Other Publications
Booklets
Edel Bhreathnach and Conor Newman, Tara(Dublin, Stationery Office 1997 with several reprints), 56 ++.
Eoin Grogan, Mooghaun: the late Bronze Age hillfort at Mooghaun South (Dublin, The Discovery Programme 1999), 48 ++.
This booklet is designed to provide information on the Late Bronze Age hillfort at Mooghaun South and the contemporary archaeology of the surrounding area of Clare. It can also be used to explore the archaeology at Mooghaun and provides additional information on the interpretative panels on the site itself.
Niall Brady, Exploring Irish medieval landscapes: The Discovery Programme’s Medieval Rural Settlement project, 2002-2008 (Dublin, The Discovery Programme 2003), 32 ++.
- The Discovery Programme: strategies and questions (Dublin, The Discovery Programme 1992), 32 ++.
- George Eogan, The Discovery Programme: initiation, consolidation and development – negentiende Kroon-voordracht (Amsterdam, Instituut voor Pre- en Protohistorische Archeologie Albert Egges van Giffen van de Universiteit van Amsterdam 1997) 72 ++.
- Edel Bhreathnach agus Conor Newman, Teamhair (Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig an tSoláthair 1997), 56 ++.
- Brian Lacey (a chuir in eagair) Cosáin thar Thírdreach na hEorpa (thar cheann ‘Cosáin’, Albersdorf na Gearmáine 2003), 114 ++.
Posters
- Tara of the Kings, poster with booklet
- Teamhair na Rí, póstaer le leabhrán
- Tara, poster
Educational Packs
Discovering the Bronze Age (Dublin, The Discovery Programme with the Blackrock Education Centre 1997)
- Fionnachtain na Cré-umhaoise (Baile Átha Claith, An Clár Fionnachtana leis an Lárionad Oideachais na Carraige Duibhe 1997)
European Collaboration
The Discovery Programme has participated in several external collaboration projects, many funded by the European Union.
Geoinformation Technologies for Geo-cultural Landscapes: European Perspectives (Taylor and Francis, Abingdon, UK 2008), 306++
With a practical approach, this book presents the relation between geoinformation research problems, solutions to these problems and potential applications. It addresses problems, both theoretical and practical, from multidisciplinary fields such as archaeology, history, geography, landscape planning, environment, geosciences, geology and geomorphology. Considering the large amount of geospatial data collected as the common characteristic, this volume discusses the wide range of geoinformation methods available and their applications.
Landscape as Heritage – The Management and Protection of Landscape in Europe, a summary by the Action COST A27 LANDMARKS, Bern (Geographica Bernensia G79 2008) G 79, 299++
This book contains papers derived from presentations made to an international workshop organised in May 2005 (Funen, Denmark) to compare approaches to the protection and management of the historic and cultural dimensions of landscape in a number of European countries.
Landmarks and socio-economic systems: constructing of pre-industrial landscapes and their perception by contemporary societies (Presses Universitaires de Rennes 2008)
The publication focuses on the two key goals of the Action A27: understanding and valorisation of pre-industrial elements in the European landscape. In this case the specific topic selected is the role of ancient rural landmarks. Landmarks are considered as products of socio-economic systems which role and perception has changed through time. Often local, regional or national communities have conferred on those landmarks a new value and signification. The diachronic reading of these items is necessary both for the scientific contextual approach and for the adoption of decisions regarding landscape protection and public presentation.
Journeys through European landscapes (Azuré S.L., Ponferrada, 2006)
This collective publication has provided an opportunity to present and select some example case studies to be considered as models of the sequence Research – Dissemination - Valorisation. It has allowed discussion on common criteria, representativity at the local/regional, national and European levels, and significance in social, economic, symbolic or political terms. These contributions paid special attention to the traces of works developed with ancient technologies, consistent with information given by technical treatises.
Pathways to Europe's Landscape (Azuré S.L., Ponferrada, 2006)
This publication marked the end of a three year Culture 200 project within the network called 'European Pathways to the Cultural Landscape' (EPCL), which united archaeologists, historians, heritage managers and landscape specialists, from twelve national projects in ten countries. The main aims of the initiative were to improve communication as well as understanding and management of the cultural landscape. An Irish language version was also published.
Annual Reports
Since 2001 the Discovery Programme has published a printed annual report. These contain brief accounts of the year’s work (in effect interim reports) on our various research projects.
Other Staff Publications
Members of staff are encouraged to publish material on their projects and private research interests in external outlets. Since the organisation was set up in 1992 there have been over three hundred such papers of various kinds and more than ten books. Year lists of those publications are provided in the annual reports.