Peter Woodman's survey-article in ANTIQUITY, 'Filling the spaces in Ir
ish prehistory' (66: 295-314), was developed from his paper to the Pre
historic Society, 'What's new in Irish prehistory?' Was it actually ne
w? Did it fill the spaces in the periods of earlier Irish prehistory t
hat ANTIQUITY asked Professor Woodman to address? Gabriel Cooney offer
s a different perspective on Irish prehistory.