The 2017 County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal is now available.

Articles in this edition of the journal include:

• Recent Excavations at Old Mellifont Abbey by Donald Murphy and Jon Stirland
• Historic Grazing Practices in the Cooley Mountains: Some Toponymic and Archaeological Evidence by Eve Campbell
• Clonmore rectory in 1407 and doubts on the Calendar of papal letters by Niall C.E.J. O’Brien
• Looking at Windmills in Louth by Paul Gosling and Kieran Campbell
• The Owens Family of Stone House by Jean Young
• Drogheda and Galway Census Highlights 1813-51 – Contexts, Caveats, Comparisons and Contrasts, Part 2 of 3 by Ned McHugh
• St Mary’s Church, Ballymascanlan by Seamus Bellew
• The Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway: The Great Link uniting Dublin and Belfast by P.J. Geraghty

Members will have already received their copies; the journal is also available to non-members and copies may be purchased by contacting the Hon. Editor – see the Journal page for details.