Speakers, Paper Abstracts and Full Texts Short abstracts of papers presented at the Conference are listed below in the order in which they were presented in each Session e.g. The second paper presented in Session 1 is listed as Paper 1.2, etc. Details of times, chairpersons, etc are available on the Conference Programme Page. The Conference Session Themes were: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7th SESSION 1: Ancient Landscape and Archaeology SESSION 2: A Multi-disciplinary Study by NUI, Galway SESSION 3: Publications, Sources and Artefacts SESSION 4: Change in the Political and Social Order SESSION 5: Open Forum Booley Hut at Annagh, Achill, Co Mayo © Achill Folklife Centre SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8th SESSION 6: Case Histories SESSION 7: Conservation, Preservation and Protection SESSION 8: Community Workshop and Exhibition SESSION 9: Field Excursions Click on each link to view the appropriate abstract. The full text of each paper is available within folders below showing the text "(1 folder)" in their title. Just click on the title link showing "Full Text". Croagh Patrick from Moher Lake, County Mayo © Aidan Clarke Archaeological and Historical Societies of Mayo Invitation Lecture: County Mayo and the National Museum Conference After-Dinner Speaker: From Belderrig to Belfield and Back: Locating Knowledge within its own Landscape Paper 1.1: The Role of Human Activity in Shaping the Landscape of Mayo Paper 1.2: Recent Archaeological Investigations on Croagh Patrick Paper 1.3: Clare Island: The role of Archaeological Survey in the re-construction of an Island's History Paper 2.1: Long-term Vegetation and Land-use History at Mayo Abbey Paper 2.2: Maigh Eó na Sacsan: Anglo-Saxons in Ireland and the Question of Assimilation (1 folder) Paper 2.3: Mayo Abbey: Geophysical Surveys at the Monastic Enclosure Paper 3.1: Recent Research, Publications and Websites Relating to County Mayo History Paper 3.2: Mayo in the National Archives of Ireland Paper 3.3: Museums of Mayo: A Valuable Network Paper 4.1: Survival and Transition in the Mayo of Granuaile and her Family Paper 4.2: The Church of Ireland Community of North County Mayo and South County Sligo 1870-1940 Paper 4.3: Resurrecting lost local landscapes in west Mayo Paper 4.4: Mayo God Help us!: Emigration from Nineteenth Century Mayo Paper 6.1: Geophysical Images of a Rath and Souterrain near Mayo Abbey, County Mayo Paper 6.2: The Landscape and Heritage of Turlough Paper 6.3: Mayo's Lost Islands Paper 6.4: Baile and Buaile: the Archaeological Significance of Place-name Evidence Paper 7.1: Local Field Studies; a Community Approach Paper 7.2: A Sense of Place: The Real Basis for Conservation and Appreciation of the Mayo Heritage   Mayo Heritage > Speakers, Paper Abstracts and Full Texts

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