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Files relating to the excavation of cists and related objects at The Cronk, Upper Lhergydhoo, Isle of Man.
File includes Correspondence between Etienne Rynne and Marshall Cubbon, Director of the Manx Museum and National Trust, Douglas, Isle of Man; discussing in detail items found at the Cronk, with drawings of said items (21 Mar 1983); Letter from Cubbon with black and white photograph of pot from cist at site (17 Oct 1980); Letter and black and white photographs of excavation site (possibly The Cronk) sent to Rynne from [Dich] [ ]; MS notes and drawings made by Rynne of artefacts from the Cronk made at the Manx Museum, by Rynne, 1980; Colour photograph of Rynne pictured with a group for UCG Archaeological Excavation Team at the Isle of Man, 1981.

File 2: Hardback notebook kept by Etienne Rynne entitled The Cronk, Upper Lhergydhoo, Isle of Man, 5-15th October 1981. Includes day-by-day accounts of sites visited and research work undertaken with comments on each site. Drawings included of sites/maps etc. for locations visited by Rynne. Manuscript maps of locations also separately included.

File 3: Typescript report by Etienne Rynne entitled "Excavation of Cist at The Cronk, Upper Lhergydhoo, Isle of Man", with attached map of site; Also a report entitled "The Cronk, Upper Lhergydhoo: Note on the Discovery of a Prehistoric Cist" by S. Creegan (1981); Press cuttings regarding news coverage in the Connacht Tribune of the excavations undertaken at the site in the Isle of Man by Etienne Rynne and team from UCG (20 Nov 1981) Correspondence regarding the excavations, the site, objects found and general comments made between Etienne Rynne and others including George Parker; Joe [Walsh]; Marshall Cubban; Aibhistín uasal Ó Murchadha; Sheila Cregan; Also flyers and tourist brochures for Douglas and Peel, Isle of Man.

File 4: Includes copy material, such as copies of correspondence from Arshall Cubbon to others at the British Library, discussing archaeological and historical materials relating to the Isle of Man and the site as excavated by Rynne and team. Includes copy research material and offprints of articles relating to funerary cist urns and related topics.

File includes correspondence and photographs relating to the Luce Sands Ring Brooch found at Wigtownshire, Scotland. Includes black and white photographs of the brooch; with annotated drawings of the object; correspondence between Etienne Rynne and others discussing the finding of the brooch, its provenance, dating, significance and related matters with Paul Thomas; Jack [ ], Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries; A.E. Truckness, Curator, Dumfries Burgh Museum; Liam [ ] and W. F. McCormack, Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society; John [ ], Dept. of Archaeology, Glasgow University; and also assorted loose-leaf manuscript research notes on the brooch by Etienne Rynne.

File includes letter from Nicholas Johnson to Etienne Rynne enclosing an article regarding a ring found in a location in Germany.0

File includes manuscript research notes by Etienne Rynne regarding double-edged sickle; manuscript draft of the article; later typescript version of the paper, with MS annotation;
Note: Paper is published in a festschrift/collection of essays in honour of Caoimhín Ó Danachair, entitled "Gold Under the Furze: Studies in Folk Tradition"; research material including articles on farming, use of sickle, cutting tools, programme from German Opera on Film production of "Wozzeck" by Georg Buchner; Correspondence between Rynne and others regarding research, drafting, editing, and publication of the article, including Prof. Axel Steensberg, National Museum, Denmark; Joachim Hess, Germany; Anne O'Dowd, National Museum of Ireland; Grith Lerche, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters; Dr. Alan Gaily, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum; Alexander Fenton, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland; Bairbre Ni Fhloin; Sian E. Rees, Welsh Office, Cardiff.

File includes typed first draft, corrected (later) first draft, and final typescript version of essay, "A Classification of Pre-Viking Irish Swords". Also includes correspondence regarding the topic of research by Rynne with Dr. Brian Scott, conservation Laboratory, Queen's University, Belfast. Published within a festschrift for Michael V. Duignan.

