Athassel Priory and the Cult of St Edmund in medieval Ireland

Four Tipperary saints

The lives of Colum of Terryglass, Crónán of Roscrea, Mochaomhóg of Leigh and Ruadhán of Lorrha

Pádraig Ó Riain

When St Patrick was leaving Munster via the Little Brosna river, close to Tipperary’s northern boundary, he is said to have given a blessing to the province’s p…

Households of God

The Regular Canons and Canonesses of St Augustine and of Prémontré in Medieval Ireland

Martin Browne OSB & Colmán Ó Clabaigh OSB, editors

Although the most numerous and widespread of all the religious orders in medieval Ireland, the regular canons and canonesses have been somewhat neglected in Iri…

A dictionary of Irish saints

Pádraig Ó Riain

Scarcely a parish in Ireland is without one or more dedications to saints, in the form of churches in ruins, holy wells or other ecclesiastical monuments. Profe…

Soldiers of Christ

The Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar in medieval Ireland

Martin Browne OSB & Colmán Ó Clabaigh OSB, editors

The Military and Hospitaller Orders emerged in the twelfth century as Christendom engaged with the threats and the opportunities offered by its Muslim and non-C…

Medieval Irish pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela

Bernadette Cunningham

There has been a tremendous resurgence of interest in pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. In this book the author reveals a story of a much longer connection …