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Papers by Colin Rynne
The Heritage of Ireland
Béaloideas, 2001
Waterpower in Medieval Ireland
BRILL eBooks, 2000
Industrial Archaeology Review, May 1, 2008
Technological Innovation in the Early 19th Century Irish Cotton Industry
Springer eBooks, Jan 4, 2007
Haulbowline Island, Cork Harbour, Ireland, c.1816–1832: A New Archaeological Perspective on Ireland's ‘Coloniality’
The colonial landscapes of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, c.1602-1643
Society for Historical Archaeology, 2013
The international journal for the history of engineering & technology, Jul 3, 2017
Measurement and Recording of Historic Buildings, by Peter Swallow, Ross Dallas, Sophie Jackson and David Watt
Industrial Archaeology Review, 2004
Technological change in the agrarian economy of early medieval Ireland: new archaeological evidence for the introduction of the coulter plough
Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 2018
A Synergistic Approach to the Recording, Interpretation and Conservation of a Built Environment
The heritage of a built environment is a legacy left to us by successive generations of engineers... more The heritage of a built environment is a legacy left to us by successive generations of engineers, architects and contractors, using a combination of skills. Progressive legislation, recently introduced in the Republic of Ireland, has re-defined the heritage of the built environment and promises to provide improved levels of protection for a broad range of heritage, including engineering, industrial and architectural. The authors suggest that a synergistic approach to the recording, interpretation and conservation of this heritage is more appropriate than individual groups working in isolation. The authors review the nature and extent of the heritage of the built environment in the Republic of Ireland and examine the methods currently being employed to record, interpret and conserve such heritage.
The Introduction of the Vertical Watermill into Ireland: Some Recent Archaeological Evidence
Medieval Archaeology, 1989
... counterpart, the vertical-wheeled mill. The latter is normally associated with the coming oj ... more ... counterpart, the vertical-wheeled mill. The latter is normally associated with the coming oj the Cistercians and the Anglo-Normans to Ireland, although no-one has ever attempted to explain why this was so. The validity ojthese claims is ...
Water Power
Water power was the principal source of energy for British and Irish industry for the greater par... more Water power was the principal source of energy for British and Irish industry for the greater part of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, especially in the textile industries. Even in the nineteenth century steam power in many Irish, Scottish, and Welsh industries was a supplement rather than a replacement for water-powered prime movers. In the early twenty-first century water power remains an important low-carbon power-generation option. Using British and Irish examples this chapter reviews the technological development of water power, from vertical and horizontal waterwheels, the replacement of wood with iron fabric in the transmission systems, and improvements in waterwheel design, to water turbines and the introduction of hydroelectric generation.
Horizontal Mills in Mediaeval Ireland
Transactions, 1998
Industrial Archaeology Review, Nov 1, 2011
This article discusses the continued use of the early medieval horizontal waterwheel form, well i... more This article discusses the continued use of the early medieval horizontal waterwheel form, well into the post-medieval period in the Atlantic Provinces of the British Isles. It argues that archaeological and documentary evidence demonstrates that the horizontal mills of western Ireland represent the continued use of this technology from the early medieval period in to modern times. Similarly, it argues that the traditional horizontal mills of Scotland and its western islands can, on linguistic grounds, be linked into the same enduring tradition. The continued use of this technology in these societies appears to be as much a product of social context and choice, as it was a technological 'survival' in a 'marginalised' area.
The international journal for the history of engineering & technology, 2015
Recent archaeological discoveries of early medieval horizontal water-wheels in Ireland have shed ... more Recent archaeological discoveries of early medieval horizontal water-wheels in Ireland have shed important new light on the origins and technical development of the horizontal water-wheel in Asia and Europe. As will be argued below, based on this evidence, a number of general patterns are beginning to emerge. In the first of these it is clear that regional variations on basic types had already developed across the island of Ireland from at least the seventh century onwards. Indeed, a number of these also appear to have been designed to accommodate seasonal water flows. The recent Irish evidence is also compared with what is currently known from medieval written sources from Europe. Together, these demonstrate clear continuity in the use of certain forms of horizontal water-wheel from the early medieval period up to very recent times. keywords early medieval Ireland, horizontal water-wheels, medieval technolog y, water-power in early medieval Europe
Measurement and Recording of Historic Buildings
APT Bulletin, 1993
Water and Wind Power
Oxford University Press eBooks, Feb 5, 2018
The inhabitants of most urban and rural communities in both Britain and Ireland during the later ... more The inhabitants of most urban and rural communities in both Britain and Ireland during the later medieval period would have lived a relatively short distance from either a watermill or windmill. This chapter examines the most recent archaeological evidence for water- and wind-powered mills in later medieval Britain. The use of water power, in particular, was widespread in the later medieval period for a wide range of industrial activities. However, during this same period nearly all of the grain harvest was processed in either wind- or water-powered mills. The archaeological record also demonstrates a large degree of continuity, from the late Roman and early medieval periods, in the design of waterwheels and the mechanisms they actuated.
