Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2020
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives," at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
Sponsored by the Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology Group (IPMAG) this session highlights contemporary archaeological practice in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Once the subject of derision, later historical archaeology is now a diverse and dynamic field of study that has rapidly expanded since the 1999 establishment of IPMAG. The session brings together leading practitioners who collectively demonstrate the singular importance of bringing an archaeological sensibility to explorations of the past five hundred years. Contributors foreground the role of the material in the shaping of Irish lives, situate the island in its global context, and address the role of contemporary role of archaeology in negotiating historical legacies on the island of Ireland.
Other Keywords
Ireland •
Colonialism •
settlement •
Architecture •
Migration •
Military •
Material Culture •
Abandonment •
Ethics •
Joinery
Temporal Keywords
Early modern •
Nineteenth Century •
Early 20th Century •
19th-20th Century •
19th Century •
17th Century •
Contemporary •
Post-medieval •
16th and 17th centuries •
1845-2019
Geographic Keywords
Northern Ireland (State / Territory) •
Ulster (State / Territory) •
Leinster (State / Territory) •
Europe (Continent) •
Isle of Man (State / Territory) •
England (State / Territory) •
Wales (State / Territory) •
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nort (Country) •
Scotland (State / Territory) •
Isle of Man (Country)
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Archaeology, Ethics and the Remembrance of Conflict on the Island of Ireland (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Conflict characterises much of the history of early modern and modern Ireland, with sites associated with violence common on the landscape. The unresolved political legacies of these events, and by extension the potency of associated sites, translates into their differential treatment. Some locales are...
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Bringing Down The Asylum Walls: understanding freedom and control in an Irish institutional building (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Victorian asylum is perhaps irrevocably associated in the popular imagination with high walls, bars and physical restraint, but such markers of the asylum as carceral space began to jar uncomfortably with ideals of patient liberty as the 19th century came to a close. Purdysburn, near Belfast, was an...
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Control, Accommodation and Allegiance in the Munster Plantation: a New Perspective on Colonialism in the Munster Estates of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, 1602-1643 (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Right up until his death in 1643, Richard Boyle, 1st earl of Cork, could rely upon an ethnically diverse native tenantry and militia to consolidate and defend his interests. At least a quarter of the tenants contributing to his two well-equipped and trained militias were of native origin. Throughout the 1630s...
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Excavating The ‘Green Redcoat’:Historical Archaeology And New Approaches To The Irish Military Tradition And Experience In The British Army, 1815-1919 (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the early 1980s, Peter Karsten referred to Irish soldiers in British military service as the ‘Green Redcoat’; a powerful phrase that has been used by many to identify this large group ever since. (Karsten, 1983-4: 34-6) In Irish and British military historiography, the concept of national identity has long...
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'Excavating' The 1916 Rising: Archaeology And The Resistance Of Popular Narrative. (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This contributor co-directed a fieldwork project in 2016 which ended in a rather odd archaeological excavation to recover a rifle dropped from the roof of City Hall over the course of the Easter Rising. In the popular context of the centenary, the project blog (thearchaeologyof1916.wordpress.com) attracted a...
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"Hidden In Plain Sight"- The Survival Of Domestic Architecture In Dublin (1660-1714) - Identification, Characteristics and Repair. (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This paper charts the historical background in the period from the Restoration of King Charles II to the death of Queen Anne as a brief context for these houses. We describe the main features of these timber-framed structures and on how their characteristic plan forms and features can be understood. We...
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Irish Migration To Early Nineteenth-Century Lowell, Massachusetts: Insights From Grave Memorials (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Lowell is considered as the birthplace of the industrial revolution in the United States. Originating in 1822, the new town’s textile factories harnessed the Merrimack River’s waterpower using a system of canals, dug and maintained by labourers. While this work employed many local people, it also attracted...
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Life Continues as the Hearth Fire is Eternal: The McCarthy Family and Life in Post-Famine Ireland (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. One cannot interpret the structure of everyday life without understanding the concept of family and household. Perhaps Henry Glassie said it best when he wrote that as archaeologists “we make meaning out of ruined houses, moving from pattern to change, logic to will, culture to history.” In this paper, we use...
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Manifestations of Identity: Materiality, Meaning & Mediation in Early Modern & Contemporary Ireland. (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Perhaps one of the most significant contributions made by historical archaeologists working throughout the island of Ireland is the promotion of archaeology’s remedial effects in terms of conflict mediation and reconciliation. Using the material record to challenge Ireland’s sense of cultural identity, key...
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The Manor Houses Of George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore, In Ireland And North America, The Opening Of An Atlantic World (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. While much is known about the colonial activities of Sir George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore in Newfoundland and Maryland during the 1620s and early 1630s, less is known about his efforts to develop a settlement in one of the plantation schemes that was implemented in Ireland. At the time he managed estates in...
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Pictorial Examples Of Supposed Native Architecture In lreland: An Alternative View (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in Ireland saw much conflict as the English crown sought to establish its rule throughout the island. The period saw government servants alongside entrepreneurs and adventurers take a greater interest in Ireland. As one consequence, more maps and pictorial images...
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The Shrinking Island: Out-Migration and Settlement Organization, 19th – 20thcentury Inishark, Ireland. (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology on the Island of Ireland: New Perspectives" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Although recognized as an important topic in historic archaeology, surprisingly little research has focused on understanding the linkages between out-migration, shifting trans-Atlantic economies, and resulting change in residential practices. Drawing upon archaeological excavation, archival research,...