Griffin Murray is an Irish

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

and

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

specialising in medieval Ireland and

Insular art Insular art, also known as Hiberno-Saxon art, was produced in the post-Roman era of Great Britain and Ireland. The term derives from ''insula'', the Latin term for "island"; in this period Britain and Ireland shared a largely common style dif ...

–especially metalwork–in the period between 400–1550 AD. His interests include identifying and contextualizing the social role of medieval craftsmen,

Viking art Viking art, also known commonly as Norse art, is a term widely accepted for the art of Scandinavian Norsemen and Viking settlements further afield—particularly in the British Isles and Iceland—during the Viking Age of the 8th-11th centuries ...

and the relations between insular and Scandinavian craftsmen,Griffin Murray, Department of Archaeology Seandálaíocht
.

University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of ...

. Retrieved 20 September 2021 and he is a leading expert on both

house-shaped shrine House-shaped shrine (or church or tomb-shaped shrines)Crawford (1923), p. 82 are early medieval portable metal reliquary formed in the shape of the roof of a rectangular building. They originate from both Ireland and Scotland and mostly date from ...

s and

insular crozier An Insular crozier is a type of processional bishop's staff (crozier) produced in Ireland and Scotland between and 1200. Such items can be distinguished from mainland European types by their curved and open crooks, and drop (that is, the hollo ...

s. His doctoral thesis "The

Cross of Cong The ''Cross of Cong'' ( ga, Cros Chonga, "the yellow baculum") is an early 12th-century Irish Christian ornamented cusped processional cross, which was, as an inscription says, made for Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (d. 1156), King of Connacht an ...

and Church Metalwork from Romanesque Ireland" was completed in 2007. As of 2021, Murray lectures on

museum studies Museology or museum studies is the study of museums. It explores the history of museums and their role in society, as well as the activities they engage in, including curating, preservation, public programming, and education. Terminology The w ...

and medieval archaeology at

, Ireland.

Publications (selected)

Books (authored)

* "The Medieval Treasures of County Kerry". Tralee: Kerry County Museum, 2010.

Books (contributed)

* Moss, Rachel (ed). ''Medieval c. 400—c. 1600: Art and Architecture of Ireland''. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014. Review: "Art and Architecture of Ireland Volume I: Medieval c. 400–c. 1600".

Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ga, Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned socie ...

, 2015, volume 1, p. 571 * Hourihane, Colum (ed). ''Irish Art Historical Studies in honour of Peter Harbison'', 2004. Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University.

Journals

*
The history and provenance of two early medieval crosiers ascribed to Clonmacnoise
. Dublin: ''Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature'', 2021 *
Irish crucifixion plaques: a reassessment
. In: Mullins, Juliet; Ni Ghradaigh, Jenifer (eds):Envisioning Christ on the Cross: Ireland and the Early Medieval West. University of Notre Dame: Thomas F.X. Noble, 2014 * "Insular-type crosiers: their construction and characteristics. 'Making and Meaning in Insular Art". ''Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Insular Art'', 2007 * "A note on the Provenance of the

Breac Maodhóg The Breac Maodhóg (English: Speckled Shrine of Saint Maedog) O'Toole, Fintan.A history of Ireland in 100 objects: Breac Maodhóg Shrine, late 11th century. '' The Irish Times '', 3 December 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2021 is a relatively large Iris ...

". ''The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland'', volume 135, 2005. * "The Provenance of the County Antrim Crozier". ''Ulster Journal of Archaeology'', third series, vol. 67, 2008. * "Lost and Found: The Eleventh Figure on

Saint Manchan's Shrine Saint Manchan's Shrine is a large (60-cm wide) 12th-century Irish house-shaped shrine dedicated to Manchán of Lemanaghan (died 664), now in Boher Roman Catholic Church, outside Ballycumber, County Offaly. Built to hold human remains, still intac ...

". ''The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland'', Vol. 133, 2003.

Online lectures

*
Colmcille 1500 Lecture Series: St Columba’s crosier: power and devotion in medieval Ireland
.

National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology The National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology ( ga, Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann – Seandálaíocht, often known as the "NMI") is a branch of the National Museum of Ireland located on Kildare Street in Dublin, Ireland, that specialises in Irish and ...

, December 2021
St Manchán's Shrine: Art and Devotion in Twelfth Century Ireland
. Offaly History, 17 May 2021
The River Laune (Inisfallen) Crozier
National Museum of Ireland, 2019

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moss, Rachel Academics of University College Cork Alumni of University College Cork Irish archaeologists Irish art historians Living people People associated with the National Museum of Ireland Year of birth missing (living people) Medieval archaeologists