John Bradley (historian)


John Bradley was a historian and archaeologist at NUI Maynooth. He grew up in Kilkenny and published many papers about his hometown.
He worked with Professor George Eogan at the archaeological excavations at Knowth.
He left a large corpus of works which he had either written or edited and was very committed to publishing. He has been called "the first and foremost Irish medieval archaeologist, urban historian, raconteur, font of knowledge on literature, film, chess, opera and so many other subjects. A Kilkenny man par excellence, and a great loss to archaeology and life".
The Kilkenny Archaeological Society of which he was a member holds an annual conference in his memory.
He was also an avid chess player and member of the Kilkenny Chess Club since 1972.

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