Volume 32 No. 4 Issue No. 126
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FEATURES
14 Our lovely horse goes on
a Disney adventure Rena Maguire and Richard Parker share a tale of Iron Age riders, shields and symbols. 17 Castles in Communities
Niall Brady, Samuel Connell, Kathryn Maurer, Daniel Cearley, Chad Gifford and Ana Lucía González showcase a successful field school and community collaboration in Roscommon. 23 A knight on the tile
Chris Corlett explores the possible connections between a floor tile, a chapel and the Marshal family at Ferns. 25 A pathway to the cosmos
at Newgrange Farm Joanna Leigh, Geraldine Stout and Matthew Stout reveal exciting new excavation results from the Boyne Valley.
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30 Waiting for the light
Clare Tuffy shares her experiences of sunrise and sunset at the Boyne Valley tombs. 33 Exploring the alchemy of
sound Holger Lönze reports on the recent musically themed Umha Aois experimental archaeology symposium in Kerry. 36 A maestro of megaliths
Gabriel Cooney remembers Ruaidhrí de Valera on the 40th anniversary of his final conference.
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38 Know your monuments:
Cheese-making In this contribution to the Know Your Monuments series, Muiris O’Sullivan and Liam Downey present an overview of the types of cheese made in Ireland from earlier times and outline the virtual cessation of cheesemaking by the early modern period, followed in the twentieth century by the progressive development of the Irish cheese industry. 42 Reading between the
stones Shirley Markley unearths a forgotten late medieval building technology. 47 Fulacht fats—Bronze Age
cooking confirmed? Alan Hawkes and Mary E. Malainey reveal a new method of exploring the function of burnt mounds.
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