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John Bradley
Born	(1954-01-11)January 11, 1954 County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died	November 7, 2014(2014-11-07) (aged 60) County Kildare
Nationality	Irish
Known for	historian, archaeologist
Scientific career

John Bradley (January 11, 1954–November 7, 2014) was a scholar, medievalist, archaeologist, writer, teacher and conservationist who was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Bradley's work on the city of Kilkenny is considered definitive. Internationally renowned, Bradley was one of Ireland's leading experts on medieval towns and can be considered the 'founding father' of Irish urban archeology.

After studying archaeology at university he worked on the Urban Archaeology Survey of Ireland, and became a lecturer at both University College Dublin and later Maynooth. His research interests included the "archaeology of Ireland", "urban archaeology", "crannogs", the "medieval Irish town", "death and burial in the Middle Ages", "Kilkenny before 1700", and the "history of chess in Ireland".

Bradley was secretary of the Friends of Medieval Dublin (1978-84), the president of the Organisation of Irish Archaeologists (1987-90), and vice-president of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in 1997.

Bradly death in 2014 came after a short illness. Fellow archaeologist Cóilín Ó’Drisceoil said “So much of what we now know about Kilkenny’s past is as a result of his painstaking research, his abundant publications and his lectures, which were events always to be treasured.”

Early life

Bradley was a native of the city of Kilkenny, born on Parliament Street and he lived in Saint Fiacra's Place. Near his old school was Rothe House and he was later influenced by Margaret Phelan and her work with the Kilkenny Archaeological Society. He studied archeology, history and geography at University College Dublin. where his masters was about Irish medieval towns. He later became a trustee of Rothe House.

Career

Bradley studied archeology, history and geography at University College Dublin. where his masters was about Irish medieval towns. Bradley worked for several years with Professor George Eogan on the archaeological excavations at Knowth, County Meath.

Bradley was appointed director of the Urban Archaeology Survey of Ireland in 1982, where long with others, they developed the first inventory of the country's medieval and early modern buildings. He was involved in an excavation at Monnagh Lough crannog in County Meath between 1981 and 1999.

Bradley lectured in the Department of Archaeology at University College Dublin between 1991 and 1996, and later Bradley joined the Department of History at Maynooth University in 1996, where he became a senior lecturer. He was involved in the setup and taught at NUI Maynooth's Kilkenny outreach campus.

Publications

He wrote fourteen books and about 120 papers, as well as chapters in other publications. His first papers in two parts was "The town wall of Kilkenny" (Bradley 1975 and Bradley 1976) published in the Old Kilkenny Review in 1976.

Considered a landmark in urban archaeology, his study of medieval Drogheda (Bradley 1978) used a 'total history' approach.

Heritage and develpment

Following the destrution of Viking Dublin, Wood Quay Bradley was secretary of the Friends of Medieval Dublin (1978-84). His account (Bradley 1984) helped form his view that heritage was being "trampled for development".

National positions

Bradley spent three years, from 1987, as the president of the Organisation of Irish Archaeologists (OIA) (1987-90), this was one of the two organisations, along with the Professional Archaeologists (IAPA) which were considered as professional bodies. By 2001 the OIA had become defunct and the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI) was founded to replace IAPA.

Bradley was vice-president of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in 1997. Bradley was a long time member of the board of the British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography (Council for British Archaeology, York, and the British Academy, London), and served as its chairman on two occasions.

Bradley was a member of the directorate of the Discovery Programme (1995-2001). Bradley served on the national monuments advisory council of County Kildare. Bradley served as a member of the board of directors of Dvblinia and the Dublin Medieval Trust. Bradley served archaeological advisory committee of Dublin City Council. Bradley was the first convener and chairman of the archaeological sub-committee for the Government of Ireland Scholarships, awarded by the Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Higher Education Authority, Dublin, 1998-2001).

Bradley served on the Heritage Council’s committee on urban archaeology in Ireland and was its academic advisor for its Irish Walled Towns initiative.

