Liam Price was a County Wicklow

County Wicklow

County Wicklow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county...

 judge, historian and former president of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland is a learned society based in Ireland, whose aims are 'to preserve, examine and illustrate all ancient monuments and memorials of the arts, manners and customs of the past, as connected with the antiquities, language, literature and history of Ireland'. ...

 who published work on historical topography and the history of placenames, especially for the county of Wicklow, where he was a district justice

District Court (Ireland)

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. His work on these areas has been published in journals and books and his contribution, totalling about 40 papers, was acknowledged in a special issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in 1965. shortly before his death in 1967.

Education and Employment

• MA (TCD) Classics (awarded Senior Moderatorship and Vice-Chancellor's Latin Medal for his study of Lucretius)
• Appointed District Justice 1922 and assigned to Wicklow District 1924
• Retired 1960
• Honorary doctorate (University College Dublin
  University College Dublin
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  ) 1965

Professional Associations

• Member of the National Monuments Advisory Council
• Member of the Archaeological Exploration Committee of the Royal Irish Academy
  Royal Irish Academy
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• Member of the Irish Folklore Commission
  Irish Folklore Commission
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• Member of the Board of Visitors of the National Museum of Ireland
  National Museum of Ireland
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• Member of the Irish Place-names Commission
• Member 1926-1933; fellow 1934-1959; honorary life fellow from 1959; member of the council 1931-1934; honorary editor 1935-1944, 1957–1963; president 1949-1952 of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

Books

1. The Liam Price notebooks: the placenames, antiquities and topography of County Wicklow, Published by the Department of the Environment, Dublin, 2002.
2. The Place Names of County Wicklow (two parts published by Royal Irish Academy, subsequent 6 parts published by the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies)

Selected Journal Articles

1. Hearth Money Rolls for County Wicklow - transcription of placenames appearing on Hearth Money Rolls dating from 1668
2. The ages of stone and bronze in county Wicklow - details the archaeological evidence for settlements in South County Dublin and Wicklow including a series of sepulchral urns held at the National Museum of Ireland, one from Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow.
3. The antiquities and placenames of South County Dublin - draws information from the Down survey maps to describe various antiquities across the south of County Dublin, including Ballinascorney, Tallaght Hill and Saggart Hill
4. Powerscourt and the territory of Fercullen - desscibes the medieval history of North county Wicklow and the ancient territory of Fercullen, granted to the O'Tooles in 1540.

External links

• The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland