Dr Michael Potterton

Biography
Research Interests
Books
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2010 | The Dublin region in the Middle Ages: settlement, land-use and economy.
Michael Potterton and Margaret Murphy (2010) The Dublin region in the Middle Ages: settlement, land-use and economy. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
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2005 | Medieval Trim: history and archaeology.
Michael Potterton (2005) Medieval Trim: history and archaeology. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
Edited Books
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2019 | Carrick, County Wexford: Ireland’s first Anglo-Norman stronghold
• Michael Potterton, Denis Shine, Stephen Mandal & Catherine McLoughlin (Ed.). (2019) Carrick, County Wexford: Ireland’s first Anglo-Norman stronghold Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
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2017 | William Marshal and Ireland
Michael Potterton, John Bradley and Cóilín Ó Drisceoil (Ed.). (2017) William Marshal and Ireland Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
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2014 | The church in early medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations
Michael Potterton and Christiaan Corlett (Ed.). (2014) The church in early medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations Dublin: Wordwell. [Details] |
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2012 | Life and death in Iron Age Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations
Michael Potterton and Christiaan Corlett (Ed.). (2012) Life and death in Iron Age Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations Bray: Wordwell. [Details] |
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2011 | Dublin and the Pale in the Renaissance, c.1540–1660
Michael Potterton and Thomas Herron (Ed.). (2011) Dublin and the Pale in the Renaissance, c.1540–1660 Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
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2011 | Settlement in early medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations
Michael Potterton and Christiaan Corlett (Ed.). (2011) Settlement in early medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations Bray: Wordwell. [Details] |
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2010 | Death and burial in early medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excvations
Michael Potterton and Christiaan Corlett (Ed.). (2010) Death and burial in early medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excvations Bray: Wordwell. [Details] |
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2009 | Rural settlement in medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations
Michael Potterton and Christiaan Corlett (Ed.). (2009) Rural settlement in medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations Bray: Wordwell. [Details] |
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2009 | Uncovering medieval Trim: recent archaeological excavations in and around Trim, Co. Meath
Michael Potterton and Matthew Seaver (Ed.). (2009) Uncovering medieval Trim: recent archaeological excavations in and around Trim, Co. Meath Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
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2007 | Ireland in the Renaissance, c.1540–1660
Michael Potterton and Thomas Herron (Ed.). (2007) Ireland in the Renaissance, c.1540–1660 Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
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2019 | 'A second Pale? The growth and decline of Anglo-Norman Wexford, c.1200–1400'
Michael Potterton (2019) 'A second Pale? The growth and decline of Anglo-Norman Wexford, c.1200–1400' In: Carrick, County Wexford: Ireland’s first Anglo-Norman stronghold. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
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2013 | 'Agriculture in the Tara/Skreen region, c.AD1170–1660'
Michael Potterton and Margaret Murphy (2013) 'Agriculture in the Tara/Skreen region, c.AD1170–1660' In: Tara: from the past to the future. Towards a new research agenda. Dublin: Wordwell. [Details] |
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2011 | 'The FitzGeralds, Florence, St Fiachra and a few fragments'
Michael Potterton (2011) 'The FitzGeralds, Florence, St Fiachra and a few fragments' In: Michael Potterton and Thomas Herron (eds). Dublin and the Pale in the Renaissance, c.1540–1660. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
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2009 | 'Understanding Trim through the ages'
Michael Potterton (2009) 'Understanding Trim through the ages' In: Michael Potterton and Matthew Seaver (eds). Uncovering medieval Trim: recent archaeological excavations in and around Trim, Co. Meath. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
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2009 | 'Mapping a medieval landscape? The Civil Survey and land-use in medieval Dublin'
