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Professor Terence Bernard Barry
Fellow Emeritus, History

Biography

1985 - Contributor to "Lexicon des Mittel Alters", Munchen, Germany, Dorf. 1996 - Four entries in "The Oxford Companion to Irish History", ed. S. Connolly. 2004 - Entries in "Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture Vol. 1", Thomson Gale, Detroit.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Looking west: Ireland in the Middle Ages in, Christopher M. Gerrard and Alejandra Gutierez , Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain, UK, OUP, 2018, pp909 - 924, [Terry B. Barry] Book Chapter, 2018

Reflections on the moated sites of Wexford in, editor(s)Ian W. Doyle and Bernard Browne , Medieval Wexford, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2016, pp202 - 210, [T. B. Barry] Book Chapter, 2016

Terry Barry, Interpreting the English Village, Speculum, 90, (4), 2015, p1083 - 1084 Review Article, 2015

Vicky McAlister & Terry Barry, Space and Settlement in Medieval Ireland, First, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2015, v-xv, 1-237pp Book, 2015

T. B. Barry, Out on the Edge, Review of Norman Expansion,: Connections, Continuities and Contrasts, by K. J. Stringer and Andrew Jotischky , Dublin Review of Books, (58), 2014, p1-3 Review, 2014

TBarry, Reviews and short notices, Review of Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Louth, by Brendan Smith , Irish Historical Studies, 39, (153), 2014, p135-136 Review, 2014

Terry Barry, Klingelhofer, Eric, Review of Castles and Colonists, by Eric Klinglehofer , The Spenser Review, 42, (2-3), 2013, p3 Review, 2013 URL

Foreword in, editor(s)Claire Cotter , The Western Stone Forts Project, Dublin, Wordwell Ltd, 2013, pp22 - 22, [Terry Barry] Book Chapter, 2013

Terry Barry, From Archaeology to Spectacle in Victorian Britain: The Case pif Assyria, 1845-1854, by Shawn Malley , The Huguenot Society Journal, 30, (1), 2013, p115 Review, 2013

Terry Barry, Introduction, Oliver Davies(1905-1986), Breifne Journal of Cumann Seanchais Bhreifne, 13, (48), 2013, p7 - 9 Journal Article, 2013

Terry Barry, Medieval Europe: an archaeological perspective, by James Graham-Campbell , Archaeology Ireland, 26 No. 3, (101), 2012, p48 Review, 2012

Terry Barry, Review of Limerick and SW Ireland: Medieval Art and Architecture, by Roger Stalley , Journal of the Medieval Settlement Group, 27, 2012, p81-82 Review, 2012

Terry Barry, Review of London 1100-1600: The Archaeology of a Capital City, by John Schofield , Medieval Archaeology, 56, 2012, p393 Review, 2012

A Tale of Archaeological Serendipity in, editor(s)Peter Harbison and Valerie Hall , A Carnival of Learning, Roscrea, Co Tipperary, Cistercian Press, 2012, pp26 - 32, [Terry Barry] Book Chapter, 2012

Terry Barry(ed.), Timber Castles, Newsletter of Society for Medieval Archaeology, UCL London, (48), 13 October 2012, Society for medieval Archaeology, 2012, 3 p Proceedings of a Conference, 2012

The Archaeology of Medieval Europe Vol 2, Denmark, Arhus University Press, [eds.], 2011-2013 Editorial Board, 2011

Conclusions in, editor(s)Jan Klapste Petr Sommer , Processing, Storage, Distribution of Food, Turnhout, Belgium, Brepols, 2011, pp431 - 433, [Terry Barry] Book Chapter, 2011

Seigneurial and Elite Sites in the Medieval Landscape in, editor(s)Neil Christie Paul Stamper , Medieval Rural Settlkement, Oxford, Oxbow, 2011, pp63 - 80, [Terry Barry and Oliver Creighton] Book Chapter, 2011

Terry Barry, A History of Settlement in Ireland, First Paperback, Abingdon, Routledge, 2011, 296pp Book, 2011

Terry Barry, Book Reviews, Review of Slaves and Warriors in Medieval Britain and Ireland, 800-1200, by David Wyatt , History Scotland, 11, (No.3), 2011, p57 Review, 2011 URL

