A Celebration of Sligo

An excellent 2002 hardback copy of A Celebration of Sligo, First Essays for Sligo Field Club edited by Martin A. Timoney. Includes ‘thank you ‘ card signed by the editor. This collection of 34 essays celebrates fifty years of the Sligo Field Club and reflect the interests of its members in the archaeology and environment of County Sligo, Ireland. A wide variety of subjects are included supported by photographs, illustrations and maps. These include: natural history, eel fishing, evidence for the Palaeolithic, hut-sites, the role and symbolism of passage-tombs, pollen analysis, new barrow types identified in Sligo, forts and enclosures, burials, Ogam Stones, a Romanesque sculpture, de Burgo Castle, Edward 1 silver pennies, antiquarians and scientists, archaeology in Sligo. In excellent condition.