Item 97 (1-2) - Toghers and Ancient Roads

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UGA P133/5/3/97 (1-2)

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Toghers and Ancient Roads

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  • 1953-1989

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2 files, c. 120 pp

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File of research notes, publications and materials by Etienne Rynne relating to toghers and ancient roads.
File 1 includes transparencies of maps and drawings by Etienne Rynne of toghers within Templetuohy Bog, Co. Laois; assorted loose-leaf manuscript notes on bogs and toghers in Ireland; Text of report compiled by Rynne on the investigation of a togher in Templetuohy Bog, Co. Laois; Letters between Rynne and others including Thaddeus Breen, A.T. Lucas; National museum of Ireland; Joseph Raftery, National Museum of Ireland; R[ ] Golden; Ad Govers, Netherlands; Brian Williams, Department of Archaeology, Queen's University, Belfast; John Andrews, Dept. of Geography, Trinity College Dublin. Text of report from excavation of a roadway at Bloomhill Bog, Co. Offaly by Thaddeus Breen; Black and white photograph of excavation of togher at Templetuohy, Co. Laois, taken by Rynne. Also offprints of articles by Etienne Rynne including "The Dane's Road", A Togher Near Monasterevin, Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society, Vol 13, 1961-3; "A Togher and a Bog Road in Lullymore Bog", Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society, Vol XIV, No. 1 (1964-5); "Toghers in Littleton Bog, Co. Tipperary", North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. IX, No. 4 (1965).

File 2 includes assorted published articles relating to bog archaeology and toghers/ancient roads used in research by Etienne Rynne.

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      12/12/2018
      16/07/2025

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