A compilation assembled to shed light on Ireland's agricultural and rural past. It does not pretend to be systematically comprehensive, but we anticipate it will prove to be interesting and eye-opening. The articles assemble reasonably up-to-date information about the various archaeological traces, supported by images, a summary of diagnostic features, and a list of publications where additional information may be sourced. Color photos. "Antiquities of Rural Ireland is an impressively informative and thoroughly 'reader friendly' study that is unreservedly recommended for both community and academic library Irish History collections and supplemental studies reading lists."--MWBR