Michael Potterton and Margaret Murphy (2009) 'Mapping a medieval landscape? The Civil Survey and land-use in medieval Dublin' In: John Bradley, Alan Fletcher and Anngret Simms (eds). Dublin in the medieval world: studies in honour of Howard B. Clarke. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
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2005 | 'Investigating living standards in the medieval Dublin region'
Michael Potterton and Margaret Murphy (2005) 'Investigating living standards in the medieval Dublin region' In: Seán Duffy (eds). Medieval Dublin VI: proceedings of the Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium, 2004. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
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2002 | 'The lordship of Meath and the liberty of Trim, Ireland, 1172–1425'
Michael Potterton (2002) 'The lordship of Meath and the liberty of Trim, Ireland, 1172–1425' In: Guido Helmig, Barbara Scholkmann and Matthias Untermann (eds). Medieval Europe: centre, region, periphery. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Medieval and Later Archaeology, Basel 2002. Basel: Verlag DR G. Wesselkamp. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
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2009 | 'Review of An archaeology of southwest Ireland (by Colin Breen)'
Michael Potterton (2009) 'Review of An archaeology of southwest Ireland (by Colin Breen)'. Landscape History, 30 :105-105 [Details] |
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2008 | 'Review of Irish walled towns (by John Givens)'
Michael Potterton (2008) 'Review of Irish walled towns (by John Givens)'. Irish Arts Review (2002-), 25 (3):144-145 [Details] |
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2006 | 'Review of Cambridge and its economic region, 1450–1560 (by John S. Lee)'
Michael Potterton (2006) 'Review of Cambridge and its economic region, 1450–1560 (by John S. Lee)'. Journal of Economic History, 66 (3):829-830 [IR Link] [Details] |
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2006 | 'Review article on Trim: Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 14 (by Mark Hennessy)'
Michael Potterton (2006) 'Review article on Trim: Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 14 (by Mark Hennessy)'. Ríocht Na Midhe, Records of the Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 17 :332-337 [Details] |
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2002 | 'Reviews of Kilkenny: Irish Historic Town Atlas, no. 10 (by John Bradley) and Discover Kilkenny (by John Bradley)'
Michael Potterton (2002) 'Reviews of Kilkenny: Irish Historic Town Atlas, no. 10 (by John Bradley) and Discover Kilkenny (by John Bradley)'. Irish Arts Review (2002-), 18 (2002):192-193 [IR Link] [Details] |
Other Journals
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2019 | 'Where were we then?'
Michael Potterton (2019) 'Where were we then?' TEA: The European Archaeologist, (60) :21-22. [Details] |
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2013 | 'French connections in late medieval Ireland: the case of Geoffrey de Geneville (c.1226–1314)'
Michael Potterton (2013) 'French connections in late medieval Ireland: the case of Geoffrey de Geneville (c.1226–1314)' Explorations in Renaissance Culture, 39 (2) :53-75. [Details] |
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2009 | 'Mapping Death: burials, boundaries and territories in Ireland, first to eighth centuries AD'
Michael Potterton, Edel Bhreathnach, Elizabeth O’Brien, Elva Johnston, Anthony Corns, Michael Ann Bevivino, John McAuley & Evin McCarthy (2009) 'Mapping Death: burials, boundaries and territories in Ireland, first to eighth centuries AD' TEA: The European Archaeologist, (31) :16-17. [Details] |
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2005 | 'Feeding Dublin: investigating the hinterland of Dublin in the medieval period'
Michael Potterton and Margaret Murphy (2005) 'Feeding Dublin: investigating the hinterland of Dublin in the medieval period' Heritage Outlook, Winter 2005/spring 2006 :13-13. [Details] |
Conference Contributions
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2019 | Carrig 850 Summer Lecture Series.
Michael Potterton (2019) Carrig 850 Summer Lecture Series. [Oral Presentation], Early castles in Ireland, Wexford Library , 18-JUL-19 [Details] |
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2019 | Blackfriary Archaeology Field School.
Michael Potterton (2019) Blackfriary Archaeology Field School. [Oral Presentation], Trim in the time of Geoffrey de Geneville, Trim, Co. Meath , 09-MAR-19 [Details] |
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2019 | International Commission for the History of Towns.
Michael Potterton (2019) International Commission for the History of Towns. [Oral Presentation], Some archaeological evidence for international trade in Irish towns in the Middle Ages, Budapest, Hungary , 20-SEP-19 [Details] |
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2019 | Blackfriary Archaeology Field School.
