Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology: Ancient Ireland: A Study in the Lessons of Archaeology and History

371 Pages·2015·31.32 MB·English

by  R.A.S. Macalister

ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
ARCHAEOLOGY
Volume 40
ANCIENT IRELAND
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ANCIENT IRELAND
A Study in the Lessons of
Archaeology and History
R. A. S. MACALISTER
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ANCIENT IRELAND
A STUDY IN THE LESSONS OF
ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY
BY
R. A. S. MACALISTER, Litt.D .
PROFESSOR OF CELTIC ARCHAEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE, DUBLIN
WITH 24 PLATES
AND l8 OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
AND MAPS
METHUEN & CO. LTD. LONDON
36 Essex Street W.C.2
First Published in 1935
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
ix
In t r o d u c t io n ...............................................................
I The Fallow Land and its Earliest Inhabi­
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tants ............................................................................
II The Men of the Halberd . . . . 16
III The Men of the Sword . . . . 54
IV The Men of Iron................................................... 75
V Shadow-Scenes . . . . . . 126
VI The Men of the Cross . . . . 160
VII The Men of the Bays . . . . . 204
VIII More Shadow-Scenes . . . . . 221
IX The Builders of Churches . . . . 245
X The Builders of Castles . . . . 266
Notes and References . . . . . . 283
Index 301
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ILLUSTRATIONS
FIG. PAGE
1. Specimens of badly-made Stone Hatchet-
Heads . . . . . . facing 26
2. A H alberd-H ead . . . . facing 26
3. Sketch Map showing the Commercial Relations
of Ireland with Europe in the Early Bronze
Ag e .................................................................................................28
4. Specimen of Halberd-Period Pottery . . 32
5. A Dolmen, Inismore, Aran Islands facing 34
6. Plan of Carnagat ..........................................................42
7. Plan of Cullamore......................................................................43
8a. Scribed Stone from Tornant, Co. W icklow
facing 46
8b. Stone Covered with Cupmarks, Donard
facing 46
9. Inhabitants of Central Australia standing
around a Ground-Drawing. . facing 48
10. A Section of the Bog of Allen Roadway
facing 50
11. Forts on the Aran Islands . . facing 58
12. Interior of a Chambered Carn, Seefin Moun­
tain, Co. W icklow . . . facing 62
13. B urial Cist at Keenogue . . facing 66
14A. Alignm ent at Barachauran, Co. Cork facing 70
14B. Circular Structure beside Loch Gur, Co.
Lim erick . . . . . facing 70
15. G orget from Gleninsheen, Co. C lare facing 72
16. Pottery Figure from Ballintoy, Co. Antrim
facing 80
17. Bronze Cauldron, Co. Tyrone . facing 84
18. W ooden Cauldron, Altartate, Co. Monaghan 86
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