Ann Lynch (archaeologist)

Ann Lynch is an Irish archaeologist specialising in prehistory. She is a former Chief Archaeologist with the National Monuments Service of Ireland.[1]

Lynch studied at University College Cork. She has led excavations on a number of major national monuments, including Poulnabrone dolmen (1986 & 1988),[2] Newgrange (1980s),[3] Skellig Michael (from the mid-1980s),[4] Dublin Castle (1985),[1][5][6] and Moor Abbey, County Tipperary (2019).[7]

  1. ^ a b "Dr Ann Lynch". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Retrieved 6 October 2023
  2. ^ O'Kelly (1989), p. 94
  3. ^ Lynch, Ann. "Newgrange Revisited: New Insights from Excavations at the Back of the Mound in 1984–8". Journal of Irish Archaeology, volume 23, 2014. pp. 13–82. JSTOR jirisarch.23.13
  4. ^ Bourke, Edward; Hayden, Alan; Lynch, Ann. "Skellig Michael, Co. Kerry: The Monastery and South Peak: Archaeological Stratigraphic Report: Excavations 1986–2010". Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2023
  5. ^ Lynch, Ann; Manning, Conleth; Wiggins, Ken. "Dublin Castle: From Fortress to Palace: Volume 2 - The Viking-age Archaeology". Wordwell Books, 2024. ISBN 978-1-4468-8096-8
  6. ^ "Dr. Ann Lynch on the 5,000-year-old murder mystery from the Burren". Clare FM, 25th June 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2023
  7. ^ Manning, Conleth. "Archaeology in Ireland’s journals, 2019". Archaeology Ireland, volume 34, no. 1, Spring 2020, pp. 34–36. JSTOR 26915540