Michael Potterton (2019) Blackfriary Archaeology Field School. [Oral Presentation], Looking back on medieval Trim, Trim, Co. Meath , 25-JUL-19 [Details] |
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2019 | Celbridge Historical Society.
Michael Potterton (2019) Celbridge Historical Society. [Oral Presentation], The medieval church at Ardrass, Co. Kildare, and its wider context, Celbridge Library, Co. Kildare , 04-MAR-19 [Details] |
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2019 | Carrig 850 Conference, Irish National Heritage Park.
Michael Potterton (2019) Carrig 850 Conference, Irish National Heritage Park. [Oral Presentation], Wexford, Britain and the Continent in the later Middle Ages: evidence for contact and trade, Ferrycarrig, Co. Wexford , 18-OCT-19 [Details] |
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2019 | National Museum of Ireland, Lunchtime Lecture Series.
Michael Potterton (2019) National Museum of Ireland, Lunchtime Lecture Series. [Oral Presentation], The Archaeology of Anglo-Norman Overseas Trade in Ireland, National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin , 02-OCT-19 [Details] |
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2018 | State University of New York: Brockport, USA.
Michael Potterton (2018) State University of New York: Brockport, USA. [Oral Presentation], An Irish Renaissance? Contact between Ireland and the European Continent in the sixteenth century, The Maynooth Lecture , 30-OCT-18 [Details] |
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2018 | Archaeological Institute of America.
Michael Potterton (2018) Archaeological Institute of America. [Oral Presentation], Moynagh Lough: the story of a long-lost royal island and prehistoric settlement site, Trim Castle Hotel, Co. Meath , 19-JUN-18 [Details] |
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2017 | Archaeology Ireland Conference.
Michael Potterton (2017) Archaeology Ireland Conference. [Oral Presentation], Trowelling back the years: what has archaeology taught us about medieval Trim?, Dublin Castle [Details] |
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2017 | Archaeological Institute of America and Cultural Tourism Ireland.
Michael Potterton (2017) Archaeological Institute of America and Cultural Tourism Ireland. [Oral Presentation], Feeding medieval Dublin: the hinterland of Ireland’s capital, Trim, Co. Meath [Details] |
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2017 | Illuminating Heritage Seminar.
Michael Potterton (2017) Illuminating Heritage Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Urban defences in medieval Ireland, Athy Heritage Centre Museum, Co. Kildare [Details] |
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2017 | Kilbarron Terryglass Historical Society.
Michael Potterton (2017) Kilbarron Terryglass Historical Society. [Oral Presentation], Anglo-Norman castles in Ireland, Terryglass Hall, Co. Tipperary [Details] |
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2017 | Department of History Postgraduate Seminar.
Michael Potterton (2017) Department of History Postgraduate Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Unearthing the past: archaeological excavations at Moynagh Lough, Co. Meath, Maynooth University [Details] |
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2016 | Irish Historic Towns Atlas seminar.
Michael Potterton and Brian Ayers (2016) Irish Historic Towns Atlas seminar. [Oral Presentation], The church in two regional capitals: Kilkenny and Norwich, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [Details] |
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2016 | County Kildare Archaeological Society.
Michael Potterton (2016) County Kildare Archaeological Society. [Oral Presentation], Town development in Ireland under the Anglo-Normans, Kilcullen Heritage Centre, Co. Kildare [Details] |
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2016 | Slattery Lecture Series.
Michael Potterton (2016) Slattery Lecture Series. [Oral Presentation], The monastic town in Ireland: fact or fiction?, Carlow College, Co. Carlow [Details] |
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2015 | Department of History Postgraduate Seminar.
Michael Potterton (2015) Department of History Postgraduate Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Feeding the city: Dublin and its hinterland in the Middle Ages, Maynooth University [Details] |
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2014 | Irish Archaeological Field School.
Michael Potterton (2014) Irish Archaeological Field School. [Oral Presentation], Looking back on medieval Trim, Trim, Co. Meath [Details] |
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2014 | Mortimer Society (UK).
Michael Potterton (2014) Mortimer Society (UK). [Oral Presentation], Trim in international context: the medieval Mortimers, Dublin [Details] |
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2013 | Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement.
