Ireland Archive
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Thousands of Irish Medieval Documents now available online
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsTrinity College Dublin historians have reconstructed invaluable medieval documents destroyed during the bombardment of the Four Courts in 1922. -
Bluffs, Bays and Pools in the medieval Liffey at Dublin
Posted on April 22, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper examines these deviations and seeks their origin in the bluffs, bays and pools of the river in medieval times. -
Factionalism and noble power in English Ireland, c 1361-1423
Posted on April 21, 2012 | No CommentsIreland in the late middle ages was a conflicted land. The most obvious manifestation of this was the schism between the English colonists, whose acquisitive ancestors had invaded Ireland in the late twelfth century, and the native Gaelic population. -
Between Apathy and Antipathy: The Vikings in Irish and Scandinavian History
Posted on April 21, 2012 | No Comments... during the seventies there was a veritable boom in specialised studies of the Vikings in Ireland. -
The Viking Cities of Dublin and York: Examining Scandinavian Cultural Change and Viking Urbanism
Posted on April 10, 2012 | No CommentsDubh Linn and Jorvik, as Dublin and York were known in the Viking Age, both experienced enormous change during their time as Viking colonial centers. -
VAGANTES: “I See Red: Language of Blood and Feminity in Táin Bó Cúailnge
Posted on April 6, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper examined the role of Medb and Fedelm, the seer in the Táin. It focuses on this conversation between the seer and Medb. -
An Iona of the East: The Early-medieval Monastery at Portmahomack, Tarbat Ness
Posted on April 3, 2012 | No CommentsThe new excavations have shown that a Christian mission was established there by the later 6th century, had grown to international status by 800, and shortly afterwards was partly destroyed and largely erased from the communal memory. This interim report is designed to present the discoveries made so far, assess their significance and highlight some of the problems that remain to be solved. -
Hidden Manna and the Holy Grail: The Psychedelic Sacrament in Arthurian Romance The Mystery of Manna: The Psychedelic Sacrament of the Bible Park Street Press (2000)
Posted on April 3, 2012 | No CommentsScholars are generally agreed that Arthurian wonder tales like “Cullhwch and Olwen” must have been widely distributed in Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany in advance of the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Belief in a living Arthur was then in the air. -
The Adoption of Christianity by the Irish and Anglo-Saxons: The Creation of Two Different Christian Societies
Posted on March 23, 2012 | No CommentsFrom the Celts to the Anglo-Saxons, nomadic tribes of Europe fostered pagan beliefs. Today, few records exist to explain these faiths because of their roots in oral tradition and a demise of animistic traditions brought about by the adaptation of a new conviction. -
Story behind Faddan More Psalter discovery told at John Rylands Library
Posted on March 23, 2012 | No CommentsAs the first medieval manuscript ever found in a wetland environment, the Faddan More Psalter is one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries ever made. -
Castle for Sale: Grantstown Castle, Ireland
Posted on March 20, 2012 | No Comments'Grantstown Castle is one of the finest, most spectacular renovations of this kind that she has ever encountered in the sale of Irish Castles. The precision of work, attention to historical detail, and overall elegance in presentation is a delight to behold. Prepare to be enchanted.' -
The Scandinavian impact on Irish seafaring technology
Posted on March 19, 2012 | No CommentsIn the Middle Ages mariners from both Ireland and Scandinavia sailed the North Atlantic, but in different types of ships and for very different reasons. The Irish sailors appear to have favoured skin-covered ships called curraghs as the means by which they sought out remote islands on which to establish monastic retreats. -
Re‐thinking the origins of the ‘Irish’ hobelar
Posted on March 18, 2012 | No CommentsThe hobelar is something of a sideshow in medieval military history. -
Was St Patrick a slave-trading Roman official who fled to Ireland?
Posted on March 17, 2012 | No CommentsWith St Patrick's Day upon us, a new study asks whether the saint fled his native Britain to escape a career as a Roman tax collector, only to arrive in Ireland and sell slaves. -
The Irish Christian Holy Men: Druids Reinvented?
Posted on March 17, 2012 | No CommentsThe druids as members of the pagan 'priestly class' were an important, high-status force in Celtic society. This class of druids was one of the most formidable groups that early Christian saints and missionaries had to face and overcome in order to establish firmly the roots of Christianity in pagan Celtic Ireland.
