Books

Currently working on my eighth book (due 2026), I have published seven books to date as author, co-author, editor or co-editor. Six of these are available to download for free via the links below. Two of these books (‘An Irish Civil War Dugout: Tormore Cave, County Sligo‘ and ‘The Archaeology of Caves in Ireland‘) have won literary awards, while a third (‘Underground Archaeology’) was shortlisted for an award.

Dowd, M., Mulraney, R. and Bonsall, J. 2024. An Irish Civil War Dugout: Tormore Cave, County Sligo. Archaeology, History, Memory. Archaeopress, Oxford. Download book here (free)

Bonsall, J., Dowd, M. and Mulraney, R. 2022. The Six. The Lives and Memorialisation of Sligo’s Noble Six. Glencar Press, Sligo.

Bergsvik, K.A. and Dowd, M. 2018. Caves and Ritual in Medieval Europe, AD 500–1500. Oxbow, Oxford. Download book here (free)

Dowd, M. and Hensey, R. 2016. The Archaeology of Darkness. Oxbow, Oxford. Download book here (free)

Dowd, M. 2016. Underground Archaeology: Studies on Human Bones and Artefacts from Ireland’s Caves. Oxbow, Oxford. Download book here (free)

Dowd, M. 2016. Archaeological Excavations in Moneen Cave, the Burren, Co. Clare: Insights into Bronze Age and Post-medieval Life in the West of Ireland. Archaeopress, Oxford. Download book here (free)

Dowd, M. 2015. The Archaeology of Caves in Ireland. Oxbow, Oxford. Chapter 6. Download book here (free)