Terry Barry, Review of The History and Archaeology of Glanworth Castle, Co. Cork, by Conleth Manning , Medieval Archaeology, 54, 2010, p501-2 Review, 2010

Terry Barry, Review of The Shapwick Project, by C. Gerrard with M. Aston , Medieval Archaeology, 54, 2010, p475-6 Review, 2010

Foreword in, editor(s)Christiaan Corlett and Michael Potterton , Rural Settlement in Medieval Ireland, Dublin, Wordwell, 2009, pp8 - 10, [Terry Barry] Book Chapter, 2009

Terry Barry, Ruralia VIII, Leeds, UK, Maney, November, 2009, 6, 8 Report, 2009

Antiquaries Journal, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, [eds.], 2009-2018 Editorial Board, 2009

Terry Barry, Short Reviews, Review of Arts and Crafts in Medieval Rural Environment: Ruralia VI, by Jan Klapste and petr Sommer , Medieval Archaeology, 53, 2009, p455-456 Review, 2009

The origins of Irish castles: a contribution to the debate in, editor(s)Conleth Manning , From Ringforts to Fortified Houses, Bray, County Wicklow, Wordwell, 2008, pp33 - 40, [Terry Barry] Book Chapter, 2008

Terry Barry, The study of Irish medieval castles: a biliographic survey, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 108 C, 2008, p115 - 136 Journal Article, 2008

Terry Barry, Review of The Great Parchment Book of Waterford , by Niall J. Byrne , Decies, 64, 2008, p227-228 Review, 2008

The Archaeology of Medieval Europe, Arhus, Denmark, Arhus University Press, [eds.], 2007-2018 Editorial Board, 2007

The Pope Nicholas IV taxation of the early fourteenth century and irish medieval rural settlement archaeology: a case study in, editor(s)Coédition du Patrimonie de la Région wallonne , L'Urbanisme: Mélanges d'archéologie médiévale, Liege, Belgium, éditions Mardaga, 2006, pp8 - 15, [Terry Barry] Book Chapter, 2006

Ian Russell, Images, Representations and Heritage: Moving beyond Modern Approaches to the Past, 1st, New York, Spring-Kluwer, 2006 Book, 2006 URL

Terry Barry, Introduction to dispersed and nucleated medieval rural settlement in Ireland, Ruralia III Supplementum , Ruralia III, Maynooth, May 2006, edited by Jan Klapste , 14, Institute of Archaeology, Prague, 2006, pp6 - 11 Conference Paper, 2006

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 2006 Editorial Board, 2006

Russell, Ian, Freud and Volkan: Psychoanalysis, group identities and archaeology, Antiquity, 80, 2006, p185 - 195 Journal Article, 2006

Terry Barry, Harold leask's 'single towers': Irish tower houses as part of larger settlement complexes, Chateau Gaillard, Chateau et Peuplement, Voirons, France, 27.8.04-4.9.04, edited by P. Ettel, A.-M. Flambard-Héricher, T.E. McNeill , 22, CRAHM, Caen, France, 2006, pp27 - 34 Conference Paper, 2006

'The Vikings and Ireland'; 'Monastic Archaeology'; 'Irish Vernacular Architecture'; 'Rural Settlement in Medieval Ireland'; 'The Great Stone Castles Built by the Anglo-Normans'; 'The Tower Houses of Ireland' in, Built Environment, Dublin, The Environmental Information Service, 2005, pp10 - 15, [Lennon, Alison] Book Chapter, 2005

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 2005 Editorial Board, 2005

Charles Travis, Review of Geographies of Modernism: Literatures, Cultures, Spaces, by Peter Brooker and Andrew Thacker , Social and Cultural Geography, 2, 2005, p331-338 Review, 2005 DOI

The defensive nature of Irish moated sites in, editor(s)John R. Kenyon and Kieran O' Conor , The Medieval Castle in Ireland and Wales, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2005, pp182 - 193, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 2005

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 2004 Editorial Board, 2004

Vanessa Houssaye, Images of Lust? The Origin and Function of the Castletown Mouth-Puller, County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal, XXV, (4), 2004, p349 - 359 Journal Article, 2004

Foreword in, editor(s)Jacinta Prunty , Maps and map-making in local history, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2004, pp9 - 10, [Andrews J.] Book Chapter, 2004