Legacy

Bradly death in 2014 came after a short illness. Fellow archaeologist Cóilín Ó’Drisceoil said “So much of what we now know about Kilkenny’s past is as a result of his painstaking research, his abundant publications and his lectures, which were events always to be treasured. It is because of John that so many of us cherish our city today, for it was John’s work that opened our eyes to Kilkenny’s enormous wealth of archaeology and history. We have lost our greatest ever archaeologist and a scholar of international importance. The people of Kilkenny will forever be in his debt.”

In 2015 NUI held a talk.

Bibliography

Books

• Bradley, John; Coles, John; Grogan, Eoin; Raftery, Barry; Roche, Helen (2004). From megaliths to metals: Essays in honour of George Eogan. Oxbow Books. ISBN 9781842171516.
• Bradley, John (2003). Dublin in the year 1000. Dublin: Dublin City Public Libraries. ISBN 0946841667.
• Bradley, John (2003). Treasures of Kilkenny : charters and civic records of Kilkenny City. Kilkenny: Kilkenny People Printing Ltd. ISBN 0954654307.
• Bradley, John (2000). Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA), no. 10, Kilkenny. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.
• Bradley, John (2000). Discover Kilkenny. O'Brien. ISBN 9780862786618.

Other

selected journals

• Bradley, J. (2004) 'Ireland’s archaeology journals'. 18 pp 46-48
• Bradley, J. (2002) 'From frontier town to renaissance city: Kilkenny 1500-1700'. PROCEEDINGS OF THE * BRITISH ACADEMY, cviii: pg 29 - 51.
• Bradley, John (2002). "From Frontier Town to Renaissance City: Kilkenny, 1500-1700". In Borsay, Peter (ed.). Provincial Towns in Early Modern England and Ireland: Change, Convergence, and Divergence. British Academy. p. 29-51. ISBN 9780197262481.
• Bradley, John (2001). "Archaeology, topography and building fabric: the cathedral and town of medieval Kildare". Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society. XIX. Kildare: Kildare Archaeological Society: 27–47.
• Bradley, J. (1999) 'Excavations at Moynagh Lough, Co. Meath, 1997-8 [7th interim report]'. RÍOCHT NA MIDHE, 1:1 - 17.
• Bradley, John (forthcoming), 'Archaeology, topography and building fabric: the cathedral and town of medieval Kildare' in Journal of the Kildare Archaeological and Historical Society, vol. 19: part 1.
• Bradley, John (forthcoming), 'From frontier town to Renaissance city: Kilkenny 1500-1700' in Proceedings ofthe British Academy, 108.
• Bradley, John (2001), with Märit Gaimster, 'Medieval Britain and Ireland in 2000', Medieval Archaeology xlv.
• Bradley, J. (2000) 'Archaeological excavations at Moynagh Lough, County Meath'. Maynooth University Record,
• Bradley, John, Märit Gaimster, Cathy Haith and T. B. Jones (1998), 'Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1997',Medieval Archaeology, 42: pp 107-90.
• Bradley, John, Beverly Nenk and Cathy Haith (1998), 'Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1996', MedievalArchaeology, 41: pp 241-328.
• Bradley, John (1997), 'Brú na Bóinne c.500-c.1600 AD' in Brú na Bóinne, supplement to Archaeology Ireland11: No. 3, pp 32-33.
• Bradley, John (1999), 'Stirring the pot: Spenser, the View and earthen Ware', Spenser Newsletter 30: no.2,Spring-Summer, pp 29-30.
• Bradley, John (1999), 'Excavations at Moynagh Lough, Co. Meath, 1997-8 [7th interim report]', Riocht na Midhe10: pp 1-17.
• Bradley, John, Michael Potterton (1998), 'Directory of information on archaeology in the Irish Parliament(Oireachtas Éireann)', British and Irish archaeological bibliography 2: pp 218-221.
• Bradley, John (1998), Contributor of entries to S. J. Connolly (ed.), The Oxford companion to Irish history,Oxford University Press.
• Bradley, John (1998), 'The monastic town of Clonmacnoise' in H. A. King (ed.) Clonmacnoise Studies 1:Seminar Papers 1994, Bray:Wordwell, pp 42-55.
• Bradley, John (1997), 'The tomb of Anastatia Tobyn at St Patrick's Churchyard, Kilkenny', in J. Kirwan (ed.)Kilkenny: studies in honour of Margaret M. Phelan. Kilkenny Archaeological Society, Kilkenny, pp 21-27.
• Bradley, John (1997), 'Archaeological excavations at Moynagh Lough, Co. Meath, 1995-96, [6th interim report]',Ríocht na Midhe ix, no. 3: pp 50-61.
• Bradley, John (1997), Drogheda: its topography and medieval layout, Old Drogheda Society, 1997, pp 38.
• Bradley, J.and Märit Gaimster (2004) 'Medieval Britain and Ireland in 2003’'. Medieval Archaeology, 48:229 - 350.
• Bradley, J. and Dooley, T. (2004) 'The land for the people’: the land question in independent Ireland, 1923-73.'.
• Bradley, John, ed. (1984). Viking Dublin exposed: the Wood Quay saga. Dublin: O'Brien Press. ISBN 9780862780661.
• Bradley, John (1978). "The topography and layout of medieval Drougheda". Journal of the Royal Society of Antiuaries of Ireland. XIX (2): 98–127.
• Bradley, John (1976). "The town wall of Kilkenny: part 2". Old Kikenny Review. Kilkenny: Kilkenny Archaeological Society: 209–218.
• Bradley, John (1975). "The town wall of Kilkenny: part 1". Old Kikenny Review. Kilkenny: Kilkenny Archaeological Society: 85–103.

