Conference Contributions

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W. O'Brien (2025) Recent research on Neolithic hillforts in Ireland. [Oral Presentation], Kiel Conference VIII: Scales of Social, Environmental and Cultural Change in Past Societies, Kiel, Germany , 24-MAR-25 - 24-MAR-25.

William O'Brien (2023) Recent excavation of a Bronze age stone circle in south-west Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Bronze Age Forum, Leicester University, UK .

O'Brien, W. (2019) Garranes: an early medieval royal landscape in south-west Ireland. [Oral Presentation], 33rd Irish Conference of Medievalists, University Colllege cORK , 27-JUN-19 - 29-JUN-19.

O'Brien, W. (2018) Metal in the Landscape: a Materialisation of War and Conflict in the Irish Bronze Age?. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Prehistoric Conflict Research: Materialisations of Conflict. 3rd International LOEWE Conference, Fulda, Germany , 24-SEP-18 - 27-SEP-18.

O'Brien, W. (2018) Beaker culture mobility and metal in Atlantic Europe. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], When Archaeology meets Linguistics and Genetics, University of Gothenberg , 04-MAY-18 - 04-JUL-19.

W. OBrien and J. O'Driscoll (2017) The Hillfort in Prehistoric Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland conference, University of Edinburgh .

W. O'Brien, L. Grandin, J. Ling and Z. Stos-Gale (2017) Moving Metals: an Irish Contribution?. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Rock art and Metal: Late Bronze Age contact between Scandinavia and the Iberian Peninsula, University of Gothenberg .

William O'Brien (2016) Annual conference, Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], 'A Matter of Time', Galway , 29-APR-16 - 30-APR-16.

William O'Brien (2016) Hillforts, Trade and Society in Bronze Age Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Trade before Civilization, University of Gothenberg, Sweden , 27-MAY-16 - 28-MAY-16.

William O'Brien (2016) Bronze Age hillforts in Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Prehistoric Conflict Research: Bronze Age Hillforts between Taunus and Carpathian Mountains, Goethe University Frankfurt , 07-DEC-16 - 09-DEC-16.

W.O'Brien (2015) Recent research on hillfort chronology in Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], The Hillforts of Britain and Ireland, University of Oxford , 27-NOV-15 - 29-NOV-15.

W.O'Brien (2015) Information flow and the early spread of metallurgical knowledge in Atlantic Europe. [Keynote Speaker], Archaeometallurgy 2015, University of Madrid .

W. O'Brien and J. O'Driscoll (2015) Warfare and the destruction of hillforts in Bronze Age Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], European Association of Archaeologists, University of Glasgow , 02-SEP-15 - 05-SEP-15.

W. O'Brien (2014) Recent research on Bronze Age hillforts in Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Atlantic Europe in the Metal Ages, University College Cardiff .

W. O'Brien (2013) Derrycarhoon and Later Bronze Age copper mining in Ireland. [Oral Presentation], Bronze Age Forum, Queens University, Belfast .

W. O'Brien (2013) Hillforts and Bronze Age warfare in Ireland. [Oral Presentation], Bronze Age Forum, University of Sheffield .

W. O'Brien (2013) Prehistoric Cork and the outside world. [Oral Presentation], Ireland and Germany: Past and Present Connections’, Rosscarbery, Co. Cork .

W. O'Brien (2013) The meeting of cultures: 8000 years of Cork connections with the outside world. [Oral Presentation], ‘Cork Connections’, UCC .

W. O'Brien (2012) Hillforts, warfare and society in Late Bronze Age Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Europa Conference of The Prehistoric Society, University of Reading, England .

W. O'Brien (2012) Beakers and early copper mining in Atlantic Europe, 2500–2000 BC. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Europa Conference of The Prehistoric Society, University of Durham, England .

W. O'Brien (2010) Celts, Romans and the indigenous Late Bronze Age /Iron Age of south-west Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Celts from the West, University of Oxford .

W. O'Brien (2009) Stone axes, copper axes: mining, production and exchange in the Chalcolithic of Atlantic Europe. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Mining in European History, University of Innsbruck .

W. O'Brien (2009) The introduction of tin-bronze to Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Archaeometallurgy: Technological, Economic and Social Perspectives in Late Prehistoric Europe’, Madrid, Spain .

W. O'Brien (2008) Metal supply and social relations in Chalcolithic Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Prehistoric Society conference on British Chalcolithic, Bournemouth, England .

