| "Trowelling through history" : historical archaeology & the study of early modern Ireland | Brannon, N. F. (Nick)Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Journal | | 1998 |
| A dendrochronologically-dated oak beam from Portglinone House, county Antrim | Brown, David M.Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Journal | | 2000 |
| A geophysical survey of Tullahogue Fort | Donnelly, Colm J.McHugh, RonanTrick, Steven | Article in Journal | | 2007 |
| A typological study of the tower houses of County Limerick | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Journal | | 1999 |
| Architecture and conflict : Limerick's tower houses c.1400 to c.1659 | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Book | | 2009 |
| Ballyshannon and Ballyhanna during the medieval period | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Book | | 2015 |
| Carrickfergus Castle | Donnelly, Colm J.MacNeill, TomMcCooney, Paul | Article in Journal | | 1998 |
| Children's burial grounds (cillíní) in Ireland | Donnelly, Colm J.Murphy, Mary M. | Article in Book | | 2016 |
| Conclusions - ordinary lives : the medieval Gaelic people of Ballyhanna | Donnelly, Colm J.McKenzie, Catriona J.Murphy, Eileen M. | Article in Book | | 2015 |
| De Courcy's Castle : New Insights into the First Phase of Anglo-Norman Building Activity at Carrickfergus Castle, County Antrim | Donnelly, Colm J.McCooey, PaulMcNeill, T. E.Ó Néill, John | Article in Journal | | 2005 |
| Discovering the O'Neill tower-house and Chichester's military fort at Castle Hill, Dungannon | Donnelly, Colm J.Logue, PaulMurray, Emily | Article in Book | | 2010 |
| Dungannon Castle : its history, architecture and archaeology | Donnelly, Colm J.Murray, Emily | Article in Journal | | 2008 |
| Evoking the white mare : the cult landscape of Sgiath Gabhra and its medieval perception in Gaelic Fir Mhanach | Donnelly, Colm J.FitzPatrick, ElizabethFoley, ClaireMcHugh, RonanMurphy, Eileen | Article in Book | | 2011 |
| Excavations at Boho High Cross, Toneel North, county Fermanagh | Beer, NicholasDonnelly, Colm J.McDonald, PhilipMurphy, Eileen | Article in Journal | | 2003 |
| Excavations in the vicinity of St Tassach's Church, Raholp, county Down | Donnelly, Colm J.Logue, RuthMcHugh, Ronan | Article in Journal | | 2003 |
| Frowning ruins : the tower houses of medieval Ireland | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Journal | | 1996 |
| Investigations at Mullyeovet Mill, Belcoo, Co. Fermanagh | Donnelly, Colm J.Hamond, Fred | Article in Journal | | 1999 |
| John Henry Parker and his contribution to Irish tower house studies | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Journal | | 1995 |
| Living places : archaeology, continuity and change at historic monuments in Northern Ireland | Donnelly, Colm J. | Monograph or Collective Volume | Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University Belfast | 1997 |
| Masshouses and meetinghouses : the archaeology of the penal laws in early modern Ireland | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Journal | | 2004 |
| O'Connor's Stronghold, Derrywarragh Island, Maghery, County Armagh | Donnelly, Colm J.McGranaghan, ClareMoore, Peter | Article in Journal | | 2004 |
| Passage or Barrier ? Communication between bawn and tower house in Late Medieval Ireland – the evidence from County Limerick | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Journal | | 2002 |
| Post-medieval and industrial archaeology in Ireland : an overview | Donnelly, Colm J.Horning, Audrey J. | Article in Journal | | 2002 |
| Prehistoric Fermanagh | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Book | | 2004 |
| Sectionally constructed tower houses : a review of the evidence from county Limerick | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Journal | | 1998 |
| The archaeology of the Ulster plantation | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Book | | 2007 |
| The I.H.S. monogram as a symbol of Catholic resistance in seventeenth-century Ireland | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Journal | | 2005 |
| The origins of 'Cilliní' | Donnelly, Colm J.Murphy, Eileen M. | Article in Journal | | 2008 |
| The origins of Cilliní | Donnelly, Colm J.Murphy, Eileen M. | Article in Journal | | 2008 |
| The origins of Cillini in Ireland | Donnelly, Colm J.Murphy, Eileen M. | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| The polished stone axeheads of the Osborne collection | Donnelly, Colm J.MacClean, Margaret R. | Article in Journal | | 1992 |
| The science of a lost medieval Gaelic graveyard : The Ballyhanna research project | | Monograph or Collective Volume | Transport Infrastructure Ireland | 2015 |
| The tower houses of Co. Limerick | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Book | | 2011 |
| The tower houses of County Limerick | Donnelly, Colm J. | Thesis | | |
| Thomas Johnson Westropp and his study of the medieval tower houses of Counties Clare and Limerick | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Book | | 2007 |
| Timber castles and towers in sixteenth-century Ireland : some evidence from Ulster | Donnelly, Colm J.Logue, PaulO'Neill, JimO'Neill, John | Article in Journal | | 2007 |
| Tower houses and late medieval secular settlement in County Limerick | Donnelly, Colm J. | Article in Book | | 2001 |