Discovering Medieval Ferns, Co. Wexford

Carrick, County Wexford

Ireland’s first Anglo-Norman stronghold

Denis Shine, Michael Potterton, Stephen Mandal & Catherine McLoughlin, editors

Carrick, Co. Wexford, is one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood medieval sites in Ireland. Built in the autumn and winter of 1169 by Robert Fitz Stephen, o…

Arrogant Trespass

Anglo-Norman Wexford, 1169–1400

Billy Colfer

Arrogant Trespass is the first sustained treatment of the Anglo-Normans in Wexford since Orpen's century-old work. Profusely illustrated, meticulously researche…

William Marshal and Ireland

John Bradley, Cóilin Ó Drisceoil & Michael Potterton, editors

This richly illustrated collection of essays examines for the first time the important Irish career of one of the most famous personalities of medieval Europe, …

The history of Wexford Festival Opera, 1951–2021

In a place like no other

Karina Daly

In 1951, the first ever Wexford Opera Festival (now known as ‘Wexford Festival Opera’) took place in a small town in the southeast corner of Ireland. What start…

Medieval Ireland

Territorial, political and economic divisions

Paul MacCotter

Describes, for the first time, the nature of the unique economic areal system of Gaelic Ireland as it developed and changed between the Early Medieval and Anglo…

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…

Government, war and society in medieval Ireland

Essays by Edmund Curtis, A.J. Otway-Ruthven and James Lydon

Peter Crooks, editor

In the late twelfth century, Ireland was absorbed into the dominions of the kings of England. This transformed the social and political life of the island, with…

Dublin in the medieval world

Studies in honour of Howard B. Clarke

John Bradley, Anngret Simms & Alan J. Fletcher, editors

This volume celebrates medieval Dublin. Among the many subjects and topics covered are the intellectual climate of Dublin in the 1970s, the exciting theme of cr…

Athassel Priory and the Cult of St Edmund in medieval Ireland

Francis Young

The English royal saint Edmund, king and martyr (d. 869) was venerated in Ireland from at least the twelfth century, and Athassel priory in Co. Tipperary was th…