This volume is the culmination of an inter-disciplinary project undertaken as part of the Discovery Programme involving archaeologists, historians, linguists an…
This book examines the history and archaeology of the O'Sullivan Beare lordship in West Cork. The sept dominated this area for much of the late medieval period …
The author presents from stones, mosaics, walls, brasses, inscribed artefacts, colophons etc. scores of compositions from twenty centuries, illustrating the tho…
Published to critical acclaim in hardback in 2001, this book has become one of the definitive books on Gaelic Ireland in publication. Now made available in pape…
This book attempts to give a complete history of the cult of Colmán of Cloyne (560AD), patron of the diocese of Cloyne, Co. Cork. Scholars of the Early Irish Ch…
Essays collected, edited and introduced by Nollaig Ó Muraíle. Described as 'the prince of Irish historians' by the great Belgian medievalist Paul Grosjean, SJ,…
Julius Pokorny (1887–1970) was the foremost Celtic scholar of his generation on the European mainland. Born in Prague, he studied at Vienna University, and lear…
Scholars occasionally refer to the Eastern origin or roots of certain Irish apocryphal texts. Proof of such Eastern origins or links are often rather difficult …
In 697 Adomnán, the Abbot of Iona, promulgated a 'law' at the synod held in Birr. This Law, known as the Cáin Adomnán or Lex Innocentium, was to protect women, …
This volume acknowledges the personal scholarly contribution of Francis J. Byrne, one of Ireland's leading Celtic scholars. For a full list of contents, pleas…
The Proceedings of the Celtic-Nordic-Baltic Folklore Symposium held at University College Dublin in June 1996, this book contains twenty-seven articles which ex…
