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The following publications are available for you to download:

National Monuments Service - Series of Articles in the Irish Farmers Journal

"The first farmers in Ireland" - Irish Farmers Journal - Week 1

"Ireland's earliest farmhouses" - Irish Farmers Journal - Week 2

"The tombs of our ancestors" - Irish Farmers Journal - Week 3

"Ireland's first golden age" - Irish Farmers Journal - Week 4

"Life during the Iron Age" - Irish Farmers Journal - Week 5

"Early Christian Ireland" - Irish Farmers Journal - Week 6

"Early medieval farmsteads" - Irish Farmers Journal - Week 7

"The Vikings' legacy in Ireland" - Irish Farmers Journal - Week 8

"Medieval grange farms" - Irish Farmers Journal - Week 9

"Anglo-Norman castles" - Irish Farmers Journal - Week 10

"Ireland's Tower Houses" - Irish Farmers Journal - Week 11

"Fortified Houses of Ireland" - Irish Farmers Journal - Week 12

Policy & Guidelines

Policy and Guidelines on Archaeological Excavation: 645KB    

Framework and Principles for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage: 944K

Archaeology and the Planning Process 666KB  

Guidelines for Authors of Reports on Archaeological Excavations 61KB  

National Policy on Town Defences 585KB

Guidelines for Directions 316KB    

Guidelines for Consents 379KB       

Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland

Survey of Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Vol. 1 Co. Clare (1961)

SMI Vol. 1. Co. Clare (1961) - Text - 13,343KB

SMI Vol. 1. Co. Clare (1961) - Figures - 2,556KB

SMI Vol. 1. Co. Clare (1961) - Plates 1-14 - 11,144KB

SMI Vol. 1. Co. Clare (1961) - Plates 15-22 and Maps - 13,134KB 

Survey of Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Vol. 2 Co. Mayo (1964)

SMI Vol. 2 Co. Mayo (1964) - Text - 16,250KB

SMI Vol. 2 Co. Mayo (1964) - Figures and Maps - 8,120KB

SMI Vol. 2 Co. Mayo (1964) - Plates 1-15 - 16,380KB

SMI Vol. 2 Co. Mayo (1964) - Plates 16-29 - 16,474KB

SMI Vol. 2 Co. Mayo (1964) - Plates 30-41 - 14,723KB

Survey of Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Vol. 3 Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laois, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan (1972)

SMI Vol. 3 (1972) - Text - 18,286KB

SMI Vol. 3 (1972) - Figures and Maps - 4,937KB

SMI Vol. 3 (1972) - Plates 1-16 - 17,447KB

SMI Vol. 3 (1972) - Plates 17-31 - 18,612KB

SMI Vol. 3 (1972) - Plates 32-44 - 17,517KB

Survey of Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Vol. 4. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary (1982)

SMI Vol. 4 (1982) - Text - 15,271KB

SMI Vol. 4 (1982) - Figures and Maps - 8,274KB

SMI Vol. 4 (1982) - Plates 1-16 - 20,430KB

SMI Vol. 4 (1982) - Plates 17-30 - 20,531KB

Survey of Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Vol. 5. Co. Sligo (1989)

SMI Vol. 5 Co. Sligo (1989) - Text - 16,624KB

SMI Vol. 5 Co. Sligo (1989) - Figures and Maps - 9,663KB

SMI Vol. 5 Co. Sligo (1989) - Plates 1-19 - 18,377KB

SMI Vol. 5 Co. Sligo (1989) - Plates 20-36 - 17,828KB

Survey of Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Vol. 6. Co. Donegal (2002)

