Christiaan Corlett looks at a valuable, but little-known portfolio of photographs taken by Victorian doctor Ephraim MacDowel Cosgrave, now in the collection of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
In recording the traditional attire of female estate workers, Augusta Caroline Dillon of Clonbrock House, Co Galway, seemed presciently aware that her images would become historical document, writes Christiaan Corlett.
Christiaan Corlett tracks the handiwork of stone cutter James Butler beyond the previously understood confines of north Wexford
Unlike passage tombs which tend to be prominent landmarks, rock art is practically invisible, and requores intensive prospecting in order to be found write Christiaan Corlett in his evaluation of Ireland’s earliest known artform
Isn’t it about time that historic Kilkenny reclaimed its archaeological treasures from the National Museum of Ireland and re-established a local museum in the city? Here, Christiann Corlett recounts how the Kilkenny Archaeological Society established its own museum as far back as 1849 but having painstakenly collected so many items mainly of local origin, gave them all into the safe keeping of the National Museum in 1910
The great stone forts are the ultimate expressions of the political power of early medieval ruling families, writes Christiaan Corlett