Haulbowline Island, Cork Harbour, Ireland, c.1816–1832: A New Archaeological Perspective on Ireland's ‘Coloniality’
Crossing Paths or Sharing Tracks?, Mar 19, 2009
Herausragendes Industriedenkmal: das Wasserwerk in Cork
Klein, aber oho: Industriekultur auf der »grünen Insel« : Bereits seit Ende der 1950er Jahre etabliert sich die Industriearchäologie in Irland
The Heritage of Ireland
Béaloideas, 2001
Waterpower in Medieval Ireland
BRILL eBooks, 2000
Industrial Archaeology Review, May 1, 2008
Technological Innovation in the Early 19th Century Irish Cotton Industry
Springer eBooks, Jan 4, 2007
Haulbowline Island, Cork Harbour, Ireland, c.1816–1832: A New Archaeological Perspective on Ireland's ‘Coloniality’
The colonial landscapes of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, c.1602-1643
Society for Historical Archaeology, 2013
The international journal for the history of engineering & technology, Jul 3, 2017
Measurement and Recording of Historic Buildings, by Peter Swallow, Ross Dallas, Sophie Jackson and David Watt
Industrial Archaeology Review, 2004
Technological change in the agrarian economy of early medieval Ireland: new archaeological evidence for the introduction of the coulter plough
Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 2018
A Synergistic Approach to the Recording, Interpretation and Conservation of a Built Environment
The heritage of a built environment is a legacy left to us by successive generations of engineers... more The heritage of a built environment is a legacy left to us by successive generations of engineers, architects and contractors, using a combination of skills. Progressive legislation, recently introduced in the Republic of Ireland, has re-defined the heritage of the built environment and promises to provide improved levels of protection for a broad range of heritage, including engineering, industrial and architectural. The authors suggest that a synergistic approach to the recording, interpretation and conservation of this heritage is more appropriate than individual groups working in isolation. The authors review the nature and extent of the heritage of the built environment in the Republic of Ireland and examine the methods currently being employed to record, interpret and conserve such heritage.
The Introduction of the Vertical Watermill into Ireland: Some Recent Archaeological Evidence
Medieval Archaeology, 1989
... counterpart, the vertical-wheeled mill. The latter is normally associated with the coming oj ... more ... counterpart, the vertical-wheeled mill. The latter is normally associated with the coming oj the Cistercians and the Anglo-Normans to Ireland, although no-one has ever attempted to explain why this was so. The validity ojthese claims is ...
Water Power
Water power was the principal source of energy for British and Irish industry for the greater par... more Water power was the principal source of energy for British and Irish industry for the greater part of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, especially in the textile industries. Even in the nineteenth century steam power in many Irish, Scottish, and Welsh industries was a supplement rather than a replacement for water-powered prime movers. In the early twenty-first century water power remains an important low-carbon power-generation option. Using British and Irish examples this chapter reviews the technological development of water power, from vertical and horizontal waterwheels, the replacement of wood with iron fabric in the transmission systems, and improvements in waterwheel design, to water turbines and the introduction of hydroelectric generation.
Horizontal Mills in Mediaeval Ireland
Transactions, 1998
Industrial Archaeology Review, Nov 1, 2011
This article discusses the continued use of the early medieval horizontal waterwheel form, well i... more This article discusses the continued use of the early medieval horizontal waterwheel form, well into the post-medieval period in the Atlantic Provinces of the British Isles. It argues that archaeological and documentary evidence demonstrates that the horizontal mills of western Ireland represent the continued use of this technology from the early medieval period in to modern times. Similarly, it argues that the traditional horizontal mills of Scotland and its western islands can, on linguistic grounds, be linked into the same enduring tradition. The continued use of this technology in these societies appears to be as much a product of social context and choice, as it was a technological 'survival' in a 'marginalised' area.
The international journal for the history of engineering & technology, 2015
Recent archaeological discoveries of early medieval horizontal water-wheels in Ireland have shed ... more Recent archaeological discoveries of early medieval horizontal water-wheels in Ireland have shed important new light on the origins and technical development of the horizontal water-wheel in Asia and Europe. As will be argued below, based on this evidence, a number of general patterns are beginning to emerge. In the first of these it is clear that regional variations on basic types had already developed across the island of Ireland from at least the seventh century onwards. Indeed, a number of these also appear to have been designed to accommodate seasonal water flows. The recent Irish evidence is also compared with what is currently known from medieval written sources from Europe. Together, these demonstrate clear continuity in the use of certain forms of horizontal water-wheel from the early medieval period up to very recent times. keywords early medieval Ireland, horizontal water-wheels, medieval technolog y, water-power in early medieval Europe
Measurement and Recording of Historic Buildings
APT Bulletin, 1993
Water and Wind Power
Oxford University Press eBooks, Feb 5, 2018
The inhabitants of most urban and rural communities in both Britain and Ireland during the later ... more The inhabitants of most urban and rural communities in both Britain and Ireland during the later medieval period would have lived a relatively short distance from either a watermill or windmill. This chapter examines the most recent archaeological evidence for water- and wind-powered mills in later medieval Britain. The use of water power, in particular, was widespread in the later medieval period for a wide range of industrial activities. However, during this same period nearly all of the grain harvest was processed in either wind- or water-powered mills. The archaeological record also demonstrates a large degree of continuity, from the late Roman and early medieval periods, in the design of waterwheels and the mechanisms they actuated.
Haulbowline Island, Cork Harbour, Ireland, c.1816–1832: A New Archaeological Perspective on Ireland's ‘Coloniality’
Crossing Paths or Sharing Tracks?, Mar 19, 2009
Herausragendes Industriedenkmal: das Wasserwerk in Cork
Klein, aber oho: Industriekultur auf der »grünen Insel« : Bereits seit Ende der 1950er Jahre etabliert sich die Industriearchäologie in Irland