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Although modern research into the period has been significant Daniel Corkerys study of Irish poetry and culture in eighteenth century Munster is widely acknowledged as having had a profound influence on the shaping of modern AngloIrish literature
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Steve Fallons Boston upbringing was as Irish as the come portraits of the President the Pope and the Sacred Heart hanging on the wall a patina of song and booze and even being taught by his Aunt Alice to bless himself in Gaelic When as an adult he finds his life is generating more questions than answers he embarks on a journey to the land of his ancestors determined to conquer Gaelic and to find some personal peace What starts out as a private odyssey beings to resemble a family road trip when much to his surprise Steve is joined by the spirit of his longdeparted Aunt Alice Together they journey to the heart of Irishspeaking Ireland the Gaeltacht through pubs and language classes brushes with the little people and runins with other classmates through Galway Kerry Donegal and beyond Despite all he learns along the way Steves quest raises two fundamental questions Can Gaelic continue to survive And just how long is Alice planning to hang around
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This investigation considers the places on the Irish landscape where openair Gaelic royal inauguration assemblies were held in the period c 11001600 Specially designated inauguration sites played an important role in the political life of Gaelic lordships in later medieval Ireland Gaelic ruling families often appropriated prehistoric ritual landscapes for their royal assemblies in order to attach the pedigree of a royal candidate to an illustrious past such sites might be an alleged burial place of an eponymous ancestor or a legendary heroic figure or an ancient landscape associated with renowned events This study of their physical appearance placenames and geographical and historical contexts ranges over all the archaeological sites identified as inauguration places enclosures sepulchral mounds natural places ringforts and churches and associated inauguration furniture in the form of leaca and stone thrones basin stones and sacred trees Irish royal assembly places and practices are viewed in relation to sites elsewhere in Britain and greater Europe and the circumstances that brought about the ending of the Gaelic practice of inauguration are also considered ELIZABETH FitzPATRICK is Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology National University of Ireland Galway
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The castles of Ireland are an essential part of the story of medieval Europe but were until recently a subject neglected by scholars A lords power and prestige was displayed in the majesty and uniqueness of his castle The remains of several thousand castles enable us to reconstruct life in Ireland during these crucial centuriesCastles in Ireland tells the story of the nature and development of lordship and power in medieval Ireland Ireland formed the setting to the interplay of the differing roles of competing lordships English and Irish feudal European and Gaelic royal and baronial Tom McNeill argues that the design of the castles contests the traditional view of Ireland as a land torn by war and divided culturally between the English and Irish
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When this book first appeared in 1972 it was acclaimed as a revolutionary breakthrough in the study of late Medieval Ireland prior to the English invasion in 1603 and of the autonomous lordships in to which it was divided Since then this book has been repeatedly and extensively cited as an authority but it has long been out of print This new edition of a pioneering and brilliant survey work is revised and enlarged in the light of research by the author and other scholars carried out on the subject in the intervening period New information on late Irish law and the institutions of the lordships is added as well as illustrative matter
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Very few of the Gaelic aristocracy survive today most being eradicated during the Tudor Wars of Conquest under Henry VIII who asked them to exchange their titles for English earldoms Only nineteen families maintain their ancient titles still recognised by the modern Irish state Peter Berresford Ellis tells the story of their history their struggle for survival and their presentday lives A great book by one of the foremost experts on the Celts
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This collection of studies on the history of Gaelic Ireland is the product of four years of an essay competition sponsored jointly by the Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains Buanchomhairle Thaoisigh ireann and Clans of Ireland Finte na hireann The works represent the winning entries and superior quality essays from 2013 to 2016 and cover the period ranging from the 12th to the 17th centuries The study themes range from political and social history to kinship and culture relating to a selection of Gaelic Irish AngloNorman and Scottish population groups who shared the island
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This investigation considers the places on the Irish landscape where openair Gaelic royal inauguration assemblies were held in the period c 11001600 Specially designated inauguration sites played an important role in the political life of Gaelic lordships in later medieval Ireland Gaelic ruling families often appropriated prehistoric ritual landscapes for their royal assemblies in order to attach the pedigree of a royal candidate to an illustrious past such sites might be an alleged burial place of an eponymous ancestor or a legendary heroic figure or an ancient landscape associated with renowned events This study of their physical appearance placenames and geographical and historical contexts ranges over all the archaeological sites identified as inauguration places enclosures sepulchral mounds natural places ringforts and churches and associated inauguration furniture in the form of leaca and stone thrones basin stones and sacred trees Irish royal assembly places and practices are viewed in relation to sites elsewhere in Britain and greater Europe and the circumstances that brought about the ending of the Gaelic practice of inauguration are also considered ELIZABETH FitzPATRICK is Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology National University of Ireland Galway
