Laid to Rest in the White Field

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Full title: Excavation of Urn Burials at Clonshannon, Imaal, Co. Wicklow

Creator / Author: A. Mahr and L. Price

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 16pp

Journal Information: Journal of The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Seventh Series, Volume 2 Number 1 pp. 75-90

When Published: June 1932

Publisher / Place of Publication: R.S.A.I / Merrion Square, Dublin

About: Around 1930, local farmer James Kavanagh uncovered an ancient grave while ploughing in a field known as the White Field. He replaced the cover stone and remembered that his father had uncovered other similar remains in the same field some forty years earlier. In 1931 word of these finds was passed on to the authors by Edward O’Toole. Excavations of the two sites were carried out in 1931 and on a third grave in 1932. Much of this article is taken up with a scholarly discussion on the pottery urns and vessels found during the excavations. The authors estimate the date of the burials to be around 700BC and they may very well have belonged to the same family group.

ID number(s): 0035-9106

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Field Trip to Burgage in 1938

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Full title: Antiquities of Burgage and District

Creator / Author: L. Price

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 7p

Journal Information: Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, Vol. XII, No. 4, pp. 137-143

When Published: July 1939

Publisher / Place of Publication: County Kildare Archaeological Society / Kildare.

About:   In July 1938, members of the County Kildare Archaeological Society visited the Burgage area. During this visit, Liam Price gave a talk on what was of interest in the area and touched upon the history of the district and its people. This paper is based on that talk.

ID number(s): 0332-0782

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Taxing the Hearthland

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Full title: The Hearth Money Roll for County Wicklow

Creator / Author: Liam Price

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 15pp

Journal Information: Journal of The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Seventh Series, Volume 1 Number 2 pp. 164-178

When Published: December 1931

Publisher / Place of Publication: R.S.A.I / Merrion Square, Dublin

About: Hearth Money or Chimney Money was a 17th-century tax based on the number of fireplaces in a person’s dwelling. The original returns for this levy were lost in the destruction of the Public Record Office. However some earlier transcriptions survive. This article mainly consists of a listing of the Hearth Money Roll for County Wicklow as transcribed by Mr. William Monck Mason in the 19th-century. The listing gives the names of all the parishes and townlands of which the County was then composed (except for some places missing from the original manuscript) together with the number of inhabited houses in each townland. Unfortunately, the only householder names recorded by Mr. Mason are those living in houses with more than one hearth. The author of this article has written the introduction to this listing and added footnotes as appropriate.

ID number(s): 0035-9106

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Evidence of North West Wicklow’s Oldest Inhabitants

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Full title: Stone and Bronze Age Antiquities of the Barony of Lower Talbotstown, County Wicklow; with a description of the excavation of Haylands Mote, near Blessington

Creator / Author: L. Price and P. T. Walshe

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 22p

Journal Information: Journal of The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Seventh Series, Volume 3, Number 1, pp. 46-67

When Published: June 1933

Publisher / Place of Publication: R.S.A.I / Merrion Square, Dublin

About: In 1932, the authors excavated an ancient mound at Haylands, near Blessington and discovered a Bronze Age burial. This prompted them to investigate similar burials that were recorded for the locality and to carry out a review of all Stone Age and Bronze Age monuments and objects to be found in the wider barony of Lower Talbotstown.

ID number(s): 0035-9106

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Goatsuckers, Scallion Eaters or Yellowbellies?

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Full title: The Barony of Shillelagh

Creator / Author: Liam Price

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 7p

Journal Information: Journal of The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume 86, Number 1, pp. 77-83

When Published: 1956

Publisher / Place of Publication: R.S.A.I / Merrion Square, Dublin

About: A history of Shillelagh Barony. Prior to the formation of County Wicklow in the early seventeenth-century this area was shown as being part of County Carlow. The English administrators  of the time would seem to have had difficulty deciding if this somewhat forgotten land should be in Wicklow, Carlow or Wexford. The article contains mentions of many local placenames.

ID number(s): 0035-9106

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From Camenabologue to Toorboy

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Full title: The place-names of Co. Wicklow : II – The barony of  Ballinacor South

Creator / Author: Liam Price

Item Type / Page count: Book / 52p

When Published: 1946 (reprinted 1983- )

Publisher / Place of Publication: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies / Merrion Square, Dublin

About: This is the second volume of the definitive seven-volume series which covers the placenames in all the parishes of County Wicklow. The author was a judge in the district courts of Wicklow and his travels throughout the county presented the opportunity to research the history behind local placemanes.

ID number(s): None

Chapters: Knockrath Parish (part) – Ballinacor Parish — Ballykine Parish — Kilpipe Parish — Preban Parish – Moyne Parish — Kilcommon Parish —Hacketstown Parish.

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From Ballard to Tullowclay

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Full title: The place-names of Co. Wicklow : VI – The barony of  Shillelagh

Creator / Author: Liam Price

Item Type / Page count: Book / 42p

When Published: 1958 (reprinted 1975, 2000, 2004- )

Publisher / Place of Publication: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies / Merrion Square, Dublin

About: This is the sixth volume of the definitive seven-volume series which covers the placenames in all the parishes of County Wicklow. The author was a judge in the district courts of Wicklow and his travels throughout the county presented the opportunity to research the history behind local placemanes.

ID number(s): 0901282391

Chapters: Carnew Parish (part) – Crosspatrick Parish (part) — Mullinacuff Parish — Crecrin Parish (part) — Liscolman Parish – Ardoyne Parish (part) — Aghowle Parish — Moyacomb Parish (part).

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From Aghfarrell to Yellow Lough (2)

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Full title: The place-names of Co. Wicklow : III – The barony of Talbotstown Upper

Creator / Author: Liam Price

Item Type / Page count: Book / 184p

When Published: 1949

Publisher / Place of Publication: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies / Merrion Square, Dublin

About: This is the third volume of the definitive seven-volume series which covers the placenames in all the parishes of County Wicklow. The author was a judge in the district courts of Wicklow and his travels throughout the county presented the opportunity to research the history behind local placemanes.

ID number(s): None

Chapters: Kiltegan Parish (part) — Kilranelagh Parish — Baltinglass Parish — Rathbran Parish — Ballynure Parish — Rathtoole Parish — Rathsallagh Parish — Freynestown Parish — Donaghmore Parish — Dunlavin Parish (part).

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From Aghfarrell to Yellow Lough

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Full title: The place-names of Co. Wicklow : IV – The barony of Talbotstown Lower

Creator / Author: Liam Price

Item Type / Page count: Book / 280p

When Published: 1953

Publisher / Place of Publication: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies / Merrion Square, Dublin

About: This is fourth volume of the definitive seven-volume series which covers the placenames in all the parishes of County Wicklow. The author was a judge in the district courts of Wicklow and his travels throughout the county presented the opportunity to research the history behind local placemanes.

ID number(s): 0901282375  / 9780901282378

Chapters: Donard Parish — Dunlavin Parish — Tober Parish — Crehelp Parish — Hollywood Parish – Boystown Parish — Kilbeg Parish — Boystown Parish — Burgage Parish — Blessington Parish — Kilbride Parish.

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