Mesolithic (8000-4000 BC)

Dowd, M. 2015. The Archaeology of Caves in Ireland. Oxbow, Oxford (Chapter 4). Download book here (free)

Woodman, P., Dowd, M., Fibiger, L., Carden, R.F. and O’Shaughnessy, J. 2018. Archaeological excavations at Killuragh Cave, Co. Limerick: a persistent place in the landscape from the Early Mesolithic to the Late Bronze Age. The Journal of Irish Archaeology 26 (2017), 1–32. Read here

Hogan, C., Dowd, M. and Bonsall, J. 2022. A prehistoric chert assemblage with a Late Mesolithic component from Castlegal, Cope’s Mountain, Sligo. Sligo Field Club Journal 8, 65–80. Read here

Dowd, M., Carden, R.F. and Hamilton-Dyer, S. 2019. A prehistoric and post-medieval faunal assemblage from Aillwee Cave in the Burren, Co. Clare. Irish Speleology 24, 10–16. Read here