Gaelic Ulster in the Middle Ages

The Irish Church, its Reform and the English Invasion

Donnchadh Ó Corráin

This book radically reassesses the reform of the Irish Church in the twelfth century, on its own terms and in the context of the English Invasion that it helped…

The Geraldines and medieval Ireland

The making of a myth

Peter Crooks & Seán Duffy, editors

Geraldines (or FitzGeralds) are the most celebrated of the dynasties established in Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion; and the dynasty’s most cel…

Life and death in medieval Gaelic Ireland

The skeletons from Ballyhanna, Co. Donegal

Catriona J. McKenzie & Eileen M. Murphy

In 2003, the skeletal remains of some 1,300 individuals – men, women and children – were uncovered from Ballyhanna, near Ballyshannon in Co. Donegal. Radiocarbo…

Gaelic Ireland c.1250–c.1650

Land, lordship & settlement

Patrick J. Duffy David Edwards & Liz FitzPatrick editors

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…

The Gaelic Finn Tradition

Sharon J. Arbuthnot & Geraldine Parsons, editors

Stories of Finn Mac Cumaill and his fían (warband) constitute the most enduringly popular branch of Gaelic literature. These thirteen essays, the first English-…

Medieval Gaelic sources

Katharine Simms

This short book is intended to serve as a practical guide to Gaelic language sources (as opposed to administrative or ecclesiastical records in Latin, French, o…

The Kings of Aileach and the Vikings AD 800-1060

Darren McGettigan

The kings of Aileach came to prominence in the north of Ireland c.AD 800, just as the first Viking fleets began to raid the coasts of Ulster. At first, Viking a…