Item 1 (1-3) - Lambay Island, Co. Dublin

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UGA P133/5/2/14/1 (1-3)

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Lambay Island, Co. Dublin

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  • 1973-1978

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3 files

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Files relating to excavations at Lambay Island, Co. Dublin.
File 1 includes detailed correspondence between Etienne Rynne and others such as [Glynnis Lloyd-Morgan] of the Rijksmuseum G.M. Kam, Nijmegan, Netherlands,, discussing Celtic discs, the etiquette and art of museum visiting and other matters (1974); Letters between Rynne , George Boon of the National Museum of Wales and Seamus Caulfield of UCD, discussing brooch finds believed to be from Lambay Islands, with MS notes and photograph prints attached (Sep 1974); Letters between Rynne and I. Houston, Editor, Royal Irish Academy and Joseph Raftery, Keeper of Antiquities, National Museum of Ireland, discussing gold ribbon and similar finds from Lambay; Comments between Rynne and the royal Irish Academy regarding published proceedings featuring a talk by Rynne, stemming from a colloquium on Hiberno-Roman Relations and Material Remains, (Sep 1974) at the RIA. Programme of speakers for the event includes and other related documents including a "note on some evidence for contact between the province of Lower Germany and Ireland."(c. 80 pp).

File 2 includes manuscript research notes by Etienne Rynne concerning Lambay Island and also a set of manuscript index cards with notes and descriptions regarding primarily swords and weapons, including La Téne swords. Also offprint of typescript published article by Etienne Rynne entitled "The La Téne and Roman Finds from Lambay County Dublin: A Reassessment, published as part of [Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy".]

File 3 - Photographs of stone and metal objects from Lambay Island, Dublin.

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      20/08/2018
      25/06/2025

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