Michael Potterton (2013) Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement. [Keynote Address], Caput: the rise and fall of medieval Trim, Co. Meath, Trim, Co. Meath [Details] |
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2012 | French Across Borders (1200–1600): cultural and political exchanges.
Michael Potterton (2012) French Across Borders (1200–1600): cultural and political exchanges. [Oral Presentation], Staying in Trim: Geoffrey de Geneville (c.1226–1314) and French connections in late medieval Ireland, East Carolina University, North Carolina, USA [Details] |
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2012 | Space and Settlement in the Middle Ages conference.
Michael Potterton (2012) Space and Settlement in the Middle Ages conference. [Oral Presentation], Verging on a Renaissance? Contact between Ireland and the Continent in the sixteenth century, Trinity College Dublin [Details] |
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2012 | UCD Archaeology Postgraduate Seminar.
Michael Potterton (2012) UCD Archaeology Postgraduate Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Discovering Dublin – the medieval city and its hinterland: archaeological evidence, University College Dublin [Details] |
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2011 | UCD Archaeology Society.
Michael Potterton (2011) UCD Archaeology Society. [Oral Presentation], Feeding the city: Dublin and its hinterland in the Middle Ages, University College Dublin [Details] |
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2011 | Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland/National Roads Authority forum on Communicating Archaeology.
Michael Potterton (2011) Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland/National Roads Authority forum on Communicating Archaeology. [Oral Presentation], Communicating archaeology: printed publications, Galway [Details] |
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2010 | Lismullin Heritage Series.
Michael Potterton (2010) Lismullin Heritage Series. [Oral Presentation], Rural settlement in medieval Meath, Lismullin Conference Centre, Co. Meath [Details] |
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2010 | Fingal County Council and the Discovery Programme Seminar.
Michael Potterton (2010) Fingal County Council and the Discovery Programme Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Defence and fortification in the Dublin Region, c.1170–c.1650, Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin [Details] |
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2010 | Annual Tara Lecture Series.
Michael Potterton (2010) Annual Tara Lecture Series. [Oral Presentation], “A soil gnarled by ploughs”? Tara in AD1210, Tara, Co. Meath [Details] |
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2009 | Tara Symposium.
Michael Potterton and Margaret Murphy (2009) Tara Symposium. [Oral Presentation], Agriculture in Tara and its hinterland, AD1200–1650, University College Dublin [Details] |
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2009 | Archaeology Society, NUI Galway.
Michael Potterton and Michael Ann Bevivino (2009) Archaeology Society, NUI Galway. [Oral Presentation], The Mapping Death Project, NUI Galway [Details] |
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2009 | Mapping Death Symposium.
Michael Potterton (2009) Mapping Death Symposium. [Oral Presentation], An overview of burials, religious conversion and external influences in early Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [Details] |
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2009 | Dublin and the Pale in the Renaissance Seminar.
Michael Potterton (2009) Dublin and the Pale in the Renaissance Seminar. [Oral Presentation], The archaeology of the Pale boundary, Trinity College Dublin [Details] |
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2008 | Dublin Medieval Society.
Michael Potterton (2008) Dublin Medieval Society. [Oral Presentation], Geoffrey de Geneville (c.1226–1314) and his career in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin [Details] |
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2008 | Public seminar on developing a research strategy for Brú na Bóinne.
Michael Potterton (2008) Public seminar on developing a research strategy for Brú na Bóinne. [Oral Presentation], Brú na Bóinne in the medieval and post-medieval periods (to c.1700): a research agenda, Slane, Co. Meath [Details] |
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2008 | Sixteenth-Century Society Conference.
Michael Potterton (2008) Sixteenth-Century Society Conference. [Oral Presentation], “Fensible in fastness of ditches and castles”: the archaeology of the English Pale, St Louis, Missouri, USA [Details] |
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2008 | Mapping Death Symposium.
Michael Potterton (2008) Mapping Death Symposium. [Oral Presentation], The Mapping Death Project: summary and future directions, University College Dublin [Details] |
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2008 | Uncovering Trim Town Seminar.