Tower houses and terror: the archaeology of late medieval Munster in, editor(s)H.B. Clarke, J. Prunty and M. Hennessy , Surveying Ireland's Past, Dublin, Geography Publications, 2004, pp119 - 128, [Terry Barry] Book Chapter, 2004

T.B. Barry, The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland, digitally printed edition, London, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2004, 236pp Book, 2004

Earthworks, medieval, B. Lalor, The Encyclopedia of Ireland, 2004, [T.B. Barry] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 2004

The defensive characteristics of Irish moated sites in, editor(s)J. Kenyon and K. O'Conor , Castles in Ireland and Wales, Four Courts Press, 2003, [261] Book Chapter, 2003

T.B. Barry, J. Bradley and G. Cooney, An Introduction to Irish Archaeology, Routledge, 2003 Book, 2003

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 2003 Editorial Board, 2003

The Archaeology of Anglo-Norman Rural Settlement in Eastern Ireland in, editor(s)J. Boyle , Archaeological Approaches to the Medieval Irish Landscape, USA, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 2002

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 2002-2002 Editorial Board, 2002

T.B. Barry, The Archaeology of the Normans: Castles and their Landscapes, London, 2002, 300pp Book, 2002

T.B. Barry, The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland, London, Routledge, 2002, 250pp Book, 2002

Foreword in, editor(s)R. Budd , The platforme of an universitie' All Hallows, Dublin, Particular Books, 2001, pp2 - 3, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 2001

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 2001-2001 Editorial Board, 2001

Recherches internationales sur le chateau de la Tour d'Albon, France in, editor(s)M. Valor A. Carmona , European Symposium for Teachers of Medieval Archaeology, Seville, 2001, pp129 - 136, [Terry Barry, Johnny De Meulemeester] Book Chapter, 2001

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 2000-2000 Editorial Board, 2000

T.B. Barry, The Settlement History of Ireland, London, Routledge, 2000, 269pp Book, 2000

T.B. Barry, Excavations at Piperstown deserted medieval village, Co. Louth, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 100 C No.3, 2000, pp113 - 135 Conference Paper, 2000

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 1999-1999 Editorial Board, 1999

Anglo-Norman rural settlement in south-east Ireland in, editor(s)J. Klapste and P. Sommer , Life in the Archaeology of the Middle Ages, Prague, Archaeological Institute, 1998, pp5 - 13, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 1998

Socio-economic aspects of Irish medieval settlement in, Ruralia II: Supplementum II, Prague, Institute of Archaeology, 1998, pp78 - 86, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 1998

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 1998-1998 Editorial Board, 1998

T.B. Barry, M. Hurley and O. Scully, Late Viking Age and Medieval Waterford Excavations, 1986-1992 (with an Historical Introduction by T.B. Barry), Waterford Corporation, 1997 Book, 1997

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 1997-1997 Editorial Board, 1997

Rural Settlement in Ireland in the Middle Ages: An Overview in, Ruralia 1, Institute of Archaeology, Prague, 1996, pp134 - 141, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 1996

Irlanda, Enciclopedia Italiana (Archeologica), Rome, 1996, [T.B. Barry] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 1996

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 1996-1996 Editorial Board, 1996

T. B. Barry, R. Frame and K. Simms, Colony and Frontier in "Medival Ireland-Essays" presented to J.F. Lydon, London and Rio Grande, Hambledon Press, 1995, xxvi+ 262pp Book, 1995

Like a little castle: Waterford in the Middle Ages in, editor(s)H.B. Clarke , Irish Cities, Cork, Mercier Press, 1995, pp191 - 203, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 1995

The Last Frontier: the settlement history of late medieval Ireland in, editor(s)T. B. Barry, R. Frame and K. Simms , Colony and Frontier in Medieval Ireland - Essays presented to J. F. Lydon, London and Rio Grande, Hambledon Press, 1995, pp217 - 228, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 1995

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 1995-1995 Editorial Board, 1995

T.B. Barry, Medieval Archaeology in Ireland, European Symposium for the Teachers of Medieval Archaeology, Budapest, 1994 Conference Paper, 1994

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 1994-1994 Editorial Board, 1994

Dublino, Enciclopedia Italiana (Archeologica), Rome, 1994, [T.B. Barry] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 1994

