This paper investigates the cultic landscape of Ciarán of Saigir, an early Irish saint likely ori... more This paper investigates the cultic landscape of Ciarán of Saigir, an early Irish saint likely originally affiliated to the Munster dynasty of Corco Loígde. Discussion centres first on the territorial dimension of Ciarán’s widespread cult, emphasising how it almost entirely appears only within sub-kingdoms connected to Corco Loígde and is particularly concentrated within the kingdom of Osraige. The study then traces the distribution pattern of sites dedicated to Corco Loígde saints as a whole, arguing that it follows the same basic principles as the sites dedicated to Ciarán. Finally, the paper finishes with an examination of a fascinating phenomenon whereby the sites dedicated to Corco Loígde saints in Osraige are not just bound by the territorial limits of Osraige, but in many cases actually form the very boundaries themselves. Illustrating the way in which these sites are positioned along the borders of the kingdom, the paper suggests that this arrangement may have been a strategy employed in Corco Loígde’s colonisation of Osraige in the earliest centuries of Christianity.
Aidan Doyle & Kevin Murray (eds), In Dialogue with the 'Agallamh': essays in honour of Seán Ó Coileáin (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2014)
This paper argues that the Augustinian house of canons at Roscommon was the place of composition ... more This paper argues that the Augustinian house of canons at Roscommon was the place of composition of Acallam na Senórach, the core text of the cycle of stories about the legendary Irish hero, Finn mac Cumaill. The argument is based upon Roscommon's position as the nexus of the topographical and dynastic interests of the portions of the text set in the western province of Connacht. Following on from the arguments regarding place, the paper speculates that the text may have been written ca. 1224, by Tipraite Ua Brain, an abbot of Roscommon who died in 1232.
Sarah Sheehan, Joanne Findon and Westley Follett (eds), Gablánach in scélaigecht: Celtic studies in honour of Ann Dooley (Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2013), 69-102.
Aidan O'Connell, Harvesting the Stars: a pagan temple at Lismullin, Co. Meath, NRA Scheme Monographs, 11 (National Roads Authority, 2013), contained in CD-ROM at back of book.
James Eogan and Elizabeth Shee Twohig (eds), Cois tSiúire: nine thousand years of human activity in the Lower Suir Valley, NRA Schemes Monograph, 8 (National Roads Authority, 2011), 217-44.
... Brady, Niall, Corns, Anthony, McNeary, Rory William Adamson, Shanahan, Brian and Shaw, Robert... more ... Brady, Niall, Corns, Anthony, McNeary, Rory William Adamson, Shanahan, Brian and Shaw, Robert (2005) A survey of the priory and graveyard at Tulsk, Co. Roscommon. In: Discovery Programme Reports 7: North Roscommon in the Later Medieval Period: An Introduction. ...
Alfred Smyth (ed.), Seanchas: studies in early and medieval Irish archaeology, history, and literature in honour of Francis J. Byrne (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000), 98-108.
This paper investigates the cultic landscape of Ciarán of Saigir, an early Irish saint likely ori... more This paper investigates the cultic landscape of Ciarán of Saigir, an early Irish saint likely originally affiliated to the Munster dynasty of Corco Loígde. Discussion centres first on the territorial dimension of Ciarán’s widespread cult, emphasising how it almost entirely appears only within sub-kingdoms connected to Corco Loígde and is particularly concentrated within the kingdom of Osraige. The study then traces the distribution pattern of sites dedicated to Corco Loígde saints as a whole, arguing that it follows the same basic principles as the sites dedicated to Ciarán. Finally, the paper finishes with an examination of a fascinating phenomenon whereby the sites dedicated to Corco Loígde saints in Osraige are not just bound by the territorial limits of Osraige, but in many cases actually form the very boundaries themselves. Illustrating the way in which these sites are positioned along the borders of the kingdom, the paper suggests that this arrangement may have been a strategy employed in Corco Loígde’s colonisation of Osraige in the earliest centuries of Christianity.
Aidan Doyle & Kevin Murray (eds), In Dialogue with the 'Agallamh': essays in honour of Seán Ó Coileáin (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2014)
This paper argues that the Augustinian house of canons at Roscommon was the place of composition ... more This paper argues that the Augustinian house of canons at Roscommon was the place of composition of Acallam na Senórach, the core text of the cycle of stories about the legendary Irish hero, Finn mac Cumaill. The argument is based upon Roscommon's position as the nexus of the topographical and dynastic interests of the portions of the text set in the western province of Connacht. Following on from the arguments regarding place, the paper speculates that the text may have been written ca. 1224, by Tipraite Ua Brain, an abbot of Roscommon who died in 1232.
Sarah Sheehan, Joanne Findon and Westley Follett (eds), Gablánach in scélaigecht: Celtic studies in honour of Ann Dooley (Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2013), 69-102.
Aidan O'Connell, Harvesting the Stars: a pagan temple at Lismullin, Co. Meath, NRA Scheme Monographs, 11 (National Roads Authority, 2013), contained in CD-ROM at back of book.
James Eogan and Elizabeth Shee Twohig (eds), Cois tSiúire: nine thousand years of human activity in the Lower Suir Valley, NRA Schemes Monograph, 8 (National Roads Authority, 2011), 217-44.
... Brady, Niall, Corns, Anthony, McNeary, Rory William Adamson, Shanahan, Brian and Shaw, Robert... more ... Brady, Niall, Corns, Anthony, McNeary, Rory William Adamson, Shanahan, Brian and Shaw, Robert (2005) A survey of the priory and graveyard at Tulsk, Co. Roscommon. In: Discovery Programme Reports 7: North Roscommon in the Later Medieval Period: An Introduction. ...
Alfred Smyth (ed.), Seanchas: studies in early and medieval Irish archaeology, history, and literature in honour of Francis J. Byrne (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000), 98-108.
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