilltop enclosure to the east of Athboy, Co. Meath. Historically...