Chapters of books

• Bradley, John (2004). "The Irish Historic Towns Atlas as a source for urban history". In Clarke, Howard B. (ed.). Surveying Ireland's past : multidisciplinary essays in honour of Anngret Simms. Dublin: Geography Publications. ISBN 9780906602423.
• Bradley, John (2004). "Moynagh Lough in the Late Bronze Age". In Roche, Helen (ed.). From megaliths to metals : essays in honour of George Eogan. Oxford [u.a.]: Oxbow Books. ISBN 978-1842171516.
• Bradley, John (2004). "Death, art and burial: St Canice's cathedral, Kilkenny, in the sixteenth century". In Hourihane, Colum; Harbison, Peter (eds.). Irish Art Historical Studies in Honour of Peter Harbison. Dublin: Four Courts. ISBN 9781851828470.
• Bradley, John (2002). "Urban sovereigns and territorial sovereigns-the castle and town of Kilkenny 1200-1500". In G Helmig; B Scholkmann; M Untermann (eds.). Medieval Europe Basel 2002: Centre, Region, Periphery : 3rd International Conference of Medieval and Later Archaeology, Basel (Switzerland) 10-15. September 2002. Folio-Verlag.
• Bradley, John; Murtagh, B. (2003). "Brady's castle, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny: a 14th-century fortified town house". In Kenyon, John R.; O'Conor, Kieran (eds.). The medieval castle in Ireland and Wales : essays in honour of Jeremy Knight. Dublin [u.a.]: Four Courts Press. ISBN 9781851827268.
• Bradley, John (2002). "The rural house in medieval Ireland". In Klápště, Jan (ed.). The rural house from the migration period to the oldest still standing buildings : Ruralia IV : 8. - 13. September 2001, Bad Bederkesa, Lower Saxony, Germany. Prague: Inst. of Archaeology, Acad. of Sciences of the Czech Republic. ISBN 9788086124360.
• Bradley, John (2001). "A late Mesolithic settlement in eastern Ireland". In Raftery, Barry; Hickey, Joyce (eds.). Recent developments in wetland research. Dublin: Department of Archaeology, UCD. ISBN 9780951911778.
• Bradley, John (2000). "Rural boroughs in medieval Ireland: nucleated or dispersed settlements?". In Klápště, Jan (ed.). Conference Ruralia III Maynooth, 3rd - 9th september 1999. Prague: Institute of Archaeology. ISBN 8086124282.
• Bradley, John (1999). "Urbanization in early medieval Ireland". In Karkov, Catherine; Karkov, Kelley M; Wickham-Crowley, Bailey K; Young (eds.). Spaces of the living and the dead : an archaeological dialogue. Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN 9781900188814.
• Bradley, John (1999). "Early urban development in County Laois". In Lane, Pádraig G. (ed.). Laois : history & society. Dublin: Geography Publ. ISBN 9780906602461.
• Bradley, John (1998). "The medieval boroughs of Dublin". In Manning, Conleth (ed.). Dublin and beyond the pale : studies in honour of Patrick Healy. Wicklow: Wordwell. ISBN 9781869857264.
• Bradley, John (1998). "The monastic town of Clonmacnoise'". In King, Heather A. (ed.). Clonmacnoise studies (1. publ. ed.). St. Stephen's Green: Dúchas, the Heritage Service. ISBN 9780707650982.
• Bradley, John (1985). "Planned Anglo-Norman towns in Ireland". In Clarke, H.B.; Simms, Anngret (eds.). The Comparative history of urban origins in non-Roman Europe : Ireland, Wales, Denmark, Germany, Poland, and Russia from the ninth to the thirteenth century. Vol. Part 2. Oxford, England: B.A.R. pp. 411–467. ISBN 0860543269.
• Bradley, John (forthcoming), 'A Mesolithic site at Moynagh Lough, Co. Meath, Ireland' in Barry Raftery (ed.)Recent developments in wetland archaeological research, Dublin.
• Bradley, John (2001), 'Alice Kyteler' in Wolfgang Behringer et al (eds.), Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Western Tradition (ABC-Clio).
• Bradley, John (1998), 'The medieval boroughs of Dublin' in C. Manning (ed.) Dublin and beyond the Pale:studies in honour of Patrick Healy, pp 129-144, Bray: Wordwell.