Michael Potterton (2008) Uncovering Trim Town Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Medieval Trim: the known and the unknown, Trim, Co. Meath [Details] |
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2008 | Presentation to A-Level students.
Michael Potterton (2008) Presentation to A-Level students. [Oral Presentation], Archaeological research in the twenty-first century, Wellington College, Berkshire, UK [Details] |
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2007 | International Medieval Congress.
Michael Potterton (2007) International Medieval Congress. [Oral Presentation], Commercial intercourse between medieval Dublin and its hinterland, University of Leeds, UK [Details] |
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2007 | International Congress on Medieval Studies.
Michael Potterton (2007) International Congress on Medieval Studies. [Oral Presentation], Champagne Crusaders: French connections in thirteenth-century Meath, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA [Details] |
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2006 | Annual Conference of the Society for Medieval Archaeology.
Michael Potterton and Margaret Murphy (2006) Annual Conference of the Society for Medieval Archaeology. [Oral Presentation], Settlement and society in the hinterland of medieval Dublin, Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo [Details] |
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2006 | International Medieval Congress.
Michael Potterton (2006) International Medieval Congress. [Oral Presentation], Trim and the medieval lordship of Meath, University of Leeds, UK [Details] |
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2006 | Cork Archaeological and Historical Society.
Michael Potterton (2006) Cork Archaeological and Historical Society. [Oral Presentation], Standards of living in medieval Dublin and its hinterland, Crawford Gallery, Cork [Details] |
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2006 | Kilmallock Walled Towns Conference.
Michael Potterton (2006) Kilmallock Walled Towns Conference. [Oral Presentation], Town development under the Anglo-Normans, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick [Details] |
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2005 | European Association of Archaeologists’ 11th Annual Meeting.
Michael Potterton (2005) European Association of Archaeologists’ 11th Annual Meeting. [Oral Presentation], The Dublin Module of the Discovery Programme’s Medieval Rural Settlement Project, Cork [Details] |
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2005 | Ruralia VI: Arts and Crafts in Medieval Rural Environments.
Michael Potterton (2005) Ruralia VI: Arts and Crafts in Medieval Rural Environments. [Oral Presentation], Bone and antler as raw materials in medieval Ireland, Szentendre-Dobogókő, Hungary [Details] |
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2005 | Archaeology Ireland conference on ‘Food, culture and identity’.
Michael Potterton and Margaret Murphy (2005) Archaeology Ireland conference on ‘Food, culture and identity’. [Oral Presentation], Feeding the city: reconstructing diet, lifestyle and health in medieval Dublin, University College Dublin [Details] |
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2005 | East Carolina University Medieval Irish History and Archaeology Lecture Series, 2005–7.
Michael Potterton (2005) East Carolina University Medieval Irish History and Archaeology Lecture Series, 2005–7. [Oral Presentation], Early castle-building in medieval Ireland, Greenville, North Carolina, USA [Details] |
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2005 | British Association for the Advancement of Science annual Festival of Science.
Michael Potterton (2005) British Association for the Advancement of Science annual Festival of Science. [Oral Presentation], Talking heads: learning from dead bodies, Trinity College Dublin [Details] |
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2005 | Presentation to Medieval Studies Seminar.
Michael Potterton (2005) Presentation to Medieval Studies Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Trim Castle, Co. Meath: the historical archaeology of an Irish castle, Appalachian State University—Boone, North Carolina, USA [Details] |
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2004 | Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute for the Study of Irish History and Civilisation.
Michael Potterton and Margaret Murphy (2004) Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute for the Study of Irish History and Civilisation. [Oral Presentation], Rural settlement in the medieval Dublin region: interdisciplinary approaches, University College Dublin [Details] |
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2004 | International Medieval Congress.
Michael Potterton (2004) International Medieval Congress. [Oral Presentation], Pottery as evidence for interaction and trade in medieval Ireland, University of Leeds, UK [Details] |
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2004 | Trinity College Dublin History Postgraduate Seminar.
Michael Potterton (2004) Trinity College Dublin History Postgraduate Seminar. [Oral Presentation], The medieval town and liberty of Trim, Co. Meath, Trinity College Dublin [Details] |
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2004 | Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium.
