Digging Up Dublin
Subtitle: A future for our past?
Contributors: Patrick Healy, Thaddeus C. Breen, Celie O'Rahilly, Kathy Elliott, Gabriel Cooney
Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
Published: July 1980
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780905140650
First sentence: In January of 1979 a number of people connected with the archaeological excavations in Dublin met with the purpose of proposing a solution to problems posed by building development in the medieval city of Dublin.
Description: A series of essays outlining the threat from development to the mediaeval archaeological remains of Dublin, and proposing possible solutions.
Notes: The book was written in response to the partial destruction of archaeological remains at Wood Quay, Dublin, at a time when there was little official appreciation of the importance of, or sympathy for, Dublin's archaeological heritage.
Nicholas Maxwell, who had been a site supervisor on the Wood Quay excavation, was the editor of this book. He later went on to found Wordwell, a publishing company specialising in Irish archaeology and history.
Table of contents: title: How Dublin Grew - Patrick Healy
pagenum: 11; title: Dublin's Archaeological Problem - Thaddeus C. Breen
pagenum: 25; title: Excavating in Dublin: what does it mean? - Celie O'Rahilly
pagenum: 33; title: Archaeology and Development outside Dublin - Kathy Elliott
pagenum: 42; title: An Archaeological Unit for Dublin? - Gabriel Cooney
pagenum: 51