Edited by Jerry O’Sullivan and Michael Stanley, this monograph contains the proceedings of a seminar on recent archaeological discoveries on national road schemes held in The Gresham Hotel in September 2005.

The monograph contains papers outlining the archaeology uncovered on a number of schemes including the N2 Carrickmacross Bypass, the N25 Waterford Bypass, N2 Finglas to Ashbourne Road Scheme, N77 Kilkenny Ring Road Extension, M1 Dundalk Western Bypass, N7 Limerick Southern Ring Road (Phase I), N26 Ballina to Bohola (Stage 1), M7 Portlaoise to Castletown/M8 Portlaoise to Cullahill Motorway and the N6 Kinnegad to Kilbeggan Dual Carriageway.