Eugene Alfred Conwell

Life
1819?-1877; archaeologist; purportedly discovered the tomb of Eochaidh (Ollamh Fodhla), king of Ireland and law-maker; Conwell visited the Loughcrew tombs in 1863 and devised an alphabetic naming-system for them which is still in use to day; there is photo-port by Camille Silvy in the NPG (London). [Bio-dates only in available sources.]

References
De Burca, Cat. 44, 1997, lists A Discovery of the Tomb of Ollamh Fodhla. Ireland’s famous Monarch and Lawmaker upwards of three thousand years ago. With fifty-six illustrations and list of subscribers. (Dublin: McGlashan [London: William & Norgate] 1873), x, 70pp. [2]pp. Fine. [£75].

University of Ulster Library, Morris Collection holds Discovery of the Tomb of Ollamh Fodhla, Irelands famous Monarch and Lawmaker upward of Three thousand years ago (1873), 69pp. [see also under William Wilde, q.v.]. A copy is also held as G 13 106/4 (Russell) in the Russell Library of Maynooth Univ. (NUI).


Books online lists:

  • Discovery of the tomb of Ollamh Fodhla (Ollav Fola), Ireland's famous monarch and law-maker upwards of three thousand years ago. (McGlashan & Gill, 1873) [HathiTrust - online]
  • A ramble round Trim: amongst its ruins and antiquities. With short notices of its celebrated characters, from the earliest period. (M.H. Gill & Son, 50 Upper Sackville-Street., 1878) [Hathi Trust - online]

Available at onlinebooks; accessed 08.07.2023.

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