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Dedicated To Sligo

€25.00

A wide range of authors describe, analyse, interpret and re-interpret parts of the complex understudied, and at times misunderstood, archive of eight thousand years of Co. Sligo’s past.

Drawing on new and exciting knowledge about what Sligo looked like at times in the remote past, the events which changed lifestyles and the products of humble and status craftsmen the authors give us a greater understanding of our county and its place in Ireland’s past and present and they inform us of some inspired intellectual and artistic giants of more recent centuries.

The illustrations draw us out into the Sligo landscape, so richly endowed with the natural beauty, archaeology and history that surrounds us all the days of our lives.

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Emania - Bulletin Of The Navan Research Group Number 22

Emania – Bulletin Of The Navan Research Group Number 22

€20.00

Emania is the premier interdisciplinary journal publishing original research on Ireland’s Celtic past. The main focus of the journal is on the Ulster Cycle of tales, the ancient ‘Royal Sites’ of Ireland and the archaeology and environment of Ireland in the period from the Late Bronze Age until the Early Medieval period.

The contents of issue 22 is as follows:

  • Editorial
  • Ranke de Vries: The Ulster Cycle in the Netherlands
  • J.P. Mallory and Gina Baban:  Excavations in Haughey’s Fort East
  • Meriel McClatchie: Food Production in the Bronze Age: Analysis of Plant Macro-remains from Haughey’s Fort, Co. Armagh
  • Gina Baban: Late Bronze Age Pottery from the Excavations at Haughey’s Fort East
  • Dirk Brandherm: Late Bronze Age casting debris and other base metal finds from Haughey’s Fort
  • R.B. Warner: The Gold Fragments from Haughey’s Fort, Co. Armagh: Description and XRF Analysis
  • Rena Maguire: The Y-piece: Function, Production, Typology and Possible Origins
  • Billy Ó Foghlú: Irish Iron Age Horns, and the Conical Spearbutt of Navan: A Mouthpiece Investigation
  • Chris Lynn: Some Pictish Symbols: Leatherworking Diagrams and Razor Holders?
  • Grigory Bondarenko: A ‘Kshatriya Revolution’ in the Ulster Cycle?
  • Paul Gosling: The Route of Táin Bó Cúailnge Revisited
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Emania 24 Focus On Mythic Landscapes

Emania 24 Focus On Mythic Landscapes

€20.00

Contents

Waddell, John: Equine cults and Celtic goddesses, 5-18.

Hicks, Ronald: The rout of Ailill and Medbh: myth on the landscape, 19-34.

Fenwick, Joe: The late prehistoric ‘Royal Site’ of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon: an enduring paradigm of enclosed sacred space, 35-51.

McCarthy, Mike & Curley, Daniel: Exploring the nature of the Fráoch Saga – An examination of associations with the legendary warrior on Mag nAí, 53-62.

Warner, R.B.: Ptolemy’s River Winderis: a corrected identification, a sea-monster and Roman material from the adjacent sandhills, 63-67

Ó Drisceoil, Cóilín & Walsh, Aidan: New radiocarbon dates for the Black Pig’s Dyke at Aghareagh West and Aghnaskew, County Monaghan, 69-79.

Brandherm, Dirk; McSparron, Cormac; Kahlert, Thorsten & Bonsall, James: Topographical and geophysical survey at Knocknashee, Co. Sligo – Results from the 2016 campaign, 81-96.

Wilkinson, Anthony: Knocknashee – Local perceptions, 97-98.

McCafferty, Patrick: The fear of fairy forts: archaeological preservation by plague and superstition, 99-106.

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Cover of Emania 25 (2020) Focus on Palaeodemographic Dynamics

Emania 25 (2020) Focus on Palaeodemographic Dynamics

€20.00

Bulletin of the Navan Research Group Vol.25

Contents

McLaughlin, T. Rowan: An archaeology of Ireland for the Information Age, 7-29.
Baillie, Mike & Brown, David M.: Comments on the prehistoric section of McLaughlin’s human activity profiles as deduced from accumulated radiocarbon probabilities, 31-38.
Plunkett, Gill: A palynological perspective on “An archaeology of Ireland for the Information Age”, 39-43.
Cassidy, Lara M.: Sizing it up: a commentary on “An archaeology of Ireland for the Information Age”, 45-52.
Waddell, John: Early demographic ebb and flow in pre-census Ireland, 53-59.
McLaughlin, T. Rowan: A reply to Baillie, Cassidy, Plunkett and Waddell, 61-65.
Warner, Richard B.: Two bronze ‘pins’ from the Navan, Co. Armagh, ritual enclosure: reconciling a chronological enigma, 67-79.
Fenwick, Joe; Daly, Eve & Rooney, Shane: Rathcroghan revisited: a renewed archaeological and geophysical exploration of selected areas of the focal ritual complex, 81-98.
Johnston, Susan A.: New radiocarbon dates for Dún Ailinne, Co. Kildare, and their significance for understanding a ceremonial centre of the Irish Iron Age, 99-111.
Kelly, Eamonn P.: Knock Iveagh and Drumballyroney, Co. Down: investigation of a royal ritual landscape, 113-135.
Ruano, Lucía: Atlantic dwellings in the first millennium BC: a transnational approach to the social organization of space, 137-151.
Brandherm, Dirk; McSparron, Cormac & Boutoille, Linda: Excavations of Late Bronze Age roundhouses at Knocknashee, Co. Sligo: preliminary results from the 2017 campaign, 152-162.

