Medieval History
Taoiseach Charles Haughey was advised to order fast-tracked excavations of Viking Dublin at Wood Quay to resolve the long-running dispute over its redevelopment.
A Government briefing memo urged archaeological digs be speeded up and spread across the entire site as a means of selling the project to opponents, including former president Mary Robinson.
Senior officials in Dublin Corporation, which was said to be devilled by paranoia over the work, did not "buy" the idea, the papers revealed.
Click here to read this article from the Irish Independent
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Medieval History
Haughey urged to 'fast-track' Wood Quay excavation
Taoiseach Charles Haughey was advised to order fast-tracked excavations of Viking Dublin at Wood Quay to resolve the long-running dispute over its redevelopment.
A Government briefing memo urged archaeological digs be speeded up and spread across the entire site as a means of selling the project to opponents, including former president Mary Robinson.
Senior officials in Dublin Corporation, which was said to be devilled by paranoia over the work, did not "buy" the idea, the papers revealed.
Click here to read this article from the Irish Independent
- Archaeologists Discover Medieval Church And 300 Burials In Ipswich
A team from Oxford Archaeology, in partnership with Pre-Construct Archaeology, has so far uncovered some 300 burials dating to the late Saxon and medieval periods from a site in Ipswich. Ipswich was an important Saxon town and trading centre, and excavation...
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An extensive tidal weir complex close to Barna and a late medieval quay on Mutton Island have become the latest in a series of recent archaeological finds in Galway Bay. The finds are ?transforming our knowledge? of a ?neglected aspect? of Connacht?s...
- Medieval Laws Cited In Fishing Dispute
A judge is to look at laws and charters predating the Magna Carta in a bid to settle a dispute over Dublin City Council?s legal right to lease out the fishing interests of the river Liffey. Dublin and District Salmon Anglers? Association claims entrepreneur...
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Archaeological excavations in Dublin, Ireland have revealed the well-defined remains of a Viking House which is thought to date to the 11th century. The finding is one that will generate great interest for historians, archaeologists and the public alike....
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