Book Chapters

O'Connell,M., Molloy,K., and Bowler, M. (1988) 'Post-glacial landscape evolution in Connemara, western Ireland with particular reference to woodland history' In: Birks, H.H., Birks, H.J.B., Kaland, P.E. and Moe, D (eds). The Cultural Landscape- Past, Present and Future. Cambridge: University Press. [Details]

Karen Molloy and Michael O'Connell (1993) 'Early land use and vegetation history at Derryinver Hill, Renvyle Peninsula, Co. Galway, Ireland' In: F.M. Chambers (eds). Climate Change and Human Impact on the Landscape. London: Clapham and Hall. [Details]

Molloy, K., Fuller, J. and Conaghan, J. (2000) 'Vegetation and land-use history on High Island: the results of preliminary investigations' In: Marshall, J.; Rourke, G.D (eds). High Island. An Irish Monastery in the Atlantic White. Dublin: Townhouse. [Details]

O'Connell, M. and Molloy, K. (2005) 'Native woodland composition and dynamics: a long-term perspective based on a Holocene pollen profile from Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, western Ireland' In: Doyle, C.; Little, D (eds). Ireland's Native Woodlands (on CD-ROM). Dublin: Woodlands of Ireland. [Details]

Molloy, K. (2005) 'Holocene vegetation and land-use history at Mooghaun, south-east Clare, with particular reference to the Bronze Age' In: Bray Grogan E (eds). The North Munster Project, The later prehistoric landscape of south-east Clare. Discovery Programme Monographs 6. Bray: Wordwell. [Details]

Molloy, K. (2007) 'Reconstruction of past vegetation history on Clare Island: palaeoenvironmental investigations undertaken in conjunction with the archaeological excavations' In: Gosling, P.; Manning, C.; Waddell, J (eds). New Survey of Clare Island: Archaeology. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. [Details]

Molloy, K. (2008) 'Pollen analytical investigations towards the reconstruction of the local environment and land use at Chancellorsland' In: Doody, M (eds). The Ballyhoura Hills Project. Discovery Programme Monograph. Bray: Wordwell. [Details]

Molloy, K. (2008) 'Palaeoenvironment' In: Doody, M (eds). The Ballyhoura Hills Project. Discovery Programme Monograph. Bray: Wordwell. [Details]

Molloy, K. and O'Connell, M (2011) 'Boom and Bust or sustained development? Fossil pollen records and new insights into Bronze Age Farming in County Clare' In: Conron, S., Danaher, E. and Stanley, M (eds). Past Times, Changing Fortunes. Archaeology and the National Roads Authority Monograph Series No. 8. Dublin: National Roads Authority. [Details]

Molloy, K and O'Connell, M (2012) 'Prehistoric farming in mid-western Ireland:new pollen evidence from Caheraphuca, Co. Clare' In: Borderlands. Archaeological investigations along the route of the M18 Gort to Crusheen road scheme. Dublin: National Roads Authority. [Details]

Molloy, K., Feeser, I. and O'Connell, M. (2012) 'Vegetation and farming history' In: McKeon, J. and O'Sullivan, J (eds). The Quiet Landscape: archaeological and palaeoecological investigations on the M6 Galway to Ballinasloe National Road Scheme. Dublin: National Roads Authority. [Details]

Edited Books

barton,K. and Molloy, K (Ed.). (1998) South Central Mayo. Field Guide No. 22. Dublin: Irish Association for Quaternary Studies, Dublin. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

MOLLOY, K,OCONNELL, M (1987) 'THE NATURE OF THE VEGETATIONAL CHANGES AT ABOUT 5000 BP WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ELM DECLINE - FRESH EVIDENCE FROM CONNEMARA, WESTERN IRELAND'. New Phytologist, 107 . [Details]

MOLLOY, K,OCONNELL, M (1991) 'PALEOECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS TOWARDS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WOODLAND AND LAND-USE HISTORY AT LOUGH SHEEAUNS, CONNEMARA, WESTERN IRELAND'. Review Of Palaeobotany And Palynology, 67 :75-113. [Details]

