Liam Price


Liam Price was a County Wicklow judge, historian and former president of the Royal Society of Antiquaries 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. 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

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

    Selected journal articles

  3. Hearth Money Rolls for County Wicklow - transcription of placenames appearing on Hearth Money Rolls dating from 1668
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. Powerscourt and the territory of Fercullen - describes the medieval history of North county Wicklow and the ancient territory of Fercullen, granted to the O'Tooles in 1540.