Files relating to the publication of a festschrift in honour of Helen M. Roe, edited by Etienne Rynne and published by the Glendale Press for the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in 1987.

File 1: Includes offprints of chapter by Etienne Rynne included in the volume entitled "A Pagan Celtic Background for Sheela-Na-Gigs"; Press cutting of interview with Helen M. Roe by Elgy Gillespie on the occasion of Roe's 90th (1985); MS notes by Rynne notes to be for the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) for the press following Roe's election to the RIA; List of those recommended for election to the RIA, Mar 1984;Letter from RIA to Rynne acknowledging Roe's nomination for election to the RIA by Rynne (Nov 1983); Review of "Images from the Past"; Correspondence between Rynne and Glendale Press discussing the publication process for the volume; Correspondence between Rynne and contributors to the volume, including Sir John Galvin; and others including Brendáin Ó Ríardáin, Director, National Museum of Ireland; Dr. Colm Ó hEocha, President, University College Galway; Prof. John O'Scanlan.

File 2: Includes correspondence between Etienne Rynne and Helen M. Roe, Ellen [Nell] Prendergast, National Museum of Ireland,, Invitation to the launch of the volume at the Royal Irish Academy, Oct 1987; printed flyer with contents details for the volume; black and white photograph of Etienne Rynne presenting Helen M. Roe with a bouquet of flowers on the occasion of the book launch at the RIA, Oct 1987. Later letters from Prendergast to Rynne outline her plans to undertake a report chronicling the history of the National Museum of Ireland. Also additional material from 1999 includes a press cutting of an obituary for Prendergast, from the Irish Times, May 1999.

File 3: Includes correspondence between Etienne Rynne and Glendale press regarding publication of the volume; Joe Marron, National Museum of Ireland; Aidan Duggan, RIA, regarding the election of Helen M. Roe; Cormac Bourke, London; Ellen [Nell] Prendergast, National Museum of Ireland; Dr. Colm Hourihane; Breandáin Ó Riárdáin; J.P. MacHale, UCD.

File 4: Letters between Etienne Rynne and contributors to the book, including Anthony Weir, Co. Down; Elisabeth Munksgaard, National Museum of Denmark; Charlotte [Blindheim], University Museum of National Antiquities, Oslo, Norway; Dr. Ann Hamlin, Dept. of Environment, Northern Ireland.

File relating to a chapter published by Etienne Rynne, entitled, "Leo Swan's Pet Subject: Enclosed Early Ecclesiastical Sites in Ireland" published in "Above and Beyond: Essays in Memory of Leo Swan", Wordwell Press, Bray, Co. Wicklow, 2005. File includes manuscript and typescript drafts of the chapter; correspondence with the book's editors and with other publishers seeking permission to reproduce maps and images in the chapter. Also some research material used by Rynne in writing the chapter.

File relating to an essay by Etienne Rynne contributed to a volume of essays in honour of Robert Stevenson. Includes correspondence between Rynne and the volume's editor, David Clarke, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh, discussing the chapter and format. Includes manuscript research notes and drawings of objects used in research by Rynne for the chapter; Various typescript drafts of the chapter by Rynne entitled "Some Early Iron-Age Sword-Hilts from Ireland and Scotland."

File relating to the publication by Dr. David Nicolle of a book of essays to which Etienne Rynne was invited to contribute a chapter in the early 1980s. The book was not published until 1999, no evidence Rynne was a contributor to the final volume. Includes letters between Rynne and Nicole and also between Rynne and Ian Heath with detailed discussion around early Irish weapons and armour.

File includes offprint of chapter by Etienne Rynne, Ireland's Earliest 'Celtic' High Crosses: The Ossory and Related Crosses included in "Early Medieval Munster: Archaeology, History, and Society", edited by Michael A. Monk and John Sheehan and published by Cork University Press.