Acknowledgements Foreword by Frances Pritchard Introduction by Frances Pritchard Elizabeth Wincott Heckett by Mary AnnWilliams Chart of Time Periods Ancient Textiles and Patterns Chapter 1 Textilesin Archaeology Chapter 2 ClothingPatterns as Constructs of the Human Mind: Establishment and continuity Prehistoric Finds Chapter 3 EarlyTextile Finds in Ireland and Scotland Chapter 4 LateBronze Age Textiles, Hair and Fibre Remains, and Spindle Whorls from Killymoon,County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Chapter 5 A LateBronze Age Horsehair Ornament from Cromaghs, Armoy Early Medieval Ireland Chapter 6 Beyondthe Empire: An Irish mantle and cloak Chapter 7 IrishMedieval Textiles AD 600-1200: ''The slender thread over the hand of a skilledwoman'' Chapter 8 TheLady of Cloonshannagh Bog: An Irish seventh-century AD bog body and the relatedtextiles Chapter 9 AnElusive Cloth: Aspects of the archaeology of linen in northern Europe in themedieval and post-medieval period Chapter 10 TheTextiles Recovered from a Corn-Drying Kiln in Ballyvass, County Kildare Chapter 11 Textilesfrom the Viking Warrior Grave in Woodstown, County Waterford Chapter 12 ATenth-Century Cloth from Bogstown, County Meath Chapter 13 SomeSilk and Wool Head-Coverings from Viking Dublin: Uses and origins - an enquiry Chapter 14 IrishViking Age Silks and Their Place in Hiberno-Norse Society Chapter 15 Fragmentsof Nålebinding from a Site Associated with St Audoen''s Church,Cornmarket, Dublin Medieval Ireland Chapter 16 Cloth,Clothmakers and Trade: A European overview Chapter 17 Éliteand Military Scandinavian Dress as Portrayed in the Lewis Chess Pieces Chapter 18 MedievalTextiles from Waterford City Chapter 19 Textiles,Animal Hair and Fibres from Skiddy''s Castle, Christ Church, Cork Chapter 20 Textilesfrom the Excavation of the Cork City Wall at Grand Parade Chapter 21 TheButtons from Barrack Street, Cork Chapter 22 ANarrow Silk Band from Chancery Lane, Dublin Early Modern Ireland Chapter 23 AnIrish ''Shaggy Pile'' Fabric of the Sixteenth Century: An insular survival? Chapter 24 TheMargaret Fitzgerald Tomb Effigy: A late medieval headdress and gown in StCanice''s Cathedral, Kilkenny Post-Medieval Ireland Chapter 25 RuralClothing of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: A catalogue of bog finds Chapter 26 ''Theapparel oft proclaims the man'': Late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-centurytextiles from Bridge Street Upper, Dublin Chapter 27 TheTextiles from Kilcoe Castle, County Cork Chapter 28 Goldand Silver Decorative Metal Laces in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries inIreland and Europe Chapter 29 Findsof Seventeenth-Century Silk and Knitting Chapter 30 FourSixteenth-/Seventeenth-Century Textiles from Chancery Lane, Dublin Chapter 31 TheTextiles from Mackney Ringfort, County Galway Chapter 32 ''Heavens''embroidered cloths'': Textiles from the Honan Chapel, University College Cork Coda by Mary Ann Williams Glossary Notes Bibliography Index.