Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist

[** If you like this post, please make a donation to the IR&DD project using the secure button at the right. If you think it is interesting or useful, please re-share via Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc. To help keep the site in operation, please use the amazon search portal at the right - each purchase earns a small amount of advertising revenue **] The continuing saga of the Archaeology of Gatherings Conference, held in Sligo, in October 2013. < Part I | Part III | Part IV | Part V | Part VI > Modern horse fair ( Source ) Sometime around 11:30, suitably refreshed, we assembled once again for Session 2, chaired by Fiona Beglane. First to the podium was Prof Elizabeth FitzPatrick , ( NUI Galway ) to speak on Shifting Territorial Boundaries and Medieval Assembly Places . FitzPatrick explained that she wanted to concentrate on the Ó enach (pronounced: i-nach) of Lough Gill, Co. Sligo and on how shifts in territorial boundaries could exclude former owners....

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