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Emania 7
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Emania 7
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Emania
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7
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1990
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Date Of Issue From: 1990
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05 Dec 2008
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The literature of the Laigin
Ruairí Ó hUiginn
5 - 9
Closer study will be needed of the Laigin, whose capital was Dún Ailinne (see 90/1338) in Leinster and who were given to raiding overseas (as far as Gaul) and are commemorated in Wales by names like the Ll n Peninsula or Porthdinllaen. Their literature is more scattered and diverse than that from Northern Ireland, but makes constant reference to a glorious past and to a consciousness of being ethnically different.
Research on Dún Ailinne
B Wailes
10 - 36
Four papers deal with material from excavations at Knockaulin or Dún Ailinne in Co Kildare. The excavator, B Wailes (pp 10-21) in 'Dun Ailinne: a summary excavation report', notes that excavations 1968-75 produced nothing later than 3rd century AD. Four phases were distinguished on the hill summit, an irregular Neo ditch and three successive circular timber structures of probable Iron Age date. The second of these had three concentric trenches with an avenue flanked by a pair of funnelling fences, the whole interpreted as an arena with two-tiered seating. This structure was dismantled and replaced by a larger, double-trenched circle with inner circle of free-standing posts, at the centre of which was a small but sturdy structure interpreted as a buttressed tower. This phase was also dismantled, in two or more stages, and over it two deposits accumulated. A few weapons and brooches, glass ornaments, etc were found. The outer enclosure is hengiform and belongs to the phase of the elaborate arena. Pam Crabtree (22-5) treats 'Subsistence and ritual: the faunal remains from Dún Ailinne', diagnosing a series of Iron Age feasts in spring and autumn (times of surplus) when large quantities of beef and pork were eaten, with a little horseflesh and mutton. This collection of animal bones is the most extensive in Ireland. Flint arrows and scrapers, together with pottery, represent transitory visits only according to S A Johnston (26-31) in 'The Neolithic and Bronze Age activity at Dún Ailinne' Kathryn Grabowski (32-6) in 'The historical overview of Dún Ailinne' shows that in medieval times the site was considered to be of great antiquity and a seat of kingship.
Iron Age burial practices in Leinster: continuity and change
Elizabeth O'Brien
37 - 42
The SE quarter of Ireland contains seventeen burials attributable to the Iron Age, firstly cremations continuing from 1BA practice, then crouched or flexed inhumations as on Lambay Island beginning in 1st century, after which cremation tails off in 2nd. Both these rites are seen at Tara, and the possibility is raised that contacts with leading Celtic families in Britain introduced inhumation. Extended inhumations as seen at Bray appear Roman-influenced, and this rite eventually supersedes the others. The tradition of circular ditches to enclose burial places continues into Christian times.
The first recorded archaeological find at Emain Macha
Will Forbes
43 - 45
A 12th century entry in the Chronicum Scottorum mentions a 'sword' found at Navan, the description suggesting an EBA halberd in fact. Another 12th century record appears to indicate a spearhead of 1BA from the bed of the River Corrib.
Irish Early Iron Age sites: a provisional map of absolute dated sites
R B Warner
J P Mallory
Mike G L Baillie
46 - 50
Gives brief details of 100 dates reckoned to fall within the period defined by undoubted La Tène imports in 3rd century BC and the consolidation of sub-Roman and Christian influence in 5th century AD - in radiocarbon years, about 2200 to 1570 BP. Most are from charcoal or wood in otherwise undated contexts.
A resistivity survey of the eastern entrance at the 'Doon of Drumsna' (see 89/1340)
Victor M Buckley
Tom Condit
John G B Haigh
Damian C MacGarry
51 - 53