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Medieval history

Learned families, scholarly networks and sites of native learning in late medieval Thomond

Learned families, scholarly networks and sites of native learning in late medieval Thomond

This study explores the learned Gaelic families (poets, historians and physicians) and the context in which they lived. A wide-ranging survey, it looks at the landholdings and structures of individual learned families that were settled...This study explores the learned Gaelic families (poets, historians and physicians) and the context in which they lived. A wide-ranging...
Author/Editor: Luke McInerney
Moynagh Lough Studies 1

Moynagh Lough Studies 1

Moynagh Lough is one of the most significant archaeological sites ever discovered in Ireland. From 1980 to 1998 excavations were directed by John Bradley. This exceptional multi-period wetland site yielded a rich artefactual assemblage from...Moynagh Lough is one of the most significant archaeological sites ever discovered in Ireland. From 1980 to 1998 excavations were...
Author/Editor: Michael Potterton, editor
Invasion 1169

Invasion 1169

May 2nd, 2019, marked the 850th anniversary of the first landing in Co. Wexford in 1169 of the Anglo-Norman adventurers enlisted by the king of Leinster, Diarmait Mac Murchada. Their arrival marked the start of...May 2nd, 2019, marked the 850th anniversary of the first landing in Co. Wexford in 1169 of the Anglo-Norman adventurers...
Author/Editor: Peter Crooks & Seán Duffy, editors
The Latin Lives of St Laurence of Dublin

The Latin Lives of St Laurence of Dublin

The four Latin ‘lives’ of St Laurence O’Toole (with ancillary material) were critically edited for a doctoral thesis by Maurice Roche in 1981. Sadly Dr Roche died in an accident in 2003. The thesis went...The four Latin ‘lives’ of St Laurence O’Toole (with ancillary material) were critically edited for a doctoral thesis by Maurice...
Author/Editor: Maurice F. Roche
Medieval Dublin XX

Medieval Dublin XX

This volume presents a rich variety of new scholarly explorations of life in medieval Dublin, including an analysis by Bruce Campbell of the occupational profile of medieval Dubliners as revealed by records such as the...This volume presents a rich variety of new scholarly explorations of life in medieval Dublin, including an analysis by Bruce...
Author/Editor: Seán Duffy, editor
Dún na nGall, ‘Fort of the Foreigners’?

Dún na nGall, ‘Fort of the Foreigners’?

The Vikings and their legacy in Donegal

Dún na nGall, the Irish name for ‘Donegal’, translates as ‘Fort of the Foreigners’, but who were the foreigners in question? This book considers that they were Vikings and reviews the archaeological and documentary evidence...Dún na nGall, the Irish name for ‘Donegal’, translates as ‘Fort of the Foreigners’, but who were the foreigners in...
Author/Editor: Megan McAuley
The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge OP and his Dominican continuator

The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge OP and his Dominican continuator

An account of Irish affairs, 1162-1370

When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey next to the bridge where the Four Courts are situated today. Anyone who wanted to...When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey...
Author/Editor: Bernadette Williams, editor
The Uí Chellaig lords of Uí Maine and Tír Maine

The Uí Chellaig lords of Uí Maine and Tír Maine

An archaeological and landscape exploration of a later medieval inland Gaelic lordship

The Ó Cellaig (O’Kelly) lordship of Uí Maine and Tír Maine was a substantial political territory and influential cultural power in later medieval Connacht. This book identifies and reconstructs the physical appearance of the major...The Ó Cellaig (O’Kelly) lordship of Uí Maine and Tír Maine was a substantial political territory and influential cultural power...
Author/Editor: Daniel Patrick Curley
The Irish-Scottish World in the Middle Ages

The Irish-Scottish World in the Middle Ages

In this volume, the proceedings of the second Trinity Medieval Ireland Symposium (marking the 700th anniversary of the invasion of Ireland by Edward, brother of King Robert Bruce of Scotland), experts explore crucial aspects of...In this volume, the proceedings of the second Trinity Medieval Ireland Symposium (marking the 700th anniversary of the invasion of...
Author/Editor: Seán Duffy, David Ditchburn & Peter Crooks, editors
Limestone and River

Limestone and River

Essays on Thomond history in honour of Liam Irwin

From Viking trading place to modern hi-tech city, Limerick’s long history as Ireland’s oldest Atlantic port has been played out against its natural backdrop of limestone and river. The stone circles of Lough Gur, the...From Viking trading place to modern hi-tech city, Limerick’s long history as Ireland’s oldest Atlantic port has been played out...
Author/Editor: Catherine Swift, Brian Hodkinson & Tom Donovan, editors
Anglicizing Tudor Connacht

Anglicizing Tudor Connacht

The expansion of English rule in the lordships of Clanrickard and Hy Many

At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the south Connacht lordships of Clanrickard and Hy Many lay beyond the effective control of the Tudor government. Clanrickard was ruled by the Burke dynasty, descendants of the...At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the south Connacht lordships of Clanrickard and Hy Many lay beyond the effective...
Author/Editor: Joseph Mannion
Moygara Castle, County Sligo and the O’Gara's of Coolavin

Moygara Castle, County Sligo and the O’Gara's of Coolavin

Moygara Castle, with its four towers, gatehouse and high curtain walls, is one of the most impressive masonry-built monuments in north Connacht. Constructed in the late fourteenth/early fifteenth century by the O’Garas, the castle functioned...Moygara Castle, with its four towers, gatehouse and high curtain walls, is one of the most impressive masonry-built monuments in...
Author/Editor: Kieran O’Conor, editor