Brian Lacey, CEO of the Discovery Programme, has had a number of new publications recently.  He contributed the chapter 'Three royal sites in Co. Donegal' to the book Landscapes of Cult and Kingship, edited by R. Schot, C. Newman and E. Bhreathnach (Four Courts Press, Dublin).  The book which grew out of a conference held in NUIG in 2009 'offers new perspectives on kingship and royal landscapes in [prehistoric and medieval] Ireland and abroad'.  Several of the authors in the book make references to other aspects of Discovery Programme research.

Dr Lacey also contributed the chapter 'Monster and monastery: St Kevin's Lives and the expansion of Glendalough' to the recently published book Glendalough: City of God, edited by C. Doherty, L. Doran and M. Kelly (Four Courts Press, Dublin). This is the first book to consider comprehensively all the diverse aspects of studies relating to this important site. The book also contains a new map of the valley and its sites created by Anthony Corns, Technology Manager at the Discovery Programme.

On a more 'popular' level, Brian Lacey's 1999 book Discover Derry (O'Brien Press, Dublin) has just been reissued in an updated and redesigned edition published by Guildhall Press, Derry.  The book contains a succinct account of the complicated history of this fascinating and ancient city, as well as a series of short essays on interesting aspects of, and buildings and sites in and around, Derry.  Developments in the city since the onset of the Peace Process are covered in additions by Michael McGuinness.