Archaeology Ireland magazine, Spring 1991, Vol 5 No 1, Issue 15: The Chester Beatty Library, Dún Aengus, the Stone of Cethern's Delusion, County Limerick, radiocarbon dating

Archaeology Ireland, Spring 1991, Volume 5 No. 1, Issue No. 15, the quarterly magazine of Irish archaeology. Cover lines: The Chester Beatty Library; Dún Aengus; The Stone of Cethern's Delusion; County Limerick; Radiocarbon Dating. The cover reproduces a Japanese woodblock print of a plum tree in blossom. Contents: Editorial (page 3); News (4); County Focus, on County Limerick (8); The Chester Beatty Library (12); The Stowe Missal shrine (14); The Stone of Cethern's Delusion (16); Soap Box (17); Dún Aengusa, the great stone fort on Inis Mór, Aran Islands (19); Medieval Footwear (22); Science and Archaeology, on radiocarbon dating (24); Reviews (27); Events (30); Letters (31). Tom Condit's editorial, 'Conflict', written during the Gulf War, sets the protection promised to the monuments of Mesopotamia against the threats facing Irish heritage at home – illegal metal detecting, land reclamation, afforestation and the 'heritage business', from the proposed theme park at Cashel to the planned interpretative centre at Navan Fort. Editorial team: Gabriel Cooney, Emer Condit, Tom Condit, Paul Gosling, Nicholas Maxwell, Una MacConville, Mary Sleeman and Brian Williams; published by Wordwell Ltd, Bray, Co. Wicklow. ISSN 0790-982X. 32 pages, 21 x 29.7 cm, illustrated throughout. Archaeology Ireland, founded in 1987, is the quarterly magazine that brings new Irish excavations, discoveries and research to a general readership, written by the archaeologists themselves and illustrated throughout. Back issues are collected by archaeologists, local historians and students, and many of the articles remain the most accessible published account of the sites they describe. THEMES: Irish archaeology, Dún Aonghasa, Aran Islands, Chester Beatty Library, Stowe Missal, early medieval Ireland, medieval footwear, radiocarbon dating, County Limerick, 1990s Irish archaeology magazines.

Author: Gabriel Cooney (ed.)

Publisher: Wordwell

Publication Date: 1991

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Used - Very Good