Dodson, J.R.., McRae, V.M., Molloy, K., Roberts, F. and Smith, J.D. (1993) 'Late Holocene human impact on two coastal environments in New South Wales, Australia: a comparison of Aboriginal and European impacts'. Vegetation History And Archaeobotany, 2 :89-100. [Details]

Molloy, K. and O'Connell, M. (1995) 'Palaeoecological investigations towards the reconstruction of environment and land-use changes during prehistory at Céide Fields, western Ireland'. Probleme der Küstenforschung im südlichen Nordseegebiet, 23 :187-225. [Details]

Molloy, K. (1997) 'Prehistoric farming at Mooghaun - a new pollen diagram from Mooghaun Lough'. Archaeology Ireland, 11 (3):22-26. [Details]

Barton, K. and Molloy, K. (Eds (1998) 'South Central Mayo'. Field Guide. Irish Association for Quaternary Studies, Dublin, 22 . [Details]

O'Connell, M., Molloy, K. and McMahon, H. (2001) 'Reconstructing prehistoric farming activity and human impact at a fine spatial resolution: palaeoecological investigations at Mooghaun, Co. Clare, western Ireland. In: Schauer, P. (ed.), Beiträge zur Siedlungsarchäologie und zum Landschaftswandel'. Regensburger Beiträge zur Prähistorischen Archäologie, 7 :161-186. [Details]

O'Connell, M. and Molloy, K. (2001) 'Farming and woodland dynamics in Ireland during the Neolithic'. Biology and Environment; Proc R Ir Acad, 101 (B):99-128. [Details]

Molloy, K. and O'Connell, M (2004) 'Holocene vegetation and land-use dynamics in the karstic environment of Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, western Ireland: pollen analytical evidence evaluated in the light of the archaeological record'. Quaternary International, 113 :41-64. [Details]

Chambers, F.M., Daniell, J.R.G., Hunt, J.B., Molloy, K. and O'Connell, M. (2004) 'Tephrostratigraphy of An Loch Mór, Inis Oírr, W. Ireland: implications for Holocene tephrochronology in the northeastern Atlantic region'. The Holocene, 14 :703-720. [DOI] [Details]

Molloy, K. (2006) 'Appendix B. Palaeoenvironmental investigations at Rinnaraw cashel/byre-house site, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal'. Tom Fanning's excavations at Rinnaraw Cashel, Portnablagh, Co.Donegal; Proc R Ir Acad, 106 (C):67-124. [Details]

Schrttler, G., Romer, R.L., O'Connell, M. and Molloy, K. (2006) 'Holocene climatic variations and postglacial sea-level rise geochemically recorded in the sediments of the brackish karst lake An Loch Mor, western Ireland'. Boreas, 35 :674-692. [Details]

Newman, C., O'Connell, M., Dillon, M. and Molloy, K. (2007) 'Interpretation of charcoal and pollen data relating to a late Iron Age ritual site in eastern Ireland: a holistic approach'. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 16 :349-365. [DOI] [Details]

Molloy, K. and O'Connell, M (2007) 'Fresh insights into long-term environmental change on the Aran Islands based on palaeoecological investigations of lake sediments from Inis Oírr'. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 59 :1-17. [Details]

Holmes, J., Jones, R., Haas, J.N, McDermott, F., Molloy, K. and O'Connell, M. (2007) 'Multi-proxy evidence for Holocene lake-level and salinity changes at An Loch Mór, a coastal lake on the Aran Islands, Western Ireland'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26 :2438-2462. [Details]

Dillon, M., Newman, C., Molloy, K. and O'Connell, M. (2008) 'Environment and ritual in a late Iron Age context: an example from Raffin Fort, Co. Meath, Ireland'. Charcoals from the past: cultural and palaeoenvironmental implications; BAR International Series, 1807 . [Details]

Other Journals

Molloy, K. (1997) 'Prehistoric farming at Mooghaun - a new pollen diagram from Mooghaun Lough' Archaeology Ireland 11 (3) :22-26. [Details]