Presentations

• Bradley, John, 'Irish frontier town or renaissance city? Kilkenny in the sixteenth century', paper delivered to ThePlace of Spenser: Words, Worlds, Works, the conference of the International Spenser Society, PembrokeCollege, Cambridge, 6 July 2001.- 16 -
• Bradley, John, 'Archaeology, planning and development in Kilkenny', walking tour, Conference of the Instituteof Planners of Ireland, Kilkenny, 29 May, 2001.
• Bradley, John, 'The castle and town of Kilkenny c.1173-1307', paper delivered to the 36th International Congresson Medieval Studies, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 4 May, 2001.
• Bradley, John, 'The medieval and renaissance town in Ireland', paper delivered to the Medieval Studies Seminar,Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 1 May, 2001.
• Bradley, John, 'Introduction to the Vikings in Dublin', the 7th annual Elden Johnson memorial lecture, PillsburyAuditorium, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, 26 April, 2001

In press

• Bradley, John, ed. (2009). Kilkenny City Charter of James I 1609. Kilkenny: Kilkenny Borough Council. ISBN 9780956248909.
• Bradley. Bradley, John (ed.). The white book of Kilkenny corporation, 1656-88.
• Bradley, J. ‘Archaeology in Ireland’s journals, 2008’ in Archaeology Ireland 23:1 (Spring 2009).
• Bradley, John; Fletcher, Alan J.; Simms, Anngret, eds. (2009). "Some reflections on Scandinavian settlement in the hinterland of Dublin during the ninth century". Dublin in the medieval world: studies in honour of Howard B. Clarke. Dublin: Four Courts Press. ISBN 978-1-84682-154-7.
• Bradley, John (2011). "The Precinct of St John's Priory, Kilkenny, at the Close of the Middle Ages". PERITIA- Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland. XXII: 317–345. doi:10.1484/J.PERIT.1.103292.

Sources

• COD (2014). Marshall, Sinead (ed.). "Obituaries 2014 - John Bradley". Old Kilkenny Review. 66. Kilkenny Archaeological Society: 114–120.

External links

• John Bradley's publications listed on Maynooth University website.

Category:People from County Kilkenny