W. O'Brien (2007) Knockatreenane and prehistoric barrows in Cork. [Oral Presentation], Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland ANNUAL conference, Cork city .

W. O'Brien (2007) Iron Age stone circles? Continuity and change in ritual practices in late prehistoric Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Recent Research on Irish Iron Age, Society of Antiquaries, Dublin .

W. O'Brien (2006) Goodbye to all that. Aspects of fulachtai fai function in prehistoric Ireland. [Oral Presentation], Bronze Age Forum, UCD, Dublin .

W. O'Brien (2005) Upland settlement and early agriculture in south-west Ireland. [Oral Presentation], European Association of Archaeologists annual conference, UCC .

W. O'Brien (2003) Upland settlement and early farming in south-west Ireland. [Oral Presentation], conference on agricultural field systems, UCD, Dublin .

W. O'Brien (2003) The Barrees Landscape: 4000 years of Settlement in a Beara valley. [Oral Presentation], Beara: Early Settlement and Society in South-west Ireland’ conference, Centre for the Study of Human Settlement and Historical Change, NUI Galwa .

W. O'Brien (2002) Trouble in Paradise: post-medieval mining in the Killarney area. [Oral Presentation], Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology conference, Trinity College, Dublin .

W. O'Brien (2002) Miners and Farmers: exploring Bronze Age Settlement in South-west Ireland. [Oral Presentation], Bronze Age Studies Group conference, University of Newcastle .

W. O'Brien (2002) The earliest copper metallurgy in Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], La première métallurgie ent France et dans les pays limotrophes, colluque international, Carcassonne, France .

W. O'Brien (2000) Megaliths in a mythologised landscape: the Iron Age in south-west Ireland. [Oral Presentation], European Association of Archaeologists annual conference, Lisbon, Portugal .

W. O'Brien (1999) Metal sourcing in the Irish Bronze Age: the relevance of the SAM programme. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], 'The Beginnings of Metallurgy in the Old World', University of Freiberg, Germany .

W. O'Brien (1999) Bronze Age mining heritage in Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], National conference on mine heritage tourism, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary .

W. O'Brien (1999) Megaliths, resources and territory in prehistoric south-west Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], New Agendas in Irish Prehistory, UCC .

W. O'Brien (1997) Arsenical copper in early Irish metallurgy. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Metals in Antiquity, Harvard University, USA .

W. O'Brien (1997) Ore to metal: approaches to production and exchange in the insular Bronze Age. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Science in Archaeology, English Heritage, London .

W. O'Brien (1997) Ross Island copper mine and Beaker metallurgy in Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Colloque de Cuivre, Bourg-en-Bresse, France .

W. O'Brien (1996) The environmental impact of ancient metal mining. [Oral Presentation], Irish Association for Quaternary Studies annual conference, Dublin .

W. O'Brien (1995) The impact of resource availability on early metallurgy in Atlantic Europe. [Oral Presentation], European Association of Archaeologists annual conference, Santiago de Compostela, Spain .

W. O'Brien (1995) Ross Island and the origins of Irish-British metallurgy. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Ireland in the Bronze Age, Dublin Castle, Dublin .

W. O'Brien (1995) Recent developments in early Irish metallurgy. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Recent Developments in Archaeometallurgy, University of Sheffield .

W. O'Brien (1995) Early Beaker mining and metallurgy in south-west Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Early Mining and Metallurgy, British Museum, London .

W. O'Brien (1995) Copper resources and the development of early metallurgy in Atlantic Europe. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], The Bronze Age in Atlantic Europe, Lisbon, Portugal .

W. O'Brien (1994) The Ross Island project: new light on the beginnings of Irish metallurgy. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Earthwatch annual conference, Harvard University, USA .

W. O'Brien (1992) Megalithic tombs and early metallurgy in south-west Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], The Prehistory of South-west Ireland, University College Cork .

W. O'Brien (1992) Wedge Tomb chronology: the Toormore Bay project. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Bronze Age Studies Group annual meeting, British Museum, London .

W. O'Brien (1992) The Ross Island project: early metallurgy in County Kerry. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Earthwatch annual conference, Harvard University, USA .

W. O'Brien (1989) Bronze Age copper mining in Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Early Metal Mining in the British Isles, Plas tan y Bwlch, Wales .