New Survey of Clare Island: v. 4: Abbey Volume 4: The Abbey

by Manning, Conleth; Gosling, Paul; Waddell, John

• ISBN13: 9781904890058
• ISBN10: 1904890059
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-06
• Publisher: Royal Irish Academy

Summary

Paperback; 168pp; 294x210mm; published 2005. CONTENTS Committee members and fieldworkers iv Acknowledgements v Notes on contributors vi Introduction Conleth Manning 1 THE ABBEY, GRAVEYARD AND ASSOCIATED MONUMENTS History, survey and analysis of the building Conleth Manning 7 The Abbey and its associated archaeological remains Paul Gosling 29 The gravestone inscriptions of Clare Island up to 1901 Ian Cantwell and Paul Gosling 35 The Mille memorial plaque and its heraldic achievement Fergus Gillespie and Michel Comin 41 THE WALL PAINTINGS Introduction to the wall paintings Karena Morton and Christoph Oldenbourg 47 Conservation of the wall paintings Christoph Oldenbourg 49 Catalogue of the wall paintings Karena Morton 61 Icongraphy and dating of the wall paintings Karena Morton 97 The musical instruments depicted at Clare Island Ann Buckley 123 THE ABBEY AND ITS CONTEXT The Abbey in its later Gothic context Roger Stalley 135 Bibliography 151 Index

Author Biography

Conleth Manning is a senior archaeologist in the National Monuments Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. He has studied and directed excavations at many national monuments in Ireland, including Cashel, Clonmacnoise, Dublin Castle, Roscrea Castle and Glanworth Castle and has written and lectured on many aspects of Ireland's archaeological heritage.Paul Gosling is a professional archaeologist and a member of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland. He lectures on Built Heritage in the Department of Heritage & Tourism, GMIT. He is co-editor of two volumes in the New Survey of Clare Island Series, New Survey of Clare Island Volume 4: The Abbey (2005) and New Survey of Clare Island Volume 5: Archaeology (2007).John Waddell is a former Professor of Archaeology and Head of the School of Geography and Archaeology at NUI Galway. Appointed Professor of Archaeology in 1998, he is a member of the Royal Irish Academy. His research interests lie mainly in the archaeology of prehistoric Ireland and in the prehistoric relationships between this island and Britain and Continental Europe.