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period, prehistoric pottery and Early Bronze Age cist burials. She remained deeply interested in the archaeology of County
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In addition to her involvement in history, Prendergast was known as a feminist and trade unionist, and a supporter of the Irish language.
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686:"Code of Practice between the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the National Museum of Ireland and Bord na Móna"
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450:* "Two artefacts of the Bronze Age from County Kilkenny (spearhead from 1984 Tullaroan and axehead from Rathcash, Clifden)",
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Prendergast continued to write and publish on archaeology and history until shortly before her death on 10 May 1999.
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Wallace, P. F. (11 June 1918). "Ellen M. Prendergast (Born 11 June 1918; Died 10 May 1999)".
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county librarian, inspired her about archaeology with lessons on local history.
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where she completed a BA in 1943, and in 1947 an MA, in Celtic
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When she retired in 1983 Prendergast returned to live in
Kilkenny.
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In 1938 Prendergast took up a post as
Technical Assistant at the
346:"Bronze axehead from Annaleck Upper, civil parish of Powerstown"
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Report on investigation of souterrain at Dowdallshill, Dundalk
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520:"Newsletter June 2018 – Kilkenny Archaeological Society"
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16:Ireland's first female professional archaeologist
234:Excavation of a mound at Blessington, Co Wicklow
763:"Holdings: Bronze Age burials in Co. Westmeath"
415:* "Smithstown axe-head found near Thomastown",
112:. She was a boarder there and it was here that
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429:* "Fulacht fiadh at Firgrove near Inistioge",
246:Images of the Holy Trinity – two new examples
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737:"Ellen Prendergast – West Wicklow Bookshelf"
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443:* "A bronze axehead from Tullaroan area",
294:Two unrecorded graveslabs in County Dublin
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282:The history of the Morden duck decoy 1724
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408:* "Burials at Gallowshill, Kilkenny",
258:Prehistoric Burial at Rath, Co Wicklow
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654:Sheela-na-gigs: Unravelling an Enigma
228:Cist burial at Bolinready, Co Wexford
222:Castlegarden sweat-house, Co Kilkenny
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204:Bronze Age burials in Co Westmeath
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180:A fertility figure from Tullaroan
96:Ellen M. Prendergast was born at
861:Scientists from County Kilkenny
198:Bronze Age Burials, Co Wexford
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192:Amber Necklace from Co Galway
186:A souterrain at Scurlockstown
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168:The Stoneyford Roman Finds.
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68:University College Dublin
335:"The Moat of Ballyfoyle"
92:Early life and education
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216:Burials at Stephenstown
741:West Wicklow Bookshelf
501:References and sources
876:People from Paulstown
544:"Old Kilkenny Review"
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651:Freitag, B. (2005).
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