Michael Potterton and Margaret Murphy (2004) Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium. [Oral Presentation], Standards of Living in the medieval Dublin region: documentary and archaeological approaches, Trinity College Dublin [Details] |
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2003 | 38th International Congress on Medieval Studies.
Michael Potterton (2003) 38th International Congress on Medieval Studies. [Oral Presentation], The castle and town of Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA [Details] |
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2003 | New Perspectives in Celtic Archaeology.
Michael Potterton (2003) New Perspectives in Celtic Archaeology. [Oral Presentation], Feeding Dublin: recent research on the hinterland of the medieval city, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada [Details] |
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2002 | 3rd International Conference of Medieval and Later Archaeology.
Michael Potterton (2002) 3rd International Conference of Medieval and Later Archaeology. [Oral Presentation], The lordship of Meath and the liberty of Trim, Ireland, 1172–1425, Basel, Switzerland [Details] |
Conference Hosted
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2017 | ‘Towns in medieval Ireland, in the light of recent archaeological excavations’. At Maynooth University [25 speakers].
Michael Potterton (2017) ‘Towns in medieval Ireland, in the light of recent archaeological excavations’. At Maynooth University [25 speakers]. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2016 | Irish Conference of Medievalists (ICM) 30. At Maynooth University [45 speakers].
Michael Potterton, Elizabeth Boyle and Salvador Ryan (2016) Irish Conference of Medievalists (ICM) 30. At Maynooth University [45 speakers]. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2015 | ‘Town and country in medieval Ireland’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin.
Michael Potterton and Edel Bhreathnach (2015) ‘Town and country in medieval Ireland’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2010 | ‘The church in early Ireland, in the light of recent archaeological excavations’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [20 speakers].
Michael Potterton and Christiaan Corlett (2010) ‘The church in early Ireland, in the light of recent archaeological excavations’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [20 speakers]. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2009 | ‘Dublin and the Pale in the Renaissance’. At Trinity College Dublin [21 speakers].
Michael Potterton and Thomas Herron (2009) ‘Dublin and the Pale in the Renaissance’. At Trinity College Dublin [21 speakers]. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2008 | ‘Mapping Death: people, boundaries and territories in Ireland, 1st to 8th centuries AD’. At University College Dublin [12 speakers].
Michael Potterton and Edel Bhreathnach (2008) ‘Mapping Death: people, boundaries and territories in Ireland, 1st to 8th centuries AD’. At University College Dublin [12 speakers]. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2008 | ‘Uncovering Trim Town: a conference outlining the results of a series of excavations, 1990–2008’. At the Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim, Co. Meath [10 speakers].
Michael Potterton and Matthew Seaver (2008) ‘Uncovering Trim Town: a conference outlining the results of a series of excavations, 1990–2008’. At the Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim, Co. Meath [10 speakers]. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2007 | ‘The Iron Age in Ireland, in the light of recent archaeological excavations’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [20 speakers].
Michael Potterton and Christiaan Corlett (2007) ‘The Iron Age in Ireland, in the light of recent archaeological excavations’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [20 speakers]. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2006 | ‘Settlement in early medieval Ireland, in the light of recent archaeological excavations’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [16 speakers].
Michael Potterton and Christiaan Corlett (2006) ‘Settlement in early medieval Ireland, in the light of recent archaeological excavations’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [16 speakers]. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2005 | ‘Ireland in the Renaissance’. Four panels presenting on a range of topics at the Renaissance Society of America’s annual conference, Cambridge [20 speakers].
Michael Potterton and Thomas Herron (2005) ‘Ireland in the Renaissance’. Four panels presenting on a range of topics at the Renaissance Society of America’s annual conference, Cambridge [20 speakers]. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2005 | ‘Death and burial in early medieval Ireland, in the light of recent archaeological excavations’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [20 speakers].
Michael Potterton and Christiaan Corlett (2005) ‘Death and burial in early medieval Ireland, in the light of recent archaeological excavations’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [20 speakers]. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2005 | ‘Ireland in the Renaissance: an interdisciplinary conference’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [25 speakers].
