New audiobook on bypass archeological discoveries
Audio book is story of archaeological discoveries made in advance of construction of N22 Tralee Bypass
A NEW audio book has been released this week that details all of the archeological discoveries that were unearthed during the construction of the N22 Tralee Bypass.
The audiobook, which is entitled ‘In the Vale of Tralee’ and is just over an hour long in duration was produced by Abarta Heritage on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland and it tells the story of the remarkable archaeological discoveries that were made in advance of the construction of the N22 Tralee Bypass.
For those not in the know, the Tralee Bypass and the Tralee to Bealagrellagh Link Road travel across 13.5km of one of the richest cultural landscapes in the south-west of Ireland.
Along the route of the new road, archaeologists [from Rubicon Heritage Services and Irish Archaeological Consultancy] discovered and excavated a total of 33 sites.
The story of the audiobook will take listeners back over 6,500 years to the descendants of present day people living in the area.
The blurb for the audiobook reads as such:
“Among them who we will meet are the pioneering farmers who laboured on the region’s first houses, and the holy men and women who bent their communities towards monumental achievements. We will encounter people who bore witness to the arrival of the first metals in the Lee Valley, and draw back the veil on how they parted with their dead.”
“We will step through the thresholds of modest homes that stood at the dawn of Christianity in Ireland, and end our journey with the abandoned cottages of the Great Famine’s tragic victims,” it reads.
The audiobook was written by Damian Shiels and edited by Neil Jackman, with the support of Paul O’Keeffe and Rónán Swan of Transport Infrastructure Ireland.
Anyone who wishes to listen to the audiobook, which is completely free, can do so through the link up on The Kerryman Facebook page.