Ann Lynch (archaeologist)

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 and 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

Books

• "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

• "Reviewing the state of archaeology in Ireland". The National Monuments Service, volume 22, nr 2, 2008. pp. 10–12 ^[8]

Online lectures

• Poulnabrone, a tomb for the ancestors. Burrenbeo Trust, 2022

References

1. "Dr Ann Lynch". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Retrieved 6 October 2023
2. O'Kelly (1989), p. 94
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. "Dr. Ann Lynch on the 5,000-year-old murder mystery from the Burren". Clare FM, 25th June 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2023
7. Manning, Conleth. "Archaeology in Ireland’s journals, 2019". Archaeology Ireland, volume 34, no. 1, Spring 2020, pp. 34–36. JSTOR   26915540
8. "Lynch, A. (2008)". The National Monuments Service. Retrieved 6 October 2023

Sources

• O'Kelly, Michael J. "Early Ireland: An Introduction to Irish Prehistory". Cambridge University Press, 1989. ISBN   978-0521334891