File includes correspondence between Etienne Rynne and others concerning a ringfort at Kilquane, Co. Clare. Also includes a later (perhaps unrelated) report on window spandrels at Castletown (Doora) Castle, Co. Clare and also a report of a 'destroyed cashel near Ennis."
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Files relating to research by Etienne Rynne on Tao Cross of Killinaboy, Co. Clare.
File 1 Includes off-print of published article by Rynne entitled "The Tau-Cross at Killinaboy: Pagan or Christian?" (North Munster Studies, 1967) and also assorted MS and TS drafts of the article and other written observations.
File 2 includes MS and TS correspondence between Rynne and the Royal Society concerning the lecture; also letters between Rynne and others such as John Wallace and the National Museum of Ireland discussing a find, 'St. Patrick's Farthing' and other 18th C. coins, with etchings of coins on the letter. Also a batch of letters between Rynne and others including Charles Haughey, T.D. and Minister for Finance, regarding a protest "against the proposal to remove certain ancient monuments from their present sites to Dublin for exhibition as a display of modern painting organised by ROSC (Oct 1967) with further letters to Michael Scott and to the Office of Public Works by Rynne detailing the terms of the protest and objections to the exhibition. (1967).
File 3 includes detailed manuscript notes and loose-leaf pages of MS drawings by Rynne on the topic of the Tao Cross.
File 4 includes black and white and also colour photographic prints of Tao at Killinaboy and also images taken of a Tao cross on Tory Island.
File 5 includes image plates and illustrations used by Rynne in his research and lectures on Tao crosses.
File 6 includes press cuttings with letters to the press by Etienne Rynne commenting on the Tao Cross at Killinaboy (1973)
Includes correspondence between Etienne Rynne and the Donegal Society, discussing a lecture Rynne delivered for the society in Donegal entitled "The Grianán and other Related Celtic Ceremonial sites in Ireland" (1989). File includes text of Rynne lecture and also manuscript and typescript research notes used regarding his research on the topic.
File includes items relating to a protest against quarrying at and near Navan Fort, Co. Armagh. includes press release; map of the area; letters to the press including quotes from Etienne Rynne.
file includes an article by Etienne Rynne entitled "A Further Ring-Brooch From Luce Sands", detailing the history of the object; correspondence between Rynne and W.F. McCormack, Business Editor of Transactions, Scotland, with detailed conversation regarding the history of objects and brooches of Luce Sands, also discussions on the Land League and Lord Dunraven (1969); Also letters between Rynne and Máire Lanigan, Librarian, Carnegie Library, Limerick City Library and Museum (1969).
File 1 includes manuscript research notes and index cards regarding the archaeology and history of Brian Boru. Also includes postcards of images, other contemporary ephemera with the name or image of Brian Boru, research material regarding a public lecture on Boru by Etienne Rynne. File 2 includes assorted published research articles, offprints etc. about Brian Boru. iIncludes a copy of North Munster Studies, edited by Etienne Rynne, "Essays in Commemoration of Monsignor Michael Moloney, Limerick, The Thomond Archaeological Society, 1967. Also a [1912/1914] edition of pamphlet "Brian Boru: A Sketch of His Life and Times" by E. Leahy, Dublin, Irish Messenger Office, series of "Epochs of Irish History".
File relating to research on mazes and labyrinths by Etienne Rynne. Includes index cards with MS notes on labyrinths in Ireland (Cork) and also England.
Also assorted offprints of published articles, such as "Decorative Cobbling: Examples from counties Limerick, Wexford, and Cork" by A.T. Lucas. Other articles relate to locations such as Lough Gur, Co. Limerick and other locations in Ireland and internationally.
Assorted printed articles, maps, and research material regarding neolithic sites in Ireland, such as Newgrange, Knowth etc. and other such sites in Europe.
File includes offprint of published article by Etienne Rynne, "The Corcomroe Wooden Grave-Slab", (Co. Clare) published in the North Munster Antiquarian Journal", Volume XIII, 1970. File also includes TS correspondence between Etienne Rynne and others such as A.T. Lucas, National Museum of Ireland, discussing slabs in Ireland and the Corcomroe Slab (1968); other letters also discuss Rynne's research on the slab with others. 1968 -1970. NOTE: The letters are extremely fragile and fragmented with many missing segments.
File includes flyers and ephemera from the Kingship and Sacrifice: An Exhibition of Iron Age Bog Bodies and Related Items at the National Museum of Ireland, and related press cuttings from coverage of bog bodies in Ireland.