Pottery Production in Ireland 12-15th Century

The following article presents an overview of the archaeological and documentary evidence for medieval pottery production in Ireland and places it within the context of similar studies in Britain, which shares Ireland’s Anglo Norman heritage. The study period is defined by the arrival of the Anglo Norman settlers in Ireland in the late 12th-century, which marked the beginning of medieval pottery production in Ireland on a large scale and concludes with its demise during the 15th-century. Although the Anglo Norman settlers in Ireland lived in the western limits of the Anglo Norman world their continued involvement with it politically, economically and culturally, an on-going connection is borne out by their material culture and pottery production tradition in particular.