Archaeology and Heritage Books
TII Heritage Series
(ISSN 2009-8480)
The TII Heritage series aims to showcase the results of TII-funded works relating to archaeological, architectural, cultural and natural heritage on national road and public transport projects. Illustrating the Past, the inaugural volume in the series, was published in August 2015. The latest addition to the series—Building on the Past: archaeological investigations on the N2/M2 Fingals to Ashbourne |Road Project (TII Heritage 15)—was published in November 2024.
Places for the Living, Places for the Dead (TII Heritage 14) has been nominated in the 'Book of the Year' category of the 2025 Current Archaeology Awards.
Recent volumes (TII Heritage 7 onwards) may be downloaded as ePubs (zipped files) for use with eReaders and similar devices. Should you have any queries please contact archaeology@tii.ie.
Where books are no longer in print, they may be borrowed from local libraries. Check for availability at Libraries Ireland.
Building on the Past: Archaeological Investigations on the N2/M2 Finglas to Ashbourne Road Project
By Finola O’Carroll
(ISBN 978-1-911633-41-9)
Places for the Living, Places for the Dead: Archaeological Discoveries on the N25 New Ross Bypass
Edited by James Eogan and James Hession
(ISBN 978-1-911633-38-9)
The Forgotten Cemetery: Excavations at Ranelagh, County Roscommon
By Shane Delaney and Eileen Murphy
(ISBN 978-1-911633-34-1)
The Road to Kells: Prehistoric Archaeology of the M3 Navan to Kells and N52 Kells Bypass Road Project
By Fintan Walsh
(ISBN 978-1-911633-26-6)
Between the Meadows: The Archaeology of Edercloon on the N4 Dromod–Rooskys Bypass
By Catríona Moore
(ISBN 978-1-911633-30-3)
Around the Bay of Dundalk: Archaeological Investigations Along the Route of the M1 Dundalk Western Bypass
By Shane Delaney, David Bayley and Jim McKeon
(ISBN 978-1-911633-21-1)
In the Vale of Tralee: The Archaeology of the N22 Tralee Bypass
Edited by Patricia Long, Paul O’Keeffe and Isabel Bennett
(ISBN 978-1-911633-19-8)
A Moycullen Miscellany: History, Architecture and the Archaeology of the N59 Moycullen Bypass
By Jerry O'Sullivan, Shane Delaney, Carlos Chique and Karen Molloy
(ISBN 978-1-911633-17-4)
Hidden Voices: The Archaeology of the M8 Fermoy–Mitchelstown Motorway
By Penny Johnston and Jacinta Kiely
(ISBN 978-1-911633-15-0)
Colonising a Royal Landscape: The History and Archaeology of a Medieval Village at Mullamast, County Kildare
By Teresa Bolger
(ISBN 978-0-9932315-6-8)
Stories of Ireland's Past: Knowledge Gained from NRA Roads Archaeology
Edited by Michael Stanley, Rónán Swan and Aidan O’Sullivan
(ISBN 978-0-9932315-5-1)
Meitheal: The Archaeology of Lives, Labours and Beliefs at Raystown, Co. Meath
By Matthew Seaver
(ISBN 978-0-9932315-4-4)
Above and Below: The Archaeology of Roads and Light Rail
Edited by Michael Stanley
(ISBN 978-0-9932315-1-7)
The Science of a Lost Medieval Gaelic Graveyard: The Ballyhanna Research Project
Edited by Catriona J McKenzie, Eileen M Murphy and Colm J Donnelly
(ISBN 978-0-9932315-2-0)
Illustrating the Past
By Sheelagh Hughes
(ISBN 978-0-9932315-1-3) Out of print
NRA Scheme Monographs Series
(ISSN 2009-0471)
The NRA Scheme Monographs series was launched in December 2007. These monographs detail the results of discovery and archaeological excavation along specific national road schemes. Each volume is generally accompanied by a CD-ROM incorporating the final excavation reports and specialist reports. Through the Lands of the Auteri and St Jarlath, the 17th and final monograph in the series, was published in July 2015.
Where books are no longer in print, they may be borrowed from local libraries. Check for availability at Libraries Ireland.