Michael Potterton and Thomas Herron (2005) ‘Ireland in the Renaissance: an interdisciplinary conference’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [25 speakers]. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2005 | ‘Medieval rural settlement in Ireland, in the light of recent archaeological excavations’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [17 speakers].
Michael Potterton and Christiaan Corlett (2005) ‘Medieval rural settlement in Ireland, in the light of recent archaeological excavations’. At the Helen Roe Theatre, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin [17 speakers]. Conference Hosted [Details] |
Gov. Report or Document
Year | Publication | |
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2009 | Contributor.
Michael Potterton (2009) Contributor. Kilkenny: Gov. Report or Document [Details] |
Pamphlet
Year | Publication | |
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2009 | Trim in the Middle Ages: a market town on the River Boyne.
Michael Potterton (2009) Trim in the Middle Ages: a market town on the River Boyne. Bray: Pamphlet [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2011 | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London | Society of Antiquaries of London | |
2017 | Grant for seminar on Towns in Medieval Ireland | Irish Walled Towns Network | |
2016 | Heritage grant for Moynagh Lough Excavations Project | Meath County Council | |
2014 | Grant for The church in early medieval Ireland | Heritage Council of Ireland | |
2012 | Grant for Life and death in Iron Age Ireland | Heritage Council of Ireland | |
2011 | Bevir Trust grant for Settlement in early medieval Ireland | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland | |
2011 | Environment Fund Grant for Life and death in Iron Age Ireland | Government of Ireland: Dept. Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht | |
2010 | Heritage Education and Community Outreach Grant for Settlement in early medieval Ireland | Heritage Council of Ireland | |
2009 | Unpublished Excavations Grant for Uncovering medieval Trim | Heritage Council of Ireland | |
2009 | Unpublished Excavations Grant for Rural settlement in medieval Ireland | Heritage Council of Ireland | |
2007 | Publication Grant for Ireland in the Renaissance, c.1540–1660 | Heritage Council of Ireland | |
2005 | Publication Grant for Medieval Trim: history and archaeology | Heritage Council of Ireland | |
1999 | Government of Ireland Scholarship | Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences | |
1998 | Postgraduate Studentship | National University of Ireland | |
1994 | Erasmus Scholarship | University College Dublin |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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Society of Antiquaries of London | Fellow | 02-JAN-11 / | |
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland | Member | 01-JAN-02 / | |
American Society of Irish Medieval Studies | Member | 02-JAN-06 / | |
Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland | Member | 01-JAN-03 / | |
Forum for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Ireland | Member | 01-JAN-10 / | |
Meath Archaeological and Historical Society | Member | 01-JAN-98 / |
Committees
Committee | Function | From / To | |
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International Commission for the History of Towns | Board Member | 2018 / | |
Irish Historic Towns Atlas | Board Member | 2017 / | |
European Association of Archaeologists | Board Member | 2005 / 2010 | |
Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy | Board Member | 2016 / | |
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland | Council Member | 2004 / 2008 | |
Irish Archaeological Field School | Committee Member | 2010 / | |
Journal of Irish Archaeology | Board Member | 2005 / 2009 |
Employment
Employer | Position | From / To | |
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Four Courts Press | Editor | 01-MAY-09 / 31-AUG-15 | |
The Discovery Programme | Senior Research Archaeologist | 03-FEB-03 / 30-APR-09 | |
School of Archaeology, University College Dublin | Lecturer | 01-SEP-08 / 30-JUN-09 | |
Department of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway | Temporary Lecturer | 01-SEP-06 / 30-JUN-07 | |
St Michael’s College, University of Toronto, Canada | Visiting Professor | 01-JAN-03 / 30-JUN-03 | |
Department of History, Maynooth University | Occasional Lecturer | 01-SEP-98 / 31-JAN-03 | |
Université de Paris–IV (La Sorbonne), France | Temporary Lecturer | 02-SEP-96 / 30-JUN-97 |
Education
Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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2003 | National University of Ireland, Maynooth | PhD | History | |
1996 | University College Dublin (NUI) | BA (Int.) | Archaeology & French |
Languages
Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
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English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
French | Fluent | Functional | Functional |