Clerics, kings and vikings : essays on medieval Ireland in honour of Donnchadh Ó Corráin / Emer Purcell, Paul MacCotter, Julianne Nyhan & John Sheehan, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Purcell, Emer, editor.

MacCotter, Paul, editor.

Nyhan, Julianne, editor.

Sheehan, John (John G.), editor.

Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, honouree.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ó Corráin, Donnchadh.

Civilization, Viking.

Vikings.

Archaeology, Medieval.

Ireland--History--To 1603.

Ireland.

History.

Archaeology, Medieval--Ireland.

Ireland--Civilization.

Civilization.

Middle Ages.

Ireland--Kings and rulers.

Kings and rulers.

Vikings--Ireland.

Viking antiquities.

Civilization, Viking--Ireland.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 537 pages, 14 numbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts Press, [2015]

Summary:

This volume contains contributions from leading scholars working at the forefront of Irish medieval studies. It includes essays on archaeology, ecclesiology, hagiography, medieval history, genealogy language, literature and toponymy. Subjects explored include: Latin and learning in early medieval Ireland; the historical context of early medieval literature; Viking armies and the importance of the Hiberno-Scandinavian naval fleets; Ireland and its connections with the Scandinavian world; recent studies of wooden and Romanesque churches in pre-Norman Ireland; the coming of the Anglo-Normans; hitherto unpublished Anglo-Normans charters; the origin and function of medieval rural deaneries; secular and ecclesiastical histories of later medieval Kilkenny and the 'named son' in sixteenth-century Ireland. Book jacket.

Contents:

History

1 The 'Papal letters to the Irish' cited by Bede: how did he get them? / Michael Herren Herren, Michael 3

2 Observations on the context and landscape of the West Ossory crosses / Edel Bhreathnach Bhreathnach, Edel 11

3 A road well travelled: the terminology of roads in early Ireland / Charles Doherty Doherty, Charles 21

4 The status of Munster churches / Joseph J. Flahive Flahive, Joseph J. 31

5 Law and the learned in northern Iberia in the early Middle Ages: some comparisons with Ireland / Wendy Davies Davies, Wendy 45

6 Irish saints in a Regensburg litany / Dagmar Ó Riain-Raedel Riain-Raedel, Dagmar Ó, Pddraig Ó Riain Riain, Pddraig Ó 55

7 The naval power of Norse Dublin / Poul Holm Holm, Poul 67

8 Skuldelev 2 and Viking-age ships and fleets in Ireland / Colmán Etchingham Etchingham, Colmán 79

9 Follow the money: the financial resources of Diarmait Mac Marchada / Catherine Swift Swift, Catherine 91

10 The Welsh conquest of Ireland / Sean Duffy Duffy, Sean 103

11 Did Ireland exist in the twelfth century? / David N. Dumville Dumville, David N. 115

12 Conquestas and adquisicio; some early Cork charters relating to St Thomas' Abbey, Dublin / Marie Therese Flanagan Flanagan, Marie Therese 117

13 Léitheoir sa teach screaptta? / Diarmuid Ó Murchadha Murchadha, Diarmuid Ó 147

14 The medieval rural dean and rural deanery in Ireland / Paul MacCotter MacCotter, Paul 155

15 Pulp facts and core fictions: translating a cathedral from Aghaboe to Kilkenny / John Bradley Bradley, John 169

16 The 'named' son in late medieval Ireland / Kenneth Nicholls Nicholls, Kenneth 185

17 Genealogies of Uí Chearbhaiìl Éile: building on the work of Dinneen and others / Nollaig Ó Marníle Marníle, Nollaig Ó 190

18 Flaithrí, Firbisigh and Maoilechlainn: three Uí Mhaoil Chonaire brothers in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries / Benjamin Hazard Hazard, Benjamin 209

19 The history of an Irish book / Dáibhí Ó Cróinín Cróinín, Dáibhí Ó 217

Medieval Archaeology

20 From Kaupang and Avaldsnes to the Irish Sea / Daginn Skre Skre, Daginn 237

21 An early medieval horse-harness mount, of Irish manufacture, from Yorkshire / James Graham-Campbell Graham-Campbell, James 247

22 The Viking events of AD902-19 and the Lough Ennell hoards / John Maas Maas, John 251

23 'Meagre lead': the ubiquity of lead in Hiberno-Scandinavian Dublin / Patrick F. Wallace Wallace, Patrick F. 263

24 Vikings on Ireland's Adantic shore / Eamonn P. Kelly Kelly, Eamonn P. 276

25 The 'Shannon' shrine: a suggested provenance / Raghnall Ó Floinn Floinn, Raghnall Ó 291

26 Lía lógmar ('precious stone') in early Irish literature / Niamh Whitfield Whitfield, Niamh 303

27 Early medieval agriculture in Ireland: the case for tillage / Michael A. Monk Monk, Michael A. 309

28 A note on the dairthech / Conleth Manning Manning, Conleth 323

29 Relics and recluses revisited: some thoughts on Cormac's Chapel, Cashel / Tomás Ó Carragáin Carragáin, Tomás Ó 326

Language And Literature

30 Under the abbot's cloak: the symbolism of Columba's clothing in Adomnán's / Vita Columbae Columbae, Vita, David Woods Woods, David 341

31 Blood, dust and cucumbers: constructing the world of Hisperic Latinity / Anthony Harvey Harvey, Anthony 352

32 The 'Altus Prosator' of Virgilius Maro Grammaticus / David Howlett Howlett, David 363

33 The oldest glass tradition on Martianus Capella's De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii: its form, character and routes of transmission / Sinéad O'Sullivan O'Sullivan, Sinéad 389

34 The Irish hybrid lists of the Seven Heavens / Marina Smyth Smyth, Marina 399

35 Peregrini in the ocean: spirituality and reality / Jonathan M. Wooding Wooding, Jonathan M. 411

36 Immacallam Choluim Chille 7 ind Óclaig: language and authority in an early-medieval Irish tale / Elva Johnston Johnston, Elva 418

37 In search of Mael Muru Othna / John Carey Carey, John 429

38 The strange case of Ailill mac Mágach and Cet mac Mátach / Bart Jaski Jaski, Bart 440

39 The treatment of place-names in the early fìanaigecht corpus / Kevin Murray Murray, Kevin 452

40 An edition of Tigernmas mac Follaig aird / Peter J. Smith Smith, Peter J. 458

41 The saga map of Ireland and the British Isles / Gisli Sigurðsson Sigurðsson, Gisli 477

42 Mo cheithre rainn duit, a Dhonnchaidh: advice to a prince by Tadhg (mac Dáire) Mac Bruaideadha / Emma Nie Cárthaigh Cárthaigh, Emma Nie 490

43 The fortunes of CELT / Beatrix Färber Färber, Beatrix 518

44 Risky, experimental, emergent: the timeliness and genius of Curia and CELT / Willard McCarty McCarty, Willard 523.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781846822797

1846822793

OCLC:

913556237