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unusual facts about Medieval Ireland


Emmett O'Byrne

Emmett O'Byrne (born 30 November 1973) is an Irish historian whose primary research interests are the history of Medieval Ireland and Early Modern Ireland, focusing in particular on Gaelic Ireland.



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Ballyhannon Castle

Although there are many substantial families of Hannon in Munster and Connaught, the name seldom appears in the annals of medieval Ireland.

Brooch

A distinct tradition of penannular brooches and the related pseudo-penannular types developed in Early Medieval Ireland and Scotland, producing some of the most elaborately decorated brooches ever made, including the Tara Brooch.

Celtic Christianity

‘Some problems concerning the organisation of the Church in early medieval Ireland’, Peritia 3 (1984).

Dartraighe

Dartraighe (older spelling: Dartraige), anglicized as Dartree, Dartry or Dartrey, was a barony in medieval Ireland which stretched north to Clones and south to the Dromore river.

Echthighern mac Cennétig

Echthighern mac Cennétig, also spelled Echthigern, (died 950) was a son of Cennétig mac Lorcáin and brother of Mathgamain and Brian Bóruma of the Dál gCais in early medieval Ireland.

Eoghan Mac an Bhaird

Eoghan was a member of the Mac an Bhaird family of professional poets during the era of High Medieval Ireland.

Fearghus Ó Fearghail

Fearghus mac Rudhraighe Ó Fearghail was a member of one of the three unrelated septs surnamed Ó Fearghail in medieval Ireland.

Great Book of Lecan

The (Great) Book of Lecan (Irish: Leabhar (Mór) Leacain) (RIA, MS 23 P 2) is a medieval Irish manuscript written between 1397 and 1418.

Mario Esposito

According to Michael Lapidge, Esposito "did more than any scholar before or since to appreciate and define Latin learning in medieval Ireland".

Ruaidrí mac Donnchad Ó Dálaigh

While most notable members of the family in medieval Ireland were poets, a few such as Cearbhall Óg Ó Dálaigh (fl. c. 1630) were famed musicians.