A Tale of Two Forts:  Landscapes of Power in Early Cork

Lecture by

Professor William O’Brien

Wednesday November 27 2024

at

8pm

in

Clonakilty GAA Club, Ahamilla

This talk will present the archaeology of Clashanimud hillfort and the Garranes ringfort complex to the north of Bandon. The significance of both landscapes will be explored for an understanding of political relations in Cork during the later Bronze Age and early medieval periods respectively.

William O'Brien is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology in University College Cork. Research interests include the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age in Ireland, early mining and metallurgy in Atlantic Europe, upland archaeology, the study of hillforts and all aspects of monumentality in the later prehistoric period. Much of his work focuses on the prehistory of south-west Ireland, where he has conducted many research excavations, now published in various monographs and papers.