Ann Lynch is an Irish archaeologist specialising in prehistory. She is a former Chief Archaeologist with the National Monuments Service of Ireland.[1]
Lynch studied at University College Cork. She has led excavations on a number of major national monuments, including Poulnabrone dolmen (1986 & 1988),[2] Newgrange (1980s),[3] Skellig Michael (from the mid-1980s),[4] Dublin Castle (1985),[1][5][6] and Moor Abbey, County Tipperary (2019).[7]
Selected publications edit
Books edit
- "Dublin Castle: From Fortress to Palace Volume 2". Wordwell, 2023. ISBN 978-1-4468-8071-5
- "Poulnabrone: An Early Neolithic Portal Tomb in Ireland". Stationery Office, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4064-2817-9
- "Tintern Abbey, Co. Wexford". Stationery Office, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4064-2532-1
Journals edit
- "Reviewing the state of archaeology in Ireland". The National Monuments Service, volume 22, nr 2, 2008. pp. 10–12[8]
Online lectures edit
- Poulnabrone, a tomb for the ancestors. Burrenbeo Trust, 2022
References edit
- ^ a b "Dr Ann Lynch". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Retrieved 6 October 2023
- ^ O'Kelly (1989), p. 94
- ^ Lynch, Ann. "Newgrange Revisited: New Insights from Excavations at the Back of the Mound in 1984–8". Journal of Irish Archaeology, volume 23, 2014. pp. 13–82. JSTOR jirisarch.23.13
- ^ Bourke, Edward; Hayden, Alan; Lynch, Ann. "Skellig Michael, Co. Kerry: The Monastery and South Peak: Archaeological Stratigraphic Report: Excavations 1986–2010". Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2023
- ^ Lynch, Ann; Manning, Conleth; Wiggins, Ken. "Dublin Castle: From Fortress to Palace: Volume 2 - The Viking-age Archaeology". Wordwell Books, 2024. ISBN 978-1-4468-8096-8
- ^ "Dr. Ann Lynch on the 5,000-year-old murder mystery from the Burren". Clare FM, 25th June 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2023
- ^ Manning, Conleth. "Archaeology in Ireland’s journals, 2019". Archaeology Ireland, volume 34, no. 1, Spring 2020, pp. 34–36. JSTOR 26915540
- ^ "Lynch, A. (2008)". The National Monuments Service. Retrieved 6 October 2023
Sources edit
- O'Kelly, Michael J. "Early Ireland: An Introduction to Irish Prehistory". Cambridge University Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0521334891