SMI Vol. 6. Co. Donegal (2002) - Text and Plates (Part 1 of 9) - 20,595KB

SMI Vol. 6. Co. Donegal (2002) - Text and Plates (Part 2 of 9) - 20,745KB

SMI Vol. 6. Co. Donegal (2002) - Text and Plates (Part 3 of 9) - 23,921KB

SMI Vol. 6. Co. Donegal (2002) - Text and Plates (Part 4 of 9) - 18,365KB

SMI Vol. 6. Co. Donegal (2002) - Text and Plates (Part 5 of 9) - 20,322KB

SMI Vol. 6. Co. Donegal (2002) - Text and Plates (Part 6 of 9) - 23,566KB

SMI Vol. 6. Co. Donegal (2002) - Text and Plates (Part 7 of 9) - 20,934KB

SMI Vol. 6. Co. Donegal (2002) - Text and Plates (Part 8 of 9) - 16,682KB

SMI Vol. 6. Co. Donegal (2002) - Text and Plates (Part 9 of 9) - 13,320KB

SMI Vol. 6. Co. Donegal (2002) - Figures and Maps - 9,237KB

General Information

NMS - Managing and Protecting Ireland's Archaeological Heritage 7,695KB

Woodstown Working Group - Final Report 1,576KB

Good Farming Practice and Archaeology 14,575KB

Earthen Banks and Broken Walls 263KB

Irish Field Monuments 4,136KB   

Review of Archaeological Policy and Practice - Update and Summary of Proposa   

Other Publications

The following publications are not available online but can be purchased from

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These publications may also be ordered online through our distributor, Wordwell Books.

Archaeology Monograph Series

Archaeological Monograph Series 1: Excavations at Roscrea Castle

Archaeological Monographs Series 1, Excavations at Roscrea Castle. ed. Conleth Manning (2003)

 

 

 

 


Archaeological Monographs Series 2: Kells Priory, Co. Kilkenny

Archaeological Monographs Series 2, Kells Priory, Co. Kilkenny: archaeological excavations. T. Fanning & M. Clyne (2006)

 

 

 


Archaeological Monograph Series 3: St. Audeon's Church, Dublin

 

Archaeological Monographs Series 3, St. Audeon's Church, Cornmarket, Dublin: Archaeology and Architecture. Mary McMahon (2007)

 

 


Archaeological Monograph Series 4: Glanworth Castle, Co. Cork

Archaeological Monographs Series 4, The history and archaeology of Glanworth Castle, Co. Cork: Excavations 1982-4 Conleth Manning (2009)

 

 

 


Archaeological Monograph Series 5: Tintern Abbey, Co. Wexford Archaeological Monographs Series 5, Tintern Abbey, Co. Wexford: Cistercians and Colcloughs. Excavations 1982-2007 Ann Lynch (2010)

 

 

 

 


Archaeological Monograph Series 6: Trim Castle, Co. Meath Archaeological Monographs Series 6, Trim Castle, Co. Meath. Excavations 1995-1998 Alan R. Hayden (2011)

 

 

 

 

 

Archaeological Inventories

Archaeological Inventory of Co. Carlow (1993)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Cavan (1995)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Cork. Vol. 1. West Cork (1992)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Cork. Vol. 2. East and South Cork (1994) - Out of Print
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Cork. Vol. 3. Mid Cork (1997)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Cork. Vol. 4. North Cork (Parts 1 & 2) (2000) - Out of Print
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Cork. Vol. 5. (2009)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Galway. Vol. 1. West Galway. (1993) - Out of Print
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Galway. Vol. 2. North Galway (1999) - Out of Print
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Kerry. Vol. 1 - South Kerry (2009)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Laois (1995)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Leitrim (2003)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Louth (1986)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Meath (1987) - Out of Print
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Monaghan (1986)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Offaly (1999)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Sligo. Vol. 1. South Sligo (2005).
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Tipperary. Vol. 1. North Tipperary (2002) - Out of Print
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Waterford (1999)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Wexford (1996)
Archaeological Inventory of Co. Wicklow (1997) - Out of Print

Ardfert Cathedral, Summary of Excavation Results, (Fionnbarr Moore).
Archaeological Survey of Co. Louth (1991).
Beneath the Poulaphuca Reservoir, by Christiaan Corlett (2008).
Clonmacnoise Studies. Vol. 1. Seminar papers 1994 (1998).
Clonmacnoise Studies. Vol. 2. Seminar Papers 1998 (2003).
The Medieval Churches of Co. Offaly (1998).
Monuments in the Past. Photographs 1860-1936 (2002).
The Industrial Archaeology of Cork City and Environs, by Colin Rynne.
The Liam Price notebooks. The Placenames, Antiquities and Topography of Co. Wicklow. 2 vols. (2002).