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 and 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]

Selected publications

Books

• "Dublin Castle: From Fortress to Palace Volume 2". Wordwell, 2023. ISBN 978-1-4468-8071-5
• "Poulnabrone: An Early Neolithic Portal Tomb in Ireland". Stationery Office, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4064-2817-9
• "Tintern Abbey, Co. Wexford". Stationery Office, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4064-2532-1

Journals

• "Reviewing the state of archaeology in Ireland". The National Monuments Service, volume 22, nr 2, 2008. pp. 10–12^[8]

Online lectures

• Poulnabrone, a tomb for the ancestors. Burrenbeo Trust, 2022