03-21-2008, 10:18 PM
I fully agree that there is no substantive evidence for the Roman army ever invading or settling on Irish soil. The arguments that have been put forward for that are ex silentio and circumstantial. The original question posed concerned evidence for Romans being in Ireland rather than the army specifically and I think there is enough evidence to show trade links. A recent post-graduate student of the Institute of Byzantine Studies at The Queen's University, Belfast has just finished a thesis on the archaeological evidence of links between early Byzantium and Ireland if that is of interest to anyone.
Stephen McCotter
