M9 motorway archaeology book launch

A book detailing 9,000 years of archaeological heritage in south Kildare, uncovered along the M9 motorway during its construction, will be launched in Athy Library on Thursday, 4 December, writes Brian Byrne. Landscapes with Lineage, by Colm Moloney, Patricia Long and Ros Ó Maoldúin, is published by Wordwell Ltd for the Transport Infrastructure Ireland Heritage Series.

The launch will be at 6pm, with one of the authors introducing the book and reflecting on the discoveries that shaped it.

Old Kilcullen is mentioned several times in the book, primarily relating to Late Bronze Age-Iron Age finds, predating the ceremonial activities that occurred at nearby Dún Ailinne as detailed by Dr Susan Johnston and Prof Bernard Wailes in 2007. 

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