Through the Lands of the Auteri and St Jarlath: The Archaeology of the M17 Galway to Tuam
By Teresa Bolger, Martin Jones, Brian MacDomhnaill, Ross MacLeod, Colm Moloney and Scott Timpany
(ISBN 978-0-9932315-0-6)
A Journey Along the Carlow Corridor: The Archaeology of the M9 Carlow Bypass
Edited by Teresa Bolger, Colm Moloney and Damian Shiels
(ISBN 978-0-9574380-9-5)
The Quiet Landscape: Archaeological Investigations on the M6 Galway to Ballinasloe National Road Scheme
Edited by Jim McKeon & Jerry O’Sullivan
(ISBN 978-0-9574380-7-1)
River Road: The Archaeology of the Limerick Southern Ring Road
By Nóra Bermingham, Frank Coyne, Graham Hull, Fiona Reilly and Kate Taylor
(ISBN 978-0-9574380-4-0)
Generations: The Archaeology of Five National Road Schemes in County Cork (Vols 1 & 2)
Edited by Ken Hanley & Maurice F Hurley
(ISBN for set 978-0-9574380-6-4)
The Mill at Kilbegly: An Archaeological Investigation on the M6 Ballinasloe to Athlone National Road Scheme
By Neil Jackman, Caitríona Moore and Colin Rynne
(ISBN 978-0-9574380-1-9)
Harvesting the Stars: A Pagan Temple at Lismullin, Co. Meath
By Aidan O'Connell
(ISBN 978-0-9574380-0-2)
Beneath the Banner: Archaeology of the M18 Ennis Bypass and N85 Western Relief Road, Co. Clare
By Nóra Bermingham, Graham Hull and Kate Taylor
(ISBN 978-0-9564180-7-4)
Borderlands: Archaeological Investigations Along the Route of the M18 Gort to Crusheen Road Scheme
By Shane Delaney, David Bayley, Ed Lyne, Siobhán McNamara, Joe Nunan and Karen Molloy
(ISBN 978-0-9564180-6-7)
Cois tSiúire—Nine Thousand Years of Human Activity in the Lower Suir Valley
Edited by James Eogan and Elizabeth Shee Twohig
(ISBN 978-0-9564180-3-6)
In the Lowlands of South Galway: Archaeological Excavations on the N18 Oranmore to Gort National Road Scheme
By Finn Delaney and John Tierney
(ISBN 978-0-9564180-4-3)
Of Troughs and Tuyères: The Archaeology of the N5 Charlestown Bypass
By Richard Gillespie and Agnes Kerrigan
(ISBN 978-0-9564180-1-2)
Places Along the Way: First Findings on the M3
Edited by Mary B Deevy and Donald Murphy
(ISBN 978-0-9564180-0-5)
In the Shadow of the Galtees: Archaeological Excavations Along the N8 Cashel to Mitchelstown Road Scheme
By Melanie McQuade, Bernice Molloy and Colm Moriarty
(ISBN 978-0-9545955-9-3)
Near the Bend in the River: The Archaeology of the N25 Kilmacthomas Realignment
By Penny Johnston, Jacinta Kiely and John Tierney
(ISBN 978-0-9545955-8-6)
The Archaeology of Life and Death in the Boyne Floodplain: The Linear Landscape of the M4
By Neil Carlin, Linda Clarke and Fintan Walsh
(ISBN 978-0-9545955-5-5)
Monumental Beginnings: The Archaeology of the N4 Sligo Inner Relief Road
By Ed Danaher
(ISBN 978-0-9545955-4-8)
Archaeology and the National Roads Authority Monograph Series
(ISSN 2009-0471)
The NRA Scheme Monographs series was launched in December 2007. These monographs detail the results of discovery and archaeological excavation along specific national road schemes. Each volume is generally accompanied by a CD-ROM incorporating the final excavation reports and specialist reports. Through the Lands of the Auteri and St Jarlath, the 17th and final monograph in the series, was published in July 2015.
Where books are no longer in print, they may be borrowed from local libraries. Check for availability at Libraries Ireland.
Fragments of Lives Past: Archaeological Objects from Irish Road Schemes
Edited by Bernice Kelly, Niall Roycroft and Michael Stanley
(ISBN 978-0-9545955-5-5)
Futures and Pasts
Edited by Bernice Kelly, Niall Roycroft and Michael Stanley
(ISBN 978-0-9574380-5-7)
Encounters Between People
Edited by Bernice Kelly, Niall Roycroft and Michael Stanley
(ISBN 978-0-9564180-8-1)
Past Times, Changing Fortunes
Edited by Sheelagh Conran, Ed Danaher and Michael Stanley
(ISBN 978-0-9564180-5-0)
Creative Minds
Edited by Michael Stanley, Ed Danaher and James Eogan
(ISBN 978-0-9564180-2-9)
Dining and Dwelling
Edited by Michael Stanley, Ed Danaher and James Eogan
(ISBN 978-0-9545955-7-9)
Roads, Rediscovery and Research
Edited by Jerry O’Sullivan and Michael Stanley
(ISBN 978-0-9545955-6-2)
New Routes to the Past
Edited by Jerry O’Sullivan and Michael Stanley
(ISBN 978-0-9545955-3-1)
Settlement, Industry and Ritual
Edited by Jerry O’Sullivan and Michael Stanley
(ISBN 0-9545955-2-1)
Recent Archaeological Discoveries on National Road Schemes 2004
Edited by Jerry O’Sullivan and Michael Stanley
(ISBN 0-9545955-1-3)
Archaeology and the National Roads Authority
Edited by Jerry O’Sullivan
(ISBN 0-9545955-0-5)
Recent Archaeological Discoveries on National Road Schemes 2004
Edited by Jerry O’Sullivan and Michael Stanley
(ISBN 0-9545955-1-3)
Related Publications
The results of TII-funded archaeological works often feature in periodicals published by history and archaeology societies, professional institutions, and commercial publishers throughout the country and across Europe. Since 2000 more than one hundred articles and papers related to TII archaeological investigations have been published in a variety of journals and magazines.
Life and Death in Medieval Gaelic Ireland: The Skeletons from Ballyhanna, Co. Donegal
By Dr Catriona McKenzie and Professor Eileen Murphy
(ISBN 978-1-84682-330-5)
Woodstown: A Viking-Age Settlement in Co. Waterford
Edited by Ian Russell and Maurice F. Hurley
(ISBN 978-1-84682-536-1)
Settlement and Community in the Fir Tulach Kingdom
By Paul Stevens and John Channing
(ISBN 978-0-9564180-9-8)
Archaeological Excavations at Tullahedy, County Tipperary
By Rose M Cleary and Hilary Kelleher
(ISBN: 978-1-8488913-3-3)
Training and Practice for Modern Day Archaeologists
Edited by John H Jameson and James Eogan
(ISBN 978-1-4614-5529-5)
In addition to these publication, numerous papers have been published in conference proceedings, etc. A full list of these publications — last updated August 2024 — can be downloaded (in Excel format).