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Front cover of Had Me Made: A Study Of The Grave Memorials Of Co.Sligo From C.1650 To Present

Had Me Made: A Study Of The Grave Memorials Of Co.Sligo From C.1650 To Present (Hardcover)

€60.00

Full Descriptions of Eighty Memorials from all over Co. Sligo with comparative entries for over 500 memorials which commemorate past loved ones, some, the short and only annals of many a departed soul, others monuments of national importance, together with notices, details and location of the graveyards.

The styles of artwork, the first written description of the Masons of Sligo, who so lovingly carved these monuments, notices of the families commemorated, their lives and properties illustrated by 230 photographs, selected from an archive of 7,000 photographs, rubbings, drawings and a map. Provided to assist the reader in appreciating those memorials and the many other memorials to the dead of Co. Sligo of the last 4 centuries.

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Horslips The Táin CD

Horslips The Táin CD

€12.00

For the nostalgic among you, this classic album by Horslips is a must for any music collection. Still great after all these years.

Track List – Setanta, Maeves Court, Charolais,The March, You Can’t Fool The Beast, Dearg Doom, Ferdia’s Song, Gae Bolga, Cu Chulainn’s Lament, Faster Than The Hound, The Silver Spear, More Than You Can Chew, The Morrigan’s Dream, Time To Kill.

Jim Lockhart keyboards, flute, whistles, uilleann pipes, vocals. Eamon Carr drums, bodhran, percussion. Barry Devlin bass, vocals. Charles O’Connor fiddle, mandolin, concertina, vocals. Johhny Fean guitar, banjo, vocals.

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Lady Of The Lake & Other Short Stories By Richard Golden

Lady Of The Lake & Other Short Stories By Richard Golden

€12.00

This collection of nineteen short stories deals with murder, the supernatural, immigration, separation, relationships, love and life. While the stories are set mainly in rural Ireland some inevitably cross the Irish sea. They provide a glimpse of Irish life fast disappearing and range from dark comedy to poignancy.

In ‘Lady of the Lake’ the peace and tranquility of a lakeside village is broken by the murder of a quiet if somewhat inquisitive stranger.

The ticking of an old clock brings back childhood memories of a formidable old woman in ‘Kate the Bush.’

​The short story ‘The Homecoming’ explores the relationship between a father and son against the background of immigration and advancing years.

In ‘A Grave Matter’, Flaherty’s pub is frequented by local drunkards, headers, wasters and anybody else who happens yo be passing by and has the misfortune to call in.

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Ogham Plaque - Medvii | Maeve

Ogham Plaque – Medvii | Maeve

€30.00

One of three limited, bespoke Ogham plaques exclusively produced for Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, featuring a representation of Medb (Maeve), the warrior queen who ruled Connacht from her seat in Rathcroghan. A central figure in Ireland’s epic past and instigator of the great Táin Bó Cuailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley).

This is our earliest reference to Medb, based on the Ogham inscription at Oweynagat, Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon.

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Ogham Plaque - Mórrígan

Ogham Plaque – Mórrígan

€30.00

One of three limited bespoke ogham plaques exclusively produced for Rathcroghan Visitor Centre. Featuring a representation of the Mórrígan – Mór Ríoghain (Great Queen) the Battle Goddess of Ireland whose ‘fit abode’ is the Cave of Oweynagat, Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon.

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Ogham Plaque Vraicci | Fráoch

Ogham Plaque Vraicci | Fráoch

€30.00

One of three limited, bespoke ogham plaques exclusively produced for Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, featuring a representation of Fráoch, the legendary warrior of Connacht, whose heroic deeds are immortalised on the Rathcroghan landscape.

This reference is based on the Ogham inscription at Oweynagat, Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon.

 

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Remembering St.Comán - Patron Saint Of Ros Comáin

Remembering St.Comán – Patron Saint Of Ros Comáin

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Remembering St. Comán – Patron Saint of Ros Comáin by Noel Hoare. This book traces the legacy of St. Comán across the centuries, and in so doing sheds light on generations of Roscommon people.

This is a comprehensive historical, archaeological and folklore-based study carried out by amateur historian Noel Hoare, where no stone was left unturned as he sought to bring the story of St. Comán and his importance in Co. Roscommon to light. A must have for anyone interested in Roscommon and it’s origins.

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