Kerry has a rich and varied heritage, but it was the medieval heritage of the county that was chosen as the subject for a public lecture series held in Kerry County Museum in 2009/2010. Reflecting one of the museum’s main interests, the series focused on the most important medieval artefacts from the county. Seven lectures were presented on subjects ranging in date from the very beginning to the very end of the medieval period (c. 400 – 1550 AD). These lectures were presented by some of the most eminent scholars in the field of medieval archaeology in this country. The series quickly proved to be a success and the idea of publishing the lectures was proposed. Thus, here are all of the lectures published in a format that we hope, in the manner of the lectures themselves, is accessible to everyone who holds an interest in Ireland’s heritage.
Author(s): Griffin Murray (ed.)
Publisher: Kerry County Museum
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 96
City: Tralee
Acknowledgements 4
Preface 5
The Ogham Stones of County Kerry / FIONNBARR MOORE 7
Kerry’s Viking-Age Silver: A Legacy of Antiquarians, Collectors and Dealers / JOHN SHEEHAN 19
Plunder or Funerary Offerings? Burial, Ritual and Artefact Deposition in Cloghermore Cave / MICHAEL CONNOLLY 33
The Aghadoe and River Laune Crosiers / GRIFFIN MURRAY 45
Murder, Pillage and Destruction: Archaeological Finds from Medieval Tralee / LAURENCE DUNNE 61
Irish Sheela-na-gigs: the Kerry Connection / EAMONN P. KELLY 73
The Lislaughtin Cross / RAGHNALL Ó FLOINN 82