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This quirky yet important book breaks new ground in the study of Gaelic Ireland by exploiting the rich source material contained in the sixteenthcentury Annals of Ulster Annals of Connacht the Annals of Loch CÃ and the Four Masters While attention has previously been paid to poetry in Irish as a source for the history of the 16th century the richness of the prose sources have not been exploited by historians The annals contain a series of short accounts of events arranged by year The storytelling of the annalists provides the openings into the past that are the key to this book which uses seven of their longer stories to examine at micro level aspects of Gaelic society that created them The significance of each story is illuminated by reference to other contemporary evidence including the genealogies and the poetry The text is provided in both the original Irish with an English language translation with extensive writings placing the passages in their historical time
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Although modern research into the period has been significant Daniel Corkerys study of Irish poetry and culture in eighteenth century Munster is widely acknowledged as having had a profound influence on the shaping of modern AngloIrish literature
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This massive work published in hardback in 2001 to critical acclaim has become one of the definitive books on Gaelic Ireland In is now made available in paperback Running to over 450 pages it includes a placename index a personalname and collectivename index
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The Norman invasion of Ireland 1169 did not result in a complete conquest and those native Irish chieftains who retained independent control of their territories achieved a recovery of power in the later middle ages Katharine Simms studies the experience of the resurgent chieftains who were undergoing significant developments during this period The most obvious signs of change were the gradual disappearance of the title ri king and the ubiquitous presence of mercenary soldiers On a deeper level the institution of kingship itself had died as is shown by this study of the election and inauguration of Irish kings their counsellors officials vassals army and sources of revenue as they evolved between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries Sources such as the Irish chronicles bardic poetry genealogies brehon charters and rentals familytract and sagas are all used in addition to the more familiar evidence of the AngloNorman administration the Church and Tudor state papersDr KATHARINE SIMMS lectures in the Department of Medieval History Trinity College Dublin
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The Norman invasion of Ireland 1169 did not result in a complete conquest and those native Irish chieftains who retained independent control of their territories achieved a recovery of power in the later middle ages Katharine Simms studies the experience of the resurgent chieftains who were undergoing significant developments during this period The most obvious signs of change were the gradual disappearance of the title ri king and the ubiquitous presence of mercenary soldiers On a deeper level the institution of kingship itself had died as is shown by this study of the election and inauguration of Irish kings their counsellors officials vassals army and sources of revenue as they evolved between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries Sources such as the Irish chronicles bardic poetry genealogies brehon charters and rentals familytract and sagas are all used in addition to the more familiar evidence of the AngloNorman administration the Church and Tudor state papersDr KATHARINE SIMMS lectures in the Department of Medieval History Trinity College Dublin
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Although modern research into the period has been significant Daniel Corkerys study of Irish poetry and culture in eighteenth century Munster is widely acknowledged as having had a profound influence on the shaping of modern AngloIrish literature
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This collection of studies on the history of Gaelic Ireland is the product of four years of an essay competition sponsored jointly by the Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains Buanchomhairle Thaoisigh ireann and Clans of Ireland Finte na hireann The works represent the winning entries and superior quality essays from 2013 to 2016 and cover the period ranging from the 12th to the 17th centuries The study themes range from political and social history to kinship and culture relating to a selection of Gaelic Irish AngloNorman and Scottish population groups who shared the island
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The Plantation of Ulster followed from the perceived recalcitrance and military strength of its Gaelic lords This book examines the prelude to their final rebellion After a brief survey of medieval Ulsters heritage from the Iron Age and Early Christian period it gives a detailed narrative of Ulster history from the eleventh to the early sixteenth century relating the politics and culture of the province to developments in the rest of Ireland and Europe It then delves into the plain living and high thinking of its somewhat enigmatic society operating largely independently of towns or coinage describing in turn its chieftains churchmen scholars warriors court ladies and other women and the amusements and everyday life of the people
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