Rural settlement in, editor(s)M. Ryan , The Illustrated Archaeology of Ireland, 1994, pp180 - 183, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 1994

Medieval Ireland, Encyclopaedia of Medieval Archaeology, New York, 1994, [T.B. Barry] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 1994

T.B. Barry, The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland, London, Routledge, 1994, 236pp Book, 1994

Colonial decline and transformation 1350-1550 in, editor(s)B. J. Graham and L. J. Proudfoot , An Historical Geography of Ireland, London, Academic Press, 1993, pp99 - 122, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 1993

The archaeology of the tower house in late medieval Ireland in, editor(s)H. Andersson and J. Weinberg , The Study of Medieval Archaeology, Lund, 1993, pp211 - 218, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 1993

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 1993-1993 Editorial Board, 1993

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section C, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, [eds.], 1992-1992 Editorial Board, 1992

Rural settlement in, editor(s)M. Ryan , The Illustrated Archaeology of Ireland, 1991, pp180 - 183, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 1991

T.B. Barry., J. Bradley, The people of the country....dwell scattered" the pattern of rural settlement in Ireland in the later middle ages' in Settlement and society in Medieval Ireland: Essays presented to F. X. Martin, o.s.a, 1990, 345 - 360pp Book, 1990

T.B. Barry, The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland, London, Routledge, 1988 Book, 1988

T.B. Barry, The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland, London, Methuen & Co, 1987, 234pp Book, 1987

T.B. Barry, E. Culleton and Canon A. Empey, Kells motte, Co. Kilkenny, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 84C, 1984, pp157 - 70 Conference Paper, 1984

Anglo-Norman Ringwork Castles; Some Evidence in, editor(s)T. Reeve-Smyth, F. Hamond , Landscape Archaeology in Ireland, Oxford, B. A. R. British series 116, 1983, pp295 - 314, [T.B. Barry ] Book Chapter, 1983

T.B. Barry, Archaeological Excavations at Dunbeg Promontory Fort, Co. Kerry, 1977, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 81C, 1981, pp295 - 329 Conference Paper, 1981

The Shifting Frontier: Medieval moated sites in counties Cork and Limerick in, editor(s)F. A. Aberg and A. E. Brown , Medieval Moated Sites in North-West Europe, Oxford, British Archaeological Reports International Series l2l, 1981, pp71 - 85, [T.B. Barry] Book Chapter, 1981

T.B. Barry, F. A. Aberg, Moated Sites in Ireland, Medieval Moated Sites: Research Report No. 17, London, Council for British Archaeology, 1978 Report, 1978

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Terry Barry, Space and Settlement 2, 27-28 May 2011, 2011, The Hub, Trinity College Dublin, Niall Brady, Maney Publishing, Leeds, (46), Newsletter of the Society for Medieval Archaeology, 2 Meetings /Conferences Organised, 2011

Terry Barry, Space and Settlement: The Final Frontier, 28-29 May 2010, In:Space and Settlement: The Final Frontier, 2010, Trinity College Dublin, Niall Brady, Maney Publishing, Leeds , UK, (44), Society for Medieval Archaeology Newsletter, 2-4 Meetings /Conferences Organised, 2010

Research Expertise

Description

Castles, the archaeology of medieval Britain and Ireland, especially Viking and Norman settlement; moated sites and villages.

Projects

  • Title
    • Origins of Motte castles in Europe
  • Summary
    • Excavations of castles in Europe
  • Funding Agency
    • TCD, University of Gent, University of Lyon
  • Date From
    • 1995

Keywords

Archaeology of medieval Britain and Ireland; British and Western European Archaeology; Gaelic lordships in Ireland and Scotland, social and political development; Medieval Britain; Medieval Castles; Medieval Ireland; Medieval Irish; Urban and economic history; Viking Archaeology; Viking Waterford

Recognition

Representations

Guest Professor in the Institute of Medieval Archaeology in the University of Århus, March-April 1994.

Chair of the Directorate of the Discovery Programme, 2010-2015.

Awards and Honours

University of Birmingham History prize 1968

Honorary Vice-president of the Royal Archaeological Society 2002-

Vice-President of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 2007

The Barry Prize named after the recipient at the International Congress at Kalamazoo, USA. 2007-Present.

Memberships

1987 Elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. 1989 Elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. 1991 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.