Ann Lynch is an Irish archaeologist specialising in prehistory. She is a former Chief Archaeologist with the National Monuments Service of Ireland."Dr Ann Lynch". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Retrieved 6 October 2023
Lynch studied at University College Cork and has led excavations on a number of major national monuments, including Poulnabrone dolmen (1986 & 1988),O'Kelly (1989), p. 94 Newgrange (1980s),Lynch, Ann. "Newgrange Revisited: New Insights from Excavations at the Back of the Mound in 1984–8". Journal of Irish Archaeology, volume 23, 2014. pp. 13–82. Skellig Michael (from the mid-1980s),Bourke, Edward; Hayden, Alan; Lynch, Ann. "Skellig Michael, Co. Kerry: The Monastery and South Peak: Archaeological Stratigraphic Report: Excavations 1986–2010". Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2023 Dublin Castle (1985),Lynch, Ann; Manning, Conleth; Wiggins, Ken. "Dublin Castle: From Fortress to Palace: Volume 2 - The Viking-age Archaeology". Wordwell Books, 2024. "Dr. Ann Lynch on the 5,000-year-old murder mystery from the Burren". Clare FM, 25th June 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2023 and Moor Abbey, County Tipperary (2019).Manning, Conleth. "Archaeology in Ireland’s journals, 2019". Archaeology Ireland, volume 34, no. 1, Spring 2020, pp. 34–36.
Selected publications Books "Dublin Castle: From Fortress to Palace Volume 2". Wordwell, 2023. "Poulnabrone: An Early Neolithic Portal Tomb in Ireland". Stationery Office, 2014. "Tintern Abbey, Co. Wexford". Stationery Office, 2010.
Journals "Reviewing the state of archaeology in Ireland". The National Monuments Service, volume 22, nr 2, 2008. pp. 10–12"Lynch, A. (2008)". The National Monuments Service. Retrieved 6 October 2023
Online lectures Poulnabrone, a tomb for the ancestors. Burrenbeo Trust, 2022
References
Sources O'Kelly, Michael J. "Early Ireland: An Introduction to Irish Prehistory". Cambridge University Press, 1989.